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So, You’re Thinking About Blogging? How To: Create a Blog for your Organization

Amy Sample Ward

If over the course of four whole weeks, you are still writing posts (even if they are just text files or emails to each other) then you know you have the stamina to get started. Some of the leading platforms you may want to consider include (in alphabetical order): Blogger. MoveableType. Squarespace. Prepare to Change Directions.

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Google Media = Nonprofit Grants, Blogs, Video and Maps Galore

Connection Cafe

Blogger, which turns 10 this year, was covered in depth, and I have to admit, I was quite impressed with the features and functionality it offers that I was totally unaware of. Integration with YouTube, Picassa, and other rich media sites and files. Ability to upload longer, larger files. Free domain mapping. 41 languages.

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The Jing Project: Embed Screencasts Into Conversation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The very calm Preetamrai , the Southeast Asian Editor for Global Voices who is also attending and leading a workshop at the Cambodia Bloggers Summit told me about his very cool new app from Techsmith, JingProject. You can upload to their host or you can download a.swf file. Then I noticed that Andrew Parker had just tweeted it. (I

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Benefits of Global Blogging: Dinner Companions No Matter Where You Go!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Internet connection is very slow that I am on and typepad won't load. I was greeted at the airport by members of the clogger team, Virak and "Trajoke" and presented with a Cambodian Bloggers Summit t-shirt! My blogger friends were very excited and recognized the names of the companies and they were like rock star fans!

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Bloggers frequently link to and comment on other blogs, creating the type of immediate connection one would have in a conversation. When you take the time to comment on a post, you become part of the blogger's community and if you are writing a blog, they will most definitely read your post and perhaps become a reader of your blog.

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Meet Marshall the Nonprofit Blogging Coach

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was curious by how he described his work: "blogger coach to nonprofits." I don't know how good the Typepad RSS traffic stats are, but you might want to look at reburning your feed at Feedburner.com. I first "met" Marshall when he left a comment on my blog about the interview with Marnie Webb.

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Screencast: Using Widgets to Build Community on Blogs Featured on NTEN Blog

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Original photo remixed from flickr photo by Stinky Peter Screencast in conjunction with NTEN View the screencast as higher quality flash file -takes longer to download here. I'm not a techy, so I use typepad. Typepad has integrated widgets into the. I went through the typepad collection and installed (unstalled) a lot of them.