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Announcing Measuring the Networked Nonprofit Book

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I am donating my royalties to support the Sharing Foundation ‘s college education program for young people in Cambodia. My family is sponsoring Keo Savon , who we met this summer in Cambodia. The money went to support students like Maneth, an IT major who now teaches computer lessons in the orphanage where my children lived.

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How Would You Use Cell Phones to Bring Web2.0 to Cambodia (or other places without fast Internet)?

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to Cambodia ?" " I just have to quote her in a few places: When you complain about your student teacher ratios, look at everyone gathered around the computer in this lesson! in rural cambodia with cell phone connection?" She has already raised $19,000 with bloggers and facebook contributors.).

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An Internet Lesson in a Rural Cambodian Village: And Then You Wait.

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I observed Mam Sari, our head English teacher (and computer geek) teach a Google search lesson and captured video above. It's slow, but he is able to teach a lesson to the students about how to find supplementary materials for their school assignments. The bad health effects of smoking). Our group was assigned to "Social Media."

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QIK Celebrates One Year Anniversary With Charity Drive for to support Cambodian Orphans!

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They have identified the Sharing Foundation that helps children in Cambodia as the recipient. (If Leng Sopharath, a young Cambodia woman, has been sent to college for three years due to the generosity of people who read this blog , follow me (or Chris Brogan) on Twitter , or have connected with me through different social networks.

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New Online Learning Resource for NGOs - Building Electronic Communities

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Image from Internet Village Motoman project in Ratanakiri Village in Cambodia The above image is from the Ratanakiri Village project in Cambodia. The village is located in a remote region of Cambodia's northeast. It brings the advice to life and probably helps make it stick. I really like use of storytelling throughout.

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Intergenerational Wired Fundraisers: A Conversation

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Some advice from the report: Find your Wired Fundraisers: Find the people that are passionate about your cause and reaching your target audience. Perhaps that advice should be more, "let your wired fundraisers find you." Only us Khmer can bring forth the change needed in Cambodia. Then develop a relationship with them.

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Guest Post by Michaela Hackner: Community Matters Even At SXSW

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I actually have a repertoire of stories, but one of them is about Michaela Hackner ( Kalabird.) I connected with her through her amazing photos of Cambodia on Flickr when I was covering the Cambodian blogosphere for Global Voices over five years ago. Human contact leverages passion that sometimes gets lost online.