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JULY 28, 2006

The minute I walked into the reception at blogher tonight, Susan Getgood came up to me and said "Don't photograph my shoes. My blogher shoes and feet photos have gotten more hits than anything else on my blog! The second purse from Hawaii spotted during the blogher reception. Green isn't her color, purple is.

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JULY 2, 2008

Just a quick post to say that today at 6 PM Pacific Time is the last day to register for the BlogHer Conference. I'll be facilitating a Birds of a Feather session for Green, Social Change & NPO/NGO bloggers on Friday, July 18th from 10:30-11:45 AM. blogher women blog nonprofit green social change They are selling out.

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MAY 28, 2008

For the past two days I've gotten to spend time at the NetSquared Conference with my Co-Editor of BlogHer's Social Change, Nonprofit and NGO section, and fellow NetSquared blogger , Beth Kanter of Beth's Blog. I'll be teaching a "Nonprofit Blogging 101," and a "Nonprofit Podcasting 101" session. blogging conference Beth Kanter

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FEBRUARY 27, 2007

Last summer, I remember seeing Britt Bravo photographing the trash at the Blogher Conference. She was creating a visual for this post, " Can't Blogher Conference Be Greener Next Year ?" Her recent post at Netsquared called " How To Green Your Tech Conference " has some good advice.

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JULY 2, 2007

You can learn some blog fundraising tips if you come to the BlogHer Conference in Chicago where I'll be moderating a panel on Friday, July 27th from 2:45-4:00 pm called, Getting It On(line) for a Cause: Part 1 - Raising Money. Presenters will include Green L.A. blogher07 , Bloghers Act , Bloghersact , Blogher

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

Click To Play Here a round up of some the fabulous women Bloghers in Cambodia and Linux Chix that I met. Dee Dee with the BlogHer bag! On the right, is Sopheap who I interviewed for BlogHer. The woman wearing the green t-shirt played the role of my daughter. Cross posted at BlogHer I am enjoying reading her blog.

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JULY 30, 2005

I saw all different shades of pink and red as well as green, black, and blue polish. Technorati Tags: blogher bloghercon (The shoes are by the designer Andre). Lots of colorful flipflops with nail polish. The above are mirror images almost. Most popular sandal style was flip flops with red nail polish. The above most unique.

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

NEWS This week, Echoing Green partnered with Jobs for Change on a new Be Bold Podcast. Green Blogger Convention To Kick Off In Los Angeles Next Month on Eco razzi. 10 Tips for an Effective Nonprofit or Do-Good Facebook Fan Page by Beth Kanter on BlogHer. It's been a been a busy few weeks! Early registration deadline is Nov.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2011

11 Highlights from BlogHer '11 7. The photo of me with the cute little dog is by Green LA Girl. Rachelle Mee-Chapman: Making Time for What Matters 4. Last 100 Days of 2011: How Will You Make Time for What Really Matters? 7 Ways Writers Can Give Back 6. What is Your Symbol of Hope? Julie Daley: Making Time for What Matters 9.

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MAY 30, 2008

For the past three years, I've had the pleasure of working closely with Britt Bravo at BlogHer and Netsquared. " We'll also be at the, "Blogging Birds of a Feather Meet-Up: Green/Social Change" on Friday, July 18th at the BlogHer Conference in San Francisco and I'll also be on a panel on personal fundraising.

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AUGUST 4, 2011

And at month's end she and Robyn, Care2's Editor in Chief, will be presenting the Care2 Environmental Impact Award to filmmaker Alexandra Cousteau (granddaughter of renowned oceanographer and filmmaker Jacques Cousteau) at the Women In Green Forum. BlogHer San Diego, CA. Women In Green Forum Santa Monica, CA. Ashley Hansen.

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MAY 9, 2011

Inspired by Kalyn Denny's new Meatless Monday column on BlogHer , I decided to cook five meatless meals for dinner last week. Meatless Monday is a nonprofit initiative of The Monday Campaigns. Their goal is to help reduce meat consumption by 15% to improve personal and planetary health.

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APRIL 7, 2008

I'm doing a bit of research on this topic for BlogHer for Earth Day that will encourage community members to create "green themed" videos with their kids. I've been doing a series with Harry about green tips and will look at strategies for parents and kids to make media together. In terms of web 2.0

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AUGUST 27, 2008

In a recent blog post , Lara Galinsky of Echoing Green talks about how each new Echoing Green Fellow is asked to answer the question, "Why do you do what you do?" "It You can see the Echoing Green Fellows' answers to wdydwyd on the Echoing Green home page. Full disclosure: I've worked for Echoing Green.

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APRIL 7, 2009

As many of you know, in addition to writing for Have Fun * Do Good, I am also a Contributing Editor, with Beth Kanter , for the Social Change and Nonprofit section of BlogHer. I've been a creative career coach for 10+ yrs, and am the host of Echoing Green's Be Bold Podcast: Create a Career with Impact. Hello Have Fun * Do Gooders!

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FEBRUARY 24, 2008

Flickr Photo from Avylavitra Several weeks ago I wrote a post on BlogHer about Foko Madagascar and Joan Razafimharo , an amazing blogger, social change activist, and woman working in Madagascar and other parts of the world. So I had great time eating my favourite chocolate waffle when watching Harry my favourite green geek.

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MARCH 7, 2008

I usually direct people to places like Emily Weinberg's Nonprofit Blog Exchange , or BlogHer's Social Change and Nonprofit blog list. Give the nonprofit and green sections a browse. Now I have a new resource to send folks to, nonprofit.alltop.com.

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AUGUST 21, 2008

Ask bloggers to review/write about your book You can find a list of the Top 100 Blogs on Technorati as a place to start, but all of their audiences may not be appropriate for your topic.

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APRIL 17, 2009

While re-reading Echoing Green's book, Be Bold: Create a Career with Impact , I've been thinking about one of its main ideas--that people have moments of obligation. One of my moments of obligation came during the Green Festival in San Francisco in the fall of 2002. Echoing Green Fellows' descriptions of their moments of obligation.

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OCTOBER 10, 2008

A green themed party where guests can plant seeds to take home and grow. Cross-posted from BlogHer. children party gift green donation The details are available at www.QuakerKidsDoingGood.com. I liked a couple party ideas from their site: A treasure hunt where everything the guests find is donated to a children's hospital.

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AUGUST 25, 2007

It's just a sampler of do good bloggers (please don't be sad if I didn't include you, it's a sampler ), links to blog search engines, links to blog feed readers, and links to blog software platforms. Getcha Grub On Give and Take *A Roundup of nonprofit blogs by the Chronicle of Philanthropy (check out the blogroll in the right column).

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

In 2000, she realized that she could use her marketing and advertising superpowers for good, and founded Digital Hive EcoLogical Design , the first communications firm to specialize in promoting green and social products and enterprises. Lisa Sonora Beam, The Creative Entrepreneur: How I Have Fun, Do Good Buy art from artists.

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OCTOBER 7, 2007

Many blogHers, like Rebeca at the Razoo blog , went red on Thursday as part of Free Burma: International Bloggers Day.  So, if pink or red are not your colors, what about green?    But, on Friday, my blog turned from red to pink!    Then I saw that Michelle Martin is also participating. 

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

Even better, the green laptops would match the video blogging kits that Ryanne Hodson and Jay Dedman brought over the month before I brought the same kits to the Cambodian Bloggers Summit. Virginia Debolt who covers the technology beat at BlogHer has a great roundup of the reactions. TechSoup Blog also reports.

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MAY 23, 2008

Spare Change TED blog TED talks (video) TimeToShine Tri to End Homeless Up with Women (they've requested help with improving their blog) Vampituity What Gives?

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MAY 14, 2008

For more information about joining the 29-Day Giving Challenge, go to [link] , and check out what other bloggers are saying about it: Monday was Day 29 for BlogHer Editor Green LA Girl , and today is Day 29 for the Chief Family Officer. It said, "The finest pleasure is kindness to others--Jean de la Bruyère."

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OCTOBER 15, 2008

Here are a few related posts: Four Big Thinkers' Ideas on Going Green, Ending Poverty from Treehugger. Eva Mendes Cross-posted from BlogHer BAD08 poverty blog volunteer giving circle donation

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JULY 2, 2008

Here are what some people wrote in the comments of the original post on Have Fun * Do Good and BlogHer that they were going to do : Green LA Girl said she would pack her own chopsticks. Gotta be particular about what I say yes to. How are your 2008 Activist Resolutions going?

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OCTOBER 31, 2006

Marsha Wallace, the founder of Dining for Women , contacted me after reading some of the posts I had written about Dining for Women here and on BlogHer , and invited my husband and I to be Dining for Women's guest at the event. The Green Belt Movement was born. Dining for Women was one of the evening's sponsors.

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OCTOBER 24, 2009

You don't necessarily see women keynote at technology conferences (well accept for women focused technology conferences like blogher ), but Geoff was trying hard ensure a gender balanced program and succeeded. Geoff Livingston invited me to keynote the conference along with Shel Israel , author of Twitterville.

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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? inspired by Julia Butterfly Hill's tree-sit, Off the Mat Into the World , founded by yoga teacher Seane Corn, and Green for All , founded by Van Jones. Off the Mat, and Green For All. You see somebody who inspires you.

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APRIL 24, 2007

Frankly, I think if you look at the companies that we work with--companies like Costco, Dunkin' Donuts, Starbucks, Procter and Gamble, Green Mountain, another great company we work with, those companies tend to be very careful about the PR that they put out around Fair Trade and tend to have their own interest in there being a link there.

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JUNE 30, 2007

And then another program is Reclaim the Future, which is one our newest projects, that is addressing green-color jobs and building opportunities for low-income people, formerly convicted people, and communities of color in this new green economy. I also produce several podcasts, one of which is called the Big Vision Podcast.

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