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11 Highlights from BlogHer '11

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Last week I spoke at BlogHer '11, a gathering of over 3,000 women bloggers. What needs are you trying to fulfill for yourself online that could be better met offline? One of the main reasons I go to BlogHer is to connect with old friends and to make new ones like: Beth of My Plastic-free Life. Photo by Green LA Girl ) 2.

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How Can Changebloggers Make a Greater Impact Online and Offline?

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October 15th was Blog Action Day , a day for bloggers, podcasters and vloggers to write about and raise awareness about an issue. For the month of September, Natasha Maw read and blogged in an effort to create awareness, and raise funds for Darfur. The 2008 DonorsChoose Blogger Challenge for public schools is happening this month.

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10 Elements of an Effective Nonprofit or Do-Good Blog

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Provide a link to a page with bios for bloggers. If your blogging platform doesn't allow you to do that, have bloggers include a one-line bio at the end of their posts. Link to other bloggers Use Google Blog Search , Alltop and Technorati to find blogs that write about similar topics to yours. Don't be afraid of white space.

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Why Don't We All Know How to Organize Our Communities?

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During the BlogHer Conference session, How to Turn Your Blog into a GOtV (Get Out the Vote) Machine, the incredibly inspiring Zephyr Teachout (former Director of Internet Organizing and Outreach for Howard Dean's 2004 presidential campaign) talked about the importance of three things when organizing: * Have an online petition tool.

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Chris Brogan: What Were Your First Steps?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was networking weaving between the offline/online. It was a link list I created on how to create web pages. Later, as more and more people created web pages, I would hand facilitate comments and did primitive crowd sourcing. In the nonprofit sector, there were not many bloggers in 2004. A totally manual blog!

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Live Blogging

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm gearing up to do some live blogging at blogher and NCDD. At last year's blogher, someone said that live bloggers need to carry around a hip flask in their tool box! Because I've had such bad luck with wifi connections at conferences, I use blogging software that let's me save my work offline. publically.

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Global Health Initiative: Bloghers Act - Take the Poll

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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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