"New ActiveRank!

"Yes, these new numbers are calculated daily based on a complex blend of participation metrics -- how many different things you have done using the TIG site, how complete your profile is, and how popular your content on the site is (counts to a lesser extent than the other two)
"Also, rankings are now time-sensitive, so someone who was #5 a year ago but hasn't been around will automatically go down in rating!"

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Thank you, Michael, for the explanation. You have shared info that helps those curious among us understand!

What is so wonderful about TITG, however, is not one's ranking, but what an extraordinary OPPORTUNITY all of us who participate are afforded, just by being members, no matter what the rank!

Clearly TITG is a strong contender for "What The World Needs Now!"

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11/06: Burton Danet notices that the "Top 5 - Most Active on TIG are ALL working together via ABC4All along with each being involved with many other projects across the world. BD states:
"I wish the 5 listed as "most active" on TIG might come up with a common statement regarding what TIG means to each of us. What do you think? If you want to respond in a couple of sentences, I will compile and post in TIG BLOG and also post on a separate page on ABC4All.net. Thanks if you want to consider this. I'm writing the same to each of the 5."

RESPONES FROM EACH OF THE 5 MOST ACTIVE IN 11/06:

1. Irena:

Based on an enthusiastic idea of our president Miss Irena Gapkovska this NGO was established in 1998 in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. We started with a selected group of young people introducing them with the basics of drawing, painting, and sculpture. At the time it helped to fill a critical hole for development of the arts in Macedonia. As the time go by we developed the basic idea and create a new workshop in 2001, in which we are preparing all the materials needed for the studio (canvases, frames, boards for icons, easels).
http://www.ngoartstudio.org.mk/index_eng.htm

"TIG means alot for all of us involved in NGOs and philanthropy because making conections and building the network is one of the most crucial things for the achievement of our goals." -- Irena

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2. Zach - Youth For Change International (An ABC4All Associate)

"Taking IT Global allows youth to connect thru the internet by expressing their beliefs and getting involved with other organization. I think TIG is a wonderful way we can actually get something done in the world"

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3. Burt - ABC4All (taken from a post on TIG ABC4All Blog (08/06)

What has TITG meant for the ABC4All Global Mentoring TEAM Project?

The answers, all related to cooperation and collaboration that has evolved since ABC4All joined
TITG in 01/06 with many, many referrals that have included the ability to allow the following to develop and unfold:

1. Instant international exposure and contacts.
2. Working potentially with young people from just about anywhere in the world.
3. Ability to introduce persons from another country to one another!
4. Being introduced to persons within one's own country!
5. Receiving OUTSTANDING referrals to other organizations and groups with whom it has been possible to establish communication.
6. Collaborative, cooperative relationships being established between and among various groups.
7. The establishment of "Dual Global Citizens (DGC)" which has nothing to do with one's geographical location in the world.
8. A commonality and interest and purpose that can bring together so many of the young people of the world who wish to communicate to their leaders that only by living in PEACE with one another and only by paying attention to SAVE THE CHILDREN NOW will there be put into effect THE SOLUTION.
9. After writing a profile for Small Business School with the profile found by clicking here being able to send a communication to SBS as follows:

BEGIN MESSAGE TO SBS:

The most important resource in the world: Our Children.

SAVE CHILDREN NOW offers the world THE SOLUTION. Not a dime is involved, just common sense.

We must stand up and pay attention to SAVE OUR CHILDREN NOW if we are serious about saving lives, including the lives of our children.

If both sides of ANY conflict are interested in preserving the lives and welfare of "children of all ages" then there must be action on the part of ANYONE and EVERYONE.

"Dual Global Citizens" is a starting point.

ACTION IS MANDATED BEFORE ANOTHER LIFE IS LOST.

True caring is engaging in the mandated action.

To NOT act is the equivalent of absorbing and allowing the
consciousness that it is OK to kill children of the world.

If it were YOUR child, would you consent?

Respectfully,

Burton Danet, Ph.D., Co-Director, Save Our Children Now
Co-Founder, ABC4All / Dual Global Citizens (DGC)

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Burt Danet
What are Flying Spirits? Answer!

END MESSAGE TO SBS

Finally, without trying, the rank of ABC4All has moved to #5 as of 08/02/06, being among the most active members of TITG. 64 people have come forward to join, 31 having joined the ABC4All Global Mentoring TEAM Project. Those who wish to can become "ABC4All Mentors" sharing the information with others in the world.

More importantly, now the possibility exists, as a result of collaborations that have included those which have occurred as a result ABC4All's participation with TITG that any and all participating -- and any of TITG members -- and anyone wishing to SAVE OUR CHILDREN can do so by considering "Dual Global Citizenship (DGC)"

Respectfully and Gratefully to so many who care,

Burton Danet, Ph.D.
Co-Founder, ABC4All

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4. Henry

Thank you very much Burt for the question. I believe TIG is a community that gather youth for empowerment and development. This gathering is a plateform that conceptualize the idea of localization of the global and the globalization of the local. TakingITGlobal, if I am allowed to speak about more, is a place where young people have their say and own it, Expression unlimited, Exchange, Accessibility of Information. An online community where ideas lead to action and participation means progress, all for youth, by youth and enabled by youth of the world.
Sincerely, Henry Ekwuruke President - Nnado Foundation Inc. Nigeria

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5. Akinbo A.A.Cornerstone
Director, Africa - SCN.

TIG...it has made a single touch feel like a thousand punch to the solar plexus. The impact can best be compared with the fact that a staright line is not perfect without a curve. A curve on every face is a smile !

CONCLUSION: It is obvious. TIG represents a powerful, important force in the world that is here to stay. Any and all of us involved with TIG can bask in the assurance that the commonality and UNITY - ONENESS - represented by so many diverse individuals, groups and cultures suggust that the WORLD CAN BECOME A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL.