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APRIL 9, 2008

I first met Jen at BlogHer in Chicago last summer at the Global Women's panel. Georgia Popplewell from Global Voices asked people if they would consider donating their schwag for the Cambodian bloggers conference. I was going to blog it on BlogHer for my next deadline, but Jen raised what we she needed in 24 hours.

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MAY 16, 2012

Supporting art and artists, writers and books. Music, walking, running, happy hour with girlfriends, yoga, living by the ocean, and the way the internet bends time and space so I can meet people anywhere at anytime. Feeding people.

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MAY 3, 2012

For me there is nothing like the thrill of curling up in bed with a book or polishing off a (hopefully good) blog post. I also LOVE being a connector, coach and mentor to others and helping them to succeed. Words are another passion of mine.

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

Bay Area folks can go to the 29 Gifts book launch party in San Francisco November 14th. 10 Tips for an Effective Nonprofit or Do-Good Facebook Fan Page by Beth Kanter on BlogHer. If you missed my friend Cami Walker of 29 Gifts on the Today Show , you can watch it online.

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APRIL 17, 2009

While re-reading Echoing Green's book, Be Bold: Create a Career with Impact , I've been thinking about one of its main ideas--that people have moments of obligation. That night I wrote an 8-page essay and emailed it to everyone in my address book called, "What Really Matters." Cross-posted from BlogHer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 29, 2008

Beth Kanter, BlogHer Editor for Social Change and Nonprofits, writes Beth's Blog.   (You can see an example of a slideshare (and some early contributions) here.)    She is hoping to raise $10,000 for a group of female entrepreneurs in the Philippines.   You have until October 31st to participate.

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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 managing editor for Global Voices. Allison Fine , author of the book Momentum, writes about social activism in the nonprofit sector and the implications on the ground and at the big picture level. Holly Ross. Social Change Activists.

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APRIL 11, 2008

It sounds like she might want to create a book out of it. I signed up for the Challenge today and decided to celebrate Day 1 by donating to the BlogHers Act' "Donate Now to Save Women's Lives" campaign on Global Giving. Stories can be posted in the 29-Day Giving Challenge social network's forum, or emailed to story@29gifts.org.

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MARCH 4, 2009

Fellow BlogHer Contributing Editor, Beth Kanter, writes about the fundraising Twitter campaign for CARE happening in conjunction with the film in her post, Tweetathon To Honor International Women's Day and To Spread The Word About A Powerful Noise Live. The Global Fund for Women also has an online toolkit to help you host a house party.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

Photo by Life in Africa For this week's BlogHer Holiday Guide post, I needed to come up with a list of nonprofit organizations or causes that BlogHer readers may consider making a donation to as part of their year-end giving. book go directly to SEPTAR, the fledgling Special Education PTA of Redwood City. Can I Sit With You?

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JULY 20, 2006

Anne Firth Murray While on vacation I read several books, but the one that stood out the most was Paradigm Found: Leading and Managing for Positive Change by Anne Firth Murray, the founder of the Global Fund for Women. We love the groups book clubs, Weight Watchers , Dining for Women -- BlogHer !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2008

Later that summer, I had the honor of being interviewed by Ponzi at BlogHer. I love conversational keynotes and have ever since I first experienced them during the Global Voices London Summit 2005 and Blogher plenary session in 2005. s very difficult to decide which to attend. This year, I finally got an opportunity to attend.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

We connected through the "cambodia" tag on flickr because I was tracking it for Global Voices back in 2005. The term "extra organizational activist" comes from Alison Fine's book Momentum and I first heard it back in September 2006 when I read the book and reviewed it over at Blogher.

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AUGUST 3, 2008

I attended the " Twenty-Something Meet Up " at the BlogHer Conference. Do Good Well is written by Nathaniel Whittemore who is the founding director of the Center for Global Engagement at Northwestern University. Holy Meatballs is Global Kids project blog - I've pointed to the posts by teens. Why did I go?

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AUGUST 23, 2006

Global Warming. That’s why I started interviewing women (and men) for the Big Vision Podcast , and my Solutionary Women series on BlogHer who get up in the morning and have a big vision for a better world as their alarm clock. Election Fraud. Genetically-Modified Food.

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OCTOBER 22, 2008

Cami Walker, Founder, 29 Day Giving Challenge The 29 Day Giving Challenge is a global giving movement where participants give away one thing each day for 29 days. In the interview, Cami mentions that she is writing a book about the 29 Day Giving Challenge. Cross-posted from BlogHer giving Cami Walker 29 Day Giving Challenge

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MAY 10, 2006

The podcast isn't up yet, but here is a partially modified transcription of our conversation which you can also read along with profiles of other Solutionary Women on Blogher : What is SOUL? What are some resources you can recommend to people who are interested in this kind of work, or your favorite book?

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APRIL 24, 2007

At the heart of Fair Trade is the notion of direct trade, kind of like a farmer's market gone global. Companies participate and get to use the Fair Trade Certified label when they open their books and demonstrate that they bought direct from the farmers and paid a fair price. Transcription by CastingWords Fair Trade coffee Transfair

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2012

I started contributing to Global Voices where I did blogging roundups from Cambodia. In 2007, I raised money to help sponsor the first Cambodian Bloggers conference and raised a lot of the money via Twitter as Shel Israel noted in his book, Twitterville. Here’s a video and blog post I wrote for Blogher back then.

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OCTOBER 24, 2009

You don't necessarily see women keynote at technology conferences (well accept for women focused technology conferences like blogher ), but Geoff was trying hard ensure a gender balanced program and succeeded. Lethal Generosity: During Shel's time on stage, he was asked if what his next book will be.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2009

They are generally early adopters of new technologies and consider themselves to be global people. This is one theme Allison Fine and I are writing about in our book ) In the 21st century we now have two oppositional methods of organization: the hierarchy and the cloud.

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JUNE 30, 2007

And then we have two other projects, Police Watch that deals with police accountability and then the other one is called Books not Bars, which is addressing the injustices in the California Youth Authorities. What I do is, I write for several blogs, as she mentioned. So if anyone's interested, I have some materials outside.

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