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MARCH 13, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Then why is it so hard to explain the value of social media to people who dont get it?

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JULY 26, 2006

Like many of my colleagues, I'm gearing up for blogher ! I'm going on an extended trip (10 days) which kicks off with the blogher conference and ends with NCDD conference - with lots inbetween. At the NCDD Conference, I'm working with Loretta Donovan and Chris Heuer on a BrainJam.

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AUGUST 3, 2005

Danah Boyd One issue came up over the fact that women don't network. Actually, women are traditionally the maintainers of domestic social networks. They tend to network more than men. The gender difference concerns the style of networking. Jory 's inside the blogher conference post. Well, that's bullshit.

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MARCH 27, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Maybe success is as simple as providing something people want.

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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. I interviewed Tuesday Gutierrez from SaveGuimaras over at blogher.

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OCTOBER 8, 2008

It was a fantastic opportunity to learn what types of questions are raised about social media in the context of strategic planning with nonprofits. The question I was asked had to do with the demographics of social media. Digital Networkers profiles African American heavy social networking site users.

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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). Three years ago, in the wake of the devastating storm, social media and others started organizing online. shelter, looking for someone or are an evacuee.

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MAY 6, 2009

Lisa Stone, cofounder of BlogHer. Charelene Li, co-author of Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies. Check out these awesome panels: Social Media ROI. Social Networks and Diversity Barriers. We have a great line-up again. Allison Fine of Personal Democracy Forum. Video Activism.

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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. Make it easy to subscribe Have an rss feed.

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MAY 14, 2009

Social Networks & Twitter from Natalie Foster: Two Principles: 1. Email still gets a good response - if it will best help you reach your desired output, don’t feel obligated to short change your capacity there to try to use social networking or something else. Everything revolves around the audience.

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DECEMBER 8, 2009

According to nonprofit author Allison Fine, “Social media [in particular] fits into the lives of working women much better than traditional communications tools. BlogHer – a social networking site for women who blog – is a great place to find women writers who may care about your political and/or social issue.

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AUGUST 8, 2008

The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 13-17, 2009 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. Social Change Behind the FireWall submitted by Holly Ross Successful nonprofits using social media are masters of social change behind the firewall. Who will prevail? s up to YOU, sxsw!

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APRIL 16, 2008

Rewards: Dr. Mani offering donors to Roger's campaign a copy of his Social Media Marketing Plan Guide. And relationship building can scale into a networked approach - take a look at the most recent BlogHer's Act fundraising campaign to improve maternal health. What is the secret to success of social networking for good?

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

She also has the definitive list of Cambodian BlogHers here. He is an active tagger and expert in social networking sites. He was a participant in the small group role play on social media and we had great fun. John Weeks (aka jinja ) has lived in Cambodia for a long time and has been blogging for many years.

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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. Here's the official bio: Charlene Li is an independent thought leader on emerging technologies, with a specific focus on social technologies, interactive media, and marketing. Other posts. by Mark Dykeman.

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JULY 22, 2008

One of conversation threads was about how to make the story of how this network works more visible - and how a network goes about resourcing itself. The session I did at Blogher was about tools for community fundraising (Marnie Webb set up a wiki with notes and links). tools that facilitate this. Marnie Webb by JD Lasica.

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AUGUST 5, 2008

Last month I attended the " Twenty-Something Meet Up " at the BlogHer Conference, facilitated by the fabulous Zandria. and was in the room asked "Where are the twenty something/millennial bloggers writing about social change, activism, and nonprofits?" Julia Smith, who blogs at the idealist. Is there resistance?

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AUGUST 25, 2006

Over a year ago, I interviewed Carnet Williams , a long time member of the nonprofit technology and riders community and who recently launched a tool called Chipin which is designed to simplify the process of connecting with people in your social network to collect money for a personal cause, to purchase a gift, or for community fundraising.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2009

LinkedIn LinkedIn is a professional social network, so it's ripe with job search opportunities. See who in your network knows someone at the organizations you'd like to work for. The post, 7 Secrets to Getting Your Next Job Using Social Media , on Mashable suggests creating a video resume.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2006

I interviewed Tuesday Gutierrez from SaveGuimaras over at blogher. Tuesday has done a lot of experimenting with using social networks to promote her cause and we had an extensive conversation about that which I'm going to include in my a post for the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants on Social Marketing.

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AUGUST 9, 2006

I'm just back after a ten-day business trip beginning with Blogher and ending with NCDD (Dialogue and Deliberation). I might even try it on the VOX system where I scored a beta invite from Mena Trott during Blogher. " Maybe the blogging will be about their learning what is a blog from real life experience.

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OCTOBER 31, 2007

It meant that I missed what Joe Casco had to say about Social Networking Fatique - I hope he blogs it). David Tames and I did a session called crash course on social media tools for filmmakers. I gave the Social Media Metrics session. Keywords in your profiles in your social networking site, like flickr.

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MARCH 27, 2007

Lisa Stone at Blogher has responded to the situation here with a post called "Hating Hate Speech: Safety for Kathy Sierra and All Women Online." ve created an online social network called Stop Cyberbullying using a free tool called Ning. Anyone who joins can post resources and share ideas, including text and video.

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OCTOBER 7, 2007

Many blogHers, like Rebeca at the Razoo blog , went red on Thursday as part of Free Burma: International Bloggers Day.    Then check out the justcause - a social networking site that is encouraging people to take action behind a cause.    But, on Friday, my blog turned from red to pink! 

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DECEMBER 3, 2007

Now that many nonprofits are using social networking actively during the holiday, I recently caught up with Danielle to learn about whether Ranger Rick is back on Facebook and what she has since learned that might be useful to nonprofits thinking about working on Facebook. Powered by ScribeFire.

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AUGUST 10, 2007

Social Web. Here's two roundups of links about social media and nonprofits. This one via NTEN and Neighborhood Networks Conference and this one via the nonprofit blog exchange. at Annual Meeting posted on the blog inviting people to participate in the social web. Social bookmarking in plain English!

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AUGUST 3, 2008

I attended the " Twenty-Something Meet Up " at the BlogHer Conference. I keep hearing from nonprofits that one of the reasons they want to incorporate a social networking or media strategy is to reach a younger audience. The blog is about citizen-led social change efforts. $5 Why did I go? She's awesome.

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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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MAY 22, 2005

While browsing the blogher schedule , I came across Lisa Meyers Brown's blog " The Rhetoric of Me " which is focused on: "What I think about everything.especially nonprofits and social network technology."

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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. She works with nonprofits and government agencies to bring about health and social change using social marketing. social marketing,???

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MARCH 4, 2006

I probably should stop, but if you want to focus on what women are blogging about in the nonprofit space, check out the blogher ngo/npo blogroll. On the social networking end, I would swim through the various frappr groups that are nonprofit technology related.

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AUGUST 5, 2007

In addition, I'd like to thank Britt Bravo who gave her covered AOL laptop bag to schlep home the t-shirts from BlogHer and to Gina Trapani for donating her extra t-shirts. While visiting the BlogHer exhibits, I stopped by the Scrapblog booth to say hello because I'm huge fan. Here's an example. Find creative ways to thank people.

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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! Looks other nptech bloggers and social networks are supporting this effort too! Ethnic, racial or gender slurs.

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AUGUST 10, 2008

Last month I attended the " Twenty-Something Meet Up " at the BlogHer Conference, facilitated by the fabulous Zandria. "Where are the twenty something/millennial bloggers writing about social change, activism, and nonprofits?" Her personal blog, EvangeList , focuses on social media, social change, and nonprofits.

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MAY 11, 2009

He talks about the "Cloud" a word to describe how we're all more closely connected through social networks like Twitter, Facebook, and etc. I think it was 2006 when the entire room of 1400 bloggers burst into spontaneous singing of this song at BlogHer. Here are the bits that resonated with me.

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DECEMBER 6, 2006

It goes into the topic of social networking analysis.huh? In addition, I also look at the Technorati ratings, but with a huge a grain of salt (thanks to my smart blogher friend, Amy Gahran. " The question awoke my inner research geek (a long time ago I worked as a research analyst and focus group moderator).

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

It was the first time an organization like Compassion had used social networking as a medium to raise awareness and release children from poverty. Cross posted at BlogHer. I understand that you just completed a highly successful personal fundraising campaign - what were you raising money for and why?

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