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

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Two weeks ago, I took a homecoming trip to Cambodia with my family. For those of you who have been following my blogging since 2004, you already know that Cambodia is in my heart! When my husband and I were in Cambodia in 2000 to bring home Harry, our infant son, we got a blessing from a monk. p/N5Kf7LlZpl/.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Just A Few Participatory Facilitation Techniques

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Conferences are a great opportunity to take workshops and observe the facilitator’s techniques. Many of us do this and take content notes, but it is also great to take notes about instructional design and facilitation techniques. Others have also documented and used the technique or taught others how to do it.

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What I Learned About Philanthropy, Fundraising, and Social Impact at IFCAsia in Bangkok

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These are two photos of me and Tharum Bun , a Cambodia blogger I met via our blogs back in 2003. In 2005, we got a chance to meet face-to-face in London at the Global Voices Blogging Summit after I transitioned from being the Cambodia bridge blogger. The IFCAsia delivered on all the reasons why someone should attend.

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Cambodia Bloggers Summit: Help Young Cambodian Bloggers Join the Global Conversation

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They are organizing the first " Cambodian Blogger Summit (aka Cloggers Summit) " to take place 30-31 August 2007 in Cambodia. A conference workshop on blogging techniques and video blogging techniques. tools) can make their study, work, and life easier. Keynote welcome. are matching 50% of my donations.

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Meet A Cambodian BlogHer: Sopheap Chak

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She started her blog this year in May, 2007 because it was an opportunity for self-expression. With the commitment to start the blog, I asked expert people and used self-learnin to master the techniques. Many people in Cambodia are afraid to express their ideas about human rights and other issues. What are some of the benefits?

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The Dance Floor and The Balcony Social Media Training

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I've known since 2005 and I realized that the last time I had seen him was in 2007 in Cambodia at the blogging conference and over an interesting dinner served by our hosts. Next we did a human spectra gram , a technique that colleague Allen Gunn from Aspiration.

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Inspire: create, collect, share! My time at the '09 NTC

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On Sunday I hosted a Flickr Bootcamp, where I worked with non profit, "accidental techies," and helped them learn about better online photo sharing techniques. My section focused on a case study of storytelling in the field, when I was a Congressional Hunger Fellow in Cambodia and Kenya from 2005-2007.

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