Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2006

Almost two years ago at the first Blogher Conference I was lucky enough to interview and get to know Lisa Canter (we aren't related but I learned a few things about the kanter/canter name from her husband, Marc ). I'll point to this in my email campaign to contacts which I'll be doing over the next week. Lisa's post is here.

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AUGUST 21, 2008

Basically, a couple months before your book's release you contact bloggers, podcasters and vloggers whose audiences are a good fit for your book and ask them if they would like to interview you, review your book, have you guest post, or host an interactive event with you using a service like Gabbly.

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DECEMBER 8, 2009

BlogHer – a social networking site for women who blog – is a great place to find women writers who may care about your political and/or social issue. Contact us! Buddy up with women bloggers. A LOT of women hang out in the Care2.com But don’t take my word for it, check out the demographics of our members.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2006

After that, I discovered an interesting photo set in the Link netsquared tag stream and it was Seth Mazow, so I made him a contact. While browsing, happened to notice blogher Kalabird, who is doing NGO work in Cambodia has contributed a few. And the next thing I know he invites me to the International NGO Flickr Group.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Ask if they'd introduce you to their contact so you can set up an informational interview. You can also look on an organization's site, or contact them directly for information about volunteer opportunities. Cross-posted from BlogHer. LinkedIn LinkedIn is a professional social network, so it's ripe with job search opportunities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

I've been following Charlene Li ever since I heard her speak at opening keynote at the first BlogHer Conference in 2005. I tend to use LinkedIn quite to network through my contacts to find people I'm specifically looking for. She's smart, she's insightful, she rocks. This is my "loosest" network.

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JULY 30, 2006

The last BlogHer Conference session I went to yesterday, before leaving early to go to a wedding, was about using blogging for Community Assistance. Grace relied a lot on an on the ground contact in New Orleans, Victoria Powell, to call her and let her know what resources were needed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2008

Here's a roundup of what I learned: Someone in my network said I should contact Carmen Van Kerckhove who told me: I'm afraid I don't know any studies that specifically address POCs using social media, but there have been a lot of articles about bloggers of color and how they're rising to prominence.

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MARCH 27, 2009

Danielle Brigida (Social Media ROI Poetry Slam) is leading the National Wildlife Federation’s social media and measuring their efforts not by gaining email addresses but by relationships, striving for at least five new contacts per day.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 19, 2006

That's a photo I took of Marc Canter at the first Blogher Conference in July, 2005 I put it in flickr with an "All Rights Reserved" license which is the flickr default. I contacted them via flickr and the photo was removed with an apology ! Beth Kanter's photo of Marc Canter in flickr - please read comments for attribution.

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OCTOBER 31, 2006

Marsha Wallace, the founder of Dining for Women , contacted me after reading some of the posts I had written about Dining for Women here and on BlogHer , and invited my husband and I to be Dining for Women's guest at the event. Dining for Women was one of the evening's sponsors.

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APRIL 26, 2006

As I mentioned in a post a couple weeks ago, I've started writing a weekly feature over at Blogher called Solutionary Women. If you know a Solutionary Woman who works at a nonprofit or NGO, please email me at britt at brittbravo dot com with their name, organization and contact info. mother environment milk chemical

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

Define something small and tangible - whether it be a flickr photo contest or exploring the content related to your organization's issue and identifying 10 friends or contacts. I interviewed Tuesday Gutierrez from SaveGuimaras over at blogher. ve contacted us but we??ve There's lots of examples in this blog. The Case Study.

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MARCH 13, 2009

Panelists: Ken Fisher, Editor-in-Chief , Ars Technica, Alexis Ohanian, Product Manager of Awesome , reddit.com, Drew Curtis, The Member , Fark.com, and Erin Kotecki Vest, BlogHer 10. Lessons learned and plans for the future will be discussed along with some best practices for those who seek to develop true communities.

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JULY 6, 2006

Nedra Weinreich, Spare Change Blog Nedra Weinreich was one of the first nonprofit tagged blogs that I discovered while browsing the blogher blogroll a few months back. She works with nonprofits and government agencies to bring about health and social change using social marketing. s new information that???s

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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? Last week I sat down with a former co-worker, Mei-ying Ho, who is now the Co-Director of SOUL , for an interview for my Big Vision podcast.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

This week two fellow BlogHer Contributing Editors ( Virgina DeBolt and Elana Centor ), and BlogHer co-Founder ( Elisa Camahort Page ), and me had a virtual book club call to discuss Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. The Kittredge W.I.S.H.

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MAY 11, 2009

When the hierarchy comes into contact with an energized cloud, the ‘discharge’ from the cloud to the hierarchy can completely overload the hierarchy. I think it was 2006 when the entire room of 1400 bloggers burst into spontaneous singing of this song at BlogHer. That’s the power of hyperconnectivity.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2007

Until then, I can be contacted directly by anyone who is interested in learning more. Should there ever be a disaster (god forbid), how could a blogging network like BlogHer be of assistance? Our website launch will be announced soon. You've been in the emergency management field for 15 plus years. How and why did you get started?

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JUNE 7, 2006

Last month I wrote a short post for Blogher, Roadies for a Cause , about a nonprofit called Lokahi Outreach , that partners with organizations like the ONE campaign and Oxfam to help them do grassroots campaigning on the road. The organization's founder, Brande Jackson, took the time to answer my Solutionary Women e-interview questions.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Last week, after the election, BlogHer co-founder Lisa Stone, asked What Will You Do To Change America? I want to know who it is that I'm in contact with because I can't take care of everyone, and I can't be involved in everything, so I want to choose really well. Cross-posted from BlogHer.

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MARCH 8, 2007

Find contact info for your elected leaders at www.house.gov and www.senate.gov. Cross-posted from BlogHer. Most importantly, your Congressperson NEEDS to hear from YOU! Call, email, and visit your rep’s office and urge them to vote to stop funding the US occupation of Iraq. Check it out. Rae can be reached at rae@codepinkalert.org.

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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 first, I just want to thank the Conference for having us here. What I do is, I write for several blogs, as she mentioned.

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