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OCTOBER 10, 2009

If after asking yourself the 10 Questions to Get You Started Using Social Media for Your Nonprofit or Do-Good Project, you've decided that a blog is good tool for you, consider incorporating the following 10 elements of an effective nonprofit, or do-good blog into your blogging strategy: 1. Guest blog posts. How to lists.

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JUNE 22, 2010

Finally, people really wanted to dig in and discuss the big ideas in the book! Most importantly, the vision that Marnie Webb had over five years ago called Netsquared inspired me to keep blogging and explore social media and nonprofits. The discussion about Networked Nonprofits was rich. Craig Newmark blurbed our book! (And

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AUGUST 8, 2005

Mary Hodder's post Link Love Lost or How Social Gestures within Topic Groups are More Interesting Than Link Counts comes directly out of the discussion at blogher at the Technorati 100. Currently, blogs are measured in systems like Technorati or ranked in PubSub by links or by number of subscribers to a feed in Feedster.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 19, 2009

What happens when the most talented and innovative women in technology who work with non-profit organizations and political campaigns get together for the day to discuss the most relevant issues ranging from the Women in Open Source to Fighting Sexism in the Tech Sector? You get Women Who Tech. Details: Date: May 12, 2009. Why Women Who Tech?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 13, 2008

Photo by Ezster On Saturday, I attended BlogHer Boston. The networking was fabulous - meeting many new bloggers in the Boston area as well as seeing long-time blogher buddies and of course, Jory, Lisa, and Elisa. BlogHer always inspires me and this one did not fail. It was better than eating chocolate!

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AUGUST 30, 2010

This panel will discuss realistic metrics and benchmarks any organization can use in their campaigns and ensure that your using the right strategies and tools to listen and engage your audiences on different social networks. Social Media ROI. Do you know what kind of an impact social media is having on your brand, mission, or bottom line?

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NOVEMBER 6, 2007

I'm working on a piece for the BlogHer Holiday Guide about encouraging children to contribute causes and charities. We have dinner table discussions on why it is important to support causes, particularly programs in Cambodia like the Sharing Foundation. Some blog posts: Taking Action in the World Please respond by November 24th.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2008

In a recent post on Blogher, Virginia DeBolt mentions the list titled 100 Awesome Webmaster Blogs by and for Women by Jimmy Atkinson. She was on the list and checked it out, finding a wide range of excellent blogs written by women. (I BlogHer's leadership trio Lisa, Elisa, and Jory was in the number 1 spot.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 9, 2006

I'm finally back home after an extended business trip that began with the Blogher 2006 conference. Hundreds of blogs, individual web sites and small business web sites ??? What would be the result if we could mobilize the blogher network? and a few celebrities - have linked to Network for Good at times of crisis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 16, 2008

Last year, I was in a room at the BlogHer Conference where there was a discussion about how we might focus BlogHers Act Campaign on maternal health. After about 45 minutes of discussion, I remember Liza Sabater made a few point, telling a story first that helped bring everyone to agreement. Flickr Photo by PaulGi.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2007

Individuals are influenced by word of mouth and discussions, so social media measurement is tied to the holy grail of marketing ???ROI. Following the link to this post "The need to centralize brand in a decentralized world" made me link of a recent post from Amy Gahran about Jack Vinson (both of whom I hung out with at BlogHer).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2008

One of the things we discussed was were strategies for resourcing the World Cafe. The session I did at Blogher was about tools for community fundraising (Marnie Webb set up a wiki with notes and links). Much of my connection has been facilitated by online technology so it was great to participate - finally - face-to-face. Spot Us,???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

I've been following Charlene Li ever since I heard her speak at opening keynote at the first BlogHer Conference in 2005. She has a blog, "The Altimeter" that discusses these topics at blog.altimetergroup.com. I'm leading a discussion about professional networking over at SocialEdge this week.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2008

Photo by Christine As you know by now, Hurricane Gustav looks even more destructive than Katrina (see this round up from Lisa Stone, BlogHer , of the news reports and links). Andy Carvin of NPR's Social Media guru, interrupted his self-imposed summer blogging siesta, to help organize online efforts and coordinate volunteers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

The discussion around trying to quantify it - can lead to productive conversation about why the technology is important to mission. I caught up with Jen Lemen's post " To Cambodia With Love " I met Jen at Blogher last summer in a session about Global Women Bloghers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 2, 2006

One of the breakout sessions at The Netsquared Conference was on Tagging in the Nonprofit World at that session blogher Holly Ross of N-TEN asked a question. We had a small group and an amazing discussion. and then foster a discussion about how we can use the content that we're tagging for social change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2007

I wasn't as lucky as Amy Gahran who won the free pass to attend at BlogHer. This discussion will center around the stories, strategies, triumphs and challenges of innovative non profits with a passion for change and the cajoles to rock it out online. I've never been to South by Southwest Interactive Festival or SXSW.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2007

In a few weeks, the NP2020 will be bring together individuals from around the country to begin a discussion about leadership in the nonprofit sector at the Pew Campus of Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. So, this got me thinking about women who may in the early stages of their nonprofit careers and also blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2010

We were lucky that Rob Cottingham from Social Signal was in the room cartoon blogging. He captured the key points above. Did get one party hosted by Carwoo and organized by Renee Blodgett who I met a BlogHer in 2005. Cartoon by Rob Cottingham of Social Signal. Next, Danielle Brigida gave a case study about how NWF uses Twitter.

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DECEMBER 13, 2005

Tharum and I have been in communication via our blogs, IM, and email for over a year now. In addition our participation at the conference, we got to discuss blogging while sharing a day of sightseeing in London. It was very similar to the way the blogher opening plenary was facilitated. Technorati Tags: globals

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2007

I used to include a segment on " TechnoStress " in which I had people create drawings that represented their stress as a way to do some small group discussion. I started off with 5 blog feeds and as I discovered other blogs or resources, I added them gradually. I'd also cover stretching and RSI and how to avoid it.(in

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MAY 2, 2008

I got inspired by this post and left a quick comment, but then I reading comments by others and folks who wrote the answers on their blogs. I read Connie Bensen's story and she encouraged me to post on my blog. I started Spiderschool which was my first sort of blog. A totally manual blog! reflector surfing??? -

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 30, 2006

The last BlogHer Conference session I went to yesterday, before leaving early to go to a wedding, was about using blogging for Community Assistance. Your blog needs to be a place to “help the helper.” Work with traditional media and blogs to get the word out about your work. They also set up a wiki. Tips from Sara 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 29, 2008

The members will meet each week to make their repayments, discuss issues relevant to their businesses and personal lives, and receive business training and mentoring. Beth Kanter, BlogHer Editor for Social Change and Nonprofits, writes Beth's Blog.   You have until October 31st to participate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2008

The question came from a diversity consultant while we were discussing how young people today are being brought up on social networks AND some statistics about age and email/social network use. Blog is Beautiful Latino, Asian/Pacific Islander-American, and black bloggers. Blogs Help Drive Jena Protest.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2007

Much later however, I went to a discussion where Facebook employees were working and had the pleasure of meeting Chris Kelly, among others who actually apologized to me for deleting Ranger Rick (and I to them for breaking their rules). Beth Kanter, BlogHer CE for Social Change and NGOS, writes Beth's Blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 27, 2007

Lisa Stone at Blogher has responded to the situation here with a post called "Hating Hate Speech: Safety for Kathy Sierra and All Women Online." And perhaps we can use some of our energies that day to discuss what we can do to make online safety a topic that we deal with on a regular basis.

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JUNE 2, 2006

You can also find it on Britt's Blogher site. Policy: Susan Crawford has posted an illuminating discussion of why the net neutrality debate really matters and the very real dangers of caving in to the telcos on this issue. This blog's name is very appealing: Help Desk when Help Desk wasn't Cool. Cut that engine!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

This discussion will center around the stories, strategies, triumphs and challenges of innovative non profits with a passion for change and the cajones to rock it out online. I'm excited to finally meet Michaela face-to-face after following her personal blog and flickr stream over three years. What were the adoption issues?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2006

Annette Kramer, Learning Lab Blog The Collaborative Technologies Conference sponsored by CMP took place in Boston this past week. And again, this discussion can't be carried out to its full potential without a play among these experiences and the technologies that make them possible. Photo Credit: on Flickr by Beth Kanter

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 17, 2009

Although the video presentation and following discussion about the Books Not Bars program by EBC staff members was extremely disturbing, it was Jones’ closing remarks that resonated with me. You can read more about moments of obligation on: • Jacob Colker's post, The Vision of the Extraordinaries on The Extraordinaries blog.

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Care2

JANUARY 25, 2009

Panels include discussions on Feminism on the Move - Where We Were and Where Are We Now with panelists ranging from Elisa Camahort Page, Co-Founder of BlogHer to Eleanor Smeal, President of Feminist Majority and moderated by Shireen Mitchell, Vice Chair of the National Council of Women’s Organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

Presentation Slides on flickr Blog post here. Phillip Smith has a thoughtful post called " Social tech meets the Social Innovation Generation " The Nonprofit Eye blog writes about leadership challenges in the nonprofit sector. Heather at Aspiration is doing some research on blogging and professional development.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2007

For BlogHer, I'm on a panel with Britt Bravo and I have to present the widget fundraising case study in ten minutes. rest of the session will be discussion/questions). This came just in the nick of time as I'm remixing my Web 2.0 workshops for July. These are all on the on the topic of Web2.0 tools and fund raising.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 16, 2010

As I mentioned in a post last week , I'd like to teach a a class in 2011 about The Art of Blogging: Creating Juicy Content for Artists, Writers, Creative Entrepreneurs and Do-Gooders. Going to NYC with the hubs to see friends, family, and to go to the BlogHer Conference. Discussing books in my virtual social change book club.

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MARCH 13, 2009

60) Search « 5 Quick Steps to Better SEO | Main | Tech & Style Tips for Conducting Blog Interviews » Tuesday Mar 10 2009 Top 10 SXSW Interactive Panels Your Nonprofit Should Attend Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at 05:27PM | by Allyson Kapin Are you planning to check out SXSW Interactive this year? Whitehouse.gov 2.0:

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MAY 14, 2009

Also posted on the Frogloop blog for nonprofits here. This was a great way for EAC to create a meaningful channel into the discussions and to maintain transparency. They accepted questions via Twitter and then had an expert reply via the White House blog. What is difference between a blog, social media tools, and websites?

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