Sometimes interesting things can happen when one mixes older ideas along with newer technologies. The 30 Hour Day is one of those things. The show is designed be 30-hour Web-based telethon. Think YouTube meets Jerry Lewis. No sleep. All for charity.

The telethon will be hosted by Cami Kaos of Strange Love Live, a popular tech podcast broadcast from Portland, Oregon, and Rick Turoczy of Silicon Florist, a blog that covers the Portland startup scene. They’ll be raising money for charity by entertaining for 30 hours with the help of quite a few people. Watch this video to find out more about the 30 Hour Day, and how you can participate:

It’s very cool how they’re taking an older concept (a telethon) and mixing it up with new technology including using the web for the event and using social media (Twitter, Facebook, blogs) for build-up. I’m a photography sponsor for the event (via Hockley Photography), and it would be great to see how other folks will chip in as well.

For more information on the event or to keep track of the progress, please visit the website, follow them on Twitter, or join the Facebook fan page.

These other posts might be of interest to you:

  1. A Social Photo Workflow: Posting Photos from the 30 Hour Day
  2. 11 Ways to Say “Thanks” with Social Media

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Social Photo Talk is pleased to be a sponsor for this weekend’s 30 Hour Day, an encore to last December’s first-of-its-kind charity webcast. Hosts Cami Kaos and Rick Turoczy tie together 30 continuous hours of programming being broadcast live from Portland’s Pioneer Courthouse Square (during the day and evenings) and a secret undisclosed overnight studio. Looking at the schedule for the event I see they’ve got a bunch of great music, comedy, and variety acts lined up… it should be a nice set of entertainment.

30 Hour Day buttonsFunds raised during the event are being donated to three charities: p:ear (a mentoring program that assists homeless youth), the Red Cross, and the Oregon Food Bank (yes, it’s true… people aren’t just hungry during Christmastime). Tune in from 4pm (Pacific time) Friday through 10pm on Saturday, check out the entertainment, and perhaps donate a few dollars towards some organizations that do good work.

If you’re curious to follow the event via photos, photographers Aaron Hockley, Igal Koshevoy, and Kate Borst will be posting pictures to the 30 Hour Day Flickr group as it happens.

These other posts might be of interest to you:

  1. The 30 Hour Day: New Ways to Use the Web for a Cause
  2. A Social Photo Workflow: Posting Photos from the 30 Hour Day
  3. How Much Time Should a Photographer Spend on Social Media?

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