Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2005

Mary Hodder's post Link Love Lost or How Social Gestures within Topic Groups are More Interesting Than Link Counts comes directly out of the discussion at blogher at the Technorati 100. Currently, blogs are measured in systems like Technorati or ranked in PubSub by links or by number of subscribers to a feed in Feedster.

Open Source 50

Open Source Metrics Technorati Blogher 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 6, 2007

You can get the badge here on our "banner and badges" page or you can just insert the following embed code into your blog: Eventually, quotes from other imprisoned bloggers will also be added to the quote feed. Just sit back and let the free speech flow. Re-publish Monem's posts on your own blog.

Blogher 50

Blogher Campaign Global Free 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. In addition, there are several awesome bloghers that write about careers and leadership issues in the nonprofit sector that you should follow.

Blogher 50

Blogher Nonprofit Virginia Spain 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2007

" Of course, I showed people my bloglines and 233 feeds, but I also told them that I didn't start off with that many and I also give myself permission not to read everything all the time. I started off with 5 blog feeds and as I discovered other blogs or resources, I added them gradually. For example, a few in google groups.

RSS 50

RSS Listserv Tools Blogher 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2007

I learned about this from a personal branding session at BlogHer I attended this summer. Put your feed button above the fold. Laura Scott adds a 5th point - offer full feed posts. This is where people expect it to be and is also the first place they look. ve written about this in detail at Blogging Tips.

RSS 50

RSS Blogher Feeds Blogger 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2007

where a group doesn't have the same beneficial news-feed options that a. I wished all of his friends a happy birthday so that they could laugh at Ranger Rick in their news feed (not to mention get him more exposure). Beth Kanter, BlogHer CE for Social Change and NGOS, writes Beth's Blog. they are severely limiting their options.

Facebook 70

Facebook Profile Spam Profit 70

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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 many feeds? Flickr Photo by PaulGi. There were many different ideas expressed. Not everyone has to do the deep dive or heavy lifting, how will you organize your team effort?

Social Media 50

Social Media Share Blogher Media 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2007

I can't wait to share what I learn with the Blogher Community). " I've been incredibly busy trying to prepare for international travel, get the kids ready for school, and finish up work-related responsibilities that I hadn't gotten around to posting my notes from one of the best sessions I attended at Blogher - Personal Branding.

Personal 50

Personal Blogher Cambodia Blogger 50

Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 26, 2009

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 ). Mary’s Food Bank Alliance in Phoenix White Center Food Bank Blog Cross-posted from BlogHer.com. food bank hunger food stamp blogger

Hunger 50

Hunger San Francisco Challenge New York City 50

Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 7, 2009

I use the Facebook Twitter application so my tweets also show up in my news feed on. BlogHer I've been a Contributing Editor, along with Beth Kanter , for the past 3.5 years of BlogHer's Nonprofits and Social Change section. Facebook You can friend me and join the Have Fun * Do Good Facebook Page.

Ning 40

Ning Podcast Facebook Twitter 40

Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 7, 2008

I usually direct people to places like Emily Weinberg's Nonprofit Blog Exchange , or BlogHer's Social Change and Nonprofit blog list. Alltop is a site that aggregates news and blog feeds by topic from “all the top” sites on the web. Now I have a new resource to send folks to, nonprofit.alltop.com.

Nonprofit 40

Nonprofit Blogher Aggregator Netsquared 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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). It aggregates feeds from many sources. Three years ago, in the wake of the devastating storm, social media and others started organizing online.

Volunteer 50

Volunteer Online Hurricane San Diego 50

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.

Blogger 40

Blogger Typepad Blogher Technorati 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2007

Unique Visitors, from your web analytics tool, and Feed Subscribers, from your RSS tool. Unique Blog Readers = Unique Visitors (to the blog) + Average Feed Subscribers (consuming your feeds) Step 3: Explore It. I asked a BlogHer personal branding session whether it was important to narrowly focus your topic to build audience.

Metrics 50

Metrics Action RSS Social Media 50

Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 10, 2009

Make it easy to subscribe Have an rss feed. If you are using Facebook, share your blog's feed in your Facebook news feed with the Notes application. Track your impact Possible ways to measure impact are (just pick a few): Subscribers (you can see this by burning your feed with Feedburner). Number of comments.

Effective 41

Effective Nonprofit Blogher Technorati 41

Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 27, 2006

Maybe its because I am reading too many blogs (I have 92 feeds in my Bloglines account, eek) and am experiencing what sometimes happens to me when I go to a big bookstore and I think, is there really that much to say? Shouldn't people be spending a little more time outside?

Blogger 40

Blogger Blogher Netsquared Mentoring 40

Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 23, 2008

Update 7/14/08 SocialButterfly has created a Changeblogger wiki where you can list your blog, Twitter feed, etc. Update 5/25/08: Based on an idea by Tim Zimmermann of Change/Wire, I started a Changeblogger Facebook group as a place for folks to connect and organize.

Vlog 40

Vlog Blogher Blogger Unconference 40

Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2006

I know that many people don't know how to subscribe using RSS feeds and/or don't have an mp3 player. When I wrote a similar post to this one on on Blogher , a reader wisely commented: That's an awful lot of audio transcoding going on (at the very least, MP3 to uncompressed for editing, back to MP3) which will introduce a loss of quality.

Podcast 40

Podcast Create Blogher Netsquared 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2008

Is it CNN broadcasting live, yahoo news feeds, a blog, your next door neighbor, or a guest lecturer? And since this interview is going to be posted on Blogher, I'll narrow it down to women bloggers: 1. Just the word 'thesis' seems to make eyes glaze over, so I'll try to keep this interesting. the opinions or attitudes you hold?

Causes 50

Causes Social Nonprofit Social Media 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2008

While we all have certain physical needs, we also need to pay attention to our spirit's needs, and if we honor and feed our unique spirit, we will be stronger, and our light shine brighter and we will all benefit. Cross posted at BlogHer. In my case, surfing keeps me in balance and focused.   Pretty powerful stuff!

Causes 50

Causes Hawaii Cancer Celebrate 50

Care2

JANUARY 25, 2009

Panels include discussions on Feminism on the Move - Where We Were and Where Are We Now with panelists ranging from Elisa Camahort Page, Co-Founder of BlogHer to Eleanor Smeal, President of Feminist Majority and moderated by Shireen Mitchell, Vice Chair of the National Council of Women’s Organizations. Receive monthly updates.

Case Study 28

Case Study DC Blogher Washington 28

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

It's a good excuse to read lots of other people's blogs, and feed into the general nptech blogosphere, which is fun. Cross posted at Blogher What I get from it primarily is a venue to air my ideas about technology and human beings, as they form more and more in my mind. It's really a soapbox, honestly.

Arts 50

Arts Interview Technology Nonprofit 50

Care2

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!" Non-Profits: Be the Web You Wish to See!

Social Media 44

Social Media Interaction Advocacy Media 44

Care2

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!"

Social Media 31

Social Media Advice Media Advocacy 31

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2008

He immediately saw the need to tell the stories of the families that had been ripped apart by the raids, of children who had lost parents, of mother who weren't sure if they could pay rent or feed their children next week. Cross-posted at BlogHer He started a blog, and asked me to continue the project.

Social Media 50

Social Media Media Campaign Social 50

Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Last week, after the election, BlogHer co-founder Lisa Stone, asked What Will You Do To Change America? If he wants to do a political campaign, he's going to say, "For the next 40 days, I want you to feed all of the homeless in Orange County." Cross-posted from BlogHer. The small group. Their small group.

Group 41

Group Network Interview Change 41

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 6, 2008

And BlogHer has responded. Earlier today, Lisa Stone of BlogHer let us know that BlogHers Act and Global Giving expanded the Mother's Day fundraising initiative to include support for a project for emergency relief. (I Thank you to everyone who has donated to the BlogHers Act. That took me like 15-20 minutes.

Myanmar 50

Myanmar Blogher Burma Help 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Once over the Golden Gate Bridge and connectedness restored I noticed this post from Melissa Ford over at BlogHer in my Facebook feed – “ Is RSS Dead? &# about Bloglines closing as of October 1st. Browsing the local cheese shop in town, there was an invitation to join their Fan Club on Facebook!

Social Network 102

Social Network Relationship Network Technology 102

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2006

I was inspired to do a regular summary after Deborah Finn assembled a Boston TechnoBabe Meta Feed. Maybe it is part of the gearing up for the upcoming session at Blogher called " Get Deeply Geeky." I'm awlways delighted to discover new (to me) blogs written by women who work in the NPTECH space.

Hawaii 50

Hawaii Blogher Summary Flickr 50

Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

This week two fellow BlogHer Contributing Editors ( Virgina DeBolt and Elana Centor ), and BlogHer co-Founder ( Elisa Camahort Page ), and me had a virtual book club call to discuss Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. The Kittredge W.I.S.H.

Action 45

Action Social Blogher Haiti 45

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2006

Blogging Basics for Women Women have been quite forceful in claiming their space in the Blogosphere; perhaps the best known women's project in this space is Blogher. Scroll down her page on Blogher and read some of the "Solutionary Women" series of interviews with non-profit movers - like this one with Nola Brantly.

Blogher 40

Blogher API Interview Blogger 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2006

Subscribers in Bloglines or via feedburner (Does anyone know how I can get a total number of subscribers that is accurate with several different feeds?). 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.

Metrics 50

Metrics Web Tools RSS 50

Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 22, 2008

This breast pump represented to her the one thing that she could do to help her babies stay strong and live as long as possible, feed them breast milk. Cross-posted from BlogHer giving Cami Walker 29 Day Giving Challenge This breast pump held a very deep emotional attachment for her. by Spirit River Studio.

Challenge 42

Challenge Interview Giving Gift 42