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Blog Day / OneWebDay /Blog Action Day 08/ Bloggers Unite

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Blog Day August 31st A day for bloggers to recommend 5 new blogs to their readers,"preferably blogs that are different from their own culture, point of view and attitude." The theme for 2008 is poverty. Bloggers Unite November 10 Similar to Blog Action Day, Bloggers Unite is a day for bloggers to write about one subject.

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New Girl Effect Video: What Are Your Favorite NGO's Serving Girls?

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Blogger and coach, Tara Sophia Mohr, has done a lovely thing and organized over 30 bloggers to post about The Girl Effect on the same day. Many of you probably saw the original Girl Effect video in 2008, which laid out the connection between educating girls in the "developing" world and reducing poverty and HIV/AIDS.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Best Wishes for Healthy, Happy, and Social 2008!

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Chronicle of Philanthropy has a roundup of predictions for 2008 from. Some bloggers, like Skelliewag, highlighted the best of best of their blog posts , while CogDog blog took the opposite approach and look at the Top 0 list. And finally, Chris Brogan focused on needs for 2008. What are the nptech social media needs for 2008?

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Changebloggers: Using Social Media to Create Social Change

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If you have a favorite blog (or podcast or vlog) that uses its platform to raise awareness, build community and/or facilitate readers/listeners/viewers' taking action to make the world a better place, will you post the blogs/podcasts/vlogs' name and URL in the comments? It's time to expand my Changeblogger reading/listening/viewing list.

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How to Get Beyond B-Minus: The State of Nonprofit Boards Today

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This week’s guest blogger Anne Wallestead, Executive Director of Boardsource, shares all the details on where we are and how to change where we are going. . Anne is an experienced trainer and facilitator and has worked with boards and volunteer networks to strengthen volunteer management, events management, and fundraising skills. .

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How Can We Make Charitable Giving A Year-Round Habit?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Beth's Birthday Cause I was listening to a story on Marketplace on NPR this afternoon with Tess Vigeland and Chris Farrell who reviewed their 2008 financial goals and graded themselves on their accomplishments. Chris Farrell set a 2008 goal to make his charitable giving a monthly activity, not a mad rush in December.

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How Healthy Do You Want Your Nonprofit Board To Be?

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Its time to stop coming up with excuses, according to BoardSource’s CEO Anne Wallestead , our guest blogger this week, and start making your board healthy. Prior to joining BoardSource’s leadership team in December 2008, she served as the vice president of development at the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund and Leadership Institute.

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