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Raise Your Hand for Girls on October 11, 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. Although we had been trading letters for two years , I met Sopharath face-to-face in 2007 and recorded this interview. The photo above is Leng Sopharath.

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Everything You Wanted to Know About Binders Full of Women

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As voters watched the heated 2012 Presidential debates last night, there was a flurry of discussion and commentary happening on social networks like Facebook and Twitter. But things got even more interesting when Romney began discussing women's issues and in particular fair pay.

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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.” .” I often used the video at social media workshops back then to generate discussion about how our world is changing.

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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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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. You can join their Twitter chat about Half the Sky on both nights with the hashtag #HalftheSkyTML. Check out Tara Mohr's interview with her on The Huffington Post.

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Nonprofits Live: Online Collaboration on October 25

Tech Soup

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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Smartphones are flying off the shelves and tablet sales are expected to boom by 2012. If there's anyone I know who has passionately argued for multi-channel fundraising strategies, it's the guy who writes this blog. Mobile is going to be a huge channel. Is Apple's policy the worst threat to NPOs today?

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