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Raise Your Hand for Girls on October 11, 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Although we had been trading letters for two years , I met Sopharath face-to-face in 2007 and recorded this interview. She graduated from college and is married. She is working two jobs, one is at the Bamboo Indochine store at the airport. The photo above is Keo Savon with me this summer in Cambodia.

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What Nonprofits Can Learn at Games for Change Festival

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Note from Beth: Back in 2007, I presented and attended at the Games for Change Festival. Over the past few years, games and mobile platforms have become more and more important for nonprofits to pay attention to for their communications strategy. What Nonprofits Can Learn at Games for Change Festival by Jeff Ramos.

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Charities Cry Foul on Chase Facebook Charitable Giving Contest

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Here's what Stephanie Strom, New York Times reported: JPMorgan Chase & Company is coming under fire for the way it conducted an online contest to award millions of dollars to 100 charities. Several groups who were in the top 100 (before Chase removed the vote tallies), were not on the final list, apparently disqualified.

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

According to the Food Research and Action Center , more than 36 million people lived in households in America struggling against hunger in 2007. Though the numbers aren't in, it must be likely be higher in 2008 as this article by David Cay Johnston in the New York Times points out. Hunger isn't just a problem in America.

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The Information Overload Calculator

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You can play with calculator and then download a free white paper, Information Overload: We Have Met the Enemy and He is Us which was written in 2007.

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Twitter Fan Wiki

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round-the-clock updates , credited to BRAD STONE and MATT RICHTEL, New York Times article, April 30, 2007 What's your best phrase to describe twitter? nano-blogging , credited to Carol Stimmel. notification system , credited to Dave Winer.

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Target Facebook Challenge: Ten Large Charities Compete for Votes To Divide the $3 Million Pot

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Today's New York Times article by Stephanie Strom describes some of the most recent online contests, including the Case Foundation ’s Giving Challenge, a contest conducted through Causes. on Facebook, Network for Good, Global Giving and Parade Magazine in 2007. This contest was based on the total amount raised.

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