Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

While our activities often creates jobs beyond the core high technology jobs around software development and user support, we don't see it as our core competency. Benetech is a tech social enterprise. She worked hard to get each student to talk to me 1:1 and use their English, a skill she thinks is crucial for the future.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

tools, this would have worked as a culminating activity. Activity geared to just becoming familiar with the tools and concepts. The Angkun was used for the another activity that we might use "sticky" dots for in the US. It became clear that social media in Cambodia means "any media that can solve social issues."

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AUGUST 24, 2012

Note from Beth: Just as I was leaving for Cambodia, there was a great discussion within a comment thread over on my blog brand page on Facebook in reaction to post about the HSUS Facebook post that went viral. It helps if the activity is unique or fun. Darren accepted my offer to share a post to deepen the discussion about engagement.

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DECEMBER 19, 2008

I was thrilled to discover it because I had just started my " Cambodia For Kids " blog and thought it might help me connect with bloggers from Cambodia. I remember first coming across it back in 2005 when it was just a simple blog hosted at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society. at Harvard University.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

The intent is to create an annual national day of giving on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving or this year on November 27, 2012. The campaign will encourage philanthropic activities that support nonprofit organizations. Free Agents still find creative ways to make a difference today.

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OCTOBER 16, 2009

You can follow us throughout this initiative and even participate in barrel tastings and other activities along the way thanks to the folks at Crushpad. Based on my experience with the Sharing Foundation in Cambodia, I know how important it is for children in developing countries to have books to read in their own language.

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APRIL 5, 2005

Once I've implemented the workshop in the classroom and revised it, I hope to explore how to better integrate the technology basics as part of the classroom activities such as: Internet basics such as searching, evaluating, and citing Internet resources, and developing appropriate and ethical use policies.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 11, 2008

Off the Mat, Into the World is a 501(c)(3) project of The Engage Network that, "aims to inspire and guide you to find and define your purpose and become active in your local or global community in an effective, sustainable and joyful way." Neil of Neil's Cambodia Challenge is taking the Challenge to fulfill one of his Five Wishes.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2007

In our family, I involve my kids in various fundraising activities - from Cambodia to Creative Commons. We have dinner table discussions on why it is important to support causes, particularly programs in Cambodia like the Sharing Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2010

It was also wonderful to see Cynthia Samuels (BlogHer); Jocelyn Harman (Care2); Bill Strathan (Network(ed) for Good); Michael Hoffman (NTEN); Christina Arnold (Cambodia); Kate Bladow ; and many others. Julie Rocchi, our copy editor, points out a typo in the book signing and corrects it! Conference along with Wendy Harman.

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NTEN

JUNE 14, 2011

Most of the activity on social media sites is not top-down communication but peer-to-peer sharing—creating, sending, and consuming information between friends, family, and networks. But on social media, creating a small active community of supporters that is engaged and active provides an alternative. Facebook ads?

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JANUARY 27, 2008

In Cambodia, Dr. Hendrie has gradually hired and mentored fifty-seven Cambodians who???ve Dr. Hendrie travels to Cambodia four times a year to work with Elephant, oversee projects and plan new ones. She's a shining example of never ending activism and a reminder that you're never too old to change the world. Please go read it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2008

Not only has she been a generous donor to every personal fundraising campaign for Cambodia I've undertaken, but she also messaged out to her community to support this cause. And, in 36 more hours, I will resume my normal blogging activity.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2008

I have many examples from my own children and those of Sharing Foundation stakeholders - many who are adoptive parents and have encouraged their children to give back to Cambodia. And, my own children have participated in many Cambodian fundraising projects and more recently Harry has taken to environmental activism and fundraising.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2007

Calling all bloggers to contaminate the blogosphere with activism on VAW for 16 days. to use them for activism against VAW (violence against women). My colleague in Cambodia, Jinja, has set up a group on a special ning site. It's time for the Second Annual Take Back the Tech Campaign. Here's the call to action: ka-BLOG!

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FEBRUARY 2, 2006

Joistke tagged me with the 4x4 game activity. 4 places I liked: Siem Reap, Cambodia Phnom Penh, Cambodia Provence, France Singapore. 4 places I liked: Siem Reap, Cambodia Phnom Penh, Cambodia Provence, France Singapore. And, no, Joistke, I haven't done this before. So, here goes. 4 Web sites I visit regularly.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2007

He points over to a post from Mean Lux in Cambodia and his flickr set. Mean Lux points to an excellent post that summarizes the all the online support in addition to the Facebook activity. Take for example Sopheak's report about what is happening on the ground in Cambodia and how it is being amplified by the Internet.

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JULY 21, 2005

He is currently training young people in Cambodia's provincial areas how to blog. Mean was only recently introduced to blogs and the organization got the idea of doing a blog projects from one of Cambodia's better known bloggers, Ex-King. So, they will blog about their activities. His english language blog can be found here.

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DECEMBER 7, 2006

I'm lucky in that he sometimes works on a pay-it-forward basis - so in return I donated the value of his portrait in in-kind time to my favorite development organization in Cambodia and paid it forward to a few folks with some good deeds. I gonna pass it out and have people color it in as a party activity!

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JANUARY 1, 2007

If you are interested in an overview of Chinese New Year , Robin's blog is fabulous resource for educational activities about Chinese New Year which is celebrated in Cambodia. With the attached pdf file you can see that the phases of the moon do not line up with our months, and why 1/1 is on February 18th this year.

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AUGUST 7, 2007

So, I starting worrying about the Internet connection in Cambodia. The very calm Preetamrai , the Southeast Asian Editor for Global Voices who is also attending and leading a workshop at the Cambodia Bloggers Summit told me about his very cool new app from Techsmith, JingProject. Then I noticed that Andrew Parker had just tweeted it.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2008

Whether I'm fundraising for Cambodia or Creative Commons , I involve my kids. We have dinner table discussions on why it is important to support causes, particularly programs in Cambodia like the Sharing Foundation. I also want to them to discover and follow their own sense of social activism.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2008

We connected through the "cambodia" tag on flickr because I was tracking it for Global Voices back in 2005. The first photo of hers from Cambodia was this one of the four monks crossing the street titled Abbey Road. s a high degree of cooperation among the most active fundraisers. d say there???s

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AUGUST 27, 2007

The Internet connection in Cambodia is small pipeline and slow. I got to spend about an hour and half with her - she showed me her room, her photo album, talked about her family, her daily activities, her job goals and how much appreciated the opportunity to attend the university. Typepad login page won't load! Or maybe they are down.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2007

In our family, I have involved my kids in fundraising activities from the time they were old enough to walk. Whether I'm raising money for Cambodia or Creative Commons , I try to include them in some way. My colleagues who support the The Sharing Foundation also make fundraising for their favorite cause a family activity.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 17, 2015

This fundraising strategy has a fixed period up to the date of the activity and no specific overall goal. For example, in 2014 WOD for Water raised $212,174 around a CrossFit workout event to bring clean water to villages in India, Cambodia, and south Sudan. Craft Your Unique Story.

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Tech Soup

MAY 31, 2013

VietNet-ICT also actively participates in policy discussions to formulate laws and policies relating to information, technology, and communication towards sustainable development and equity. The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami that killed more than 230,000 people was caused by Indonesian seismic activity.

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JANUARY 4, 2009

We've raised $1, 206 to help children in Cambodia. Even though I'm not raising huge dollar amounts, what makes feel great is that small donations go a long way in Cambodia. Just as I was about to hit publish, I got an alert that Steve Sherlock donated to my birthday campaign and the total is now $1,206. Notes about application.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2006

Now, as some reader may know, I've been actively exlporing games and nonprofits and the educational side of games. But heck, that could feed a family of four for a week in the rural area of Cambodia. In addition to her contribution, she wrote about a post about Revver. Harry and I play Zoo Tycoon together. for the Sharing Foundation!

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AUGUST 17, 2007

The Nonprofit Blog Exchange celebrates its second year anniversary and reflects on activities to date. And, next week, nonprofits and bloggers in Southeast Asia and Cambodia will be gathering for the Cambodia Bloggers Summit. You must read this post about blogging and low-cost nonprofit professional development.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2007

local governments for their activism. My thoughts are still half-way around the world in Cambodia and, in the US, we don't have the added challenge of a slow Internet connection. In Cambodia, NGO staffers were eager to learn about Web 2.0 Participants felt a generation gap with the new technology. ???

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FEBRUARY 22, 2008

If you didn’t help Beth win, you can still give $10 or more to the Sharing Foundation online and help kids in Cambodia.) The whole giving competition thing is complicated and I am not sure it’s healthy. There is a mad scramble to get donations in a certain time period. Organizations push on their network, “Give now!

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Forum One

APRIL 29, 2009

This year I was fortunate enough to play a very active role at the conference. 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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Forum One

APRIL 29, 2009

This year I was fortunate enough to play a very active role at the conference. 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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JANUARY 29, 2006

In Cambodia? Activity Centers (divide into small groups, set up activity at each table and have them rotate). Other options: I've collected some great links to many other resources and activities and will need this in the future. How it different in Asia? Gung Hay Fat Choy - What does it mean? What's your year?

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APRIL 9, 2008

During the America's Giving Challenge, when we dropped into 5th place and I thought the race was over, Jen activated her supportive network with this beautiful post, " To Cambodia With Love." Jen gave me several T-shirts she picked up from some of the exhibitors.

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JANUARY 30, 2010

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. I just finished doing a training for Open Society Institute media and information coordinators on social media with colleague, David Sasaki , from Global Voices.

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