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JULY 2, 2007

Would you like to use your blog to raise money for an organization, campaign or issue that is important to you? You can learn some blog fundraising tips if you come to the BlogHer Conference in Chicago where I'll be moderating a panel on Friday, July 27th from 2:45-4:00 pm called, Getting It On(line) for a Cause: Part 1 - Raising Money.

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JULY 28, 2006

I met lots of great folks tonight at the evening cocktail party, but as I saw tons of trash being thrown away, and lots of meat being served, I couldn't help asking myself, could BlogHer be green next year? Couldn't BlogHer be zero waste, too? Couldn't BlogHer be zero waste, too? blogher blogher06 green

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AUGUST 1, 2007

While I was in Chicago, Ryanne Hodson , who I met at last year's BlogHer, is in Cambodia and Southeast Asia with Jay Dedman to document the work of Project Hope International. So, while at BlogHer 07 I had a little bit of a personal learning mission: What can I learn about mobile video blogging in a global context?

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AUGUST 3, 2005

Wee Hours ' analysis of gender differences between the visual stream out of flickr for Blogher versus Gnomedex. Words from the three organizers: Elisa 's post on the conference content and a blogher story. Jory 's inside the blogher conference post. Charlene Li' s take on the why A-List matter. Jay Rosen' s notes.

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JULY 18, 2008

This morning at the BlogHer Conference, about 40 "green" and "social change" bloggers, organizations and companies got together for a Birds of a Feather Meetup. I asked folks to give me their cards so I could share who attended with you.

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AUGUST 26, 2007

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 recognized a huge need at Pact and several of the other organizations I met with, and when I returned to Washington, D.C. What are you doing now? It's been a great experience so far.

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APRIL 3, 2009

Love & Devices | BlogHer - Susan Mernit has a wonderful piece on BlogHer about her "connection" (not addiction) to technology. These are some links I wanted to share from April 3rd. Find me on Delicious for more! As she says, "If you are dating me, you ARE dating my devices." " It's a great read.

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DECEMBER 9, 2007

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. I have two favorites: The Sharing Foundation which supports children in Cambodia and Creative Commons.

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JANUARY 12, 2010

Below is a quick list of organizations asking for donations. I'm particularly interested in hearing about grassroots organizations. • A BlogHer commenter also posted a link to an extensive list on the What Gives!? You can see photos of some of the damage as they come in on PicFog. Cross-posted from BlogHer.com.

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AUGUST 1, 2007

Luckily, a group of local activists started a blog, Drilling Santa Fe , as an organizing and communication tool, and have put together an organizing event and petition , but it got me to thinking, why don't we all know how to organize our communities? The Dean campaign used Meetup to organize its offline meetings.

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JUNE 1, 2011

Raising Change helps organizations raise capital to advance social change agendas, and helps individuals create Generosity Plans. August 5: I'll be at BlogHer '11 in San Diego and co-presenting The Write Brain – Essential Blog Content Development Workshop. She's also the Founder and CEO of Raising Change.

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AUGUST 30, 2010

This panel will discuss realistic metrics and benchmarks any organization can use in their campaigns and ensure that your using the right strategies and tools to listen and engage your audiences on different social networks. Do you know what kind of an impact social media is having on your brand, mission, or bottom line?

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APRIL 19, 2009

What happens when the most talented and innovative women in technology who work with non-profit organizations and political campaigns get together for the day to discuss the most relevant issues ranging from the Women in Open Source to Fighting Sexism in the Tech Sector? You get Women Who Tech. Details: Date: May 12, 2009. Why Women Who Tech?

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MARCH 16, 2008

Earlier this week, I attended SXSW in Austin, Texas and met many interesting people and connected with old friends, including BlogHer colleagues CE's Queen of Spain , Liz Perry , and Virginia DeBolt. The Idealist also sponsors a series of Nonprofit Career Fairs with between 50 and 150 organizations participating in each city.

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JULY 3, 2011

Her newest project is organizing Chez Panisse Foundation's Eating for Education , a grassroots effort to create national awareness about school kitchen/garden programs. August 5: I'll be at BlogHer '11 in San Diego and co-presenting The Write Brain – Essential Blog Content Development Workshop.

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MAY 6, 2007

He was charged with several crimes, including "belonging to an illegal organization" and "organizing secret meetings with the aim of disturbing public order." " She has is supporting a campaign to Free Monem , a blogger arrested by Egyptians security forces on April 15th.

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OCTOBER 13, 2008

Photo by Ezster On Saturday, I attended BlogHer Boston. The networking was fabulous - meeting many new bloggers in the Boston area as well as seeing long-time blogher buddies and of course, Jory, Lisa, and Elisa. BlogHer always inspires me and this one did not fail. It was better than eating chocolate!

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JUNE 16, 2008

Last year, I was in a room at the BlogHer Conference where there was a discussion about how we might focus BlogHers Act Campaign on maternal health. How do your supporters (and potential supporters) view your organization? What are they saying about your organization? Who in the organization will do the listening?

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JUNE 26, 2010

The Case Foundation has generously supported our work on research to support social media capacity building of the nonprofit sector. There is a nice synergy as ALL the proceeds from my share of the sales of the book will be going to the Sharing Foundation , the organization I championed for the first America’s Giving Challenge.

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MAY 9, 2012

She works with individuals and organizations whose mission is to increase our capacity for empathy, generosity, and creativity. And the others involved do too, whether they’re individuals or organizations or projects or whatever. Christine is a facilitator, network weaver, and catalyst. Something we’re “conversing for the purpose of.”

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OCTOBER 23, 2007

Much praise goes to the organizing committee and particularly Kaliya. Deb Roby a BlogHer Blogger. Liz and I had incredible conversation about mobile blogging during the blogher unconference last July and I always found her to be one someone who with a great deal of wisdom. Kaliya Hamlin, unconference.net , Identity Woman.

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JULY 18, 2008

I'm in the Bay Area for the BlogHer conference which starts today. The institute connects Bay Area nonprofit organizations to emerging digital media technologies to better serve their constituents. Wendy Levy, BVAC. When I entered te office space, I was greeted by Wendy Levy's dog, who is one of the official greeters!

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FEBRUARY 3, 2008

"Organizations that make decisions based solely on things that are sufficiently tangible to be counted might as well consult a Ouija board to set their goals." 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.

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DECEMBER 14, 2010

As I mentioned in my post, Community, Beauty, Party, Wisdom: More Reverb 10 Reflections , one of the highlights of 2010 was organizing a virtual social change book club. A few people have asked me how to organize their own virtual book club, so I thought I'd share the process with you.

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MARCH 19, 2007

I got to be a geek, and feel like I was really making a difference in the workings of organizations, and, hopefully, in people’s lives. If I had it to do over again, I would have started a nonprofit technology organization 10 years ago. And, I think I did that.

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AUGUST 25, 2006

Carnet also introduced me to Mollyguard and I took the opportunity to interview the co-founder, Julia Hartz, for blogher. Back in October, Idealware did a fabulous roundup of twenty-seven lower-priced online software tools and some pointers for how to select a tool that matches an organization's needs.

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AUGUST 9, 2006

I'm finally back home after an extended business trip that began with the Blogher 2006 conference. What would be the result if we could mobilize the blogher network? In response to such concerns, organizations like the American Red Cross issued lists of official donation processing vendors, including Network for Good.

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AUGUST 26, 2009

If you'd like to learn more about national and global hunger issues, check out the national and international organizations listed below. BlogHer is a media sponsor of The Hunger Challenge. For a local perspective, peruse the list of food bank blogs. Hat tip to Tyson Foods Hunger Relief 's post Hunger Twitterers ).

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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. Georgia Popplewell from Global Voices asked people if they would consider donating their schwag for the Cambodian bloggers conference. Society.???

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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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DECEMBER 19, 2007

Donations thus far have focused mainly on library and school construction projects through various organizations. Mata, over at Blogher, wrote a terrific post called " Three Ways you can simply change the world for the better. " And, she has volunteered to help me with my Sharing Foundation America's Giving Challenge.

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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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JANUARY 2, 2007

That's a big deal for a small grassroots organization like the Sharing Foundation. Read more at BlogHer In just over three weeks, we raised $49,537 from 745 donors and adding the Yahoo Matching dollars brings the total to $99,074! Personal fundraising works!

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MARCH 8, 2011

She uses her superpowers-her voice, sense of adventure and belief in the transformative power of community-to help organizations design programs that create unrestricted revenue, volunteers and advocates. Most days I talk to organizations about volunteer management and the creation of volunteer programs. Egypt I volunteer!

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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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AUGUST 12, 2007

I can't wait to share what I learn with the Blogher Community). Since I am a supporter of the Cambodian Bloggers Summit, one of the organizers, Virak , emailed me with a question, "We need a copy of your personal branding. and logo for the conference flyer and t-shirts. So, now I can bring together these two disparate threads.

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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. The story behind your organization/project. Provide a link to a page with bios for bloggers. Press mentions.

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