Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2008

I first met Jen at BlogHer in Chicago last summer at the Global Women's panel. Georgia Popplewell from Global Voices asked people if they would consider donating their schwag for the Cambodian bloggers conference. I was going to blog it on BlogHer for my next deadline, but Jen raised what we she needed in 24 hours.

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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. The sixth guest blogger in my Have Fun, Do Good series is Desiree Adaway.

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MARCH 19, 2007

I want to see people’s real faces, and hear their real voices. I decided several weeks ago, for a variety of reasons, to retire my independent consultant hat. I want to more directly work with people and organizations, primarily focused around faith and spirituality. 3 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Michele 03.19.07

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

She also has the definitive list of Cambodian BlogHers here. He is the Southeast Asian regional editor for Global Voices Online and his personal blog is " betterdays " I first discovered Preetam Rai back in April, 2005 when he wrote the definitive tutorial on bloglines. I love her authentic style.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 25, 2007

It's just a sampler of do good bloggers (please don't be sad if I didn't include you, it's a sampler ), links to blog search engines, links to blog feed readers, and links to blog software platforms. Getcha Grub On Give and Take *A Roundup of nonprofit blogs by the Chronicle of Philanthropy (check out the blogroll in the right column).

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Have Fun - Do Good

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. She called blogs, wikis and Skype/VoIP, “technology with heart,” tools that allow people to help one another and to, “give real information, in real time, with real voices.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

The list included BlogHer founders Elisa Camahort Page, Jory Des Jardins, and Lisa Stone. is the managing editor for Global Voices. In December, Fast Company published an article called " The Most Influential Women in Web 2.0 " featuring about a dozen amazing women who work in the Web 2.0 Social Change Activists. Georgia Popplewell.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

blog Streetside Stories Mission: "Through the power of storytelling, Streetside values and cultivates young people’s voices, fostering educational equity and building community, literacy and arts skills." Cross-posted from BlogHer. We are an open source project, to pioneer 'community funded reporting.'” Photo of Dora the Cat by Me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2008

Later that summer, I had the honor of being interviewed by Ponzi at BlogHer. I love conversational keynotes and have ever since I first experienced them during the Global Voices London Summit 2005 and Blogher plenary session in 2005. s very difficult to decide which to attend. This year, I finally got an opportunity to attend.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

We connected through the "cambodia" tag on flickr because I was tracking it for Global Voices back in 2005. 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. Human Voice. Year round.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 3, 2006

Rose Aguilar from Bay Area Business Woman interviewed me recently for an article entitled, "Women's Voices Boom in the Blogosphere." Britt Bravo, MA, write for three blogs: her personal blog, Have Fun * Do Good , the NetSquared blog , where she is the Community Builder, and for BlogHer , where she is a Nonprofit and NGO Contributing Editor.

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JANUARY 25, 2009

conference is bringing together leaders of major women’s advocacy organizations and online women’s communities to further the connection between today’s issues and women’s voices. is intended for all women interested in better policies for women, families and society.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2006

Because of my husband's work, I had access to professional sound equipment: A Marantz PMD 660 Solid State Digital Recorder, (another professional option is an M-audio recorder ), a dynamic microphone, Electro-Voice 635A , and a cable to connect the microphone to the computer.

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MAY 14, 2009

Appalachain Voices: With ILoveMountains.org, Appalachain Voices created an always-available tour for politicians, activists, and interested citizens to fly over areas of the Appalachain area of the USA devestated by coal mining. With the information and story this new map was able to convey, they were able to stop the logging plans.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2008

I attended the " Twenty-Something Meet Up " at the BlogHer Conference. New Voices of Philanthropy is written by Trista Harris and it covers issues of generational change in the philanthropic sector and more broadly trends in philanthropy. Even though I'm more like twenty-something times 2.5, Why did I go? Millenials???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2012

I started contributing to Global Voices where I did blogging roundups from Cambodia. In 2007, I raised money to help sponsor the first Cambodian Bloggers conference and raised a lot of the money via Twitter as Shel Israel noted in his book, Twitterville. Here’s a video and blog post I wrote for Blogher back then.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 24, 2007

I mean we'd love for you to do a lot more than that, but if you only did that, if you only voted with your dollars, if you only asked for Fair Trade and looked for Fair Trade every time you went to a cafe, or restaurant, or a store, your voice would be heard, because guess what? Business 101: Listen to your customer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2009

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. Geoff Livingston invited me to keynote the conference along with Shel Israel , author of Twitterville.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 31, 2006

Two projects supporting women bloggers launched yesterday, the new Blogher network and the Young Caucasus Women Project. Personal Politics & News Race & Ethnicity Religion & Spirituality Research & Academia Sex & Relationships Technology & Web Travel & Recreation World In addition, they have blogrolls of women bloghers in each category.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2008

Last month I attended the " Twenty-Something Meet Up " at the BlogHer Conference, facilitated by the fabulous Zandria. kicked off as a personal 'social media experiment' to see if anyone gave a flip about my voice. The question. " was raised. I left room inspired to compile a living list. Tell me about your blog.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 7, 2006

Last month I wrote a short post for Blogher, Roadies for a Cause , about a nonprofit called Lokahi Outreach , that partners with organizations like the ONE campaign and Oxfam to help them do grassroots campaigning on the road. The organization's founder, Brande Jackson, took the time to answer my Solutionary Women e-interview questions.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

A blog was really perfect for me, because first of all, it was a very casual voice -- it's not very formal. I want to thank Britt for putting the panel together and just for her work in inspiring women leaders, and getting our voices out there, and recognizing our work - and also to the organizers.

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Have Fun - Do Good

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. Christine Cupaiuolo is a Chicago-based blogger who created MsMusings.net , Ms.

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