Reverb

I’m not sure who decided on Kevin Bacon being the centre of this whole six degrees phenomenon. I’m voting for Bono. Not necessarily in the same sense of how everyone is supposedly only 6 degrees away from Kevin Bacon however. I’m choosing Bono for Six Degrees of influence.

I suppose that is an unfair appointment of Bono over Kevin Bacon in that department, seeing that Bono actively uses his influence for high profile humanitarian and charity work. His reach is far and wide and it’s not just him, it’s the entire band — ::wikipedia(U2,U2)::

With the launch of his Red campaign earlier this year which is (predominately only available in the UK right now), it has already influeced similar campaigns out here in North America. The Red campaign launched with Amex, Gap, Emporio Armani, and Converse on board.

In Canada, I’ve caught wind of the “Da One Card” which is launching sometime this year. It’ll function somewhat similar to the Red Amex card, except it appears like you can select various causes to support. Famine relief, health care, education, disaster relief, and various many other things you can donate towards.

Have you ever thought of what you could do with your sphere of influence? Obviously Bono has