Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2007

By the time you read this post, I will be crossing the International Dateline enroute to the first Cambodian Bloggers Summit in Phnom Penh. (No, I was asked to participate on a panel proposal at SXSW 2008 with several nonprofit colleagues. You are working in technology for a nonprofit, what did you did study in school?

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JULY 2, 2007

You can learn some blog fundraising tips if you come to the BlogHer Conference in Chicago where I'll be moderating a panel on Friday, July 27th from 2:45-4:00 pm called, Getting It On(line) for a Cause: Part 1 - Raising Money. blogher07 , Bloghers Act , Bloghersact , Blogher If you go to the Conference, come say hi!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2009

I just got back from BlogHer , the largest gathering of female bloggers in America. According to Katie Couric who recorded a special clip from the set of CBS Evening News for BlogHer 2008 (as seen above), 36 million women write or read blogs each week. You can get up-to-speed with BlogHer '09 through their official liveblogs.

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AUGUST 25, 2007

It's just a sampler of do good bloggers (please don't be sad if I didn't include you, it's a sampler ), links to blog search engines, links to blog feed readers, and links to blog software platforms. Getcha Grub On Give and Take *A Roundup of nonprofit blogs by the Chronicle of Philanthropy (check out the blogroll in the right column).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2008

I attended the " Twenty-Something Meet Up " at the BlogHer Conference. I keep hearing from nonprofits that one of the reasons they want to incorporate a social networking or media strategy is to reach a younger audience. There are lots of twenty-something bloggers and gen-y bloggers. Nonprofit Technology.

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JULY 30, 2006

The last BlogHer Conference session I went to yesterday, before leaving early to go to a wedding, was about using blogging for Community Assistance. Here are some of the tips they gave for other disaster relief bloggers: Tips from Grace 1. You don’t have to create a nonprofit or NGO. They also set up a wiki.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2007

Michele Martin, Bamboo Project Michele Martin is one of my favorite BlogHers in the nonprofit space. Michele covers a wide range of topics related to how nonprofits are using technology. The goal of the project is to help bloggers build traffic for and community at their blogs. The Indian Blogger. Frances McLean.

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OCTOBER 10, 2009

If after asking yourself the 10 Questions to Get You Started Using Social Media for Your Nonprofit or Do-Good Project, you've decided that a blog is good tool for you, consider incorporating the following 10 elements of an effective nonprofit, or do-good blog into your blogging strategy: 1. nonprofit blog activism Keep it short.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

The list included BlogHer founders Elisa Camahort Page, Jory Des Jardins, and Lisa Stone. is the executive director of NTEN and expert in everything nonprofit tech. Amy Sample Ward writes a blog about nonprofit technology and social media and is the community builder for Netsquared. Holly Ross. Laura Whitehead. Laura Lee Dooley.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2008

Are "the best" or "most influential" lists of bloggers a good thing or a bad thing? But in the last month, I've come across three "best of" type women blogger lists. In a recent post on Blogher, Virginia DeBolt mentions the list titled 100 Awesome Webmaster Blogs by and for Women by Jimmy Atkinson.

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OCTOBER 23, 2007

Deb Roby a BlogHer Blogger. I facilitated a session on working in the nonprofit sector, with colleague Liz Perry , who is a sketch blogger and works an instructional technology specialist in a nonprofit school. Danese Cooper , Intel. Melanie Swan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2007

BlogDay is focused on getting to know other bloggers from other countries and areas of interest. You are suppose to notify the bloggers, write a brief description of their blogs, and tag your post with BlogDay2007. It's simple to do and a great way to connect with other bloggers and pass along some link love.

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DECEMBER 8, 2009

Yesterday I made the case that women, not men, have become the most vital market segment to reach, not only for consumer brands but for nonprofit organizations seeking to change the world. Buddy up with women bloggers. Jocelyn Harmon is the Director of NonProfit Services at Care2.com. Where are the Women?

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MAY 3, 2012

My second guest blogger in this run of the Have Fun, Do Good guest post series is the warm and wonderful Jocelyn Harmon. Jocelyn is passionate about helping nonprofits to succeed online so that they can change the world! Jocelyn is also a recognized blogger and speaker on online marketing and fundraising.

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AUGUST 21, 2008

Ask bloggers to review/write about your book You can find a list of the Top 100 Blogs on Technorati as a place to start, but all of their audiences may not be appropriate for your topic. Before you draft your blogger outreach email, check out my 10 Tips for Asking Bloggers to Write About Your Cause.

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APRIL 7, 2009

As many of you know, in addition to writing for Have Fun * Do Good, I am also a Contributing Editor, with Beth Kanter , for the Social Change and Nonprofit section of BlogHer. It's easy for me to write about nonprofits and social web stuff, but it would be fun to branch out and write regularly about do-good career/work topics.

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MAY 5, 2008

Butterfly by Beth Kanter Social Butterfly writes about nonprofits and social change and social media. I am a social marketing believer, blogger, researcher, practitioner and enthusiast in the concept of Social marketing for good. Academics and work aside, my passion is working with and on behalf of nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2005

Mary Hodder's post Link Love Lost or How Social Gestures within Topic Groups are More Interesting Than Link Counts comes directly out of the discussion at blogher at the Technorati 100. For many bloggers the relevant sphere of influence is not overall popularity, as those indexes express. Technorati Tags: blogher nptech

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2008

The participants were consultants who worked with nonprofits on organizational strategic planning, financial planning, evaluation, and other organizational capacity areas. It was a fantastic opportunity to learn what types of questions are raised about social media in the context of strategic planning with nonprofits.

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JANUARY 25, 2006

The mentor will be an adult blogger from around the world, with a particular focus on bloggers from developing countries who are having an impact on the dissemination of news from their countries. Technorati Tags: net2 , nptech , blogher Each week a blog ???mentor??? with post early in the week to help inspire the young women.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 9, 2006

I'm finally back home after an extended business trip that began with the Blogher 2006 conference. It looked at why donors give online, how donors give online, their giving behaviors and implications for nonprofits seeking to raise money online. What would be the result if we could mobilize the blogher network?

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MARCH 2, 2011

The second guest blogger in my Have Fun, Do Good series is Wendy Harman. What I did not expect was the camaraderie and collaboration I’ve found in the whole nonprofit sector. Wendy is a listener, innovator, online community member, information synthesizer, big picture thinker, and Director of Social Media for the American Red Cross.

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

In the first edition of this partnership, I interviewed Erin O'Connor Jones , the Director of Candidate Services and Managing Associate at Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group. Green Blogger Convention To Kick Off In Los Angeles Next Month on Eco razzi. nonprofit (valued up to $75,000 ). Early registration deadline is Nov.

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MAY 23, 2008

*Changeblogger Lists & Directories* Best Green Blogs BlogHer's Blogroll of Social Change and Nonprofit Blogs Corey Pudhorodsky/ 501c3Cast 's Bloglines Good.alltop.com Education.alltop.com Green.alltop.com Nonprofit.alltop.com *Events* Bloggers Unite (online) Carnival for Change (online) We Media Conference (face-to-face) *Prizes* Big Carrot's Blogging (..)

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JULY 28, 2006

These two bloggers, Ann Crady and Yael Pasternak Valek, are from Mayasmom.com , a resource wiki for moms. Because I write about nonprofit/ do*good things, they asked me about places for people to volunteer with their families. blogher blogher_06 Where else do you look for volunteer opportunities for your family?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2007

Many blogHers, like Rebeca at the Razoo blog , went red on Thursday as part of Free Burma: International Bloggers Day.    Maybe more women in the nonprofit technology space will turn their blogs pink!! .    Maybe more women in the nonprofit technology space will turn their blogs pink!! 

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2005

Blogher's first big social event was Friday night dinner was at the Andiamo Cafe for approximately 140 people. We stayed on the back patio with another blogher from LA and nursed a few drinks to help us mingle. " Here two nonprofit bloggers, Marnie Webb and Nancy White, talk to each other for the first time in real-time.

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MAY 2, 2008

But as more nonprofit arts organization hoisted their first web sites, they wanted how to information. In the nonprofit sector, there were not many bloggers in 2004. I also followed bloggers who were not in the nonprofit space. I started Spiderschool which was my first sort of blog.

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OCTOBER 17, 2007

I asked a few colleagues on Blogher and beyond and discovered a few excellent blogs and video blogs that offer advice and recipes for parents who want to make sure their kids are eating a healthy meal. The Food Project , a nonprofit located in Massachusetts, engaged young people and social change through sustainable agriculture.

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JANUARY 27, 2006

I am going to start blogging as a volunteer editor of nonprofit women bloggers at Blogher starting Monday along with Beth Kanter and Nancy White, which I am really excited about. If you are nonprofit woman blogger, please send us your URL so we can include you in our blogroll. Lots of great stuff.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2006

Did you know that according to the 2005 Kintera/Luth Nonprofit Trend Report : "On average, online givers donate in total (both online and offline) more than 50 percent more than those donors who do not give online." My fellow BlogHer co-editor, Beth Kanter , has launched a fundraising campaign using ChipIn.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

Phillip Smith has a thoughtful post called " Social tech meets the Social Innovation Generation " The Nonprofit Eye blog writes about leadership challenges in the nonprofit sector. The Nonprofit Tech Blog is asking a question via LinkedIn - "As a donor, if you had one wish for the nonprofit sector, what would it be?"

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NOVEMBER 29, 2006

Keun Fast , another Cambodian blogger. Katya Andresen at the Nonprofit Marketing Blog gave me a guest spot to write about the campaign and solicit advice from colleagues here. Nancy White. Alexandra Samuel and Robb Cottingham. Erin Denny (Aka Agent Handy). Links/Posts. Britt Bravo on her personal blog. Ricardo Carreon. Solution Grove.

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AUGUST 25, 2006

A team of "live bloggers" from the ranks of participants are recruited to post ramping up to the conference, assigned to take notes at sessions, and post after the event reflections or roundups. Britt Bravo recently attended Craigslist Foundation Nonprofit Boot Camp and pointed us to the Boot Camp Wiki.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2007

I had the pleasure of interviewing Judi Sohn for Blogher and have finally published it. I really enjoy reading her personal blog, A View from Home and if you work with nonprofits and technology - you'll find it very valuable. " Her advice for those that work for nonprofits and do not blog anonymously. s always fun when I???m

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JULY 3, 2006

Britt Bravo, MA, write for three blogs: her personal blog, Have Fun * Do Good , the NetSquared blog , where she is the Community Builder, and for BlogHer , where she is a Nonprofit and NGO Contributing Editor. She also produces her own Big Vision podcast and the NetSquared This Week in NetSquared News podcast.

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AUGUST 29, 2006

A study for the nonprofit Womens Way found that women who volunteered improved their leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills. Women of Wardrobe is a volunteer branch of Dress for Success , an international nonprofit that provides suits and other work clothes to low-income women.

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