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NOVEMBER 28, 2006

Last week I posted about the online fair trade store, Global Girlfriend , here and on BlogHer , and asked readers to post other ideas for do-good gifts. You can also check out some other ideas myself and Have Fun * Do Good readers had last year here , here , here and here. Photo credit: Shelley Big Bag from Be Sweet site.

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OCTOBER 19, 2010

We did a fun icebreaker having folks take a photo of each other with their smart phones and post on Twitter. Hint, drive them to a landing page on your site). Did get one party hosted by Carwoo and organized by Renee Blodgett who I met a BlogHer in 2005. He spotted the Networked Nonprofit in the Wiley booth on the exhibit floor.

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JULY 30, 2007

Last week at the BlogHer Conference I had the pleasure of meeting Rochelle Robinson , the Online Program Manager for Ms. One of the cool things on her site is a link to Social Change Websites , a directory of nonprofit, grassroots and advocacy campaign web sites. The site is Rochelle's brainchild.

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AUGUST 1, 2007

During the BlogHer Conference session, How to Turn Your Blog into a GOtV (Get Out the Vote) Machine, the incredibly inspiring Zephyr Teachout (former Director of Internet Organizing and Outreach for Howard Dean's 2004 presidential campaign) talked about the importance of three things when organizing: * Have an online petition tool. . *

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JANUARY 4, 2007

I had the pleasure of interviewing Judi Sohn for Blogher and have finally published it. s always fun when I???m m Googling for something and my own site pops up in the results." Her personal blog drives traffic to her organization's web site. ll search my own blog to get that reference. "Before I hit the ???publish???

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JUNE 1, 2006

I'd seen Tara wow the audience when we were on a Blogging for Business panel together, but I'd never seen Elisa (or Lisa) from Blogher speak before, and I was super impressed. Now I'm really excited to go to the Blogher Conference ! Design plays a big factor in what makes a web site attractive to women.

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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. When she began getting up to 100 requests a day for survivor information, Sara directed people to survivor sites and other resources. Be honest about what you can and cannot help with.

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JULY 29, 2006

The first whole group session of Day 2 of BlogHer was, “How Has Blogging Changed your World?” The site continues today and has expanded to areas like Pittsburg, where Katrina survivors have been re-located. Photo credit: Nature Globes by Lady-bug/Lisa blogher blogher06 I have friends all over the world,” she said smiling.

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JULY 27, 2006

You can find places selling local food near you through the Local Harvest site, search for Eat In, Act Out events near you, or add your own, on the Eat In, Act Out Frappr Map (pictured above), and read more about the Food Project on their blog.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2006

My fellow BlogHer co-editor, Beth Kanter , has launched a fundraising campaign using ChipIn. If you have a web site or blog, and want to start a similar campaign of your own, I'm sure she'd be happy to share tips and advice-- she's very nice (: sopharath net2 nptech philanthropy

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FEBRUARY 6, 2009

You can also look on an organization's site, or contact them directly for information about volunteer opportunities. Cross-posted from BlogHer. You can search for volunteer opportunities on VolunteerMatch , Idealist , Social Actions , Network for Good , 1-800 Volunteer.org , Servenet.org , Volunteer Solutions , and GuideStar.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2006

While working on a post for blogher this morning, I came across information about a do good film company that I wanted to share.

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AUGUST 29, 2006

Here are some BlogHers who are giving back through volunteering, or using their blog to advertise do * good opportunities: Rocks in My Dryer puts the word out for Operation Special Edition , a program that provides volunteer doulas for pregnant women whose husbands or partners are deployed when they give birth.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2007

You can learn more about her impressive accomplishments by reading the official CV/Bio at her web site. It's a good excuse to read lots of other people's blogs, and feed into the general nptech blogosphere, which is fun. I'd like to do a lot more like that - it was a fun project, one that I hope will be helpful for people.

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MARCH 13, 2009

Building Strong Online Communities When: Tuesday, March 17th from 11:30 am - 12:30 pm: Room A Description: Many start blogs and social networking sites, but few build vibrant, self-sustaining communities. Have so much fun and keep blogging it :) March 13, 2009 | Tre ~ Thanks! Non-Profits: Be the Web You Wish to See! Great post.

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OCTOBER 22, 2008

As you mentioned, there are over 2,500 people who've signed up on your site who have committed to do this, more than once sometimes. There's a woman named Erin who is a community manager of our site. She helps manage the team of volunteers that run the site. I think that has been a common experience for people on the web site.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2006

Make it fun. Set a Time Frame, Track it and Talk about it: Make sure you activate the tracking system or install an external tracking system like site meter, bloglog, or Google Analytics. I interviewed Tuesday Gutierrez from SaveGuimaras over at blogher. Look at your data for answers. What should you bring forward?

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APRIL 24, 2007

PR: Check out our web site. We've seen other grassroots groups, community groups, environmental groups, engage around Fair Trade, get the word out through their newsletters, and help to educate and raise awareness, provide links to their web sites, promote Fair Trade products through creative partnerships.

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JUNE 19, 2009

So, now people can go on the site and support projects. Cross-posted from BlogHer. Losing some, a lot of fundraising in the process, but gaining more than we could ever have imagined in impact and long term change. Is that how it works? In order to try to replace some of that revenue, we built a state of the art Web 2.0,

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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

This week two fellow BlogHer Contributing Editors ( Virgina DeBolt and Elana Centor ), and BlogHer co-Founder ( Elisa Camahort Page ), and me had a virtual book club call to discuss Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. The Kittredge W.I.S.H.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2009

If you're American, you can find a blood drive near you on the American Red Cross site. Cross-posted from BlogHer. In, A Valentine’s Day gift of real love on The West Australian , Tiffany Fox writes that this year she will giving, "A very special gift straight from my heart: blood." Giving blood make you squeamish?

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JANUARY 31, 2006

Two projects supporting women bloggers launched yesterday, the new Blogher network and the Young Caucasus Women Project. Personal Politics & News Race & Ethnicity Religion & Spirituality Research & Academia Sex & Relationships Technology & Web Travel & Recreation World In addition, they have blogrolls of women bloghers in each category.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Last week, after the election, BlogHer co-founder Lisa Stone, asked What Will You Do To Change America? The Engage Network site features three sectors which are three very different programs. O n the site, you have different influences for this organization. Cross-posted from BlogHer.

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MARCH 8, 2007

Check out our local spotlight with great action photos on our site. Divine Caroline, a new site dedicated to publishing writing by women, has a great Changemakers category in their Neighborhood and World section. My newest favorite thing to peruse is this site called www.wefeelfine.org —it’s a program that searches blogs, myspace, etc.

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JULY 18, 2007

With just nine days until the BlogHer Conference in Chicago, where I'll be moderating the panel, "Getting It On(line) for a Cause: Raising Money," I thought I'd search around for nonprofit and activist women bloggers in the Chicago area. Chicago Community Midwives also uses a blog as their site's home page.

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