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	<title>Pink for October &#187; corporations</title>
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	<description>Web sites will Go Pink during the month of October to bring attention to Breast Cancer Awareness Month, get people talking about breast cancer, and raise money for research.</description>
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		<title>Corporations Can Go Pink Too. Really.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:36:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Oliphant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I went to update the Pink for October Twitter account, congratulating Boobie-Thon for raising $9300 this year, when I saw this update: I checked out National City and was please to see this: Many businesses participate in Pink for October each year, but I am happy to see more corporations Going Pink too. Resistance When [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I went to update the <a href="http://twitter.com/p4o">Pink for October Twitter account</a>, congratulating <a href="http://boobiethon.com/">Boobie-Thon</a> for raising $9300 this year, when I saw this update:</p>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/firemom/statuses/951207611f"><img src="http://pinkforoctober.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/twitternc-450x198.gif" alt="" title="twitternc" width="450" height="198" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-388" /></a></p>
<p>I checked out <a href="https://www.nationalcity.com/personal-banking/pages/home.asp">National City</a> and was please to see this:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fajalar/2924507052/" title="Corporations Can Participate Too! by Matthew Oliphant, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3279/2924507052_c146487e97.jpg" width="487" height="500" alt="Corporations Can Participate Too!" /></a></p>
<p>Many businesses participate in Pink for October each year, but I am happy to see more corporations Going Pink too.</p>
<h3>Resistance</h3>
<p>When I first started Pink for October in 2006, I approached my employer with the idea of Going Pink. No dice.  I understood their point of view; pink isn&#8217;t in the corporate color scheme, if they Went Pink they&#8217;d have to do other colors when people asked&hellip;</p>
<p>It just wasn&#8217;t a point of view that held much water for me.  If you support something, why not go all out? Maybe I am just too comfortable saying no to people about things I don&#8217;t want to do.  Perhaps that&#8217;s too hard for corporations&hellip;</p>
<h3>Breaking Resistance</h3>
<p>I&#8217;ve tried to get other corporations to Go Pink but so far I have struck out. Last year <a href="http://yahoo.com">Yahoo!</a> participated and I think they did it this year too though I didn&#8217;t see it.  I know you can apply a Pink theme to the main page, but that is a regular thing.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d like to see more corporations participating in this web event (obviously). But how can I go about convincing large companies to join in?  Not a rhetorical question. I&#8217;d really like some help answering this.</p>
<p>If you have an answer, please leave a comment.  And if you&#8217;ve seen other large companies Go Pink this year, please post a link.</p>
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