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Your Nominations: 13 People with Big Visions for a Better World

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Flickr photo credit: Ray of Light. Thanks for answering my post from last week, Who Should I Interview for the Big Vision Podcast? Kimberly Wilson , Tranquil Space Foundation ( I interviewed Kimberly in November 2009 ) Lisa Rose Starner, Burdock and Rose Megan Webb, Oakland Animal Services Organizers of S.

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What’s the Secret to Social Media Success? Cute Animal Theory

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It was also a nod to the &# Cute Cat Theory of Digital Activism &# which was the title of a talk given by Ethan Zuckerman at O’Reilly’s E-Tech Conference in March, 2008 (notes from Ryan Singel of Wired Blog). Ethan points out that the Web was invented so physicists could share research papers, but Web2.0

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Best of Beth's Blog 2008: Finding The Top Ten Posts In Less Than Five MInutes!

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Interview with Jonathon Colman. How Nonprofits Can Get The Most Out of Flickr. Things You Can Do In Ten Minutes. The Cute Dog Theory. Pimp My Nonprofit Panel at SXSW. Transparency and Social Media: Dealing with Criticism. The Intangible Benefits of Social Media. Reports of the Death of Social Networking for Nonprofits Are Not True!

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Join 2 Free Teleclasses with Me About Blogging and Book Publishing

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Monday, October 20, 2008 Noon PT/ 3:00 PM ET 60-minute teleseminar Free, but your usual telephone charges may apply. Flickr photo credit: Don't leave me hangin' on the telephone uploaded by mistress_f blogging book publishing teleseminar The second will be next month: Get Blogging!

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What Are Your 2009 Have Fun Do Good Resolutions?

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My six 2008 Activist Resolutions went so-so: I did. Increase the number of people of color I interviewed for the Big Vision Podcast. Flickr photo credit: Downtown Oakland 2 uploaded by ChrisDag. Waiting a few weeks until your "real life" is in full swing can help you craft more realistic goals. It stayed about the same.

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How Can You Make An Impact?

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"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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Meet Michaela Hackner: BlogHer and Nonprofit Techie

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I was asked to participate on a panel proposal at SXSW 2008 with several nonprofit colleagues. Through a strange twist of fate, I connected again with Kalabird one of the first ex-pat bloggers from Cambodia that I discovered in 2005 because of her amazing photographs in flickr. No, I'm not blogging on the plane! conference like SXSW?

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