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11 Highlights from BlogHer '11

Have Fun - Do Good

Last week I spoke at BlogHer '11, a gathering of over 3,000 women bloggers. You can serve more people if you are fueling your work with funds. One of the main reasons I go to BlogHer is to connect with old friends and to make new ones like: Beth of My Plastic-free Life. BlogHer Writers Conference : October 20-21, 2011 (NYC).

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Need Your Help for a BlogHer Post: Kids and Philanthropy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm working on what has become my annual holiday post at BlogHer on the topic: Helping kids understand why it is better to give than to receive. I have many examples from my own children and those of Sharing Foundation stakeholders - many who are adoptive parents and have encouraged their children to give back to Cambodia.

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Big News: Startup Challenge to Fund & Showcase Social Impact Ventures By Women

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Did you know that only 7% of women-led startups receive investor funding, despite that fact that women-led startups have 35% more return on investment than tech companies founded by men. The lack of funding for women-led startups is unacceptable, and we want to do our part to change it. Why a Women Startup Challenge?

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Funding Personal and Social Transformation: Paula Sammons, Seasons Fund

Have Fun - Do Good

, I mentioned the work of the Seasons Fund for Social Transformation. The Fund supports organizations that are using "inner work" to inform their activism. One of the founding members of the Fund, Paula Sammons, who is a Program Associate of Family Income and Assets & Leadership at the W.K.

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How to Help Haitian Earthquake Survivors

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. • The American Red Cross is accepting donations for its International Response Fund. Fund for UNICEF also needs donations. According to their press release : "Funds are urgently needed to provide safe water, temporary shelter systems, essential medical supplies etc. You can follow him on his blog , and on Twitter at @wyclef.

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Jocelyn Harmon: People, Words, Technology & Truth: How I Have Fun, Do Good

Have Fun - Do Good

As Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Network for Good , she is privileged to lead the team to help over 5,000 nonprofits raise more friends and funds online.

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2008 SXSW Panel Picker: You can Vote

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I wasn't as lucky as Amy Gahran who won the free pass to attend at BlogHer. Here's the description: Pimp My Non Profit Non profit groups struggle with funding and public support issues on a daily basis. The panel selection process is done by vote and anyone can vote. Here's the link.

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