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    How Motherhood Is Changing Dramatically—in 11 Graphs

    Tuesday, May 14, 2013

    Modern motherhood has changed dramatically over the course of just a few generations. Take a look at this information The Atalntic compiled on how everything from education to marital status has changed for many American mothers. Image credit Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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    Mom Blogging for Good Karma

    Wednesday, May 8, 2013

    Below is an excerpt of a piece Morra wrote for the Huffington Post in response to the Wall St. Journal‘s recent article on blogging conferences — or, as they refer to it as — the “mommy business trip”. In 2007, I agreed with the Wall St Journal’s take. As a longtime but hardly famous blogger, I felt [...]

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    Modeling Joy

    Tuesday, May 7, 2013

      The following is an excerpt of a piece by Morra that appeared on The Accelerators blog on The Wall Street Journal online. When I say “working mother,” what image pops into your head? It’s probably not a joyful one. It’s probably a stressed out, barely holding it together mom on the run. Close your [...]

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    We the [Online] People: What Marketers Need to Know about Civic Action Online

    Thursday, May 2, 2013

    The ways in which people activate around social and political issues is changing. Between the explosion of online fundraising that started with former Governor Howard Dean in 2000, to Presiden Barack Obama’s mastery of social media beginning in 2012, the last decade and half has shown how the internet can inform how political campaigns are [...]

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    7 Blogger Outreach Best Practices All Inbound Marketers Should Know

    Thursday, May 2, 2013

    The following is an excerpt of a post by Lisa Gulasy at Kuno Creative. Check out Rachel’s suggestions best engaging with bloggers. Inbound Marketers can utilize blogger outreach to help achieve a number of objectives. Want to position your company’s CEO as an industry thought leader? Contact a mainstream media blog and offer him as an expert source [...]

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Jul
16

Announcing Blogust: Blog Relay for Good – Comments Count!

This post by Chrysula Winegar originally appeared on the Shot@Life blog. You can read the full post here. Blogust is a 31-day “relay” of blog posts, one per day for the month of August, each post linking to the next in the relay. For each comment on any of the 31 posts, a $20 donation will [...]

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13

Engage Your Superpowers!

Over the next few weeks, we’ll be posting pieces from our Founding Mission List Members. Every day, these women are using their influence to shape their communities and create positive change at home and abroad. The below post is from Karen Walrond. A couple of years ago, I wrote a book called The Beauty of Different:  [...]

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Jul
12

Every Child Deserves a Shot at Life

Over the next few weeks, we’ll be posting pieces from our Founding Members over at The Mission List. Every day, these women are using their influence to shape their communities and create positive change at home and abroad. The below post is from Stacey Ferguson. The running joke on the Internet lately has been #FirstWorldProblems [...]

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Jun
20

Is Facebook a Fad? Will Our Grandchildren Tweet?

In today’s New York Times Room for Debate forum, Morra was asked to respond to the following question. You can read her full response here.  Social media have changed the way people interact: young women in India protect their marriageability by being discreet on Facebook, while in the U.S. family members often feel the sting of learning about estranged loved ones through [...]

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Jun
15

Rio+20: An open letter from the United Nations Foundation

The following is an open letter from Aaron Sherinian, Vice President of Communications and Public Affairs at the United Nations Foundation. If you would like to get more involved with Rio+Social and the issues the UNF fights for, you can connect with Morra at morra[at]wearewomenonline[dot]com. I am writing you this e-mail because I think you [...]

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Jun
5

Your Voice is Vital: Using Your Megaphone to Change the World

More than ever before, women are a part not only of the conversation, but of the actions that are moving our world towards better future. Alyse Nelson, president and CEO of Vital Voices, an “NGO that identifies, trains, and empowers emerging women leaders and social entrepreneurs around the globe,” tells the stories of extraordinary women [...]