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Chris Brogan: What Were Your First Steps?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I used the BBS to post questions asked by people in a local face-to-face support group who were not online. Then I discovered the Internet and became the community builder for Arts Wire, an online network for artists that used a unix-based text conferencing system called Caucus. I was networking weaving between the offline/online.

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What's Your Moment of Obligation?

Have Fun - Do Good

At the time, I was a program director for an arts education program and a facilitator of career counseling workshops for artists. Although our world still has tremendous challenges, I think more people, especially young people, realize the importance of being engaged in their communities on a local, national or global level.

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7 Ways to Have Fun and Do Good

Have Fun - Do Good

Johns β€” my North Portland, Oregon, neighborhood β€” I've been working this year on a new, all-volunteer mentoring program for local teen parents. - Elisa Camahort Page, BlogHer It is my absolute honor to help people find pieces of peace within, while outwardly expressing this life process though dance with our bodies. But it’s also fun.

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Cambodia Bloggers: Five Years Later – Part 2

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 2007, Javier was kind enough to give me a tour of their office and introduce me to the awesome women on his staff working on Khmer localization of linux and gender blogging. Here’s a video and blog post I wrote for Blogher back then. I also used Twitter to get 300 t-shirts donated to bring over for the conference.

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Jennifer Lee, Right-Brain Business Plan: How I Have Fun, Do Good

Have Fun - Do Good

Jennifer is a certified coach, writer, artist, yogini, and the founder of Artizen Coaching. Jennifer Lee, Right-Brain Business Plan: How I Have Fun, Do Good Since 2005 I’ve volunteered off and on at a local non-profit called C.E.O. Before pursuing her own passions full-time, she consulted for ten years for companies such as Gap Inc.,

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Solutionary Women: Alli Chagi-Starr, Ilyse Hogue, Melinda Kramer and Reem Rahim

Have Fun - Do Good

Does anyone in the room identify as an artist, by any chance? I just want to dispel the myth that we are not activists and that we are not artists. When Sophia contacted me and asked if I would talk here, my first thought was, "You know, I could talk here, but I just know so many amazing women who have stories that I want to share."

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