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She's Geeky -- An Unconference for Women in Technology

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This is an unconference so it will have an agenda created by the people who attend. Product building/management in large organizations. Our goal is to create an open space forum for women in tech to come together to. learn from each other - professional skill sharing. network with each other accross diverse sectors of the industry.

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Great reads from around the web on December 25th

Amy Sample Ward

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). UnConference and holiday discount | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – NonProfit 2.0 Unconference is coming to Washington, D.C.,

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Transparency Camp West 09: Blogging and Tweeting An Open Board Meeting

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Live blogging: Will fix typos later! Here's the elevator speech grabbed from the Sunlight Foudation blog that Jake Brewer (who was sitting next to me and blogging ) just posted. The session started off with some context about how the organization got started and why , and an overview of programs.

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Tips to Humanize Your Social Media

Care2

There has been a lot of great discussion over the past year about organizations striving to be more human. Unconference this really resonated with me when Paul Young of charity: water said in his keynote, what if your online communications (website, social media, fundraising appeals) looked like how you talked. Is it positive?

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NPTECH Punk

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

But in the nonprofit realm, my perspective on helping nonprofit organizations with technology issues has a lot to do with client empowerment, learning based on what’s needed at the moment, and active collaboration. Sounds a lot like Edupunk, doesn’t it? I learned a lot.

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How Do You Celebrate Reaching 10,000 Fans on Facebook?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I attended a local unconference for nonprofits about two years ago with the intention of learning how I, as a blogger, could help local nonprofits… you & your blog were mentioned several times. I went home and immediately included your blog on my Google Reader, but somehow only just now got to clicking on your FB page.

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Learnings and Reflections from BlogHer about Mobile Phones for Video Blogging and Beyond

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One of the ideas I've been exploring is the whole notion of video blogging from Cambodia by Cambodians. I'm going to bring over video blogging kits - inexpensive cameras, rechargeable batteries, SD cards, and Ryanne's book. The group organizes and selects the topics and the learning is through discussion, peer to peer.

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