Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 19, 2007

On her portfolio site she shares a life vow called Threads of Empathy As part of a life-vow I have made which is at the basis of much of my art, I donate 10% of my income from all art sales to help provide opportunity and education in developing countries.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2007

Three weeks ago, using what I learned from my first personal fundraising campaign , I launched a second campaign to raise money for the Sharing Foundation education programs using the Network For Good Charity Badge and entering the Yahoo! Read more at BlogHer Students in the Sharing Foundation's English Program at Roteang Village.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2006

At this summer's Blogher Conference, I had the opportunity to hear Lauren Gelman , Associate Director of Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society , and Dean of State of Play Academy present at the blogging communities session called, " So, You Have This Crazy Idea." just email her at gelman at Stanford dot edu.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2008

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

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2010

I’ve been following Charlene Li’s work since I heard her keynote at the BlogHer 2005 conference. I learned that Chris Heuer is working on some great educational projects. Both Allison Fine and I are truly blessed to have such gracious and supportive colleagues and friends at TechSoup.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2007

Since the event is dedicated to BlogDay, I'm sure that my BlogDay post will point to five (or more) Cambodian BlogHers. I enjoyed Sopheap's recent post about public education about not littering in Cambodia ) After I get back in September, OneWebDay is next community web event on my calendar scheduled for September 22, 2007.

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MARCH 19, 2007

I decided several weeks ago, for a variety of reasons, to retire my independent consultant hat. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2009

13 Causes I'd Give to If Friday the 13th Was My Lucky Day Art in Action: Youth Leadership Training Program Mission: "Art in Action empowers youth leaders by engaging arts for social change through personal, social, political, and cultural education." Cross-posted from BlogHer. What causes are close to your heart?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2008

In a recent post on Blogher, Virginia DeBolt mentions the list titled 100 Awesome Webmaster Blogs by and for Women by Jimmy Atkinson. BlogHer's leadership trio Lisa, Elisa, and Jory was in the number 1 spot. This list has included other BlogHers such as Anne Zelenka and myself. Can you tell me a little about it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2007

Maybe we should consider adding it to BlogHers Act ? What a great way to educate kids about this issue. Cross posted at BlogHer. Rather than complaining or telling the world you're eating hot oatmeal, sharing a sense of accomplishment towards a reach goal is inspiring. tools for nonprofits. In Kenzo is a network weaver.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2008

"So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other." -- 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?

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 27, 2007

I'd like to point you over to two good posts that aim to help educate everyone about this serious issue. Lisa Stone at Blogher has responded to the situation here with a post called "Hating Hate Speech: Safety for Kathy Sierra and All Women Online."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2007

Room to Read partners with local communities throughout the developing world to establish schools, libraries and other educational infrastructure. The organization works to educate. Beth Kanter, BlogHer Contributing Editor for Social Change and Nonprofits, is the author of Beth's Blog. the rest of the world.

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MARCH 24, 2015

million nonprofits in the US that are working in similar issue areas and trying to address global warming, poverty, the gender pay gap, affordable healthcare, education, etc. Because there are over 1.5 This means building programs or products that can scale.

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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 ). As of today, contributors have helped me raise $381 towards the $750 goal. Lisa's post is here. I enjoy reading Lisa's blog.

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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. But many of us still need education about women’s buying and giving patterns, how and where to best reach them. Buddy up with women bloggers. Contact us!

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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

AUGUST 4, 2008

The American Red Cross is using the Dog Days of Summer to educate dog owners about pet safety during these days of summer. At Blogher Unconference, Leslie Madsen Brooks (who works with university faculty to help them make their instruction more thoughtful and who is also a dog lover ) put up a session called "Slow Blogging.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2006

While surfing for some more BlogHers to add to the Nonprofit and NGO BlogHer blogroll, I came across the REAL hot 100: See How Hot Smart Can Be. Their findings are captured in a video they made last year with Beyondmedia Education , Respect Me, Don’t Media Me Anne Elizabeth Moore, 35, Chicago, IL What makes her REALLY hot?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2006

Mongkol, a Cambodian college student who is studying in the US on a Fullbright Scholarship and knows the importance of a college education had this to say. Britt Bravo on her personal blog. smArts & Culture FiSpace Micropersuasion E-politics. Ricardo Carreon. Solution Grove. Keun Fast , another Cambodian blogger.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2006

Annette is involved with a ngo called Half the Sky Foundation that supports orphans in china with educational and development programs. Either way, these practices would eliminate the sense that vendors are only there to sell -- and a hard separation between technologies on display and the processes they are supposed to enhance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 5, 2008

Last month I attended the " Twenty-Something Meet Up " at the BlogHer Conference, facilitated by the fabulous Zandria. I'm from Brooklyn, NY but left when I was 17 to attend Haverford College, where I graduated with a degree in sociology and education last year. Julia Smith, who blogs at the idealist. Tell me about you.

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APRIL 17, 2009

At the time, I was a program director for an arts education program and a facilitator of career counseling workshops for artists. Cross-posted from BlogHer. The key is to turn these moments of opportunity into concrete action." One of my moments of obligation came during the Green Festival in San Francisco in the fall of 2002.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2005

What I will be talking about at BlogHer is the idea of getting your customers to do the talking on the blog. Understandable as most are in the business of saving lives, preventing illness, educating the masses about prevention, detection, treatment, etc. The same might work extremely well for a non-profit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2008

In addition they start to see the ocean and the environment differently and they start to ask us marine biology questions, which lead to general environmental education. Cross posted at BlogHer. .   They also develop a whole new social circle. So there is also cultural healing as well.   Pretty powerful stuff!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2006

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. Also, educational technology bloggers are great resources to read if you are interested in technology for learning.

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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. It can be something big, like equal access to education, or small, like healthier lunches at the school down the street.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

Here's a roundup of all the live blog posts from the recent BlogHer conference neatly organized by session. AFP Blog picks up on some Web2.0 and Associations thoughts from Acronym: Experience Web 2.0 at Annual Meeting posted on the blog inviting people to participate in the social web. is coming " Bloggers go to the SF Symphony!

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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. Beth Kanter's photo of Marc Canter in flickr - please read comments for attribution.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2007

I love taking a cross disciplinary perspective - education, nonprofit, and corporate. Millie Garfield (who I've had the pleasure of meeting at BlogHer) and I had a great talk about our "virtual blogging" friends. I got some good feedback and will post some reflections in a bit. But how about using Twitter as a feedback tool

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

I've been an educator for pretty much all of my adult life (even at Bennington, I was a tutor, and taught some classes in technology.) And so education comes naturally for me, so translating what I know in ways that other people can understand has always been important to me, and I've done it whether I've been paid to do it or not.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2008

I attended the " Twenty-Something Meet Up " at the BlogHer Conference. Global Kids uses interactive and experiential methods to educate youth about critical international and public policy issues and provides them with opportunities for civic and global engagement. Even though I'm more like twenty-something times 2.5,

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MAY 14, 2009

Educate, inform and move people emotionally - inspire action. I had the great honor of moderating the panel Tools Galore in Online Communications: From Google Earth to Wiki’s and Twitter this panel will give you the nuts and bolts of the latest tools organizations can utilize to ramp up their next online campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. ve traditionally relied on education as their main method ??? When nonprofits and government agencies want to create change on a large scale, they???ve

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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? We focus on political education and organizer skills trainings, and we definitely think it is critical to see the fusion of those two things.

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