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How To Green Your Tech Conference

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last summer, I remember seeing Britt Bravo photographing the trash at the Blogher Conference. She was creating a visual for this post, " Can't Blogher Conference Be Greener Next Year ?" " Looks like Britt has been looking at other tech conferences and asking the same question.

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Meet Michaela Hackner: BlogHer and Nonprofit Techie

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So, she graciously agreed to participate in our panel and do a quick interview for me so I could "pro blog it" for BlogHer. I was just a tech girl with limited knowledge about the world. last January (after nearly 2 years abroad), I set about really learning the non-profit tech industry.

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My life as an (almost) ex-Technology Consultant

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Female Nerd Myth Busting: Female Nerds Are Not Ugly!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In the comments of my post of Annalee Newitz's talk on the Revenge of the Female Nerds , my friend Anina pointed me her interview on nerdtv. I met and live blogged Anina at Blogher. I loved the interview - especially the "Lies to Tell the Phone Company" bit. This female nerd doesn't wear glasses and is not ugly.

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Interview: Zen and the art of Nonprofit Technology

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Michelle most recently published a white paper in collaboration with NTEN called " Let's Talk: How Open APIs Can Change How Nonprofits Manage Data " It is a topic of critical importance in the nonprofit tech space. Here's my interview: 1. Cross posted at Blogher The paper is a must read.

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Cambodia Bloggers Summit: Help Young Cambodian Bloggers Join the Global Conversation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The idea is to bring together students, professional Bloggers, writers, NGO workers, media, and tech gurus from within and outside Cambodia to share and learn more from each other on about how the ICT (including Open Source Software and Web2.0 Identify and interview 3-5 amazing Cambodian BlogHers and post on BlogHer site.

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It wasn't a dream, I was there thanks to flickr

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was beginning to wonder if I had attended blogher at all after stepping off the redeye at Logan at 10:00 a.m. But thanks to the blogher flickr stream and blogher participants with digital cameras, I found a few photos that documented my presence. See my actual photo and an interview with the person wearing these shoes ).

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