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[edit] Yes, you CAN make a difference!
Do you think you have to be a doctor or a nurse to make a difference on NoBlood? Think again. Even if you do not feel qualified regarding a particular subject, your proofing for errors and your eye for ways to better express a point is valuable and welcome. Since most NoBlood articles are collectively produced, everyone, not just medical experts can participate.
Every week, thousands of people visit NoBlood. Perhaps they find NoBlood through a search engine like Google while researching a medical condition. When they see references to their medical condition in the context of how it can be treated WITHOUT blood AND they see an active community of interested and engaged participants, their awareness of, and their interest in, bloodless medicine grows.
[edit] Can you spare an hour a week?
Do you regularly skim the sports, financial or editorial pages of the newspaper? Staying current with the latest in bloodless medicine and surgery is even easier. Furthermore, unlike reading a newspaper or magazine, information on NoBlood is being added to and refined daily by peers and others interested in the same subject! Lets take a typical week and outline some of the ways you can participate.
Lets start with something really simple and yet very important. Visit and login to NoBlood.org daily. That may not seem like a big deal but in doing so, others who discover NoBlood find a sight vibrant and active. How about addding NoBlood.org to your favorites. Even better, by using a RSS reader, you can conveniently 'monitor' key NoBlood discussions, articles and news. It only takes 1-5 minutes a day. Total time expended for the week in this activity is only thirty minutes.
That's easy enough! What else can you do? Well you can reply to a question, commend someone for their comment, refine the wording of a paragraph or statement, search for and link to an article that explains or elaborates on a point made in a comment or article, etc. Total time spent on this is only thirty minutes.
So what do you get from your one hour investment? Your knowledge regarding the growing number of available bloodless treatments has grown. Your familiarity with and your ability to clarify and explain your position regarding medical treatments that are acceptable to you has improved. The scope and the quality of what other visitors find when visiting NoBlood has expanded and improved.
Those who get involved and become active members of our NoBlood community often comment regarding the professional and personal growth they gain in the ability to use the various online collaboration tools and resources.
So, can you spare an hour? If so, we all will benefit! Below we will review a variety of things you can do that will enhance your time spent with NoBlood.
[edit] Action Items
[edit] Register
- Becoming a registered member of NoBlood helps demonstrate to visitors that this is an important subject... one that warrants further review. At the moment, there are about four thousand registered members of NoBlood.org. To put this in perspective, notice the type and number of members of some of the other online communities.
- Becoming a registered member of NoBlood also opens up a number of additional resources and services to you.
- NoBlood consists of two key systems, a forum and wiki. At present, it is necessary to register separately on the Forum and on the Wiki. When doing so, please use the same username in both areas.
[edit] Tell a friend
- Is there a colleague or friend that would benefit from the information at NoBlood? Please take a moment now to forward them an invitation to visit and register at NoBlood.
[edit] Monitor the discussions and article updates
[edit] Forum
- Get acquainted with key discussions and topics
- Reply or otherwise lend assistance
- Subscribe to discussions via email
- Monitor via RSS
[edit] Wiki
- Respond to questions
- Research additional information
- Adopt an article or topic
[edit] Tools of the trade
[edit] RSS
- Read Forum article: Take a ride with me on the RSS train!
- Read Wiki article: RSS
- RSS Feeds to monitor:
- Forum:
- Wiki Recent Changes:
http://www.noblood.org/wiki/Special:Recentchanges?feed=rss&action=history
- Wiki New Pages:
http://www.noblood.org/wiki/index.php?title=Special:Newpages&feed=rss
- Wiki Article: See RSS link (Orange button) on any Wiki article
