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BlogHers, Gender Blogging, and Linux Chix in Cambodia!

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Click To Play Here a round up of some the fabulous women Bloghers in Cambodia and Linux Chix that I met. Dee Dee with the BlogHer bag! On the right, is Sopheap who I interviewed for BlogHer. It is difficult for some women to write blogs because it requires going into an Internet cafe and women do not always feel welcome.

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Let’s Talk About Networked Nonprofits: TechSoupGlobal Book Party

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Marnie Webb and Charlene Li: Two of My Social Media Role Models. I’ve been following Charlene Li’s work since I heard her keynote at the BlogHer 2005 conference. We were asked a great question about how The Networked Nonprofit and Social Media relevant to those who don’t have Internet access. Small world.

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My life as an (almost) ex-Technology Consultant

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I’m not leaving nonprofit technology, though, just this particular role – I expect to stay involved, keep connected, keep prodding and poking, and keep learning. I decided several weeks ago, for a variety of reasons, to retire my independent consultant hat. I have now realized I need to set it down for good.

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What color is the social web?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In reflection, I've been thinking about how much richer it is being social - how you don't have to know all the answers when you have a good network (and a decent Internet connection.) It made me think about another digital divide - for those who don't have the Internet connection or haven't yet engaged on Twitter - the knowledge divide.

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I'm Speaking at SXSW About Nonprofits and Social Fundraising

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The term "extra organizational activist" comes from Alison Fine's book Momentum and I first heard it back in September 2006 when I read the book and reviewed it over at Blogher.

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Chris Brogan: What Were Your First Steps?

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I got on the Internet in the early days when it was social media. Then I discovered the Internet and became the community builder for Arts Wire, an online network for artists that used a unix-based text conferencing system called Caucus. I read Connie Bensen's story and she encouraged me to post on my blog.

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Stop Cyberbullying Day: Some Inspiration from the Blogosphere

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Hats off to Lisa, Jory, and Elisa (as well as to my fellow BlogHer CE editors) for posting such brilliant thoughts about this topic. We cannot afford to burn blogs ( as ill-thought out DOPA would do ) and the trail we have blazed into a new, more productive society through the Internet's new communication tools. about civility!

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