Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2008

I first met Jen at BlogHer in Chicago last summer at the Global Women's panel. I was going to blog it on BlogHer for my next deadline, but Jen raised what we she needed in 24 hours. At that time, Jen realized Odette was in a very difficult and dangerous situation with few resources and limited access to proper help. Society.???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 27, 2007

Cyberstalking and Cyberbullying is a real issue, impacting many women (and men) online - not just the high profile a-list bloggers. I'd like to point you over to two good posts that aim to help educate everyone about this serious issue. Anyone who joins can post resources and share ideas, including text and video.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

" So, I'm sharing a little getting started advice, a mini-case study, and a list of resources. So the issue is more how to best match your strategy, outcomes, and audience with the right tool and what type of simple experiment can you set up and what will you learn? I've pointed to a lot of resources in my blog.).

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OCTOBER 10, 2009

Have a "blogroll," a list of blogs that write about your issue. Post weekly roundups of blog posts about your issue. You can track who is linking to you and writing about your issue by using services like Google Analytics or SiteMeter. Ask readers to share opinions, resources, and content (blog posts, photos, audio, video).

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DECEMBER 8, 2009

According to Wikipedia , giving circles are a form of philanthropy consisting of groups of individuals who pool their funds and other resources to donate to their communities and seek to increase their awar eness and engagement in the process of giving. Connect with giving circles and encourage your members to start their own.

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OCTOBER 17, 2008

October 15th was Blog Action Day , a day for bloggers, podcasters and vloggers to write about and raise awareness about an issue. Check out the projects some BlogHers are raising money for. The theme for this year was poverty. Blog Action Day is a wonderful idea, but it feels too short to make a real impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2006

Shortly before the Blogher July 2005 conference, I got a new digital camera that came with a video feature. There has been online conversation during the past couple of weeks on vlog list , Netsquared , TechSoup and Blogher. The Issues. Adding new technology to the mix is a serious investment of both of those resources.

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DECEMBER 12, 2008

For example, they planned on giving $200 out of their annual budget to an organization, or organizations that work on women's health, and violence against women issues, and $50 to an organization, or organizations that work on economic justice and labor issues.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2006

I've been behind on my reading and blogging due to craziness at work and issues that needed to be attended to with children (don't ask). Nonprofit Online News: This is written by Michael Gilbert and is probably the oldest blog that covers nonprofit issues. Resources Part 1 : If you have your feet firmly planted in the world of Web2.0

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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. The conference aims to harness the power of women on the Internet to promote women’s issues.

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OCTOBER 31, 2006

Marsha Wallace, the founder of Dining for Women , contacted me after reading some of the posts I had written about Dining for Women here and on BlogHer , and invited my husband and I to be Dining for Women's guest at the event. Dining for Women was one of the evening's sponsors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2008

I attended the " Twenty-Something Meet Up " at the BlogHer Conference. New Voices of Philanthropy is written by Trista Harris and it covers issues of generational change in the philanthropic sector and more broadly trends in philanthropy. Nonprofits - Management Issues. Resource Generation. Why did I go?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

" Often, that blog is about personal issues (it was quite taken up with my moving experiences lately,) but I also use it to talk about more specifically spiritual issues. What is the gender balance/politics/issues/trends (if any) in the OS nptech community? There is a woeful dearth of women in both.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

Here's a roundup of all the live blog posts from the recent BlogHer conference neatly organized by session. Once you've done this a few times you'll find you can use it on the fly when you get into those disagreements about interface design issues within your department." Many individuals tag hundreds of resources each week.

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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. What tips, resource and advice would you give to someone who wanted to do the kind of work you are doing, or just wanted to make a difference in women and children's health issues?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. what are they thinking, feeling and doing in relation to the health or social issue you are promoting? After that, I found myself reading things and thinking ???This

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. Ten different profiles for each of your issues or campaigns is boring. Take the time to build your friends list.

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MAY 14, 2009

Helpful resources on Twitter: Pew Internet report. You can embed Google Earth into your website to present information to your community that really helps tell the story of your work and your issue. They accepted questions via Twitter and then had an expert reply via the White House blog. Google Maps & MyMaps. Google Sketchup.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

BlogHers Act is a year-long initiative in which members of BlogHer , both on BlogHer???s BlogHers Act will take a two-pronged approach to improving Global Health: 1. BlogHers Act will take a two-pronged approach to improving Global Health: 1. signatures, votes, donations, letters, live births, etc.).

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MARCH 13, 2009

With over 100 panels to choose from on every topic under the sun, choosing the right ones that will give your nonprofit the best research, tools and resources in technology and social media is key. Well share how the Sierra Clubs global warming social network Climate Crossroads is using food to engage users in a challenging issue.

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MAY 10, 2006

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? Even it’s like, lets’ go for a hike and talk about the main issues that we’re having right now in the work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

First off, I want to thank Andy Carvin for organizing this day and the ning site and leading by example - showing us how to take an issue and integrate the use of new social media tools! Hats off to Lisa, Jory, and Elisa (as well as to my fellow BlogHer CE editors) for posting such brilliant thoughts about this topic.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

This week two fellow BlogHer Contributing Editors ( Virgina DeBolt and Elana Centor ), and BlogHer co-Founder ( Elisa Camahort Page ), and me had a virtual book club call to discuss Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. The Kittredge W.I.S.H.

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APRIL 24, 2007

So yes, awareness around Fair Trade is growing, but it's growing slowly basically because the resources are still insufficient to tackle the job in a major national way. For more information about TransFair USA go to www.transfairusa.org Britt Bravo also blogs at Have Fun * Do Good , NetSquared and BlogHer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2007

We are working with international partners to address the consequences of disasters and violence on women and their families at the grassroots level-an issue that is near and dear to my heart. Should there ever be a disaster (god forbid), how could a blogging network like BlogHer be of assistance? I like to call it passion for life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2008

Last month I attended the " Twenty-Something Meet Up " at the BlogHer Conference, facilitated by the fabulous Zandria. Plus, let's face it, the more controversial or provocative the issue, the more potential there is for outlash. Certain causes warrant full-on exploitation of social media if resources allow.

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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? So, we spent a year, and a significant amount of resources, close to half a million dollars. Small group to large group, issue-based, short-term. Cross-posted from BlogHer. Not so great.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 7, 2006

Last month I wrote a short post for Blogher, Roadies for a Cause , about a nonprofit called Lokahi Outreach , that partners with organizations like the ONE campaign and Oxfam to help them do grassroots campaigning on the road. What tips, resources or advice would you give to someone who wanted to become a grassroots campaign organizer?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2008

She has been passionate about the issue of immigrant rights since 2002, when she worked at Casa del Migrantes in Tijuana, Mexico, a shelter for immigrants and deportees. It's not that many of them don't believe, it's that they don't have the time or resources to learn enough to make an educated choice about what tools to use and how.

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JUNE 30, 2007

it doesn't have to be completely narrow, but you're going to get more of an audience if it's about a particular issue, rather than just everything. You don't want to write about everything, because then people won't find you in the same way as when they search on Google about "homelessness issues", or "the environment."

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