We have a new addition to our fatBuzz family!

fatBuzz's very own Kyle and Kirsty are taking part in a charity challenge. They will be taking part in The Sally Challenge Duathlon to help raise money for MacMillan Cancer Support.

The challenge will take place on the 3rd of September, kicking off at Rowardennan Pier (11am), where Kyle will cycle 15 miles before Fraser King from FKS Business Services Ltd takes over to run 9k of The West Highland Way. Kirsty will finish the challenge by running the remaining 7k, where she will finish at Milngavie Rail Station.  

Help us reach our target

We (Kyle & Kirsty) have set our team target at £500 as we want to aim high to raise the vital funds for such a great cause. We are training hard for this tough physical challenge and are really excited about doing this for charity. We would really appreciate your help to smash our target by donating through our Just Giving Team page.

We have a new addition to our fatBuzz family!

We are always happy to welcome a new addition to the team and Emma, our new intern, in no exception. Emma will be joining the fatBuzz team every Friday afternoon. She has been with us for 3 weeks now, so let us find out what she thinks of the place:

I am a BA (Hons) Business Student at a Glasgow University. I work in the Procurement Department for a worldwide, temporary power generator company, based in Dumbarton (as a 1 year placement for the 3rd year of my degree). I'm really enthusiastic about: Branding, Marketing and Events Management; it has been interesting to study theoretically, but I am keen to learn the ropes with hands on experience- here at fatBuzz!

I first found out about fatBuzz by searching for Creative Consultancies in Glasgow through Google and I came across fatBuzz. I thought it was an unusual name, so I wanted to find out more about what they did. After researching fatBuzz, I found out that their specialisms were on everything that I was looking for experience in- Marketing, Social Media and Events. Furthermore, they do many more interesting things such as: Video Production, Podcast Production and a New Media Breakfast! I immediately contacted Marion, who is a co-owner of the business, and we arranged a meeting........ Great news! I'm in!

Since starting my work experience with fatBuzz 3 weeks ago, they have been involving me in a wide range of interesting projects and I'm loving every minute of it! They are very welcoming, a great team, funny but professional, and I have felt like a part of the team since day 1.

Phew! She likes us and we like Emma too! We are pleased you have settled in!

If you have found this post interesting please share it with your online community using either the Twitter, Facebook and Share buttons below. By sharing this post you will help us spread the word about our team charity challenge, meaning there is more chance of us reaching our target. Thank You.

Are you a Blogger or a Jogger?

We were working with two of our chosen charities yesterday (with Kids and Revive MS Support) talking about social media and how they can use various tools to engage and communicate with staff, volunteers, clients, and donors. 

During lunch, we were discussing jogging and some of the people who had completed 10k and half marathons for the charities and one of the girls commented that she could never do such a thing.  In response, I said this was all right because she could make her own contribution by blogging instead of jogging.

The comment served as a useful example to all present that the world is made up of lots of different kinds of people; active people who like to get involved and do physical stuff either for fun or, to raise much needed funds for their chosen charities.  Less active people, like myself, might not throw on the running shoes and do a marathon but we can still play an effective part in the whole fundraising process.

Writing blogs, sharing fundraising news on Facebook and sending out Tweets about the exploits of others is a very valuable contribution; by doing this you immediately widen the reach of the particular persons efforts to include your community and that of anyone who in turn shares it over again.  It's for that very reason that I have been happy to talk about and share information on Kenneth Martin's kidney transplant and his appeal to raise funds for Yorkhill Hospital.  I see, via the Just Giving page, many of my friends have made donations to the appeal and I thank them for that and, it proves the point that blogging, tweeting, and sharing his story on Facebook has made a difference to the appeal.

So, if you're not inclined to scale a building, run a marathon or zip slide off the Forth Road Bridge don't be too hard on yourself, you can play a valuable role by talking to your community about those who do.

You can help right now; if you found this blog post valuable please share it using one of the social media "Share" buttons at the top of the right hand column or, email someone a link to it or, post a comment below for other to see.  

Kenneth Martin is fundraising for Yorkhill Children's Foundation

The fatBuzz team will be supporting Kenneth Martin of Block Architects, as he under goes his kidney donation to his father.

On the 25th August 2010, Kenneth will donate a kidney to a man (his dad) which all going well will afford him the luxury of participating in the lives of his 3 young grand daughters. It will also afford my 2 daughters Olivia and Ava, and his young niece Elissa with the luxury of knowing that their grandfather can now do simple things with them like take them to the swimming baths.

In order to afford this luxury to others, his family have decided to raise funds both pre and post operation to assist Yorkhill Children's Charity. The proceeds will assist other families and children with renal difficulties and offer them some hope with their troubles.

Kenneth will be in hopsital for approximately 1 week and has been told to 'take it easy' for a few weeks afterwards. If anyone has any daring activities that they would like to see him participate in post operation then please contact Kenneth on his facebook page.

You can also contact Kenneth at his blog or his website


http://www.justgiving.com/Kenneth-Martin