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Give One, Get One: One Laptop Per Child.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Almost exactly two years ago, the One Laptop Per Child launched. But when I realized it would take a long time before a small NGO working in a country, like say, Cambodia, might be able to purchase a small number of them (less than 100) to outfit a school, I was disappointed. DC Metblogger Flickr Photo. Tharum was disappointed too.

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Learnings and Reflections from BlogHer about Mobile Phones for Video Blogging and Beyond

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm going to the Cambodian Blogger Summit in a few weeks. One of the ideas I've been exploring is the whole notion of video blogging from Cambodia by Cambodians. While I was in Chicago, Ryanne Hodson , who I met at last year's BlogHer, is in Cambodia and Southeast Asia with Jay Dedman to document the work of Project Hope International.

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Chris Brogan: What Were Your First Steps?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I used my webcam attached my laptop as my first digital camera to record photos from a conference that I was taking notes for - and then publishing as web pages. In the nonprofit sector, there were not many bloggers in 2004. I also followed bloggers who were not in the nonprofit space. The Typo Police Page. Note the blink tag!

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Lessons Learned About Social Networks and Fundraising from Cambodia Campaign on ChipIn

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I am sitting here amazed that we were able to meet the campaign goal for the Cambodia Bloggers Summit in about week's time. She suggested that if anyone didn't want to pack their t-shirts, that I would be happy to take them to Cambodia. This young Cambodian blogger working in Singapore contributed $5 !

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The Last Blogpotomac: A New Community Rises from the Ashes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

You don't necessarily see women keynote at technology conferences (well accept for women focused technology conferences like blogher ), but Geoff was trying hard ensure a gender balanced program and succeeded. more like the Berkman Center Thursday evening blogger meetups I used to attend from 2005-2007. This is just a sampling.