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BlogHers Act and Other Ways to Help Myanmar Cyclone Victims

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Hundreds of thousands are now homeless. Global Voices, South Asia Editor, Mong Palatino, offers this round up of what blogs in the region are reporting, including these eye witness accounts. And BlogHer has responded. Thank you to everyone who has donated to the BlogHers Act. The media reports are horrific.

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Why You Didn't Hear About Cyclone Ivan's Destruction in Madagascar and How To Help Support Relief Efforts

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo from Avylavitra Several weeks ago I wrote a post on BlogHer about Foko Madagascar and Joan Razafimharo , an amazing blogger, social change activist, and woman working in Madagascar and other parts of the world. Reports suggest 15,000 are homeless because of the storm, and 22 dead.

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NpTech Summary: Advocacy 2.0, Sketchcastes, and NpTech in Different Languages

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As both a lesson and as a metric, failure is potentially productive at every level of socialmarkets - from the repeated return of one homeless person to shelter, to the repeated attempts to attach a value like SROI to such a story." " What do you think? AFP Blog picks up on some Web2.0 Some very useful posts in there!

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29-Day Giving Challenge: An Interview with Cami Walker

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Cami Walker, Founder, 29 Day Giving Challenge The 29 Day Giving Challenge is a global giving movement where participants give away one thing each day for 29 days. There's actually a homeless couple who is taking part. Cross-posted from BlogHer giving Cami Walker 29 Day Giving Challenge We practice gratitude. That's the reality.

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Solutionary Women: Alli Chagi-Starr, Ilyse Hogue, Melinda Kramer and Reem Rahim

Have Fun - Do Good

You don't want to write about everything, because then people won't find you in the same way as when they search on Google about "homelessness issues", or "the environment." What I do is, I write for several blogs, as she mentioned. It's best to pick a topic that's sort of a niche topic, or. It's an overnight summer camp that we do.

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