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11 Highlights from BlogHer '11

Have Fun - Do Good

Last week I spoke at BlogHer '11, a gathering of over 3,000 women bloggers. Teaching The Essential Blog Content Development Workshop I loved co-facilitating the Essential Blog Content Development Workshop with Elizabeth Soutter of Da Momma: Motherhood is Not for Wimps , and Julie Weckerlein of Julie and Martin. Jesica of SurfPrayLove.

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Washington, DC: Book Launch Events

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Book Party in at the Case Foundation: Who Has Their Hands on the Book. We were in Washington, DC on Thursday and Friday for our book tour for The Networked Nonprofit to celebrate with live and virtual events hosted by the Case Foundation and Chronicle of Philanthropy. Thank you so much for your support of the book.

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Katya Andresen, Network for Good: How I Have Fun, Do Good

Have Fun - Do Good

I consider myself a teacher: I take a few days off a year to teach at American University, and I do a lot of public speaking and training. It’s incredibly rewarding to help others, and teaching – or mentoring – gives me a sense of accomplishment. Vain, because if you teach, you believe you have something important to say.

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Cambodia Bloggers Summit: Help Young Cambodian Bloggers Join the Global Conversation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here's what I'm going to do: A train the trainers workshop with the Cambodian blogging team to share resource information, answer questions, and exchange ideas for teaching young people how to use social media in a developing country like Cambodia. Identify and interview 3-5 amazing Cambodian BlogHers and post on BlogHer site.

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My life as an (almost) ex-Technology Consultant

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

In any event, I have a lot of other skills and knowledge besides databases and coding: skills and knowledge in teaching, in writing, in working with organizations, in facilitation, in religion and spiritual practices, and in working with people, that I want to use now. Perhaps I’m now more ready to wrestle those.

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Ten Books for Every Nonprofit Professional’s Reading List

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here’s ten books that nonprofit colleagues and authors have shared with me in the last few months and I wanted to share them with you. If you are looking for more recommendations, check out Book Authority’s list of 52 Best Nonprofit eBooks of All Time ( The Happy Healthy Nonprofit is #9).

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Giving When You're Unemployed: It Could Make You Happier and Wealthier

Have Fun - Do Good

In contrast, many philosophical and religious teachings have asserted that it is giving that leads to prosperity. clothes, books, CDs, DVDs, furniture). Cross-posted from BlogHer. , concludes that giving can make you more prosperous. What would you add to the list? Volunteer in your community, or virtually. Give away stuff (i.e.

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