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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. Many of my coaching clients are artists, I worked for six years in arts education at Streetside Stories , and I produce the Arts and Healing Podcast.

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JANUARY 14, 2008

I launched a bloggers campaign and Twitter Wall of Fame as part of the Sharing Foundation's America's Giving Challenge. (To Nast who writes a placeblog called BlogWindsor and Femilicious at BlogHer this summer. At the time, I was raising money to support the Cambodian Bloggers Summit. Cambodia4kids Flickr Photos.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

The eleventh guest blogger in my have fun do good series is Lisa Sonora Beam. She is a lifelong artist, and was a therapist working in psychiatric hospitals before she made the leap into advertising (long story). You'll see a small oil painting from a favorite Parisian painter, and folk art from five continents and counting.

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OCTOBER 10, 2009

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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OCTOBER 8, 2008

I referenced Liza Sabater's Brown Bloggers meetups, but could not point to any studies or stats. Blog is Beautiful Latino, Asian/Pacific Islander-American, and black bloggers. often these bloggers discard the handcuffs of their ethnic origins to tackle subjects affecting a range of racial or ethnic groups.

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MARCH 7, 2011

The fifth guest blogger in my Have Fun, Do Good series is Emily Goligoski. By the time the story ran, I was so in awe of the Art of Yoga Project's work that I enrolled in a yoga teacher training. Emily is a w riter and digital strategist who blogs as TheSanFranista. and teaches yoga in San Francisco.

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MAY 2, 2008

" asking readers to share their stories about how they got started in social media, first steps, and advice. You must go read the stories - they're wonderful. I read Connie Bensen's story and she encouraged me to post on my blog. s a story from that era. In the nonprofit sector, there were not many bloggers in 2004.

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AUGUST 25, 2008

Later that summer, I had the honor of being interviewed by Ponzi at BlogHer. icanhascheezburger Ben Huh presented a fantastic visual, story-oriented, and funny presentation about his company. They key takeaway for me is that photos without a story in them are less powerful. s very difficult to decide which to attend. All in all.

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AUGUST 10, 2007

As both a lesson and as a metric, failure is potentially productive at every level of socialmarkets - from the repeated return of one homeless person to shelter, to the repeated attempts to attach a value like SROI to such a story." is coming " Bloggers go to the SF Symphony! Some New (to me) NpTech Bloggers - Welcome!

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OCTOBER 31, 2007

David Eckoff shared a story about his email addiction and how he kicked the habit and got his life under control. Millie Garfield (who I've had the pleasure of meeting at BlogHer) and I had a great talk about our "virtual blogging" friends. I love getting a chance to meet bloggers I've been following!

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OCTOBER 28, 2010

World Go Vegan Week (October 24-31, 2010) seems like a perfect time to highlight the sixth contributor to my series of guest posts by bloggers talking about how they have fun and do good. The best ways to follow her are via Twitter ( @ElisaC ) and by all the headline feeds found in her BlogHer profile.

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OCTOBER 22, 2008

She is looking for personal stories about the healing power of giving from people who have completed the Challenge. The deadline to submit your story is November 29, 2008. And they're also sharing stories. What are some of your favorite stories? So, that's a really moving story. What is the 29-Day Giving Challenge?

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AUGUST 10, 2008

Last month I attended the " Twenty-Something Meet Up " at the BlogHer Conference, facilitated by the fabulous Zandria. "Where are the twenty something/millennial bloggers writing about social change, activism, and nonprofits?" The first thing people ask me is the story behind my name. The question.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Last week I finished my month-long Have Fun, Do Good series where 12 bloggers shared how they have fun and do good. My main takeaway from their rainbow of stories is that there are *so* many ways to have fun and do good. I've narrowed it down to 7 ways to have fun and do good , that can be mixed and matched: Personal choices (e.g.

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AUGUST 5, 2007

I am sitting here amazed that we were able to meet the campaign goal for the Cambodia Bloggers Summit in about week's time. In addition, I'd like to thank Britt Bravo who gave her covered AOL laptop bag to schlep home the t-shirts from BlogHer and to Gina Trapani for donating her extra t-shirts. Photo by Shel Israel.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

This story is the fundraising equivalent of the bikini-clad woman in the Slimfast ad - a special success story." In February, I was asked to go to Uganda with 15 other bloggers through Compassion International. What advice would you give to other bloggers who want to use their. Cross posted at BlogHer.

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MAY 26, 2008

Wells, Blogger and Community Organizer "We need to treat many of our social tools like door knocking, if someone comments on our site, we should take that as a hello, and use it to open a door to a potential relationship with a new leader, member, or supporter." " Nicola M. Wells is an activist for immigrant rights.

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JUNE 30, 2007

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." So when I was asked to do this panel and learned what this conference was about, I thought, "Well, I should have them come and tell their stories to you."

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