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10 Blogging Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The first blogging platform, Blogger , launched in 1999 and it signaled the birth of the Social Web. Blogs were most often written in first-person, more than 1,000 words, and many nonprofit blogs of the past embraced the concept that a blog post had to be published daily for the blogger to be taken seriously.

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Serendipity and Twitter

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

As it turns out, BBC journalist Peter Day did an extensive radio interview of the three social media panelists (and me) at the Forum in Oxford. Nathaniel Whittemore (the Change.org social entrepreneurship blogger) pitches June Cohen of the TED conference to pull together TEDxVolcano impromptu conference for the next day: Sunday!

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10 Elements of an Effective Nonprofit or Do-Good Blog

Have Fun - Do Good

Provide a link to a page with bios for bloggers. If your blogging platform doesn't allow you to do that, have bloggers include a one-line bio at the end of their posts. Link to other bloggers Use Google Blog Search , Alltop and Technorati to find blogs that write about similar topics to yours. Interviews (written, audio, video).

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Day 1: Connecting Up Conference: Brisbane, Australia

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What if we were to audio and video record interviews with politicians and put them on the web? Generally I wrote an honest comment and respond to what the blogger wrote. We moderate comments because of spam and word press has a good tool for spam, but you need to moderate. You can leave your email address and url.

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I Like To Watch Feed

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

At first, I thought it was comment spam promoting a porno site but far from it. " Here's my interview with her: I am curious as to whether or not you work for a nonprofit organization? I understand that to have a well read blog most bloggers are working very hard to specialize and target a subject area and become an expert.

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Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants: Using Social Networking Tools - Advice, Brief Case Study, and Resources

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I interviewed Tuesday Gutierrez from SaveGuimaras over at blogher. Myspace avoids spamming so the members usually blocks people from adding them directly unless you know them personally or their email. In addition, have a conversation with the three people who joined you - what did you learn? What should you bring forward?

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An Interview David J. Neff about American Cancer Society's Sharing Hope Project

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you want to do an interview and have a dog, feel free to add your dog to the NpTech Dog Group ) David J. He agreed to do an interview with his organization's socal media project, SharingHope.tv. YouTube has tons of trolls and comment spam. I'm reaching out to bloggers. From video to audio to photos.

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