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Network for Good Study of Disaster Giving

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I'm finally back home after an extended business trip that began with the Blogher 2006 conference. million in charitable giving online through Network for Good in response to three major crises: the December 2004 tsunamis, Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 and the Pakistan earthquake of October 2005. ??

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Tips for Disaster Relief Bloggers

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The last BlogHer Conference session I went to yesterday, before leaving early to go to a wedding, was about using blogging for Community Assistance. People wanted to see how her town looked before, as well as after the hurricane. They also set up a wiki. Your blog needs to be a place to “help the helper.” Tips from Sara 1.

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Gift the Gift of Charity: Make A Contribution to any of these Fabulous Organizations

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. Community Center of St. Help Special Needs Children Improve Social Skills. Can I Sit With You?

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Volunteering Can Be Good for Your Job

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According to the Womens Way press release , "The correlation of women’s professional growth and development with their philanthropic involvement makes a strong business case to employees and employers about the importance of investing in community involvement as a professional development tool."

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Meet Donna Callejon, Chief Operating Officer of Global Giving

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This week, as BlogHer , launched a special campaign with GlobalGiving to raise money for lifesaving programs for women around the world, here is an interview with Donna Callejon who is the Chief Operating Officer of Global Giving. The US projects are an interesting mix - several in the gulf coast as a result of Hurricane Katrina.

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Changing Civic Engagement In New Orleans One Video Blog Post at a Time

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I wrote about the experience on BlogHer last week. The video bloggers have learned that the school is actually located on top of the Agriculture Street Landfill, an infamous Superfund site in New Orleans what was used as a dump and incinerator site after Hurricane Betsy.

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