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Meet Cynthia Derosier who Surfs for Good Causes

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.   Several people pointed to Cynthia Derosier, author of The Surfer Spirit Book and recently published The Survivor Spirit : The Beauty, Passion, and Power of Breast Cancer Survivors.     You also created a surfing program for breast cancer survivors.  Cross posted at BlogHer.

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What color is your blog?

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Many blogHers, like Rebeca at the Razoo blog , went red on Thursday as part of Free Burma: International Bloggers Day.    But after reading  the post by Laura Whitehead and how she turned her blog pink for the month of October to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I was inspired.  What color is your blog? 

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How Networked Nonprofits Use Twitter and Other Things I learned in Vegas

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I presented on two panels (How Nonprofits Use Twitter and CrowdSourced Philanthropy) in the Cause Track curated by Chris Noble and the good folks at WhatGives. for every hashtag mention to cancer charities. Crowdsourced Campaigns for Causes: Benefiting social good or just social? During the conference, there [.].

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Cupcakes for Good!

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Cupcakes + a good cause = Fun + yum. The 5th Annual Cupcakes for a Cause will be happening October 20-26th this year. A co-worker of ToRoxy , baked cupcakes that look like sushi to sell at their office as part of Cupcakes for a Cause. cross posted on BlogHer ] cupcake nonprofit fundraiser cancer animal

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Six Steps to Everyday Activism

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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. Global Warming. Election Fraud. Genetically-Modified Food. Believe that you can make a difference.

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SXSW Panels Offer Key Advice to Nonprofits - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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Make it interesting and it will just happen," said Dave Neff of American Cancer Society (Social Media ROI Poetry Slam). As Kathy Sierra (Change Your World in 50 Minutes) says, WOO is better than WOM, meaning word of obvious, or just being better, carries more weight than people talking about that you’re better.

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Where are the twenty-something or GEN-Y Bloggers Who Are Writing About Social Change and Nonprofits?

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I attended the " Twenty-Something Meet Up " at the BlogHer Conference. The Stupid Cancer Blog is written by Matthew Zachary who founded the social enterprise I'm Too Young for This." Qui Diaz has a blog called Evange.LIST that covers social media for social causes. Why did I go? Michael Silberman from EchoDitto.

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