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MAY 3, 2012

As Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Network for Good , she is privileged to lead the team to help over 5,000 nonprofits raise more friends and funds online.

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JANUARY 20, 2009

The list included BlogHer founders Elisa Camahort Page, Jory Des Jardins, and Lisa Stone. Connie Reece advises nonprofits on social media strategies and is the visionary behind the Frozen Pea Fund. Danielle Brigida. is the social media strategist for the National Wildlife Federation. Nina Simon. is the author of the popular Museum 2.0

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JULY 1, 2006

I just posted an interview with Sombit over at blogher where Sombit mentions his plans for GlobalGiving's presence on Second Life.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2008

The project was funded by Rising Voices , the outreach arm of Global Voices. You can support the effort here ) Cross posted at BlogHer. The eastern forest of Madagascar is populated by not only lemurs and other wildlife creatures, but also by the Malagasy people whose survival has for centuries depended on the forest.

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MARCH 6, 2009

Fund for UNICEF , $15/month can provide, "20 packets of high energy biscuits specially developed for malnourished children." Cross-posted from BlogHer. It identifies strong evidence that money giving does, in fact, influence income." There are so many ways to give. Even a small financial gift can make a big difference.

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Care2

MARCH 24, 2015

Did you know that only 7% of women-led startups receive investor funding, despite that fact that women-led startups have 35% more return on investment than tech companies founded by men. The lack of funding for women-led startups is unacceptable, and we want to do our part to change it. Why a Women Startup Challenge?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2007

tools and fund raising. For BlogHer, I'm on a panel with Britt Bravo and I have to present the widget fundraising case study in ten minutes. This week's TechnoBuzz Newsletter has an excellent piece by Jonah Sachs from FreeRange Studios on online storytelling, making the point that you don't need the latest web2.0 workshops for July.

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JULY 20, 2006

--Anne Firth Murray While on vacation I read several books, but the one that stood out the most was Paradigm Found: Leading and Managing for Positive Change by Anne Firth Murray, the founder of the Global Fund for Women. We love the groups book clubs, Weight Watchers , Dining for Women -- BlogHer !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2006

Donors Choose (which came my way via Blogher Lisa Stone's sister!) The Omidyar Network has launched team-based collaborative funding projects. is a simple way to provide students in need with resources that our public schools often lack. For example, here is a request from a second grade teacher in the Bronx who needs a digital camera.

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DECEMBER 8, 2009

According to Wikipedia , giving circles are a form of philanthropy consisting of groups of individuals who pool their funds and other resources to donate to their communities and seek to increase their awar eness and engagement in the process of giving. Connect with giving circles and encourage your members to start their own.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2008

So, the irony of when I won $500 shopping spree from Bill Me Later at the BlogHer Conference in Boston. The package also came with $20 voucher where I could fund my own dream or support someone else's. Although I not a big shopper, it is convenient not to have to use a credit card. But, what would I buy?

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FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Dining for Women Mission: "Dining for Women empowers women living in extreme poverty by funding programs fostering good health, education, and economic self-sufficiency and cultivates educational dinner circles inspiring individuals to make a difference through the power of collective giving." Cross-posted from BlogHer.

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APRIL 16, 2008

s annual nationwide event, Arthritis Walk, that raises awareness and funds to fight arthritis. 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. Photo from Roger Carr's Juvenile Arthritis Weekend Set You can donate here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2008

As I've only recently taken on this challenge , I'm currently at $700 in funds raised to date. What have you learned about personal fundraising that might be helpful to other bloghers? What is your progress on your fundraising goal? My next goal date is September 1st, when I need to have raised $1500.

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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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OCTOBER 30, 2009

10 Tips for an Effective Nonprofit or Do-Good Facebook Fan Page by Beth Kanter on BlogHer. Bay Area folks can go to the 29 Gifts book launch party in San Francisco November 14th. 19 Free Webinars for Nonprofits - November 2009 on Wild Apricot Blog. 20 Twitter Hashtags for Social Entrepreneurs, Nonprofits and Activists on SocialEarth.

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OCTOBER 17, 2008

For the month of September, Natasha Maw read and blogged in an effort to create awareness, and raise funds for Darfur. Check out the projects some BlogHers are raising money for. Here are a few examples of some month-long and two-week long online events: Maw Books Blog ran a Blogging and Reading for Darfur campaign last month.

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OCTOBER 10, 2009

Next week, Beth Kanter will be continuing this BlogHer series about getting started using social media for your nonprofit, or do-good project with posts about social networking, connecting offline and online action, and raising money on social networks. Relationships that were formed through your blog.

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MARCH 4, 2009

Fellow BlogHer Contributing Editor, Beth Kanter, writes about the fundraising Twitter campaign for CARE happening in conjunction with the film in her post, Tweetathon To Honor International Women's Day and To Spread The Word About A Powerful Noise Live. The Global Fund for Women also has an online toolkit to help you host a house party.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2008

Non profit groups struggle with funding and public support issues on a daily basis. 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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OCTOBER 15, 2008

Start a Giving Circle to fund local organizations. Eva Mendes Cross-posted from BlogHer BAD08 poverty blog volunteer giving circle donation Sometimes the store has to turn people away because they can't process it all. Make going through your house for things to donate a seasonal activity in winter, spring, summer and fall.

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APRIL 17, 2009

Clinton Global Initiative -- Q&A with Maya Ajmera, Global Fund for Children by Mitch Nauffts on PhilanTopic. Cross-posted from BlogHer. . • Cheryl Dorsey's post, Living Your Best Life through the Journey of Service on the USA Service blog. Echoing Green Fellows' descriptions of their moments of obligation.

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OCTOBER 31, 2006

Marsha Wallace, the founder of Dining for Women , contacted me after reading some of the posts I had written about Dining for Women here and on BlogHer , and invited my husband and I to be Dining for Women's guest at the event. For $27/month you provide one woman with the funds for basic necessities for her family and for job training.

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JULY 2, 2008

This year I've interviewed Christina Arnold of Prevent Human Trafficking, Cristi Hegranes of the Press Institute for Women in the Developing World , Kavita Ramdas of the Global Fund for Women, Anisha Desai of the Women of Color Resource Center, Janessa Goldbeck of Genocide Intervention Network, and Ari Derfel of Save Your Trash.

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MARCH 8, 2007

I looked on Craigslist to find a ride back home to California, where I grew up, and found a post for a woman with a CODEPINK truck who was offering her truck as a moving service to help fund her trip from California, and her activist work. Cross-posted from BlogHer. Most importantly, your Congressperson NEEDS to hear from YOU!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2008

If we really want social media tools to be integrated into our work, we need to figure out new ways to fund staffing for them. Cross-posted at BlogHer It's not that many of them don't believe, it's that they don't have the time or resources to learn enough to make an educated choice about what tools to use and how.

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APRIL 24, 2007

When I was there last fall, I met a young woman named Paola Pereira who was the first woman in the history of this community to graduate from high school, thanks to the help from this scholarship fund. For more information about TransFair USA go to www.transfairusa.org Britt Bravo also blogs at Have Fun * Do Good , NetSquared and BlogHer.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2008

I'm working on what has become my annual holiday post at BlogHer on the topic: Helping kids understand why it is better to give than to receive. I have many examples from my own children and those of Sharing Foundation stakeholders - many who are adoptive parents and have encouraged their children to give back to Cambodia.

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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.

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MAY 27, 2009

Organizations like the Seasons Fund for Social Transformation are funding programs that, "couple the expansive power of personal transformation with the public work of repairing societal ills in the United States." Cross-posted from BlogHer. Members of Generation Y are looking for jobs with a work-life balance.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2007

Acumen Fund is a non-profit global venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of global poverty. Beth Kanter, BlogHer Contributing Editor for Social Change and Nonprofits, is the author of Beth's Blog. If you do the math, that's $1 million donated to these organizations.

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

Host an event to discuss the book and raise funds and awareness for Mercy Corps programs that help women around the world. Holding Up Half the Sky by Joanne Bamberger on BlogHer. Here's how it works: Go to One Table , a Mercy Corps campaign to fight hunger by investing in women. Fill out the registration form for your book club.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Prioritize your ROI around the biggest impact, whether that’s raising funds, engaging people, or something else. Firstly, know what you want to get out of your campaign or communications online. What is your real output?

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AUGUST 23, 2006

That’s why I started interviewing women (and men) for the Big Vision Podcast , and my Solutionary Women series on BlogHer who get up in the morning and have a big vision for a better world as their alarm clock. Sometimes it’s hard to get up in the morning and be fearless, to have courage, to care.

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JUNE 19, 2009

He showed so much leadership and promise that we ended up sponsoring him to a university through our FORGE education fund. We have told him that unfortunately we don't have the funds to support such a walk, but he is so committed to it that he is already doing his fundraising and trying to find radio stations that will follow him.

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JUNE 30, 2007

million-member political action committee who works on issues from universal health care to climate change, and energy independence to restoring democracy through getting rid of the torture clause that the Bush administration has written into the government charter, and trying to get public funding for elections. We are a 3.5

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FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Jill Finlayson and Hildy Gottlieb's post last week on Social Edge , Issue Fatigue: Fighting for Attention and Funds in an Aware World has stirred up conversations about the sustainability of friendraising and fundraising in these over-networked times. Cross-posted from BlogHer. Their post generated over 50 comments.

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