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FEBRUARY 27, 2007

Last summer, I remember seeing Britt Bravo photographing the trash at the Blogher Conference. She was creating a visual for this post, " Can't Blogher Conference Be Greener Next Year ?" " Looks like Britt has been looking at other tech conferences and asking the same question.

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JUNE 29, 2007

In April, I blogged about HSUS "Stop Canada's Cruel Seal Hunt" campaign over at blogher and my blog and last December on my blog as part of a roundup of articles on using social networking spaces for campaigns. The first thing we did was create a group dedicated to the seal hunt. It was the same old same old ???

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

In the first edition of this partnership, I interviewed Erin O'Connor Jones , the Director of Candidate Services and Managing Associate at Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group. 10 Tips for an Effective Nonprofit or Do-Good Facebook Fan Page by Beth Kanter on BlogHer.

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OCTOBER 18, 2006

I met Laura at Boston Podcamp very briefly and grabbed her card so I could catch up with her for an interview for Blogher. If everyone who was very passionate about a given cause took the time to create a simple 15SecondPitch, I???d I would suggest that women focus on creating their own networking groups. Blogs to read?

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NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Kimberly Wilson, Tranquility du Jour: How I Have Fun, Do Good When I started Tranquil Space in my living room in 1999, creating a socially conscious business was always my intention. You can follow her on Facebook at facebook.com/kimberlywilson. Have I mentioned pigs?

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NOVEMBER 5, 2008

." -- President-elect Obama's acceptance speech November 4, 2008 In her post today, Congratulations President-elect Obama: Now, BlogHers, what will YOU do to change America? BlogHer co-founder Lisa Stone asks us to make our own "transition plan," and ask ourselves how are we are each going to help create change in America.

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OCTOBER 22, 2008

Below is an edited transcript of an interview from October 11, 2008 with Cami Walker, the founder of the 29-Day Giving Challenge, which you can also listen to on the Big Vision Podcast. In the interview, Cami mentions that she is writing a book about the 29 Day Giving Challenge. I just want to add that disclaimer.

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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. Add your events so that can find you too.

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OCTOBER 19, 2010

I ran into KK (Kris Krug) who is a free agent extraordinaire and did an interview I’ll publish later. Did get one party hosted by Carwoo and organized by Renee Blodgett who I met a BlogHer in 2005. Photo by KK. He spotted the Networked Nonprofit in the Wiley booth on the exhibit floor.

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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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OCTOBER 15, 2008

Guy takes celebrities around the world to connect with young leaders who are creating change in their communities. I was particularly moved by an interview with one Stanley Hotel resident, a heroin addict, who said, "I wish people had a better understanding of the kind of people we are, 'cause we're not animals, and we're not contagious.

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JULY 2, 2008

At the end of December 2007, I posted about creating activist resolutions for the New Year based on Latoya Peterson's activist resolutions post on Racialicious. Interviewed Janessa Goldbeck of the Genocide Intervention Network. Interview more activists/visionaries of color for the Big Vision Podcast. My resolutions were to: 1.

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OCTOBER 10, 2009

Make it easy to find out more information about your organization, or project If your blog has its own website, separate from you organization or project's website, create an "About Us" page for your blog that describes the mission of your organization or project, and links back to its home page. Interviews (written, audio, video).

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JULY 1, 2006

I just posted an interview with Sombit over at blogher where Sombit mentions his plans for GlobalGiving's presence on Second Life. We are actively looking for designers that would be williing to create virtual property on our behalf and market it to the SL community. and who knows, someone may follow the link and contribute.).

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FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Ask if they'd introduce you to their contact so you can set up an informational interview. The post, 7 Secrets to Getting Your Next Job Using Social Media , on Mashable suggests creating a video resume. If you've created one, share the link below. If you've created one, share the link below. Cross-posted from BlogHer.

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MAY 5, 2008

Best practical tip, create a relatively simple, but not hackable password and keep it the same for all the accounts you are going to create. This stays true for the ID/name you create for your accounts. And since this interview is going to be posted on Blogher, I'll narrow it down to women bloggers: 1.

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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 film is being presented by Fathom Events, CARE , ONE , and the U.N.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2008

   I was to track her down for an interview.   You also created a surfing program for breast cancer survivors.  As a result, EVERY woman I interviewed noted that her life is better now because of their experience with cancer! Cross posted at BlogHer.   How did you get interested in surfing?

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AUGUST 5, 2008

Last month I attended the " Twenty-Something Meet Up " at the BlogHer Conference, facilitated by the fabulous Zandria. The next logical step, of course, is to start to get to know some of these bloggers by doing interviews. Julia Smith, who blogs at the idealist. " I left room inspired to compile a living list.

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AUGUST 10, 2007

An interview with Allen Gunn of Social Source Commons by Britt Bravo over at Netsquared. Here's a roundup of all the live blog posts from the recent BlogHer conference neatly organized by session. Ambassadors in Africa - An Interview with Kim Lowery, Kabissa. I hope Allan summarizes the responses back on his blog.

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

As I mentioned in a post last week , I'd like to teach a a class in 2011 about The Art of Blogging: Creating Juicy Content for Artists, Writers, Creative Entrepreneurs and Do-Gooders. Going to NYC with the hubs to see friends, family, and to go to the BlogHer Conference. It’s about making ideas happen. What’s your next step?

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MARCH 4, 2006

I did an interview with Michael back in May, 2005 and it is just fascinating to learn about his content gathering process. I probably should stop, but if you want to focus on what women are blogging about in the nonprofit space, check out the blogher ngo/npo blogroll. And, I guess I should create an opml file like Marshall.

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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. As you'll note from that article, Nedra has also been exploring Second Life and we bumped into each other at the TechSoup space there where we completed our interview.

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AUGUST 23, 2006

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. Sometimes it’s hard to get up in the morning and be fearless, to have courage, to care.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2018

2) Back to Human: How Great Leaders Create Connection in the Age of Isolation by Dan Schawbel. The book provides many research based insights about how to create a high performing workplace culture. 5) Creating Signature Stories by David Aaker. Here’s an article by Dan about his new book.

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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 wrote a few suggestions for how to figure out how you want to create change in my post, How Can You Make An Impact? Below is an edited transcript of an interview, which you can also listen to on the Big Vision Podcast.

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MAY 10, 2006

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. 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?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

Hats off to Lisa, Jory, and Elisa (as well as to my fellow BlogHer CE editors) for posting such brilliant thoughts about this topic. He hasn't neglected the traditional tools either - yesterday he and I as well as Elisa Camahort were interviewed on the BBC about this issue. Created by Scott Mcleod. about civility!

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OCTOBER 23, 2006

Speaking of programming and women, how could I not point in this post to by Kathy Sierra in her remarkable Creating Passionate Users blog? Beth Kanter is one of my favorite bloggers, in part because she so often does interviews of very interesting people in her postings. Britt - like Beth - is also a great interviewer.

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JULY 6, 2006

As Katya herself explains in a May interview with fellow Blogher Nonprofit Contributing Editor Britt Bravo "It lays out ten sound principles (I call them "Robin Hood Rules") behind some of the most successful marketing campaigns in history, and shows how anyone can use them to advance their cause by leaps and bounds.

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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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JULY 27, 2011

Over 550 cradles were created and donated by artists around the world. If you have suggestions for people I should interview, please email me at britt AT brittbravo DOT com. Naomi served as an artist-in-residence at Columbia College Chicago in 2008, 2010 and 2011.

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JUNE 9, 2006

It was developed by Carnet Williams, a serial nonprofit social entrepreneur/techie, who I tracked down for an interview many months ago. Donors Choose (which came my way via Blogher Lisa Stone's sister!) Another new tool is PledgeBank. The concept is: Tell the world ???I???ll ll do it, but only if you???ll ll help me do it."

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MARCH 8, 2007

To celebrate the first day, and hopefully prevent the recurrence of the second, here is an e-interview with Rae Abileah, the Local Groups Coordinator of CODEPINK. to create the foundations of a women’s movement for peace and justice. Cross-posted from BlogHer. Today, March 8th, is International Women's Day. What is CODEPINK?

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JUNE 30, 2007

In April I organized a panel for the Stanford Women's Leadership Conference called "Solutionary Women: How Can I Create Change?" I asked four of the women who I had previously interviewed for the Big Vision Podcast to share what brought them to their work, and their advice for the graduate and undergraduate women who attended the conference.

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