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JULY 18, 2008

This morning at the BlogHer Conference, about 40 "green" and "social change" bloggers, organizations and companies got together for a Birds of a Feather Meetup. blogher08 green social change I asked folks to give me their cards so I could share who attended with you.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

The Cambodian Blog community has many facets, including an active group of "ex-pat" bloggers. Details Are Sketchy is an anonymous blogger who writes about life in Cambodia. She also has the definitive list of Cambodian BlogHers here. I think he might be the first ex-pat Cambodian blogger.

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MAY 28, 2008

For the past two days I've gotten to spend time at the NetSquared Conference with my Co-Editor of BlogHer's Social Change, Nonprofit and NGO section, and fellow NetSquared blogger , Beth Kanter of Beth's Blog. I'll be teaching a "Nonprofit Blogging 101," and a "Nonprofit Podcasting 101" session.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2007

Her blog covers social, political, and economic global issues from the perspective of young Cambodian professional. She is also a terrific live blogger! I am grateful for her detailed notes from the Cambodian Bloggers Summit. How come there are not so many BlogHers in Cambodia? Cross posted on BlogHer

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JULY 28, 2006

The minute I walked into the reception at blogher tonight, Susan Getgood came up to me and said "Don't photograph my shoes. My blogher shoes and feet photos have gotten more hits than anything else on my blog! The first was this one from Elizabeth Perry who is a sketch blogger. But because the blogher logo is green. -

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AUGUST 1, 2007

I met Amy Sedaris at BlogHer. She was so excited about the Cambodian Bloggers Summit that she agreed to make a campaign video for me. In appreciation of her kindness, I'm including a link to her new book.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2005

When I saw that the speaker list at the upcoming Symposium on Social Architecture co-hosted by the Berkman Center and Corante had a number of bloghers including one of the blogher orignators, Lisa Stone. it lead to a Cambridge, MA blogher meetup in Harvard Square! Technorati Tags: blogher Here's the details.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

Click To Play Here a round up of some the fabulous women Bloghers in Cambodia and Linux Chix that I met. Dee Dee is one of two women on the five-person Clogger Team responsible for organizing the Cambodian Bloggers Summit. Dee Dee with the BlogHer bag! On the right, is Sopheap who I interviewed for BlogHer.

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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 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. Why did I go?

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AUGUST 1, 2007

I'm going to the Cambodian Blogger Summit in a few weeks. While I was in Chicago, Ryanne Hodson , who I met at last year's BlogHer, is in Cambodia and Southeast Asia with Jay Dedman to document the work of Project Hope International. Snigdha Sen is a journalist and contributing editor at Blogher).

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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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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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JULY 30, 2005

I did get permission from anina.net who is a fashion blogger from Paris. Technorati Tags: blogher bloghercon I'm blogging shoes and feet this morning during breakfast. The complete set is here. The only way I got these photographs was promise not to attach a name to the photo. The shoes are by the designer Andre).

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OCTOBER 8, 2008

It was a fantastic opportunity to learn what types of questions are raised about social media in the context of strategic planning with nonprofits. When I'm asked questions that I don't know the answer to, I admit it and use it as opportunity to demonstrate the value of the social brain or having a good network on Twitter.

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JUNE 29, 2011

Share your posts on your favorite social networks (e.g. Write posts with links to blog posts you love, share other bloggers' posts on your social networks, ask your favorite bloggers if they'd like to guest post on your blog. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn). Link unto others as you'd like to be linked to.

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AUGUST 5, 2005

I went to the Thursday Night Berkman Blogger Meeting and I saw this woman who looked vaguely familiar - it was Jory!! Along with Lisa Williams , Jill and I gave a report back to the group about Blogher. Along with Lisa Williams , Jill and I gave a report back to the group about Blogher. Technorati Tags: blogher bloghercon

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AUGUST 30, 2010

I’ll be presenting on a panel “Social Media ROI&# with Lauren Vargas from Radian 6, with Cheryl Contee as the moderator on Sept. Social Media ROI. Do you know what kind of an impact social media is having on your brand, mission, or bottom line? Here’s the list of panels.

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JANUARY 29, 2006

Ponzi, who I met at blogher, loves postcards. She has a wonderful tradition - sending other bloggers postcards from her travels. Most recently, she visited Bangkok. I was the lucky recipient of the above postcard with the cool Red Cross stamp. My kids loved it and Sara took it to pre-school with her.

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JULY 31, 2005

How to keep plugged into and contribute this blogher community? Volunteer for next year's blogher. Link to Women Bloggers - I've done quite a bit of that in my live reports, but I need to add the blogher blogroll. Now I have the blogher blogroll as a pool to start exploring. Read the Blogher Chat Transcripts.

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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, 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.

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MAY 6, 2007

" She has is supporting a campaign to Free Monem , a blogger arrested by Egyptians security forces on April 15th. In an email, Mary suggests taking these actions: As the world celebrates World Press Freedom Day an Egyptian blogger, Abdel Monem Mahmoud , sits in jail, his only crime his desire for a more open Egyptian society.

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MARCH 2, 2011

The second guest blogger in my Have Fun, Do Good series is Wendy Harman. Wendy is a listener, innovator, online community member, information synthesizer, big picture thinker, and Director of Social Media for the American Red Cross. I get to have fun and do good for a living.

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JULY 31, 2005

His complete set of Blogher photos are awesome.). In the beginning of my blogs I knew people who became "A list bloggers", mostly men and asked them to link to my writing. As I was browsing the flickr stream , I found this stunning photograph of Halley Suitt of Halley's Comment by JD Lasica , a bloghim. (

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AUGUST 2, 2007

There is a connection to something that Tara Hunt mentioned at BlogHer. And, a special thanks again to Liz Sanger and this time with link love. I've never met Liz in person. We met via Facebook and contributed to my online campaign. She asked a great question about "virtual gift economy." More later.

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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. This is not to be confused with social media marketing.

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JULY 29, 2006

everyone divided into small "Birds of a Feather" groups of like-minded bloggers. I was happy that a bunch of folks signed up for the Blogging for Social Change group. Here are some of the bloggers from our group. After "How Has Blogging Changed Your World?" Give 'em some link love y'all!

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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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NOVEMBER 16, 2005

I met some of the "Mommybloggers" at blogher. and more recently they launched a site called, what else, Mommybloggers. The goal "is to expose the diversity of the writers who commonly fall under the label "mommyblogger.

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JANUARY 20, 2009

The list included BlogHer founders Elisa Camahort Page, Jory Des Jardins, and Lisa Stone. Amy Sample Ward writes a blog about nonprofit technology and social media and is the community builder for Netsquared. is Vice President of Operations of C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition and was one of the first nonprofit technology bloggers.

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JULY 19, 2008

Flickr Photo by Veesees Elise Bauer , a food blogger who writes Simple Recipes. She does this talk because she gets a lot of traffic. She has 1,000,000 feed readers. She has been experimenting over the past few years. Why do you want traffic? Has to support your goals and capacity.

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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. Flickr photo contest.

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MARCH 4, 2011

The third guest blogger in my Have Fun, Do Good series is by Jen Louden. Jen Louden is a best-selling author, retreat creator, and Comfort Queen turned activity catalyst. She's just started a one year experiment in savoring and serving the world. Join her at www.jenniferlouden.com and on Twitter at @jenlouden.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2010

I hope you've been enjoying my have fun do good guest blogger series as much as I am (: The tenth guest blogger in the series is Kimberly Wilson. Kimberly Wilson, Tranquility du Jour: How I Have Fun, Do Good When I started Tranquil Space in my living room in 1999, creating a socially conscious business was always my intention.

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AUGUST 9, 2006

I'm just back after a ten-day business trip beginning with Blogher and ending with NCDD (Dialogue and Deliberation). Joistke is tested Option 4, guest bloggers. So, if the Internet connection holds out, I might get a elder member of my extended family to be my guest blogger. So, maybe this is be an intergenerational vlog.

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MAY 9, 2012

The third blogger in this run of the Have Fun, Do Good guest post series is the wonderfully wise, Christine Egger. Christine is a facilitator, network weaver, and catalyst. She works with individuals and organizations whose mission is to increase our capacity for empathy, generosity, and creativity.

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OCTOBER 13, 2008

Photo by Ezster On Saturday, I attended BlogHer Boston. The networking was fabulous - meeting many new bloggers in the Boston area as well as seeing long-time blogher buddies and of course, Jory, Lisa, and Elisa. BlogHer always inspires me and this one did not fail. It was better than eating chocolate!

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