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BlogHers, Gender Blogging, and Linux Chix in Cambodia!

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Click To Play Here a round up of some the fabulous women Bloghers in Cambodia and Linux Chix that I met. Viirak interviewed her during the video blogging workshop) She presented in the morning of the first day about why blogging has been useful to her. Dee Dee with the BlogHer bag! Cross posted at BlogHer

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Meet Michaela Hackner: BlogHer and Nonprofit Techie

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So, she graciously agreed to participate in our panel and do a quick interview for me so I could "pro blog it" for BlogHer. I studied at Penn State University, working towards a self-designed major in web and multimedia design (when it was just basic HTML and Macromedia Director).

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Kimberly Wilson, Tranquility du Jour: How I Have Fun, Do Good

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I've recently discovered Humane Society University and hope to take classes to help better inform my passion for doing good for the animals. Oui, I do love people but there is something so special, fragile, and oh-so-freakin' cute about animals - especially pigs! Have I mentioned pigs?

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

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After meeting her at the Global Engagement Summer last spring, I knew I wanted to grab her for an interview before she became too famous. Erickson founded FORGE (Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment) in 2003 when she was a 20 year-old junior studying public policy at Stanford University.

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

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at 14 different universities in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap with more than 1700 students participating. Identify and interview 3-5 amazing Cambodian BlogHers and post on BlogHer site. This team has been working on a voluntary basis to conduct 14 workshops called ??? Personal Information Technology Workshop ???

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Meet Budley Omegamu/Sombit Mishra

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Prior to joining GlobalGiving, he completed his Masters in International Relations at the London School of Economics and his Bachelors in Economics/History at Northwestern University. I just posted an interview with Sombit over at blogher where Sombit mentions his plans for GlobalGiving's presence on Second Life.

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Meet A Social Butterfly Who Cares About Nonprofits Causes

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Currently, my day job is a graduate student at the University of Missouri's School of Journalism where I will graduate this month. And since this interview is going to be posted on Blogher, I'll narrow it down to women bloggers: 1. This is not to be confused with social media marketing. Trendspotting by Dr. Taly Weiss 2.

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