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Jocelyn Harmon: People, Words, Technology & Truth: How I Have Fun, Do Good

Have Fun - Do Good

Developing deep, engaging, inspired and inspiring relationships with my nearest and dearest is one of the great joys of my life. Finally, telling the truth or living an authentic life, keeps me having fun and doing good. This is the headline of my Twitter account and accurately expresses what makes me happy and keeps me in “ flow.”

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Good Magazine Wants You To Do Good!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Acumen's investments focus on delivering affordable, critical goods and services -- like health, water and housing -- through innovative, market-oriented approaches. 826 National is a family of seven nonprofit organizations dedicated to helping students, ages 6-18, with expository and creative writing. the rest of the world.

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Gift the Gift of Charity: Make A Contribution to any of these Fabulous Organizations

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo by Life in Africa For this week's BlogHer Holiday Guide post, I needed to come up with a list of nonprofit organizations or causes that BlogHer readers may consider making a donation to as part of their year-end giving. Support the only national sexual assault hotline. Life in Africa.

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What's Your Moment of Obligation?

Have Fun - Do Good

Moments of obligation are described as: "At certain moments in your life, you may find yourself pulled toward a path leading to work that will benefit others. For the past ten years, I had focused my personal and professional life on the ultimate importance of creative expression, but something didn't feel right.

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Solutionary Women: Mei-ying Ho

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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? If it’s a base-building organization, or if it’s a service organization, get involved to get a feel about what fits your personality.

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

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FORGE serves 60,000 refugees in three different refugee camps in Southern Africa, and is an official operating partner of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR ). She has been named a Haas Public Service Fellow at Stanford, a Top 10 College Woman by Glamour Magazine , and a Person You Should Know by CNN. Cross-posted from BlogHer.

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Small Groups Can Change the World: An Interview with Marianne Manilov of The Engage Network

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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. A team from Circle of Life , and myself, went around and started studying organizing models.

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