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Women in Nonprofit Technology Who Rock: Adding to Fast Company's Most Influential Women in Technology List

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The list included BlogHer founders Elisa Camahort Page, Jory Des Jardins, and Lisa Stone. Big Picture Thinkers. Allison Fine , author of the book Momentum, writes about social activism in the nonprofit sector and the implications on the ground and at the big picture level. Lucy Bernholz. Nina Simon.

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ChipIn Over the Holidays

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My fellow BlogHer co-editor, Beth Kanter , has launched a fundraising campaign using ChipIn. The money is going to support a college scholarship for Leng Soparath (pictured here), an orphan from the Kampong Speu orphanage. She sits on their board. 750 will cover her college fees and living expenses.

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3 Answers for a Young Activist

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What are the 3 most common mistakes (the kind that serve as a barrier in achieving your big picture dream) you see people making? Cross-posted from BlogHer. nonprofit social entrepreneur career advice I thought I'd share some of my answers with you, and hope you'll add yours in the comments as well.

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Interview: Zen and the art of Nonprofit Technology

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When I first started out consulting, one of the first pieces of advice I got was that giving things away free is an avenue to getting business. I can't really quantify whether this has been the case for me - but between my natural inclinations, and that advice, I certainly got into the habit of doing it. Cross posted at Blogher

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What is your 15SecondPitch? An Interview with Laura Allen

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I met Laura at Boston Podcamp very briefly and grabbed her card so I could catch up with her for an interview for Blogher. You can see her picture and her pitch on our website here Mara had a limited budget, so she could not just go out and hire the people that she needed to help her make a name for herself. Blogs to read?

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

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I was in high school, I was 17 and my first trip to Africa was to Kenya with my family, just on a picture safari. I'm actually not the typical, at least in the way that we talk about it now, picture of a social entrepreneur because I actually didn't set out to create an organization at first. What advice do you have for them?

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Stop Cyberbullying Day: Some Inspiration from the Blogosphere

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Hats off to Lisa, Jory, and Elisa (as well as to my fellow BlogHer CE editors) for posting such brilliant thoughts about this topic. Here's her advice for educators, students, and parents on how to stop Cyberbullying Today!: Some advice on what's needed on the Web/Blogopshere for the here and now for adults. about civility!

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