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Raise Your Hand for Girls on October 11, 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I know this first hand because my family and I have been honored to support the college education of two young Cambodia women through the Sharing Foundation ‘s education program. I raised money through my blog and later on Twitter to help send her to college from 2006-2010 through the Sharing Foundation’s program.

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Cambodia: Social Media, NGOs, and Social Change: Part 1

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My last visit to Cambodia was in 2007 and I remember how frustratingly slow the wifi felt compared to high speed access I enjoyed in the US. Also, Twitter was really helpful in making connections to places and people to see in Cambodia once in country. Beth Kanter (@kanter) August 4, 2012. p/N5Kf7LlZpl/.

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Have Online Social Networks Become Boring?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

When I first got started with social media training (2004-2007), I often rain into a lot of raised eyebrows, crossed arms, and skeptics suggesting that “Social media is a fad.” Networks are proving their value to program outcomes. ” Have networks become a more accepted way of working?

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Courage, Leadership, Grandmothers, Half The Sky and The Mission List

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Grandmother Power Photo journalist Paola Gianturco (who I interviewed for the Big Vision Podcast in 2007 ) has a new book out, Grandmother Power: A Global Phenomenon. Playing Big Tara's 6-month long Playing Big , a program for "women who want to play bigger" starts in October. I also read about Giving Tuesday on The Mission List.

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Nonprofits Live: Online Collaboration on October 25

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A student of various dialogue approaches, he was an integral member of the team that developed the World Cafe dialogue process and was director of community outreach from 1997 to 2007 for The World Café Community Foundation. Find Ken on Twitter at @kenhomer. Find Kristy on Twitter at @kg.

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Why Apple isn't the Nonprofit App Grinch | Nonprofit Trends with.

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Apple could do a lot more good for the nonprofit sector by offering special discounts to organizations or gift-in-kind programs. Smartphones are flying off the shelves and tablet sales are expected to boom by 2012. They have a long way to go compared to some of their other corporate peers. Mobile is going to be a huge channel.

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