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JUNE 19, 2009

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. This process emerged based on working for four years in a more traditional development organization sense, in which we were bringing in international volunteers. They can create the change makers.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2007

Here's my interview: 1. That's the more spiritual approach to things - the calling is in relating to people, and in providing information to organizations that helps them accomplish their mission better. Cross posted at Blogher Why the heck would you ever want to give it a way for free by volunteering?

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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. 10 Tips for an Effective Nonprofit or Do-Good Facebook Fan Page by Beth Kanter on BlogHer. THE BIG LIST of social entrepreneurs on Twitter.

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OCTOBER 18, 2006

I met Laura at Boston Podcamp very briefly and grabbed her card so I could catch up with her for an interview for Blogher. Why would a nonprofit organization need one? Non-profit organizations are in desperate need of a great 15SecondPitch! How do you decide which organizations to volunteer your time with?

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JUNE 29, 2007

In April, I blogged about HSUS "Stop Canada's Cruel Seal Hunt" campaign over at blogher and my blog and last December on my blog as part of a roundup of articles on using social networking spaces for campaigns. Why did your organization integrate these social media tools - how did you choose specific tools?

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AUGUST 19, 2007

Since the event is dedicated to BlogDay, I'm sure that my BlogDay post will point to five (or more) Cambodian BlogHers. OneWebDay is a celebration of the Web and what it means to us as individuals, organizations, and communities. On that day, I'll be in Cambodia at the first Cambodian Blogger Summit Conference.

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MARCH 7, 2011

She produces tech entrepreneurship content for the organization Women 2.0 While interviewing the organizers for a magazine, I heard how they worked with young women who had rarely or never felt good about their bodies and were in detention on charges related to prostitution and drug sales. and teaches yoga in San Francisco.

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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. Now there are organized events happening locally.

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JULY 30, 2007

They are organizing the first " Cambodian Blogger Summit (aka Cloggers Summit) " to take place 30-31 August 2007 in Cambodia. Identify and interview 3-5 amazing Cambodian BlogHers and post on BlogHer site. Have at least three or more new t-shirts from a tech or nonprofit tech organization?

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NOVEMBER 5, 2008

"So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other." -- 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?

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APRIL 12, 2006

I've started a new weekly feature on Blogher this week called Solutionary Women where I write short profiles of women leaders and visionaries who work for nonprofits and NGOs. If you have women you would like to suggest that I profile/interview, please email me at britt at brittbravo dot com with their name, organization and contact info.

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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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OCTOBER 10, 2009

Make it easy to put faces and names to blog posts Posts should say, by your name , not by admin , or by the name of your organization. If they are civil, allow comments that are critical of your organization. Interviews (written, audio, video). The story behind your organization/project. Post about a range topics (i.e.

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OCTOBER 15, 2008

I was particularly moved by an interview with one Stanley Hotel resident, a heroin addict, who said, "I wish people had a better understanding of the kind of people we are, 'cause we're not animals, and we're not contagious. Lots of people get inspired to work at a soup kitchen on Thanksgiving, but organizations always need help.

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JULY 27, 2006

I've been reading a lot about food lately because earlier this week I had the opportunity to interview Anna Lappé, author of Grub , and co-author, with her mother, Frances Moore Lappé , of Hope's Edge (I'll be posting the interview after I come back from the BlogHer Conference ). food local organic community

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JULY 1, 2006

He wanted to work for an organization that facilitates bottom-up approaches to sustainable development and after seeing an ad in the Idealist he jumped at the opportunity to GlobalGiving's team. (I And since I serve on the board of the Sharing Foundation and our organization was recently selected to be included on GlobalGiving.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2009

See who in your network knows someone at the organizations you'd like to work for. Ask if they'd introduce you to their contact so you can set up an informational interview. Facebook Like LinkedIn, you can search for friends who work for, or know someone who works for, an organization that interests you.

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JULY 3, 2006

Rose Aguilar from Bay Area Business Woman interviewed me recently for an article entitled, "Women's Voices Boom in the Blogosphere." You are looking for a new communication tool for your organization or business. I started thinking, sounds like there are a lot of women out there who would like to start a blog, but don't know how.

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MAY 27, 2009

As Seane Corn said in my interview with her about Off the Mat, Into the World : "We use the analogy like when you are on an airplane and they say, 'If there is ever a problem and the pressure drops and the oxygen masks drops from the ceiling, put it on yourself first, and then put it on your child or friend.' Truly sustainable organizations.

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JANUARY 4, 2007

I had the pleasure of interviewing Judi Sohn for Blogher and have finally published it. Her personal blog drives traffic to her organization's web site. The second thing she did after hiring an attorney to get the organization's tax-exempt status was to hire a well-known cancer blogger for her organization.

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MARCH 4, 2009

Numerous nonprofits and NGOs are organizing events and campaign to celebrate. 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.

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AUGUST 5, 2008

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. How do you get other people in your organization on board with social media? Tell me about you.

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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. Open Communication for Crisis Prevention Panel Discussion Is your nonprofit organization vulnerable to a communication crisis?

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APRIL 24, 2007

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. Paul Rice: TransFair is the only organization here in the United States that certifies Fair Trade products. So, this community got organized.

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MAY 5, 2008

If not your organization, then you as the marketing/communications/outreach person. if you do not know what people are saying or how people currently perceive your organization/message? And since this interview is going to be posted on Blogher, I'll narrow it down to women bloggers: 1. But, I suggest, to just jump in.

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JUNE 2, 2006

People: As part of her "Solutionary Women" series, Britt Bravo posted an interview today with my very good friend Rebecca Kalin of Asthma Free School Zones. You can also find it on Britt's Blogher site. Rebecca points out that idling vehicles is the Number One cause of air pollution in urban areas! Cut that engine!

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AUGUST 10, 2007

An interview with Allen Gunn of Social Source Commons by Britt Bravo over at Netsquared. a leading provider of software and related services designed specifically for nonprofit organizations, has announced that it has acquired privately-owned eTapestry, based in Indianapolis, Indiana. Need some comic relief? Maybe just some prayers?

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APRIL 26, 2006

As I mentioned in a post a couple weeks ago, I've started writing a weekly feature over at Blogher called Solutionary Women. I thought I'd share this week's interview with Mary Brune, co-founder of MOMS (Making Our Milk Safe). Mary was kind enough to let me e-interview her for this post. Organic ones, of course.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2008

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. And Social Justice Leadership, a group that offers tools and trainings to grassroots organizers in New York City.

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AUGUST 3, 2008

I attended the " Twenty-Something Meet Up " at the BlogHer Conference. Non-Profit Chas shares his experiences as he helps take a small non-profit organization to the next level. " I had the pleasure of interviewing him about his he formed his organization. An Interview With Matthew Zachary, Founder I???m

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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. Be passionate. Educate yourself.

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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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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) Non-Profits: Be the Web You Wish to See!

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NOVEMBER 12, 2006

And, there is so much to experiment that one person or organization can't do it alone. The rule of threes: Identify and explore a tool and commit to learning three things about it in three weeks with at least three other people in your organization or your peers. I interviewed Tuesday Gutierrez from SaveGuimaras over at blogher.

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MAY 10, 2006

Last week I sat down with a former co-worker, Mei-ying Ho, who is now the Co-Director of SOUL , for an interview for my Big Vision podcast. The podcast isn't up yet, but here is a partially modified transcription of our conversation which you can also read along with profiles of other Solutionary Women on Blogher : What is SOUL?

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NOVEMBER 14, 2018

This book provides a simple framework for measuring impact of a strategy used by a social sector organization. I’ve been writing a blog for over a decade and in the early days I got a big boost from Blogher, co-founded by Elisa Camahort Page, one of the co-authors of this book.

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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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