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Take Aways from Blogher: Some Reflections and Personal Takeaways

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This is my fourth BlogHer Conference. Amy showed me how to create typepad notes and pages and the order for approaching this: Come up with map of meta categories and sub-categories. Amy Gahran gave a writing workshop at BlogHer that was very inspiring. Flowers in the neighborhood. There are two focus areas -- design and writing.

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Re-Engerize Your (Nonprofit) Career with Michele Martin and Rosetta Thurman

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Two of favorite nonprofit BlogHers, Michele Martin (of the Bamboo Project ), and Rosetta Thurman(of Perspectives from the Pipeline ) are interested in piloting one-day free retreat for about 15 women on a Saturday in the Washington, DC area. The only cost to participants would be for food, and potentially meeting space.

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Women Who Tech Telesummit: Tools Galore Panel

Amy Sample Ward

Google Earth Outreach from Rebecca Moore: Google’s mapping tools may seem like an obscure tool to use in your work but these aren’t traditional maps: the new generation of mapping technology is fully interactive, enables storytelling, and more. (Did Google’s Mapping tools include: Google Earth.

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How Can You Make An Impact?

Have Fun - Do Good

"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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Should You Quantify Love? Redux 2

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I caught up with Jen Lemen's post " To Cambodia With Love " I met Jen at Blogher last summer in a session about Global Women Bloghers. One of the panelist had asked the room on my behalf for t-shirts for my suitcase campaign and Jen gave me a her blogher schwag! This is an example of the networked effect.

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Why You Didn't Hear About Cyclone Ivan's Destruction in Madagascar and How To Help Support Relief Efforts

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo from Avylavitra Several weeks ago I wrote a post on BlogHer about Foko Madagascar and Joan Razafimharo , an amazing blogger, social change activist, and woman working in Madagascar and other parts of the world. Joan has been an important contributor to these roundups, providing amazing coverage at her blog, The Purple Heart.

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Eat In, Act Out Week July 31 - August 6

Have Fun - Do Good

You can find places selling local food near you through the Local Harvest site, search for Eat In, Act Out events near you, or add your own, on the Eat In, Act Out Frappr Map (pictured above), and read more about the Food Project on their blog.

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