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11 Highlights from BlogHer '11

Have Fun - Do Good

Last week I spoke at BlogHer '11, a gathering of over 3,000 women bloggers. My 5 takeaways were: Checking email, Twitter and Facebook constantly can be "insecurity work.". One of the main reasons I go to BlogHer is to connect with old friends and to make new ones like: Beth of My Plastic-free Life. Photo by Green LA Girl ) 2.

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How Networked Nonprofits Use Twitter and Other Things I learned in Vegas

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

How networked nonprofits use twitter. Last week, I parachuted into BlogWorld 2010 in Las Vegas for less than 24 hours. I presented on two panels (How Nonprofits Use Twitter and CrowdSourced Philanthropy) in the Cause Track curated by Chris Noble and the good folks at WhatGives. How Networked Nonprofits Use Twitter.

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Nonprofit Calendars for 2010

Have Fun - Do Good

If you haven't purchased your 2010 calendar yet (or are looking for a last minute holiday gift), lots of nonprofits publish calendars. I asked my Facebook and Twitter pals for suggestions, and they came up with the list below: Amnesty International Antenna Theater's Ecological Calendar (They have an iPhone app too !)

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My life as an (almost) ex-Technology Consultant

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I decided several weeks ago, for a variety of reasons, to retire my independent consultant hat. It will be interesting to see how things evolve. 3 Beth 03.19.07 at 7:06 pm Good Luck Michelle … I’m sure they will evolve successfully knowing you.

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Elisa Camahort Page, BlogHer: How I Have Fun, Do Good

Have Fun - Do Good

World Go Vegan Week (October 24-31, 2010) seems like a perfect time to highlight the sixth contributor to my series of guest posts by bloggers talking about how they have fun and do good. The best ways to follow her are via Twitter ( @ElisaC ) and by all the headline feeds found in her BlogHer profile.

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The Last Blogpotomac: A New Community Rises from the Ashes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

You don't necessarily see women keynote at technology conferences (well accept for women focused technology conferences like blogher ), but Geoff was trying hard ensure a gender balanced program and succeeded. conference in 2010. It was also easy in the early days of Twitter when it was more like a village and huge city.

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How to Start, or Join a Social Action Book Club

Have Fun - Do Good

This week two fellow BlogHer Contributing Editors ( Virgina DeBolt and Elana Centor ), and BlogHer co-Founder ( Elisa Camahort Page ), and me had a virtual book club call to discuss Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. The Kittredge W.I.S.H.

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