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OCTOBER 15, 2008

For example, I live in Oakland, CA where according to an August 2008 Oakland Tribune article , 17.6% Geography and the Invisibility of Poverty (Blog Action Day ‘08) from From Poverty to Opportunity Campaign Blog Action Day: The "P" Word from Idealist.org Video: 4REAL Vancouver ft. of Oakland residents are living in poverty.

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AUGUST 26, 2009

Last year, 6 food bloggers and recipe developers tried to eat 3 meals on $3 per day during the 2008 San Francisco Food Bank's Hunger Challenge. For a local perspective, peruse the list of food bank blogs. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance in Phoenix White Center Food Bank Blog Cross-posted from BlogHer.com.

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JANUARY 20, 2009

The list included BlogHer founders Elisa Camahort Page, Jory Des Jardins, and Lisa Stone. Megan Keane blogs at TechSoup community site. Amy Sample Ward writes a blog about nonprofit technology and social media and is the community builder for Netsquared. writes for the Convio Connection Cafe Blog. Holly Ross.

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APRIL 11, 2008

On March 19th, 2008, after spending 8 days in the hospital related to her multiple sclerosis, Cami Walker decided to give away one thing each day for 29 days : "I decided to do the 29-Day Giving Challenge as an experiment. Her goal is to inspire at least 2,000 people to commit to the 29-Day Giving Challenge by September 29, 2008.

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OCTOBER 17, 2008

October 15th was Blog Action Day , a day for bloggers, podcasters and vloggers to write about and raise awareness about an issue. Blog Action Day is a wonderful idea, but it feels too short to make a real impact. For the month of September, Natasha Maw read and blogged in an effort to create awareness, and raise funds for Darfur.

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JUNE 12, 2008

Beth Kanter Although I've known Beth Kanter for a long time, and we write for BlogHer and NetSquared together, I've never heard her present until today when she gave the keynote at the 2008 Making Media Connections Conference. "Tools come and go, but a strategy based on experimentation sustains."--Beth

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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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SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

I've been following Charlene Li ever since I heard her speak at opening keynote at the first BlogHer Conference in 2005. She has a blog, "The Altimeter" that discusses these topics at blog.altimetergroup.com. If I have a one on one meeting, I'll check out their online profiles, updates, and blog, so that I'm up to date.

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MAY 5, 2008

I got to know her when she asked me to participate in her Blogging Neighbor Series 1. Is it CNN broadcasting live, yahoo news feeds, a blog, your next door neighbor, or a guest lecturer? Next, do a social media scan of your non-profit and/or cause using Technorati or a Google blog search. Tell me a little about you.

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MAY 14, 2009

Also posted on the Frogloop blog for nonprofits here. They accepted questions via Twitter and then had an expert reply via the White House blog. Very cool project from 2008: Twitter Vote Report. What is difference between a blog, social media tools, and websites? Helpful resources on Twitter: Pew Internet report.

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MARCH 13, 2009

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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MARCH 27, 2009

I was really impressed by the National Wildlife Federation, which has developed a sustainable "citizen monitoring program" across a number of online platforms: main site , flickr , YouTube , blogs , and Twitter and Im sure Im missing one. March 30, 2009 | rabia Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Cheers, Ali! All rights reserved.

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AUGUST 8, 2008

Real Time Representation - How Social Media is Changing the Face of Government submitted by Erica O'Grady 2008 marked the year of the first Twitter from inside the Oval Office. Open Source Disability Gadgets: DIY for PWD submitted by Liz Henry, Blogher. It's hard or impossible to repair it, or get anyone to repair it.

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AUGUST 17, 2007

BlogHers Act is a year-long initiative in which members of BlogHer , both on BlogHer???s BlogHers Act will take a two-pronged approach to improving Global Health: 1. BlogHers Act will take a two-pronged approach to improving Global Health: 1. signatures, votes, donations, letters, live births, etc.).

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OCTOBER 22, 2008

I'll be starting the challenge again on October 30, 2008 so that the 29th day of my challenge will be on November 27, 2008, American Thanksgiving. Below is an edited transcript of an interview from October 11, 2008 with Cami Walker, the founder of the 29-Day Giving Challenge, which you can also listen to on the Big Vision Podcast.

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AUGUST 20, 2012

I started blogging in 2003 about nonprofits and social media and started second blog about Cambodia, “Cambodia for Kids” after the arrival of my daughter, Sara and discovering that there was a vibrant community of bloggers in Cambodia. Here’s a video and blog post I wrote for Blogher back then.

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JULY 27, 2011

Naomi served as an artist-in-residence at Columbia College Chicago in 2008, 2010 and 2011. Show Notes I have two workshops coming up: August 5: I'll be at BlogHer '11 in San Diego and co-presenting The Write Brain – Essential Blog Content Development Workshop. Connect with Kenya through CD Baby and Source Consulting Group.

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APRIL 14, 2008

On April 17th and 18th, Governor Christine Todd Whitman will join global warming experts and Governors from across the United States at the 2008 Conference of Governors on Climate Change at Yale University. The interview will be available afterwards as a podcast on BlogHer. What would you like me to ask her?

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