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MARCH 2, 2011

I spend my time experimenting with social tools to help the American public prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies. Red Crossers Jenny Brennan, Wendy Harman, and Seth Spiro checking Twitter and other social media in the Disaster Operations Center in Washington, DC Photo by American Red Cross. Photo by Geoff Livingston.

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OCTOBER 19, 2010

We did a fun icebreaker having folks take a photo of each other with their smart phones and post on Twitter. Photo by KK. Did get one party hosted by Carwoo and organized by Renee Blodgett who I met a BlogHer in 2005. I think those are the ones that have taken a Hippocratic Oath – l “Do No Harm&# to the nonprofits.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2006

Nancy Schwartz invited me to submit a piece for next week's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants theme on "Using Social Networking Tools." I've been experimenting quite a bit over the last 18 months way too many social networking tools. Katya Andresen has written a fantastic five minute guide to social networking tools.

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JULY 26, 2006

I'm gearing up to do some live blogging at blogher and NCDD. At last year's blogher, someone said that live bloggers need to carry around a hip flask in their tool box! There are other blog editor tools , but if you're on a PC and already use FireFox - the performing can't be beat. publically.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2008

Foko Blog Club, Foko Madagascar Flickr Photo Joan Razafmaharo is an amazing blogger, social change activist, and woman working in Madagascar and other parts of the world. They project has several components, including: Foko Blog Club is teaching young people in Madagascar blogging skills (See photo above).

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JUNE 12, 2008

"Tools come and go, but a strategy based on experimentation sustains."--Beth Beth Kanter Although I've known Beth Kanter for a long time, and we write for BlogHer and NetSquared together, I've never heard her present until today when she gave the keynote at the 2008 Making Media Connections Conference. Decide what you want to learn.

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OCTOBER 10, 2009

If after asking yourself the 10 Questions to Get You Started Using Social Media for Your Nonprofit or Do-Good Project, you've decided that a blog is good tool for you, consider incorporating the following 10 elements of an effective nonprofit, or do-good blog into your blogging strategy: 1. Notes, photos and presentations from events.

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AUGUST 21, 2008

Twitter is a social networking and microblogging tool where news travels fast. Flickr photo contest. Photo Credit: Photo of me answering your questions (: taken by my hubs. You can find other Twitterers who are interested in your book's topic on the TwitterPack wiki. The winner gets a Flip Video camera.

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AUGUST 9, 2006

At Blogher, I met JD Lasica and in a jet-lagged state couldn't remember his name as I loaded his photo into my flickr account. During the edublogging session, he mentioned the new Learning Center at OurMedia. I would love to see more instructional videos as well. I came out of my busy work trip with a list of ideas.

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JANUARY 26, 2006

(What a nice tool to use in a training session.). After that, I discovered an interesting photo set in the Link netsquared tag stream and it was Seth Mazow, so I made him a contact. While browsing, happened to notice blogher Kalabird, who is doing NGO work in Cambodia has contributed a few.

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JUNE 1, 2006

In the first panel, Elisa talked about using a blog as a marketing tool, and Tara talked about her 5 Principles of Pinko Marketing: 1. I'd seen Tara wow the audience when we were on a Blogging for Business panel together, but I'd never seen Elisa (or Lisa) from Blogher speak before, and I was super impressed.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Genocide Intervention Network Mission: "The Genocide Intervention Network empowers individuals and communities with the tools to prevent and stop genocide." Cross-posted from BlogHer. Flickr photo credit: Luck of Summer Rain uploaded by Gordana Adamovic-Mladenovic. Photo of Dora the Cat by Me. Enough's blog, Enough Said.

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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. Photo by Dmason. Photo by Jackol. Help Special Needs Children Improve Social Skills.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

I've been following Charlene Li ever since I heard her speak at opening keynote at the first BlogHer Conference in 2005. Her response to the question about "What online tools do you use to help you network?" However, I do look at their photos first. She's smart, she's insightful, she rocks. I don't friend them.

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AUGUST 31, 2008

Photo by Christine As you know by now, Hurricane Gustav looks even more destructive than Katrina (see this round up from Lisa Stone, BlogHer , of the news reports and links). He notes that the social networking tools will allow folks to use it as a place to coordinate volunteer activities.

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JULY 30, 2006

The last BlogHer Conference session I went to yesterday, before leaving early to go to a wedding, was about using blogging for Community Assistance. People want to hear real people’s stories and see photos of the town they are giving to, so she posted stories and had a Flickr photo stream. Tips from Sara 1.

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OCTOBER 31, 2007

I needed to spend Sunday with my kids who were more than happy to add another photo to the two-headed t-shirt collection. David Tames and I did a session called crash course on social media tools for filmmakers. David Eckoff and Chris Brogan Photos by Steve Garfield. But how about using Twitter as a feedback tool ?

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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? Idealware has a review of other petition tools. community organizing

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JUNE 23, 2006

The Conference focused on evolving techniques, tools, and ideas about collaborating across organizational boundaries and elsewhere. What if a presenter were paired up with a vendor and told to make the presenters' ideas work with the tool? Photo Credit: on Flickr by Beth Kanter

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AUGUST 25, 2006

tools, but what happens when you have a group of people who may not be? Another example of using a wiki to organize captured notes was Amy Gahran's wiki of all the blog posts and notes from the recent Blogher conference, compiled post-event and facilitated by the use a conference tag. and I knew where I could find it.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2008

The first photo of hers from Cambodia was this one of the four monks crossing the street titled Abbey Road. The term "extra organizational activist" comes from Alison Fine's book Momentum and I first heard it back in September 2006 when I read the book and reviewed it over at Blogher.

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MAY 2, 2008

I used my webcam attached my laptop as my first digital camera to record photos from a conference that I was taking notes for - and then publishing as web pages. Each social media tool that I've been introduced to, I've try to remember that it's about the weaving, conversations, and linking. The Typo Police Page. Note the blink tag!

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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. tools for online advocacy. Why and how has using these tools been effective? s online journal , without.

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AUGUST 31, 2006

If you: * Have something you want to say and share with other people * Want to join an online community of like-minded people * Are looking for a new communication tool for your nonprofit or business * Enjoy learning in a supportive, low-key environment This workshop is for you! Each student will create a Blogger blog during class.

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DECEMBER 6, 2006

Photo by Andy Welsh from flickr - cc "by" license. There were some good points made about the need for context (outcomes and audience), some assumptions made about bloger RSS reader behaviors, and a very short list of tools. So, let's start with the familiar before we depart into the twilght zone.

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OCTOBER 24, 2009

Flickr Photo by Ghbrett. You don't necessarily see women keynote at technology conferences (well accept for women focused technology conferences like blogher ), but Geoff was trying hard ensure a gender balanced program and succeeded. George Brett who took some great photos of conference. Google social search.

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MAY 11, 2009

Photo by James Jordan I'm actually in the clouds, flying to California on Virgin America using the (not free) wifi listening to Mark Pesce's keynote via Mike Seyfang delivered the other day at Connecting Up Australia the Nonprofit Technology Conference in Australia (see web site for details). I keynoted the conference last year.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Social media tools have opened the doors for anyone and everyone to be an expert, a journalist, a pundit, a filmmaker, an organizer, a fundraiser, and a "friend." Cross-posted from BlogHer. Photo of Laika the Cat by Me. In her summary of the session, she offered a few tips: 1. Britt Bravo is a Big Vision Consultant.

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JUNE 30, 2007

I put each woman's photo at the beginning of when she talks to mark each section. Oh yeah, and I do some talking in the beginning, too (: The panel was about 50 minutes. I hope you'll take the time to read it, because they all have some great advice. Britt Bravo: Thanks, you guys, for coming out for the last panel.

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JULY 18, 2007

With just nine days until the BlogHer Conference in Chicago, where I'll be moderating the panel, "Getting It On(line) for a Cause: Raising Money," I thought I'd search around for nonprofit and activist women bloggers in the Chicago area. Photo Credit: Chicago Skyline from Navy Pier by Michelle. chicago women blog nonprofit activist

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