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How Can You Make An Impact?

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." -- 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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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

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After meeting her at the Global Engagement Summer last spring, I knew I wanted to grab her for an interview before she became too famous. What we do is essentially support social entrepreneurship within refugee communities. The model that FORGE takes is really a long-term impact framework. Is that how it works?

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10 Elements of an Effective Nonprofit or Do-Good Blog

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Interviews (written, audio, video). Staff and supporters' opinions. Track your impact Possible ways to measure impact are (just pick a few): Subscribers (you can see this by burning your feed with Feedburner). If you receive a comment, acknowledge it, even if your reply is brief. Post about a range topics (i.e.

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29-Day Giving Challenge: An Interview with Cami Walker

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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. So, I decided to go ahead and do it.

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Gen Y Nonprofits and Social Change Bloggers: Meet Miss Jones

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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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Funding Personal and Social Transformation: Paula Sammons, Seasons Fund

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The Fund supports organizations that are using "inner work" to inform their activism. Kellogg Foundation, was kind enough to tell me more about the Fund's work in the following e-interview. Kellogg Foundation angel Kyodo williams, Director, Seeds of Justice Fund What kind of projects is the Fund supporting and how are they selected?

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Fair Trade Certified: An Interview with Paul Rice of TransFair USA

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Paul Rice, the founding president and CEO of the Oakland based nonprofit, TransFair USA , answers these questions and others in an interview for the Big Vision Podcast. For more information about TransFair USA go to www.transfairusa.org Britt Bravo also blogs at Have Fun * Do Good , NetSquared and BlogHer. That's the flip side of it.