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7-Links Challenge – A New Look

February 14, 2012

Have you been nominated for the 7 Links Challenge? It is a fun challenge to do and I feel is an honor to be nominated for.

I have actually been nominated a number of times.

I was originally nominated by Julie Dunlop, Kathy Dobson and Linda Bond back in November. At that time I did a post and listed my choices for the Challenge.

Then just recently I was nominated again by Praveen Rajarao Of Daily Morning Coffee.

I am honored to be nominated again and want to fulfill the nomination.

I have been taking Sally Neill’s “Learn With Sally” and have just finished the section on doing a powerpoint video. So, I decided that I would used my old 7 Links post, refresh it a bit and make a power point video with it.

The following gives you all the information on the 7 Links Challenge. (The information is taken from http://www.tripbase.com/blog/my-7-links-the-rules/)

THE RULES
1)     Blogger is nominated to take part

2)     Blogger publishes his/her 7 links on his/her blog – 1 link for each category.This shouldn’t take you long to do – don’t over-think it!- Your most beautiful post
– Your most popular post
– Your most controversial post
– Your most helpful post
– A post whose success surprised you
– A post you feel didn’t get the attention it deserved
– The post that you are most proud of

3)     Blogger nominates up to 5 more bloggers to take part.(Feel free to nominate any kind of blog to take part – we want this project to be as inclusive as possible!)

4)     These bloggers publish their 7 links and nominate another 5 more bloggers

5)    And so it goes on!

My Posts

Most Beautiful Post – Veterans Day – A Day To Honor Those Who Served.

Most Popular Post – My Blog Has Been Hijacked!!.

Most Controversial Post – A Fish Story!

Most Helpful Post – How To Restore A WordPress Blog From A Backup!

A Post Whose Success Surprised You – Oh My @$#%^&%#, I Just Deleted My Entire Blog!!!

A Post That Didn’t Get The Attention It Deserved – Christian Hollingsworth – YouDoFollow Blog Directory.

Post I Am Most Proud Of – I Am Thankful For… and Goals For 2012

My Nominations Are:

Bailey Ana of www.baileyanacakes.blogspot.com

Devesh of www.wpkube.com

Corinne Rodrigues of www.everydaygyaan.com

Leora Wenger of www.biz.leoraw.com/

Susan Silver of www.cirquedumot.com

Thank you for reading my 7 Links Challenge post again.

I always love comments so please scroll down and leave me a comment about what you think of the 7 Links Challenge, what you think of my post or whatever is on your mind.

About Dee Ann Rice

Hello, I am Dee Ann. I love working on the internet and blogging. I enjoy learning and love to teach others what I have learned. I have traveled and lived all over the world and have friends most everywhere I have ever gone. I love meeting new people sharing with them what I know and learning what they know. I really believe that by sharing we all make it where we want to be faster.

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24 Responses to “7-Links Challenge – A New Look”

Dawn Kay :

February 14, 2012 at 10:54 am

Hey Dee Ann

Well done on your first powerpoint video and for taking action…

I’m not so sure I would of done the challenge again but I loved the way you did it differently with a video.

Your getting a dab hand at video now and am looking forward to more from you.

Take care

Dawn
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Dee Ann Rice Reply:
February 14th, 2012 at 10:59 am
Dawn,

Wow you are fast. I think this has been up for 5 minutes or so.

I really thought about just not doing it again but I needed something to do a power point on and this seemed like it would be good for a first one.

I think I need to go back over the videos again on how to do it because I have black around it and remember Sally saying something about getting rid of the black but not just sure how.

Thanks for stopping by, catch you later.

Dee Ann
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Harleena Singh:

February 15, 2012 at 12:55 am

Congrats on being nominated and taking up the challenge Dee Ann!

Love the idea of doing a PowerPoint presentation instead of writing a normal post like most of us did! I think it looks wonderful and so different as well.

As I am fairly new to your blog, I yet need to check out your 7 links in the mentioned presentation and would be going through them. I guess we are similar where we posted a post about our fathers, though my dad is very much around

Nice to see the 5 bloggers you picked up, out of which I know Corinne and Leora- both of whom are also recent acquaintances. Can’t wait to see what they come up with now

Thanks for sharing more about you and your posts
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Dee Ann Rice Reply:
February 17th, 2012 at 9:05 am
Harleena,

I am glad that you liked my 7 Links presentation. I had fun doing it. It is fun to go through all of my old posts and look at them with a new prospective.

I really liked doing it as a video because I got to talk about the posts and it seemed like it made it so much more personal.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week-end.

Dee Ann
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Bailey Ana:

February 15, 2012 at 10:33 am

Hello

I was just passing by as I haven’t visited in a while… my macbook is on a go-slow and I’m in Apple waiting patiently to have it looked at and here you go again with one of my favourite posts!

If everything goes well with the macbook today, I shall get right to it

xx
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Dee Ann Rice Reply:
February 15th, 2012 at 12:42 pm
Bailey,

It will be great to read your post on the 7 links challenge. I always enjoy reading these post.

I love your blog but it makes me hungry every time I visit.

You have so much beautiful food on there.

Thanks for stopping by.

Dee Ann
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Adrienne :

February 15, 2012 at 1:04 pm

I love this challenge Dee Ann and you’re brave to do it again. But since you needed to do a powerpoint video for Sally’s program, I guess this was as good as any right.

If you would have waited a month or so you’d have some new posts to include. I think this would be fun to do like once a year you know. We’re always cranking out new content so I’m sure we’ll have more to include.

Praveen did good nominating your again and you did a good job on the video. Bravo, one down now!

Have a great afternoon Dee Ann!

~Adrienne
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Dee Ann Rice Reply:
February 15th, 2012 at 1:21 pm
Adrienne,

I love this challenge also and I agree with you about doing it once a year. It might be fun to do at the end of every year for that year.

I might think about that as my last post for 2012. I would not need to nominate anyone but just do it as an overview of the past year.

I had fun doing this one again as a video.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

Dee Ann
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Mandy:

February 16, 2012 at 9:21 am

Hi Dee Ann, I agree with Adrienne, this is a great way to sum up maybe every year or so, and what a great way to fulfill one of Sally’s tasks! I’ve visited a few people who have undertaken the Challenge and it’s been a great way to point me towards posts I may have missed on their blogs.

Enjoy the journey.

Mandy

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Dee Ann Rice Reply:
February 17th, 2012 at 9:07 am
Mandy,

I think doing something like this to sum up a year is a great idea and I think I am going to do it at the end of this year.

It will kind of document the journey I have made this year.

I also like this challenge because I find posts that I have missed or were written before I started blogging or found their sites.

Thanks for stopping by.

Dee Ann
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Barry Wells :

February 16, 2012 at 12:44 pm

Hi Dee Ann,

Congratulations on completing your first power point presentation, I think you done a great job

Thanks very much for mentioning me in it as well

I think the 7 link challenge was a great challenge, I love the way it is passed on to others bloggers and so go viral. Not only that but I enjoyed going over my old posts and seeing the journey i had been on. No doubt you had the same fun Dee Ann

Best of luck with reaching your goals and completing your courses. It’s face the camera next

Best of luck Dee Ann, thanks again for the mention.

Barry
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Dee Ann Rice Reply:
February 17th, 2012 at 9:09 am
Barry,

I thought it was a really great way to get 2 birds with one stone. Worked really well with as a power point video.

I am thinking of doing my in front of the camera as part of your video challenge. I am trying to figure out now just what I am going to do for that.

Thanks for stopping by.

Dee Ann
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Praveen Rajarao:

February 16, 2012 at 1:46 pm

Dee Ann – I liked your video very much and am glad i nominated you which brought out this great new way of writing/presenting the 7 Links Challenge. Thanks for all the mentions and I liked the way you pronounced my name

Nice posts you have lined up and i know couple of bloggers in your list of 5.

All the very best with your goals for 2012 again!!
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Dee Ann Rice Reply:
February 17th, 2012 at 9:11 am
Praveen,

Thank you for nominating me for this Challenge. I had fun doing it and being creative in how I did it.

I hope I came close to the right pronunciation of your name. I actually practiced saying it several times before I did the video. That is the only thing about doing a video, you have to pronounce names that usually you just write.

Thanks again for nominating me.

Dee Ann
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Praveen Rajarao Reply:
February 17th, 2012 at 8:25 pm
It is absolutely fine Dee Ann. I get this a lot here in the US because everyone thinks the “J” in my last name is silent like in “Jose” while it isnt.
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Dee Ann Rice Reply:
February 18th, 2012 at 9:48 am
Praveen,

I think it is because we are all used to Spanish. That is where we see the “J” like in your name. In Spanish the “J” is said as a “H” but is almost silent.

I wish I would of know how to pronounce your name before I did the post. Still not sure I could do it right but would make a better attempt.

Dee Ann
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Linda:

February 16, 2012 at 9:36 pm

Hey Dee Ann,

What a genius idea to use Sally’s challenge to do the 7 link challenge.

I am surprised you did it again, but kudos to you!! PowerPoint always comes in handy when doing videos.

Seems I missed the Veteran’s post, so going to check it out now.

Good job on your video and GREAT Job on keeping up with your goals so far this year. I have been doing pretty good with mine as well

Linda
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Dee Ann Rice Reply:
February 17th, 2012 at 9:13 am
Linda,

It was a really fun post to do. I really enjoyed doing the power point and then doing it as a video.

I am glad that you are checking out my Veterans post. I really like that post. It is special to me.

Thanks for coming by and have a great week-end.

Dee Ann
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Fernando:

February 17, 2012 at 2:38 am

Interesting idea with PowerPoint files. What I like the most is that they are sent to mass in emails if you do a really good job. It’s good to know that I can transform them to videos as well.
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Dee Ann Rice Reply:
February 17th, 2012 at 9:51 am
Fernando,

Yes, powerpoint makes great videos. They are easy videos to do also.

Thanks for stopping by.

Dee Ann
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Fernando Reply:
February 20th, 2012 at 2:31 am
Hi, Dee Ann! Can you give me an example of program which easily creates videos? Thanks in advance.
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Susan Silver:

February 17, 2012 at 11:58 pm

I might steal that video idea! Maybe I can do something like a Prezi or something more interactive. I really do love this challenge and it is an honor to get nominated again.
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Dee Ann Rice Reply:
February 18th, 2012 at 9:50 am
Susan,

Go ahead and steal the video idea. I love videos and think it is a great way to do this challenge.

Really glad that you like my post.

Dee Ann
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Dee:

March 4, 2012 at 9:50 am

Hi Dee Ann,

What splendid concept this 7 Links Challenge is! I don’t even have 7 posts altogether yet – actually my site isn’t even a week old yet – LOL

I’m really happy I stumbled onto your blog – so much to learn! – and the Fish Story is my fave so far

Thanks for brilliant content.

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