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What Are Your Favorite Nonprofit Blogs?

Submitted by Britt Bravo on February 7, 2007 - 7:16am

What are you favorite nonprofit blogs?  Not personal blogs about nonprofits, or by people who work for nonprofits, but by the nonprofits themselves.

I am giving a talk about nonprofits and blogging at the Professional Development Conference for Nonprofits sponsored by the United Way of Kern County and would love some fresh examples.  I have my list of favs that I often use, but I would love to highlight some new ones.

I'll send the first person to post the names of five amazing, effective, fun to read nonprofit blogs  a Have Fun * Do Good mug or tote bag (your choice).

The guidelines are:
• The blog must be written by staff of a nonprofit or NGO
• It has an RSS feed
• It allows comments
• You enjoy reading it!

Thanks for your help!

This blog covers continued work on a daily basis of construction

Submitted by RSouth on December 11, 2008 - 5:18pm.

http://blog.dftw.org

My Favorite Nonprofit Blogs

Submitted by eweinb04 on February 11, 2007 - 10:16am.

First Book
http://blog.firstbook.org/

ASPCA Blog
http://www.aspca.org/aspcablog/index.html

SOS News and Views
http://soscs.blogspot.com/index.html

Submitted by eweinb04 on February 11, 2007 - 10:15am.

My Favorite Nonprofit Blogs

Submitted by eweinb04 on February 11, 2007 - 10:15am.

First Book
http://blog.firstbook.org/

ASPCA Blog
http://www.aspca.org/aspcablog/index.html

SOS News and Views
http://soscs.blogspot.com/index.html

I like the look of the ASPCA blog

Submitted by Britt Bravo on February 12, 2007 - 1:36pm.

It doesn't have too much text.  I often find that nonprofit blogs can suffer from information overload with text all over the page.  I also like how they include Q&A's with the posts.  Thanks for these links!

Britt 

Britt Bravo
Community Builder
NetSquared • A Project of Tech Soup
www.netsquared.org
bbravo@techsoup.org
Skype:bebravo

Generation Why

Submitted by Priscilla (not verified) on February 10, 2007 - 8:51pm.

Generation Why, by Oxfam UK - http://www.oxfam.org.uk/generationwhy/blog/index.htm

I find Generation Why (by

Submitted by Priscilla (not verified) on February 10, 2007 - 8:51pm.
I find Generation Why (by Oxfam Great Britain) is one of the most engaging NFP blogs I read: http://www.oxfam.org.uk/generationwhy/blog/index.htm

I like Generation Why too

Submitted by Britt Bravo on February 12, 2007 - 1:33pm.

I wish there had been blogs like Generation Why when I was younger.

Britt Bravo
Community Builder
NetSquared • A Project of Tech Soup
www.netsquared.org
bbravo@techsoup.org
Skype:bebravo

My Trumpet?

Submitted by Andrew Brown (not verified) on February 9, 2007 - 2:57am.

Can I blow <a xhref="drugeducationforum.blogspot.com">my own</a> trumpet?  I'm trying to both round up relevant news and research and provide some context to the stories from our perspective.

There are a few other non-profit blogs from the same sector I work in that I find useful and interesting.

<a xhref="http://www.drugscope.org.uk/druglinkblog/default.htm">The Druglink Blog</a>

<a xhref="http://transform-drugs.blogspot.com/">Transform</a>

<a xhref="http://www.ncvo-networks.org.uk/blogs/ictforesight/>NCVO ICT Foresight</a>

<a xhref="http://drugscope.blogspot.com/index.html">DrugData Update</a>

The thing about these sites for me has been the range of ways that different organisations have used blogging technology.  So some are writing opinion or journalistic pieces while others are grabbing what others have done and either boiling it down or putting their own spin on the information.

Anyway I hope they might be useful. 

Very helpful

Submitted by Britt Bravo on February 9, 2007 - 9:14am.

Hi Andrew,

This is very helpful and interesting.  I never knew there were so many blogs about drug education.  Fascinating.

Thank you!

Britt

Britt Bravo
Community Builder
NetSquared • A Project of Tech Soup
www.netsquared.org
bbravo@techsoup.org
Skype:bebravo

Blogs

Submitted by Bob McInnis (not verified) on February 7, 2007 - 8:28am.

http://blendedblog.org/

http://www.coolpeoplecare.org/category/5MOC/

http://www.urban.org/center/cnp/index.cfm

http://everydayaction.ca

http://intelligentgiving.blogspot.com/index.html

http://www.nfp2.co.uk/

Blogs

Submitted by Bob McInnis (not verified) on February 7, 2007 - 8:26am.

http://blendedblog.org/

http://www.coolpeoplecare.org/category/5MOC/

http://www.urban.org/center/cnp/index.cfm

http://everydayaction.ca

http://intelligentgiving.blogspot.com/index.html

http://www.nfp2.co.uk/

Blog entry2

Submitted by Bob McInnis (not verified) on February 9, 2007 - 4:05am.

http://bb4ck.blogspot.com/

http://www.metowe.org/blog/

http://blogs.amnestyusa.org/death-penalty

http://www.waterconserve.org/blog/water_conservation/

http://www.davidsuzuki.org/blog/

 

You have more than earned your prize!

Submitted by Britt Bravo on February 9, 2007 - 9:21am.

Thanks for all the awesome nonprofit blog links, Bob.  Wow.

Why don't you email me at bbravo AT techsoup DOT org and let me know if you would like a Have Fun * Do Good tote or mug and where to send it to.

Thanks!

Britt

Britt Bravo
Community Builder
NetSquared • A Project of Tech Soup
www.netsquared.org
bbravo@techsoup.org
Skype:bebravo

Thanks for the great list, Bob!

Submitted by Britt Bravo on February 8, 2007 - 10:46am.

I want to give you the prize, but I'm afraid many of these sites don't meet my guidelines:

http://blendedblog.org is Jed Emerson's blog.  Is it connected with a specific NGO or nonprofit?

http://www.coolpeoplecare.org is a for-profit business.

http://www.urban.org/center/cnp/index.cfm has a lot of RSS feeds, but I don't see a blog that allows comments.

http://everydayaction.ca/ Is it part of a nonprofit or NGO?

http://intelligentgiving.blogspot.com/index.html meets all the guidelines.  Yay!

http://www.nfp2.co.uk/ fabulous blog by Steve Bridger, who often posts on this blog as well, but it is not connected directly with a nonprofit or NGO.

Would you like to try for 4 more (:

Britt Bravo
Community Builder
NetSquared • A Project of Tech Soup
www.netsquared.org
bbravo@techsoup.org
Skype:bebravo

Center for Global Development

Submitted by Owen Barder (not verified) on February 7, 2007 - 10:53am.
http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/

Thanks, Owen!

Submitted by Britt Bravo on February 8, 2007 - 10:34am.

Britt Bravo
Community Builder
NetSquared • A Project of Tech Soup
www.netsquared.org
bbravo@techsoup.org
Skype:bebravo

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