- SixDegrees.org
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name = SixDegrees.org
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url = [http://www.SixDegrees.org/ www.sixdegrees.org]
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language = English
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owner =Kevin Bacon
author =Kevin Bacon
launch date =January 18 ,2007
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revenue =SixDegrees.org is a website launched on
January 18 ,2007 byKevin Bacon . SixDegrees builds on the popularity of the "small world phenomenon " to create a charitable social network and inspire giving to charities online. Bacon started the network with celebrities who are highlighting their favorite charities – includingKyra Sedgwick (Natural Resources Defense Council ),Nicole Kidman (UNIFEM ),Ashley Judd (YouthAIDS),Bradley Whitford andJane Kaczmarek (Clothes off Our Back),Dana Delany (Scleroderma Research Foundation ),Robert Duvall (Pro Mujer ),Rosie O'Donnell (Rosie's For All Kids Foundation), andJessica Simpson (Operation Smile ) - and he encouraged everyone to be celebrities for their own causes by joining the Six Degrees movement.Purpose
"SixDegrees.org is about using the idea that we are all connected to accomplish something good," said Bacon. "It is my hope that Six Degrees will soon be something more than a game or a gimmick. It will also be a force for good, by bringing a social conscience to social networking." The game, '
Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon ,' made the rounds of college campuses over the past decade and lived on to be a shorthand term for the small world phenomenon.Bacon created SixDegrees.org in partnership with the nonprofit,
Network for Good ,AOL , andEntertainment Weekly . Through SixDegrees.org, which builds on Network for Good's giving system for donating to more than one million charities online and AOL's [http://www.aimpages.com AIM Pages] social networking service, people can learn about and support the charities of celebrities or fundraise for their own favorite causes with their own friends and families. Bacon will match the charitable dollars raised by the top six non-celebrity fundraisers with grants of up to $10,000 each.SixDegrees.org harnesses two important online trends: the exponential growth of social networks and the increasing interest in using the web for raising money for charity among family and friends. Through SixDegrees.org, people can upload their own photos and stories and fundraise for the charity of their choice with their own charity badges and AIM Pages.
To kick off the launch of SixDegrees.org, Bacon attended the opening weekend of the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, UT, where he and other celebrities encouraged charitable giving.Jan. 18, 2007 press release from [http://www.networkforgood.org Network for Good] . [http://www.networkforgood.org/about/press/pressreleases/2007/01-18.aspx] .]
ee also
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Network for good
*Charity badge
*Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon , a trivia game.References
External links
* [http://www.SixDegrees.org/ SixDegrees.org]
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