Last March I was on a blogging panel for an event put on by the Alliance of Technology and Women. To prepare for the panel, I wrote up 10 Ways Nonprofit Can Use Blogs. You can read Steve's blog at the Eye of Bakersfield. Blogs fall under the category of "social media" because they are, well, social. So here it goes.10

Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. NetSquared is pleased to announce a new Partner Challenge with University of California at Berkeley’s Human Rights Center. Through a NetSquared Community vote, 10 finalists will be chosen. Tags: challenge mobile netsquared Learn more about the HRC Mobile Challenge.

Amnesty’s Dan McQuillan has made a rallying call for a Netsquared this side of the pond - which could be an “incubator for web-enabled social change in the UK & Europe&#. And Rob Bowker at the BTCV has flagged his interest to me via this blog. Web 2.0 requires Leadership 2.0. Surely two sides of the same coin.

Looking forward to exploring all these topics in the session today and in future blog posts! Tags: challenge community presentation beth kanter crowds crowdsourcing netsquared nten sxsw If you’re here in Austin, do join us!  If not, you can follow the conversation in real time on Twitter with the hashtag #crowdx. 

This week in NTEN 's Nonprofit Blogging Affinity Group , a new member asked for a list of nonprofit blogs. Nonprofit Blogs" can actually be divided into two categories: blogs written by nonprofits, and blogs about nonprofit-related topics that are written by individuals who aren't necessarily affiliated with a specific organization.

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Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. NetSquared and our Challenge Sponsors invite submissions of innovations in mobile technologies for use by civil society.  Through a NetSquared Community vote, 14 Featured Projects will be selected to participate in this year’s NetSquared Conference (link to conference page). 

Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. Recently, over 300 innovators and changemakers interested in the intersection of technology and social benefit work converged for a few days of idea-sharing, learning, and collaboration at NetSquared's annual conference. Of course a selection of these updates will be aggregated on the team blog.

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Our good friend Alan Rosenblatt suggested having members, or donors, do a video blog of why they feel your nonprofit is important. The nights theme was Pimp My Nonprofit as the wonderful ladies from CODEPINK shared their website with the group. Group members offered helpful suggestions for the team on ways to improve their site.