To Do - or Not To Do. Back on the blog.

Friday, November 27, 2015

Hi there to everyone.
        This post comes as a promise that I made on the Facebook page of this campaign, where I said that if the page gets to 500 likes - I'll come with a new blog post. So here we are, after 9 months without one post, I'm back, and this is for everyone that liked my page on Facebook and follows the blog, but also for new people as well.

       As I've been inactive for a long time, there is no idea in my mind where to start and what to exactly say on this post. The campaign that I started and worked hard on is now just an old idea, that no one really cared of. I mean...Yes, they did care, people that gave me feedbacks and more ideas on how to improve it and make it a real project. People from my hometown that have the authority to help the society and make a change, people that tried to support this project at a theoretical level. But when it came to putting it into work...let's just say we got stuck. The communication between me and the local authorities did not work that well while I was in the US and for various reasons we lost it. At a later date, when I got home in summer with some plans on the paper about how to implement the project, I had to postpone it due to some unforeseen and very sad events in the town. And so, the postpone became cancellation and everyone forgot about those insignificant ideas. I carry my part of fault here as well, most of it actually; As it was my project I should've continue to work hard and pursue the people in power to do something in the attempt to implement the project. Yes, there have been a few potential investors and people that offered to help with the engineering part of the work, people from the US that didn't know me but wanted to make a change for all the students in my hometown, a change for a better world. It was my duty to organize ways for the town to get involved and help in the project with any possible, affordable resources, and it's very true that I did not do it.
 I'm not pointing to anyone, can't pass the fault around, but in the end - I couldn't do anything for the project to go on without the consent and full support of the local authorities, which at the moment were kind of...''unavailable''.  The lack of implication, funds and interest brought the project to a premature ending which I somehow anticipated before arriving in my hometown.

     In the end, I have to admit that I gave up on the project and said a simple ''maybe next one is going to work'' to myself, quitting all the ideas and the hopes that I had connected to it. But now I'd like to ask you, those people that like the Facebook page and follow the blog: Should I try to implement the project again this time with a successful outcome, should I try to actually work hard for a good change? Or I should find another project to work on, something that would build more interest in the audience?  If you have any ideas, thoughts or simple feedbaks I'm waiting for your comments either here or on the Facebook page of this campaign.
Really looking forward to see your feedbacks. If you liked this post, give me a little help and share it with your friends.

Thank You all.

~ Adelin Cojan ~

Hi. In this post I want to talk and share with everyone my experience from the past 5 months. For the past week I have been reflecting about my participation in the Global New Media Lab Online Program,  and there are some thoughts I want to share in this post.
Through the GNML program I have learned how to use the most powerful social media platforms to initiate and raise awareness for my social change campaign. So far, the platforms I have used in the past months are Blog, Twitter, Google Alerts,YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn, where I gave my best to promote and find support for the project. The best tool I used during the program is YouTube, which helped me learn how to make my own videos and share them with the world. In this way, the people in my community saw the videos and gave me their thoughts and ideas. Blogger is the other platform that worked as well for me, and allowed me to promote the campaign here, in my American community. With Blogger I learned that it is so easy to have people reading and appreciating what you post on your blog.
Another social platform that partially helped me is Facebook, and I say partially because even if Facebook is a big online platform, it is not as popular in my home country, and not so many people from my country found out about my Facebook page dedicated to the Campaign. But I think that Facebook can be as helpful as the other social media platforms!
Some other ways to promote my campaign in the online world are Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.  Unfortunately, Twitter and Instagram are not used platforms in my country and people don't really know about them, and it is very hard for me to promote this through these platform. But all my hopes are relying now on LinkedIn, where I have created a professional profile and try to connect with as many people as possible and find someone interested in helping me with the project. I know that LinkedIn is a powerful website where I can find the support I need.
I want to thank Dr. Rob and the GNML staff for the great work and support they have for me and for all the other students in the program. They have helped me start a campaign for a social change, and thanks to what they taught me, now my project is going to be finalized. GNML Online is one of the best programs I have participated and I am really happy for being part of it.
Thank You.

~ Adelin Cojan ~

I am glad to share with you today some news related to my campaign about water. The city of Cullman has approved $4.1 million for a "green" improvement of the water systems in the city.  It is a similar project to mine, and it gives me again the hope that my project can be done. Please visit the following link if you want to read the full article about the City of Cullman. 

http://m.cullmantimes.com/news/city-approves-million-green-improvements-for-water/article_690e6fe4-bfbb-11e4-b516-33ee37e085ad.html?mode=jqm

~ Adelin Cojan ~

Hi. Yesterday I found out something really interesting about schools development in poor countries from Africa. Ann Cotton is a woman who helps hundreds of children in poor countries to grow up with basic studies, placing them into schools and giving them the education they need. If you want to find out more about this, you can visit the article  here
 http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/feb/28/ann-cotton-educating-millions-within-africa-by-inspiring-sustainable-change

Thank You, looking forward for opinions!

~ Adelin Cojan ~

As I said, here is the video in my local language! Hope you enjoy it!

Asa cum am promis dragi prieteni, acesta este video-ul in limba Romana. Sper ca sa primesc pareri so aprecieri din partea voastra!

Thank You all!

1. ~ Adelin Cojan ~

Sunday, March 1, 2015

Hi everyone!! It has been a while since I posted my news here! Today, I am glad to share on my blog, the video I have done for my social campaign!  Please watch it and send me a feedback so I know your opinions about it!
There is going to be a video in Romanian as well! Hope you enjoy it!
Thank You all!

~ Adelin Cojan ~

Saturday, January 3, 2015

Hi. In the past few weeks I kept tracking of the google alerts. Few days ago I got good news, about a school in Turkey where some scientists are developing a program for school villages. They go in different schools and organize competitions and contests on science topics. The students in schools learn how to get involved in experiments and begin to like getting involved in science.
This is giving me the hope that people in my home community and my school will like to get involved in the project I'm developing!
If you want to read more about the article, you can see it here:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkeys-changemakers-the-light-of-science-is-in-village-schools-.aspx?pageID=238&nID=76236&NewsCatID=445

Please give a share of my blog if you like what I do here!

Thank You For Reading.

~ Adelin Cojan ~