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DECEMBER 19, 2007

Donations thus far have focused mainly on library and school construction projects through various organizations. Mata, over at Blogher, wrote a terrific post called " Three Ways you can simply change the world for the better. " And, she has volunteered to help me with my Sharing Foundation America's Giving Challenge.

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

Six Sudsy Soapmaker Blogs And 2 interviews on The Extraordinaries blog: Chat with an Extraordinary: Lauren Bacon of Raised Eyebrow Web Studio Chat with an Extraordinary: Jimmy Santosa of Applied Materials And 6 news posts on the WE Volunteer blog: Love Making Videos? Become a YouTube Video Volunteer Is Volunteering Good for Your Health?

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FEBRUARY 6, 2009

See who in your network knows someone at the organizations you'd like to work for. Facebook Like LinkedIn, you can search for friends who work for, or know someone who works for, an organization that interests you. Also, be sure to sign up for newsletters of organizations you'd like to work for, and go to their public events.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2008

"So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other." -- President-elect Obama's acceptance speech November 4, 2008 In her post today, Congratulations President-elect Obama: Now, BlogHers, what will YOU do to change America?

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NOVEMBER 11, 2007

If you do the math, that's $1 million donated to these organizations. 826 National is a family of seven nonprofit organizations dedicated to helping students, ages 6-18, with expository and creative writing. Hands On Network brings people together to strengthen communities through meaningful volunteer action.

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OCTOBER 10, 2009

Make it easy to put faces and names to blog posts Posts should say, by your name , not by admin , or by the name of your organization. If they are civil, allow comments that are critical of your organization. The story behind your organization/project. New donors, volunteers, or members who found you through your blog.

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OCTOBER 15, 2008

Thanks to wonderful organizations like Kiva , and the ONE Campaign , people are becoming more aware of the huge difference a small loan, or donation to an international organization can make to purchase a net to prevent malaria, or help a family start a business. Start a Giving Circle to fund local organizations.

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DECEMBER 8, 2009

Yesterday I made the case that women, not men, have become the most vital market segment to reach, not only for consumer brands but for nonprofit organizations seeking to change the world. In part two of this two-part post, I’ll show you where to acquire more women donors, members, activists and volunteers. Where are the Women?

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MAY 2, 2008

If your organization is trying to figure out how to move your stakeholders from passive listeners to passionate participants, this is your golden opportunity. I volunteered to be the Dance Cybrarian. It was like very primitive version of wiki collaborative organizing. One of his specialties? It was before the commercial web.

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MAY 14, 2009

I had the great honor of moderating the panel Tools Galore in Online Communications: From Google Earth to Wiki’s and Twitter this panel will give you the nuts and bolts of the latest tools organizations can utilize to ramp up their next online campaign. For many people who find you online, your website is the organization.

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JULY 1, 2006

He wanted to work for an organization that facilitates bottom-up approaches to sustainable development and after seeing an ad in the Idealist he jumped at the opportunity to GlobalGiving's team. (I And since I serve on the board of the Sharing Foundation and our organization was recently selected to be included on GlobalGiving.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2008

The term "extra organizational activist" comes from Alison Fine's book Momentum and I first heard it back in September 2006 when I read the book and reviewed it over at Blogher. " She concludes the chapter with some ways that activist organizations can support the efforts of individuals and stay relevant. d say there???s

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2006

Shortly before the Blogher July 2005 conference, I got a new digital camera that came with a video feature. There has been online conversation during the past couple of weeks on vlog list , Netsquared , TechSoup and Blogher. Andy Carvin, a skilled vlogger, has a collection of vlog posts that include some about nonprofit organizations.

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MAY 22, 2005

While browsing the blogher schedule , I came across Lisa Meyers Brown's blog " The Rhetoric of Me " which is focused on: "What I think about everything.especially nonprofits and social network technology. I started to wonder about what an appropriate metaphorm for the nonprofit sector of blogosphere might be.

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MARCH 27, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Stop planning, just start.

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AUGUST 23, 2006

That’s why I started interviewing women (and men) for the Big Vision Podcast , and my Solutionary Women series on BlogHer who get up in the morning and have a big vision for a better world as their alarm clock. Sometimes it’s hard to get up in the morning and be fearless, to have courage, to care. Be passionate. What do you really care about?

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APRIL 26, 2006

As I mentioned in a post a couple weeks ago, I've started writing a weekly feature over at Blogher called Solutionary Women. MOMS has a very limited budget, so it's more cost-effective to do what we can internally (among the founders or with volunteers), rather than hire outside contractors. Organic ones, of course.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2007

I had a chance to reconnect again with Michelle when she signed up to volunteer for the NTC Day of Service. Why the heck would you ever want to give it a way for free by volunteering? Cross posted at Blogher Here's my interview: 1. The Bamboo project blog Jen Mei Wu's Dangerous Ideas Marnie Webb's Ext.337

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MARCH 13, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Non-Profits: Be the Web You Wish to See!

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MAY 10, 2006

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? We focus on political education and organizer skills trainings, and we definitely think it is critical to see the fusion of those two things.

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OCTOBER 18, 2006

I met Laura at Boston Podcamp very briefly and grabbed her card so I could catch up with her for an interview for Blogher. Why would a nonprofit organization need one? Non-profit organizations are in desperate need of a great 15SecondPitch! How do you decide which organizations to volunteer your time with?

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JUNE 19, 2009

FORGE uses a collaborative, rather than top-down model, to serve refugees' needs, and much has been written in the blogosphere and media about Erickson's "radical transparency" around the organization's financial challenges. And from there the rest is a blur, but it ended up in an organization a few years down the line.

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OCTOBER 22, 2008

The gifts can also be non-material things like kind words, or doing something nice for someone, or volunteering some time. Now there are organized events happening locally. She helps manage the team of volunteers that run the site. Cross-posted from BlogHer giving Cami Walker 29 Day Giving Challenge

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NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Johns — my North Portland, Oregon, neighborhood — I've been working this year on a new, all-volunteer mentoring program for local teen parents. - Elisa Camahort Page, BlogHer It is my absolute honor to help people find pieces of peace within, while outwardly expressing this life process though dance with our bodies.

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APRIL 13, 2008

This week, as BlogHer , launched a special campaign with GlobalGiving to raise money for lifesaving programs for women around the world, here is an interview with Donna Callejon who is the Chief Operating Officer of Global Giving. We are really excited about our new partnership with BlogHers Act. Do you have a foundation background?

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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. How did you organize it?

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MARCH 1, 2011

Accenture, Sony, and HP, helping leaders and organizations manage change. Jennifer Lee, Right-Brain Business Plan: How I Have Fun, Do Good Since 2005 I’ve volunteered off and on at a local non-profit called C.E.O. Jennifer is a certified coach, writer, artist, yogini, and the founder of Artizen Coaching. Women here in Oakland.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2009

Why not volunteer with your honey, or a group of pals in your community on Valentine's Day? You can search for volunteer opportunities on VolunteerMatch , Idealist , Social Actions , Network for Good , 1-800 Volunteer.org , Servenet.org , Volunteer Solutions , and GuideStar. Cross-posted from BlogHer.

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MARCH 24, 2008

For many years, I've organized a pre-conference event called the Day of Service , an opportunity for nonprofit techies to share their expertise or volunteer for a local organization on a specific project. I wrote about the experience on BlogHer last week.

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JUNE 7, 2006

Last month I wrote a short post for Blogher, Roadies for a Cause , about a nonprofit called Lokahi Outreach , that partners with organizations like the ONE campaign and Oxfam to help them do grassroots campaigning on the road. In terms of nuts and bolts, Lokahi is an organization that does outreach and campaigning.

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JUNE 17, 2014

Did you know that women make contributions to twice as many charitable organizations as men do? If your nonprofit is looking for more reasons to cultivate women donors and advocates, you should know that women also volunteer more than men do. Online Fundraising Online Marketing Trends Volunteering Web 2.0' households.

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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? O n the site, you have different influences for this organization. Can you talk a little more about the kind of the organizing model that this is based on? They had an amazing network on the ground, volunteers.

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JUNE 30, 2007

In April I organized a panel for the Stanford Women's Leadership Conference called "Solutionary Women: How Can I Create Change?" Here's this action you should take, this thing you should boycott, this organization you should know about." Out of that came an organization called Art and Revolution. So I decided to leave.

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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.

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