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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. Be Helpful.

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

In the first edition of this partnership, I interviewed Erin O'Connor Jones , the Director of Candidate Services and Managing Associate at Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group. If you missed my friend Cami Walker of 29 Gifts on the Today Show , you can watch it online.

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JULY 30, 2005

I have tons of interviews and great photos to post, but can't get a connection. Ah Google sponsored Kiosk is online. Technorati Tags: blogher The wireless network in the techmart has been completed overloaded. and hope to figure out a way around this problem.

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MARCH 13, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Whitehouse.gov 2.0:

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OCTOBER 22, 2008

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. It has really helped me. by Spirit River Studio.

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OCTOBER 10, 2009

Interviews (written, audio, video). Engage your community and participate in other online communities Read other blogs. Hold and participate in online contests, challenges, blog carnivals and memes. If you receive a comment, acknowledge it, even if your reply is brief. Post about a range topics (i.e. Press mentions.

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AUGUST 25, 2008

Later that summer, I had the honor of being interviewed by Ponzi at BlogHer. Can't wait to find those slide decks online. I love conversational keynotes and have ever since I first experienced them during the Global Voices London Summit 2005 and Blogher plenary session in 2005. s very difficult to decide which to attend.

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OCTOBER 19, 2010

The room was mostly filled with people from nonprofit organizations, some of whom had entered contests and others wanting to learn best practices. I did a quick icebreaker asking folks in the room to share two words — what comes to mind when you think about these online contests for nonprofits? Photo by KK.

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JULY 2, 2008

Interviewed Janessa Goldbeck of the Genocide Intervention Network. Interview more activists/visionaries of color for the Big Vision Podcast. Interview more activists/visionaries of color for the Big Vision Podcast. Challenge for rest of 2008: I only have 6 more interviews for 2008. Watched Darfur Now. I do one per month.

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MARCH 4, 2009

Fellow BlogHer Contributing Editor, Beth Kanter, writes about the fundraising Twitter campaign for CARE happening in conjunction with the film in her post, Tweetathon To Honor International Women's Day and To Spread The Word About A Powerful Noise Live. The Global Fund for Women also has an online toolkit to help you host a house party.

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MAY 5, 2008

I appreciate the digital native label.but I am constantly finding new applications and new strategies that online technology offers. You're identity still needs to be consistent, and practically, it helps you keep track and manage your online relationships. You, yourself, need to be familiar with new communication channels.

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JANUARY 25, 2009

conference is bringing together leaders of major women’s advocacy organizations and online women’s communities to further the connection between today’s issues and women’s voices. Calling All Feminists! Conference Comes to DC Feb 2.

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JANUARY 4, 2007

I had the pleasure of interviewing Judi Sohn for Blogher and have finally published it. Like me she is a self-taught techie, "Everything I know now I taught myself by experimenting and learning from others online." Judi Sohn, Director of Operations and Communications, for the Colorectal Cancer Coalition.

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AUGUST 10, 2007

An interview with Allen Gunn of Social Source Commons by Britt Bravo over at Netsquared. Here's a roundup of all the live blog posts from the recent BlogHer conference neatly organized by session. The nonprofitmarketing blog gives us ten things to engage constituents online. Need some comic relief? Maybe just some prayers?

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

I'm participating in Reverb 10 this month, an online project that provides daily prompts to help you reflect on the past year, and the year ahead. Going to NYC with the hubs to see friends, family, and to go to the BlogHer Conference. Meeting amazing people while doing interviews for the Big Vision Podcast.

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MARCH 4, 2006

As a result, been behind with the online/blogging part of my life. Nonprofit Online News: This is written by Michael Gilbert and is probably the oldest blog that covers nonprofit issues. I did an interview with Michael back in May, 2005 and it is just fascinating to learn about his content gathering process.

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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. As you'll note from that article, Nedra has also been exploring Second Life and we bumped into each other at the TechSoup space there where we completed our interview.

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AUGUST 3, 2008

I attended the " Twenty-Something Meet Up " at the BlogHer Conference. EngageJoe.com blogs about his experiences spearheading and contributing to social change mashups and working with nonprofits on online strategy. " I had the pleasure of interviewing him about his he formed his organization. Why did I go?

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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. Sometimes it’s hard to get up in the morning and be fearless, to have courage, to care.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2006

This particular Carnival raises the question of how to decide which online social media tools to use and ramp up your skills using it. I interviewed Tuesday Gutierrez from SaveGuimaras over at blogher. Their goal is to mobilize grassroots participation by using online networking tools and their blog. The Case Study.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Last week, after the election, BlogHer co-founder Lisa Stone, asked What Will You Do To Change America? On October 21, 2008, I interviewed Marianne Manilov, the National Team Leader at The Engage Network, about their work. Below is an edited transcript of an interview, which you can also listen to on the Big Vision Podcast.

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OCTOBER 24, 2009

You don't necessarily see women keynote at technology conferences (well accept for women focused technology conferences like blogher ), but Geoff was trying hard ensure a gender balanced program and succeeded. Chris Abraham who I met online in 1992 through MetaNetwork (a site similar to the Well but in DC) and Arts Wire.

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MARCH 30, 2007

Hats off to Lisa, Jory, and Elisa (as well as to my fellow BlogHer CE editors) for posting such brilliant thoughts about this topic. He hasn't neglected the traditional tools either - yesterday he and I as well as Elisa Camahort were interviewed on the BBC about this issue. (I SHARE - Plan to show this video to your students.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2006

articles on TechSoup, including those written by Nptechersphere bloghers Marnie Webb ( Ten Ways to Use Web 2.0 Seth Mazow, who attended blogher conference, and who writes the non-governmental imagination blog , asks " Am I a tech conference whore? She's put up a mp3 file of the interview and it's definitely worth a listen.

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JUNE 9, 2006

This week the Where Most Needed Blog pointed us to a survey that showed blog fans are twice as likely to give online. It was developed by Carnet Williams, a serial nonprofit social entrepreneur/techie, who I tracked down for an interview many months ago. Donors Choose (which came my way via Blogher Lisa Stone's sister!)

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