Missing Child Kenya and Spain’s Sosdesaparecidos have partnered with AS Roma, an Italian football club on the club’s transfer announcement campaign designed to try and help locate and raise awareness for missing children around the world. In 2019, Roma is taking a completely different approach to announce new signings – in an effort to use […]
View Post As Roma, Exploited children, Missing Child Kenya, Missing Children, Sosdesaparecidos, Telefono AzzurroIn her opening monologue at the 2019 Grammy Awards, host Alicia Keys acknowledged the importance of music to our lives. “It is so exciting to be here because music is what we all love,” she said. “Music is what it’s all about. Because music is what we cry to. It’s what we march to. It’s […]
View Post Creative Writing, fiction writing, Music, music intelligence, WritingAre you looking to improve your IT, blogging or social media skills? We, the Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE), would like to work with you and help you grow your talent through an internship program this year. Successful applicants will undergo training and mentoring by BAKE and will contribute content to our blogs. Applicants must […]
View Post BAKE Training, blogger internship, InternshipCelebrating milestones: 2018 #BAKEAwards winner Elizabeth Wathuti has been shortlisted as a Regional Finalist for Africa competing for the young Champions of the Earth 2019 prize! My Green Generation Initiative seeks to address challenges such as deforestation, climate change and environmental injustices, by nurturing young environmental enthusiasts to take action on climate action, zero hunger, […]
View Post BAKE Awards, blogging, Covestro, Elizabeth Wathuti, United Nations, Writing, Young Champions of the Earth.Cliches, hmmh…I’m sure you have heard of the word like a million times. What exactly is a cliche? A cliche can refer to an overused phrase or expression. You know, the one you used to write in compositions, “My heart beat fast like the West African tom tom drums .” Remember now? Well, the worst […]
View Post cliches, plot cliches, WritingAs bloggers, we often get caught up in creating the content we need for our blog to soar, that we often forget about the little things that make up our blogs. There are so many blogs out there, and the one thing that most people look for when they visit a blog, more than the […]
View Post about us page, blog pages, contact info, FAQ, personal bioSharon Vijedi, a student and blogger at Sound of the Pen, has won this year’s US Embassy Online Writing Competition. The competition that was held in August, set out to test the individual understanding of topics trained about earlier in the year by the Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE). The competition was held in three phases. […]
View Post #BAKETraining, Billboards, Decent conversations, plagiarism, plagiarism facts, Sharon Vijedi, Sounds of the pen, Training, US EmbassyVillains, in my opinion, are what moves your narration forward or else we would just have a mediocre story to contend with. Having a good villain goes a long way in creating something compelling. Also, it creates purpose in the story. It is difficult for someone to buy a story, where you have meat piece […]
View Post morality, writing books, writting villainsAs a writer, you hear “show, don’t tell” more often than not. It is an easy concept to grasp, but most writers, especially beginners find it hard to understand. The good thing is that once you master this technique, you will be amazed at how easy it will be to include your readers in your […]
View Post fiction writing, rather than tell, show, Writing emotions, writing point-of-viewLast week, we were privileged to attend a training hosted by the Ministry of Environment in association with the Low Emissions and Climate Resilient Development (LECRD) Project in Naivasha. We learnt that over the years, human beings have been degrading the environment, through their own actions. As a result, the world’s temperature is increasing, sea levels are rising […]
View Post biodiversity, deforestation, Environmental blogging, urban planning, waste management