In January, Starbucks ’ stores in: Alaska, Washington, Oregon, northern California, northern Nevada, New Mexico, Montana, Idaho, Texas, Maine, New Hampshire, parts of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, and Rhode Island were rBGH-free. Guess what? Your advocacy made a difference. Oxfam announced yesterday that Starbucks signed an

Lauren-Glenn Davitian is the Executive Director at CCTV's Center for Media & Democracy, dedicated to free speech, public access and open networks in Burlington, Vermont. Lauren-Glenn Davitian, CCTV Center for Media and Democracy Election Election 2008 is remarkable for so many reasons. For the first time in U.S.

Got to meet a couple more of the bloggers I enjoy following: David Geilhufe of Social Source , and Sonny Cloward of Vermont NonProfit CommunIT, at a session on open communication technologies. Day two at the NTC. Lynn Stott, who has the terrifying task of overseeing the redesign of Techsoup's website, also facilitated. It was a great opportunity to listen in

http://twitter.com/steveames Running a small arts organization in Northern Vermont: River Arts Flickr photo by Beth A few weeks ago I was doing a workshop and demoing some of the tools of social media. I took the above photo with my camera phone and uploaded to flickr.

Kerry had 3 million e-addresses on his list; former Vermont governor Howard Dean had 600,000.) voices.washingtonpost.com . Obama's e-mail list contains upwards of 13 million addresses. Over the course of the campaign, aides sent more than 7,000 different messages, many of them targeted to specific donation levels (people who gave less than $200, for example, or those who gave more than $1,000).

Most websites that are running Elgg are probably like Free Vermont Radio which brings together people appreciate and broadcast Vermont independant music and radio. The question one finds asking themselves before taking any task of considerable effort is whether they really want to do it. This past weekend, I exerted some effort to get myself from Washington D.C.

My personal favorite is Erin Ennis who took a winter dip in Vermont's Lake Champlain as part of a personal challenge to raise money for Special Olympics Vermont. Fun and humor, used in the right way and in the appropriate context, can help boost your social fundraising campaign.  A personal challenge typically issued as statement like "if we make our goal, I'll do or donate xyz" can also energize your campaign. I did this for my recent birthday campaign , using the Facebook Causes

She had an idea about how to blog without having a blog, and I had read a sweet little stor y in the Washington Post about pac-man images virally wandering down the windows of office buildings on Vermont Avenue in DC. A couple weeks ago, Lindy and I decided to swap blog posts. So here's mine. Lindy,

Erin Ennis took a winter dip in Vermont's Lake Champlain last Saturday as part of fundraising effort for Special Olympics Vermont. Peter Dietz of First-of-its-kind Philanthropy Network is now tracking the top ten micro-philanthropy campaigns . This week's top campaign is: Knitters Without Borders . But the one that is most clever

consultant for nonprofits, social entrepreneurship, arts and environmental issues) http://twitter.com/cyrusbryan http://twitter.com/DaveWebb http://twitter.com/deborah909 http://twitter.com/drewbernard (ONE/Northwest Program Manager) http://twitter.com/edjez http://twitter.com/edobejar http://twitter.com/eschipul http://twitter.com/gandhilover (personal, professional and fun - life shouldn't be too serious!) http://twitter.com/geodog http://twitter.com/gillo http://twitter.com/glendam http://twitter.com/gpuk http://twitter.com/grist http://twitter.com/hannab