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MARCH 6, 2009

A September 2007 Ode magazine article, Giving Makes Us Happy , describes a 60-year study by Paul Wink of Wellesley College that followed the lives of about 200 people. One of the findings was that many of the people who said they were happy had, "generativity--the ability to give to others." Show appreciation for the people you love.

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AUGUST 19, 2007

Since the event is dedicated to BlogDay, I'm sure that my BlogDay post will point to five (or more) Cambodian BlogHers. She teaches communications law and cyberlaw, and writes frequently about these subjects on her blog and in published articles. For some people, just getting access is an obstacle. For others, it???s

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 30, 2007

Cambodian young people are joining the global conversation in the blogosphere and sharing their perspectives through different forms of grassroots citizen's media thanks to the efforts of a dedicated team of Cambodian bloggers. Identify and interview 3-5 amazing Cambodian BlogHers and post on BlogHer site. Keynote welcome.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2008

The eastern forest of Madagascar is populated by not only lemurs and other wildlife creatures, but also by the Malagasy people whose survival has for centuries depended on the forest. They project has several components, including: Foko Blog Club is teaching young people in Madagascar blogging skills (See photo above).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2007

I'm also trying to teach them to make good food choices, get exercise, and be healthy. I asked a few colleagues on Blogher and beyond and discovered a few excellent blogs and video blogs that offer advice and recipes for parents who want to make sure their kids are eating a healthy meal. I can always use some help. Need some ideas?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2007

I'm very excited to be teaching Web2.0 I can't wait to share what I learn with the Blogher Community). Be interested and interesting to other people. and video blogging to Cambodians and a delivering a keynote! and logo for the conference flyer and t-shirts. So, now I can bring together these two disparate threads.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2007

Good Magazine as its tagline says is for "people who give a damn" and describes itself as a publishing platform to "change the world." Hands On Network brings people together to strengthen communities through meaningful volunteer action. people on where their food comes from and how our food choices affect.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

When I first started teaching dance fitness, I approached it with a more serious attitude, as I had found my strength studying martial arts. It is my absolute honor to help people find pieces of peace within, while outwardly expressing this life process though dance with our bodies. And, myself.

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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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FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Also, people often share job openings with their LinkedIn network before they post it elsewhere. You might also want to use Twollo , an application that allows you to find and auto-follow people on Twitter who are writing about the issues that interest you (Thanks @engagejoe for the Twollo tip). Cross-posted from BlogHer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2008

Here's the focus: Okay, so Chris prefers to say he's not an expert, but that he advises people on social media use. I used the BBS to post questions asked by people in a local face-to-face support group who were not online. My first crowd sourced piece was getting people to help me proof read my pages -. One of his specialties?

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FEBRUARY 26, 2006

While surfing for some more BlogHers to add to the Nonprofit and NGO BlogHer blogroll, I came across the REAL hot 100: See How Hot Smart Can Be. Rachel can teach you how to make biodiesel, how to convert your car to run on straight vegetable oil, and how to fix your car too.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2008

In one year, with about eight people, no budget and two main events, we've raised over $275k. Or, to teach your child how to change a tire. if you do not know what people are saying or how people currently perceive your organization/message? Tell me about your thesis. How will your thesis inform you work in June?

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AUGUST 29, 2006

I've been doing volunteer work for a long time, and although I'm not entirely sure that it has improved my leadership, communication and problem-solving skills, it always improves my mood, very often teaches me something and occasionally has led to a new job. I thought it was a cool idea to have a team of women building a house together.

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

As I mentioned in a post last week , I'd like to teach a a class in 2011 about The Art of Blogging: Creating Juicy Content for Artists, Writers, Creative Entrepreneurs and Do-Gooders. So many people have limitations and are not able to take a walk, so go for it!" Meeting amazing people while doing interviews for the Big Vision Podcast.

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AUGUST 31, 2006

In early July, I posted about a Basic Blogging for Women Workshop I'd be teaching this fall, but after talking to some prospective students, I decided that it was important to find a space where everyone could be on a computer, so I changed the date and the venue so that we can be in a computer lab. 125 if received after October 9th.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2008

   Several people pointed to Cynthia Derosier, author of The Surfer Spirit Book and recently published The Survivor Spirit : The Beauty, Passion, and Power of Breast Cancer Survivors.   Cross posted at BlogHer.   I asked folks who was doing interesting social change work with Aloha spirit.  

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2006

Laura Allen is the co-founder 15SecondPitch , a company that help people to market themselves in 15 seconds on the phone, email, face-to-face, and on business cards. I met Laura at Boston Podcamp very briefly and grabbed her card so I could catch up with her for an interview for Blogher. The only downside is that people don???t

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JULY 6, 2006

Nedra Weinreich, Spare Change Blog Nedra Weinreich was one of the first nonprofit tagged blogs that I discovered while browsing the blogher blogroll a few months back. ve been teaching a course on social marketing at the UCLA School of Public Health, which has been a fun experience for me. Successful social marketers tap into people???s

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OCTOBER 22, 2008

"What I notice is that the people who are taking part in this, what is common amongst us all, is that we all count our blessings. She is looking for personal stories about the healing power of giving from people who have completed the Challenge. A week later 120 people had signed up. What are the things that people can give?

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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? And in terms of how I got involved with SOUL, I was actually teaching for a very brief period in the Oakland middle schools. So I’m only 26.

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MARCH 13, 2009

Then why is it so hard to explain the value of social media to people who dont get it? Everything I Needed to Know About the Web I Learned from Feminism When: Saturday, March 14th from 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm: Room 9 Description: Feminism teaches "the personal is political" and the web shows that the personal is now public.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2009

I started off in Camden, Maine to teach at the PopTech Fellows program, New Jersey Center for the Performing Arts for a session with arts marketers , and finally to Washington, DC to attend a briefing at the White House and to keynote the last BlogPotomac conference. Flickr Photo by Ghbrett. Rising from the ashes, will be nonprofit2.0

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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. We’re at concerts, at events, talking to people in ways they can related to about what is going on in their world.

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JUNE 30, 2007

And also, we'll be here a little bit for the reception, so you can also come and talk to people one-on-one. And really, when I started, I thought that blogs were for kind of strange people in their basements who were typing about conspiracy theories and stuff like that. What I do is, I write for several blogs, as she mentioned.

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