With blogs, readers can leave comments, tips or impressions about a specific article. Posting comments is one of the most exciting features of blogs. Most blogs have a method to allow visitors to leave comments. NBCC encourages you to follow blogs about breast cancer—they are a terrific place to change the conversation where it’s already happening. When you see a “business as usual” blog about breast cancer, offer a different perspective—post a comment that tells the blogger and his or her followers that you are interested in how we can end breast cancer for everyone. Suggest that we all focus on primary prevention of breast cancer and preventing metastasis to save lives. Talk about NBCC’s strategic plan—Breast Cancer Deadline 2020®—and how it aims to do just that. Invite readers to begin changing the conversation with their families, friends, health care providers, legislators and others in their communities.
"Blog" is an abbreviated version of "weblog," which is a term used to describe web sites that maintain an ongoing chronicle of information. A blog features diary-type commentary and links to articles on other Web sites, usually presented as a list of entries in reverse chronological order. Blogs range from the personal to the political, and can focus on one narrow subject or a whole range of subjects.
Many blogs focus on a particular topic, such as breast cancer, politics, or health. Some are more eclectic, presenting links to all types of other sites. And others are more like personal journals, presenting the author's daily life and thoughts.
Generally speaking (although there are exceptions), blogs tend to have a few things in common:
Content is the reason any website exists. Without some sort of updated content, there is little reason to visit a web site more than once. On a blog, the content consists of articles—also called "posts" or "entries"—that the author writes.
Uneasy Pink, by Katie, UneasyPink.com
The Cancer Culture Chronicles, by Anna Rachnel, CancerCulturenow.Blogspot.com
Pink Ribbon Blues, Gayle Sulik, GayleSulik.com
8 comments to The Dream of Eradication
Anna February 10, 2011 at 7:15 am I applaud NBCC’s efforts in articulating this mission. I also applaud them for being able to openly admit that what we’ve been doing in the past, and continue to do, isn’t working. In fact NBCC’s website categorically states that we have FAILED in the current strategy to end breast cancer. (http://www.breastcancerdeadline2020.org/2020/what-if-we-fail.html). A new paradigm is required, and this 2020 mission is it.
Being Sarah February 10, 2011 at 12:04 pm Gayle, I am deeply encouraged to hear about this major change in the conversation. And what the NBCC say: ‘It is time, once again, for us to launch a revolution in how we think about breast cancer and how to eradicate the disease’. Reminded me of Tracey Chapman’s song: ‘Don’t you know you’re talking about a revolution.'
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