Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 30, 2009

When you sign up for one panel, feel free to register for a couple more complementary - that’s right, it’s on us. • Social Media ROI. • Women and Open Source. • Tools Galore in Online Communications. • Transparency and Government 2.0. • Video Activism. • Launching Your Own Startup. • Breaking Through the Digital Ceiling. (..)

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AUGUST 19, 2009

I just got back from BlogHer , the largest gathering of female bloggers in America. According to Katie Couric who recorded a special clip from the set of CBS Evening News for BlogHer 2008 (as seen above), 36 million women write or read blogs each week. You can get up-to-speed with BlogHer '09 through their official liveblogs.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2006

Video Blogging Learning Journal. At blogher, I attended a workshop on video blogging lead by Ryanne Hodson and Zadi Diaz. I asked a few questions: -Many video bloggers do vlog posts where they aim the camera at themselves, talk, and let the video roll. Notes on shooting yourself. You can view that here.

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AUGUST 5, 2005

(I've been wanting to do audio and video for a long time, but it wasn't until my blogher experience that I actually got moving and picked up the knowledge to try my first one. Lisa Williams showed her vlog from Blogher at the Berkman Thursday night blogging group and during the walk to dinner, I got to ask her how she did it.

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AUGUST 20, 2012

Here’s a video and blog post I wrote for Blogher back then. In 2007, we co-lead a training on video blogging using some toy video cameras that I brought to Cambodia (it was before FLIP cameras were available). Later, Viirak and his colleagues used the cameras to document their tech training in rural areas of Cambodia.

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MAY 6, 2007

Watch the protest video. Global s Advocacy Director Sami Ben Gharbia has created a video which powerfully explains the reasons for the detention of Monem and demands his freedom. We have to show the Egyptian regime that when you imprison a blogger, you don't silence his , you AMPLIFY it! By taking action! Here's what you can do: 1.

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MARCH 24, 2008

I wrote about the experience on BlogHer last week. As I mentioned, one of the Day of Service activities was a video blogging workshop for local nonprofits given by Jay Dedman and Ryanne Hodson. Several weeks before heading down to New Orleans, I kept looking my old video camera in the corner of my office. " Why?

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AUGUST 1, 2007

I met Amy Sedaris at BlogHer. She was so excited about the Cambodian Bloggers Summit that she agreed to make a campaign video for me. In appreciation of her kindness, I'm including a link to her new book.

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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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NOVEMBER 19, 2005

Click here to download video. Technorati Tags: nptech , net2 , webjustice2.0 , blogher My daughter is 4 and in her pre-school is a computer. I've been lingering a little at drop off to observe how she interacts with her peers at the computer. It struck me how gender inequities start an early age.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2006

At this summer's Blogher Conference, I had the opportunity to hear Lauren Gelman , Associate Director of Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society , and Dean of State of Play Academy present at the blogging communities session called, " So, You Have This Crazy Idea." just email her at gelman at Stanford dot edu.

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AUGUST 9, 2006

At Blogher, I met JD Lasica and in a jet-lagged state couldn't remember his name as I loaded his photo into my flickr account. I would love to see more instructional videos as well. During the edublogging session, he mentioned the new Learning Center at OurMedia. I came out of my busy work trip with a list of ideas.

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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. We made a video. For example, the video blogging kits that I will purchase on Amazon - I will use the affiliates link for freevlog. Here's an example.

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JULY 18, 2008

I'm in the Bay Area for the BlogHer conference which starts today. Yesterday, I taught a workshop at BAVC (Bay Area Video Coalition) as part of their Nonprofit Institute for New Media Applications. Wendy Levy, BVAC. When I entered te office space, I was greeted by Wendy Levy's dog, who is one of the official greeters!

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JULY 30, 2007

A conference workshop on blogging techniques and video blogging techniques. Bring over 3 video blogging kits (inexpensive camera, a book, batteries, and SD cards) that will be used as "prizes" to encourage new bloggers. Identify and interview 3-5 amazing Cambodian BlogHers and post on BlogHer site.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2011

August 5: I'll be at BlogHer '11 in San Diego and leading the idea generation portion of The Write Brain – Essential Blog Content Development Workshop. Show notes I have three workshops coming up: May 14: A blogging workshop at the Writing Salon in Berkeley, CA (registration details will be available soon).

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2006

Shortly before the Blogher July 2005 conference, I got a new digital camera that came with a video feature. At the conference, I attended a session on video blogging with Ryanne Hodson and was inspired to go play in a vlog sandbox. " How Nonprofits Are Using Vlogging and Video on the Web. Here's a synthesis.

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AUGUST 11, 2006

Watch the video. I decided to video blog the first conversation. At first, Dad wasn't quite sure what to make of video blogging, but he soon forgot about the camera. I won't spoil it -- watch the video). This is after I got a three minute video shooting lesson from Scoble at blogher. *

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NOVEMBER 20, 2006

Almost two years ago at the first Blogher Conference I was lucky enough to interview and get to know Lisa Canter (we aren't related but I learned a few things about the kanter/canter name from her husband, Marc ). I also got some advice on how to spread the Revver video without using the flash player. Lisa's post is here.

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AUGUST 12, 2007

and video blogging to Cambodians and a delivering a keynote! I can't wait to share what I learn with the Blogher Community). My Logo, Cambodian Style by Virak Now that I finished the campaign to raise the money to get myself to Cambodia to attend the Cambodia Bloggers Summit, I've been very busy preparing instructional materials.

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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." Anyone who joins can post resources and share ideas, including text and video. ve created an online social network called Stop Cyberbullying using a free tool called Ning.

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MAY 6, 2009

Lisa Stone, cofounder of BlogHer. Video Activism. The TeleSummit brings together hundreds of women who leverage their technology savvy to inspire change and transform the world. We have a great line-up again. Here are a few of the rockin' women who will be joining us: . Allison Fine of Personal Democracy Forum. Women and Open Source.

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OCTOBER 17, 2007

I asked a few colleagues on Blogher and beyond and discovered a few excellent blogs and video blogs that offer advice and recipes for parents who want to make sure their kids are eating a healthy meal. Watch this video blog post from Spices of Life about their work. Applications are being accepted until November 9th!

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FEBRUARY 26, 2006

While surfing for some more BlogHers to add to the Nonprofit and NGO BlogHer blogroll, I came across the REAL hot 100: See How Hot Smart Can Be. One of the projects she helped create was an investigation of the impact of images of women in popular music videos on young women and young men.

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AUGUST 21, 2008

Create video trailers After watching the Michael Franti video for his new song, Say Hey , I can't wait for his new album to come out next month. Some authors are also creating video trailers to generate excitement around their book launch. Here are a few ideas: • A video book trailer, or video book review contest.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

Even better, the green laptops would match the video blogging kits that Ryanne Hodson and Jay Dedman brought over the month before I brought the same kits to the Cambodian Bloggers Summit. Virginia Debolt who covers the technology beat at BlogHer has a great roundup of the reactions. TechSoup Blog also reports.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2006

Beth Kanter posted an incredible photo today on blogher and netsquared (click on one of them to see it) taken from the camera_rwanda blog. Camera_Rwanda is using photography to raise awareness and money to send Rwandan orphans to college. You must visit this blog and see the photos. The photos are incredible.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2008

The project will also include training these rural women to create podcasts, videos, and blog posts. You can support the effort here ) Cross posted at BlogHer. The idea is to help them create hand-crafted items that can be sold on the Web. Environmental program.

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DECEMBER 13, 2005

First, there was a lot of energy in the room, similar to the blogher , because a lot of people had been reading each other's blogs or posts on GV, but had never met face-to-face. It was very similar to the way the blogher opening plenary was facilitated. I vlogged it here: Download cultureshock.wmv.

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MARCH 30, 2007

Hats off to Lisa, Jory, and Elisa (as well as to my fellow BlogHer CE editors) for posting such brilliant thoughts about this topic. SHARE - Plan to show this video to your students. You can also see a wealth of other videos collected at the Stop Cyberbullying Network). REPORT - Every little BIT helps.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2006

In the meantime, enjoy the thank you video! We are very grateful to everyone for their contributions, links, and advice. I'm elated that we made goal. I'm pulling together all my notes and will post reflections about all the campaign shortly! AND, Leng Sopharath is only one of 16 college students the Sharing Foundation is supporting.

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AUGUST 25, 2008

Find more videos like this on Internet Time. Video from Jay Cross and more about Matt from Jamie Nelson. Later that summer, I had the honor of being interviewed by Ponzi at BlogHer. There were approximately 250 social media power users. There were two full-days packed with excellent content and fabulous speakers.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Y ou can see her speak (via streaming video) this Saturday, November 6th at TEDxGreatPacificGarbagePatch in Los Angeles. She is also an advisor to the Plastic Pollution Coalition and a contributing editor for BlogHer.com. Click here to find a watch party near you.

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OCTOBER 24, 2006

I recommend that you watch her intro video for a good overview of the what and whys of wikis. Amy Gahran's wiki for blogher posts - to organize them from the huge tag stream that came out of the conference. " My colleague, Vicky Davis , is leading a session at the K-12 Online Conference on wikis in the classroom. Classroom.

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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. Watch this engaging video and then go make a contribution. FreeGeek in Portland solves two problems.

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

Six Sudsy Soapmaker Blogs And 2 interviews on The Extraordinaries blog: Chat with an Extraordinary: Lauren Bacon of Raised Eyebrow Web Studio Chat with an Extraordinary: Jimmy Santosa of Applied Materials And 6 news posts on the WE Volunteer blog: Love Making Videos? Become a YouTube Video Volunteer Is Volunteering Good for Your Health?

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OCTOBER 10, 2009

Interviews (written, audio, video). Ask readers to share opinions, resources, and content (blog posts, photos, audio, video). posts, photos, video). If you receive a comment, acknowledge it, even if your reply is brief. Post about a range topics (i.e. it's not just about you) You could write about: Breaking news in your field.

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