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Meet Michaela Hackner: BlogHer and Nonprofit Techie

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So, she graciously agreed to participate in our panel and do a quick interview for me so I could "pro blog it" for BlogHer. You are working in technology for a nonprofit, what did you did study in school? last January (after nearly 2 years abroad), I set about really learning the non-profit tech industry.

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

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After meeting her at the Global Engagement Summer last spring, I knew I wanted to grab her for an interview before she became too famous. And to also ensure that the lessons that are learned stay learned and are passed down, that we can be very clear about the things that we have done wrong so that we don't do those things again.

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How Networked Nonprofits Use Twitter and Other Things I learned in Vegas

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Another instance occurred when a staff member tweeted something about the Gulf Oil Spill that was not based on scientifically proven information. On both occasions, they quickly apologized – and learned that being human and honest works. (Other nonprofits have learned this lesson the hard way). Photo by KK.

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Meet Cynthia Derosier who Surfs for Good Causes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

   I was to track her down for an interview. Most don't think they can surf and we get them up and riding on their first lesson!  As a result, EVERY woman I interviewed noted that her life is better now because of their experience with cancer! Cross posted at BlogHer.   Pretty powerful stuff!

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NpTech Summary: Advocacy 2.0, Sketchcastes, and NpTech in Different Languages

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As both a lesson and as a metric, failure is potentially productive at every level of socialmarkets - from the repeated return of one homeless person to shelter, to the repeated attempts to attach a value like SROI to such a story. An interview with Allen Gunn of Social Source Commons by Britt Bravo over at Netsquared. NpTech Software.

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Top 10 SXSW Interactive Panels Your Nonprofit Should Attend - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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60) Search « 5 Quick Steps to Better SEO | Main | Tech & Style Tips for Conducting Blog Interviews » Tuesday Mar 10 2009 Top 10 SXSW Interactive Panels Your Nonprofit Should Attend Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at 05:27PM | by Allyson Kapin Are you planning to check out SXSW Interactive this year? Panelist: Tara Hunt, Intuit 7.

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Solutionary Women: Mei-ying Ho

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Last week I sat down with a former co-worker, Mei-ying Ho, who is now the Co-Director of SOUL , for an interview for my Big Vision podcast. The podcast isn't up yet, but here is a partially modified transcription of our conversation which you can also read along with profiles of other Solutionary Women on Blogher : What is SOUL?