Day 1
March 27th, 2008 by Joshua StrebelI had this idea at lunch today… What if we got some of the big names from the intertubes to participate in some antics/games/whateva that would get everyone else to donate some money to a good cause. So here is how this will play out: For this first “round” as I will call it, I will choose the charity. And my choice is: The MDA or Muscular Dystrophy Association. Yeah Jerry’s kids FTW.

So now.. We need 2 more things.
- A challenge (Example: A beard growing contest, pie eating, n days without internet)
- Interweb Celebs to participate
Please use the comments Section to suggest Challenges, and Names of Interweb Celebs who should participate… then harass said celebs to send em here and agree to play. I will find a nice Polling plugin for WP and after a few suggestions we will poll to see what challenge and what celebs will be included in the first Round to benefit the MDA.
Basic Structure
Essentially people will donate some $ via paypal as a wager on their favorite celeb to complete the challenge / or win the challenge. Challenge has a beginning and end, glory goes to the winner, all $ goes to charity.Check back soon for more.. PLEASE use the comments and start making some suggestions.Thanks!
Tags:Conditions and Diseases, MDA, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Neurological Disorders




March 27th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
Some Names:
Gary Vaynerchuk
Chris Pirillo
Ev Williams
Robert Scoble
Kevin Rose
Ze Franke
Brian Shaler
March 27th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
Sample Contests…
1. Who can have more @theirname mentions in twitter in a set period (days/hours)
2. Who can go the longest without twittering
3. Who can get the most posts to a single blog entry in x amount of time
4. Who can drink more newcastle than me. (they buy the newcastle)
March 27th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
More social media rock stars:
Chris Brogan
Hugh MacLeod
Guy Kawasaki
Chris Pirillo
Justine Ezarik
Jason Calacanis
Derek suggested a few Twitter-specific tasks. What about photo/video?
March 27th, 2008 at 11:20 pm
I like the photo/video idea brian… maybe celeb has to have picture taken with ____ or similar.
March 28th, 2008 at 9:06 am
Leaning towards a Video based challenge…
March 28th, 2008 at 9:11 am
More ladies please…can’t be all about the guys!
I, too, think we could do something cool with video. Thinking…
March 28th, 2008 at 9:28 am
I like the video idea as well, but I’ve gotta say that “who can go longest without twittering” thing would be funny but I doubt we’ll ever see it come to fruition.
March 28th, 2008 at 9:29 am
aubs: I mentioned one, but there are others.. Like Aubrey Sabala!
And:
Francine Hardaway
Susan Reynolds
Stephanie Agresta
Veronica Belmont
Amanda Cogdon
Sara Lane
Willo O’Brien
Gary Vaynerchuk wearing a dress..
March 28th, 2008 at 9:34 am
Also the Sk*rt founders + team of editors..
And Gary Vaynerchuk wearing a dress.
So I ask that you folks talk to these celebs, or their “handlers” and see if they want to play.
March 28th, 2008 at 9:44 am
My idea for the video, have a video scavenger hunt, find people who have certain electronics (iPhones, flip videos, or whatever) post the videos.
March 29th, 2008 at 9:44 am
Seeing Robert Scoble in some leopard skin tights would be hot!
March 30th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
Anything with Gary Vaynerchuk or Kevin Rose will attract alot of attention. And yes I like the idea of tights
March 30th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
Okay.. I think Challenge #1 will be “Cross-dressing Celebs”… see post coming soon.
Next thing: We need to get some interweb celebs to participate.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
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