This post was penned by guest blogger MeiMei Fox , who is a social media consultant, life coach, yoga instructor, and writer. She attended the San Francisco Online Community Report Meetup at TechSoup's offices last night where we featured Ben Rigby and his crowdsourced volunteering organization, The Extraordinaries. You can follow her on Twitter.

The other day I posted on how to blog when your industry or occupation hasn't embraced the whole social media thing. Today I ran across a great article on 15 Practices to Deepen Human Connection and Engagement Online that I think are a nice complement to some of my previous suggestions. Some of these ideas include: Ask people for advice and favors. 

Note from Beth: It’s vacation week for me, not publishing much this week or next accept for guest posts and a few book reviews or if I find inspiration.  This guest post was written by Rob Reed. He is the founder of MomentFeed , a location-based marketing, strategy, and technology firm. Social media has changed the world. Here are #10Ways : 1.

On Wednesday, Facebook began rolling out a new feature:  Questions. The idea is simple. You ask a question and the Facebook community can answer. Yes, the ENTIRE Facebook community, not just your friends. Of course, we've seen something like this before. If he was in it for the money, he would have taken Yahoo's $1 billion offer years ago and run.

I’m really excited to [finally] announce that I’m going to be redesigning this blog/website. And, I hope it will come as no surprise to any of you when I say that I’m hoping to make it an open process! Right now, this blog could really be categorized as a blog. books/publications, and other resources.

It's hard to keep a really good thing a secret, but today I finally get to tell you about BlackbaudTV. The new website launches today with close to 40 videos from across the nonprofit sector. As you might have guessed, the website is at www.blackbaud.tv. Plus lots of customer stories and thoughts from Blackbaud experts. Inspire. Blackbaud LIVE!:

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of July 29th). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. 34; Why Do You Participate in Twitter Chats?