AUTISM AWARENESS SIGNS FOR MEEZ....A story of how they came to be :)

[ZsMommy]

Well...alot of you already know that MEEZ has created an autism awareness signs to add to your animated "you"....(brand new...just as of Thurs 4/17/2008)

This is me....

But this is the "HOW" they came to create the sign....

Backtrack to around January....latenight....I just received my meez newsletter...catching up on all the "new" features...It's sent out by "LucyMeez"....Well me n latenights get into creative thinking....I found that "LucyMeez" has a myspace...Said she didn't use it much but I thought "hey...I have a myspace...Let me find LucyMeez and send her an email" So off to myspace I went...locating LucyMeez and writing an email in which I let her know I happened to be one of the admins for the largest Autism awareness groups on cafemom and that April was Autism Awareness month...And I knew MEEZ supported other causes...would they consider making some form of awareness for cafemom members who had meez on their profiles and in general,for the entire Autism community.

Not expecting a reply,but trying for a shot in the dark...I received an email the very next day back from LucyMeez...who put me in contact with Mayka in marketing. So I emailed Mayka...copied the email from Lucy just to verify I was sent by her... and explained everything all over. Mayka emailed me right back and said she definetely was interested and she would see what they at meez could do....

Things got jumbled up with legal technicalities as far as imaging...what could n could not be used....

(from email)

Sorry, Heidi,

I don’t want you to think you were forgotten in the scheduling, but doing autism assets became a question we posed directly to our VP of Marketing. (You had three girls in Marketing working on getting autism stuff together for you. ;)) His response:

We absolutely cannot use a trademarked logo without the express permission of the organization. So, no puzzle ribbons, unfortunately.

We can do an “autism awareness” sign. But, it can’t have logos or slogans of the organization.

We’ve gotten slammed with these last-minute ad deals since the end of March (Nike was huge, we were given a week to do Princess, and we have a week to produce 27 Dresses DVD stuff to launch next week.) and really just haven’t had time to create a sign. I’m hoping to still create a sign, but just so you know, we may run into some legibility issues as our Meez assets are pretty small.

What if we made a sign that said “I’m aware of autism.” Instead? It might fit better…

Let me know, I know that given all this lag that’s not much of a consolation. L

Sorry, we’re trying,

 

I was starting to feel like things weren't gonna happen...Least not this year...too much red tape.....

It was decided a sign could be made,but it had to be limited as to how many words you could fit on the sign. Okay...Sign...Cool....Since anything with puzzle designs were shot down I was expecting just a plain black n white sign...Better than nothing....

Then I clicked on my email on thurs....

(from email)

Sort the animations by “Most Recent.” ;)

As I had mentioned, we had to shorten the phrase on the sign so it could be legible, but at least we got something up!

Right there was a sign...with the Autism Ribbon background!!! I was awestruck!!!!!!

I quickly changed my meez to add the sign...then got a post up on the Autism/Apergers/Pdd-Nos board....I let the other admins know...I changed my profile pic on my myspace...I was jumping for joy!!!!

I was just amazed that not only was I able to contact a company...but they responded...And then "came thru"...even apologized for the sign being simple. I sent them a HUGE!!!! thank you...

(from email)

I’m so glad you approve of the little we were able to do! (“Awareness” is just a tricky, long word – oh, logistics!)

And I'm going to be sending the girls who created this some handmade jewelry as part of that thank you.

But anyone who would like to check out the MEEZ BLOG about the makings of the Autism Awareness Meez Sign...please go here....And Please leave Mayka and the crew @ Meez a THANK YOU!!!!

(from email)

http://meezinsider.wordpress.com/2008/04/22/recognizing-autism-awareness-month-with-some-meeztastic-moms/

 

 

I just wanted to share...THANK YOU again to Lucy,Mayka and the crew at meez.com!!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

 

Tags: autism awareness, autism groups, meez, thank you, widgets

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[StephIN]

Apr. 21, 2008 at 2:23 AM Sent my thank you!  And Thank you Heids for your shot in the dark

[mom2simon]

Apr. 21, 2008 at 2:23 AM

That is so freakin awesome Heidi!  I am so proud of you!!  God that must feel so damn good to get something like accomplished!  You rock my friend, you rock.

  P.S. I'm going to send them an email thanking them too :}

[tiny_mama]

Apr. 21, 2008 at 2:44 AM I emailed them as soon as I found out they added the sign!!!!!!

[TTMTC]

Apr. 21, 2008 at 2:52 AM Great Job Heids... thanks for thinking ahead

[ZsMommy]

Apr. 21, 2008 at 5:00 AM bump

(Original Poster)

[ManicMom2Kids]

Apr. 21, 2008 at 6:41 AM

Hooray for meez!!

Thanks Heids and thanks meez.

[123kat]

Apr. 21, 2008 at 6:43 AM You ROCK!!  I e-mailed a thank you as soon as you told me about it!  They ROCK, too!  You damn sure have done your part this April to help spread awareness!  Awesome!

[ZsMommy]

Apr. 21, 2008 at 8:33 AM It's not about me...It's about the fact that here's an internet site that listened and helped to create something for it's users to show their support for autism awareness. Meez isn't just a "cafemom widget"-It's on myspace,facebook,etc...etc...This is what amazes me the most. I'm so impressed with the company for supprting this idea.

(Original Poster)

[itsazoohere]

Apr. 21, 2008 at 9:06 AM

How awesome are those people???

[Christieann]

Apr. 21, 2008 at 9:18 AM

I added the sign to my meez good work!!!