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Case Study in Local: Oakland Local

Amy Sample Ward

Oakland Local is launching today! Oakland Local is a news & community site for Oakland, CA, USA, focusing on social justice issues including climate change, air quality, food access, arts as activists, and identity, race & ethnicity. About Oakland Local. Getting Local. What do you think?

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29 Nonprofit Bloggers to Follow on Twitter

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Amy Sample Ward: @amyrsward from London, England. Blog: Amy Sample Ward’s Version of NPTech. Michelle Murrain: @pearlbear from Oakland, CA. Britt Bravo: @Bbravo from Oakland, CA. Sean Stannard-Stockton: @tactphil from San Francisco, CA. Blog: Tactical Philanthrop. Nancy Schwartz: @NancySchwartz from New York, NY.

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Nonprofit Technology Conference: NTC 2012 – Day 1

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Oakland’s Extra Action Marching Band lead the way into the ballroom with clinging, clanging, trumpets, drums, flag waving, and dancers who danced their hair off. Oakland’s Extra Action Marching Band lead the way into the ballroom with clinging, clanging, trumpets, drums, flag [.]

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CompassPoint's 24th Annual Nonprofit Day 2011

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This all-day conference is dedicated to helping nonprofit professionals broaden their skill set, connect with the community, and get inspired – so mark your calenders for this September 19th, in Oakland, CA. Nonprofit Day 2011 will feature keynote speaker Laura van Dernoot Lipsky, who wants you to sustain yourself while helping others.

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Staycation Notes: Pick a Theme. Howabout Tea Tasting?

Have Fun - Do Good

Our second tea tasting stop was the Numi Tea Garden in Oakland. Numi Tea is an environmentally and socially responsible tea company based in Oakland (but you can buy their tea nationally). Our tea hostess also told us about Numi's newest product line of organic puerh tea , and gave us some free samples to take home.

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Fake Plastic Fish + Take Back the Filter

Have Fun - Do Good

Just a quick shout out for Beth Terry, another Oakland-based blogger, who was nice enough to interview me last month for her blog, Fake Plastic Fish. Sample e-mail.) Thanks, Beth! Here are some ways individuals can get involved: 1) Send an e-mail to everyone you know. 2) If you have a blog, consider writing a post about the campaign.

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4Change Chat: Revolutionary social media - social tools for revolts, protests

Amy Sample Ward

4Change was initially proposed by Tom Dawkins (@tomjd) in Washington DC who is joined by Todd Pitt (@zerostrategist - Washington DC), Morgan Sully (@memeshfit - Oakland, California), Natasha Judd (@tashjudd - London, England), Edward Harran (@edwardharran - Brisbane, Australia) and Vibewire (@vibewire - Sydney, Australia).