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I Want Change: Politics of Shopping

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Why are we holding a sign that says "Buy Made in Cambodia Clothes?" If you are wearing "Made in Cambodia," feel good because it was probably made by a woman (garment workers are mostly female) in good working conditions and being paid livable wages. Technorati Tags: net2 , cambodia , sweatshopfree

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The Pros/Cons of Social Web for NGOs from Kabissa

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

People that spend alot of time online begin to take it for granted - this was already the case before Web 2.0, t fall into the trap of being in a life threatening situation without critical information that is only available on Yahoo and you are 200 miles from the nearest cybercafe. but now new Web 2.0 What do you do when you???re

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Vietnam and Indonesia Join TechSoup Asia’s Growing Family

Tech Soup

The program helps Vietnamese nonprofits to build staff capacity, apply for grants, and recruit skilled volunteers. Kopernik technology marketplace is a Bali, Indonesia-based online marketplace of innovative, life-changing technologies designed for the developing world.

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7 Nonprofits Leading the Fight Against Human Trafficking

Saleforce Nonprofit

Solution: As a nonprofit, AnnieCannons relies on fundraising to support its programs — though the organization aims to be self-sustaining one day — and uses the Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP) as the cornerstone of client management practices for donors and grants. This image is from a trafficking awareness session.

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‘Give 10? Every Day: An Inspiring Story of Giving Back

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: My colleague, John Weeks, is an expat nonprofit techie living and working in Cambodia. We first connected back in 2004 when I started my first blog on Cambodia and was covering the Cambodian Blogosphere for Global Voices. In a poor community, that’s a way of life, where in the Western world, it’s not so much.

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Creating Markets for Fair Trade Gifts: An Interview with Priya Haji of World of Good

Have Fun - Do Good

We don't know how to think about the pricing so that you could actually compare a basket in Cambodia to a basket in Africa and make sure both artisans had been paid fairly." The other thing we do through World of Good Development Organization, is we make grants back to the communities for economic development projects.

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The Last Blogpotomac: A New Community Rises from the Ashes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Maddie Grant and Lindy Dreyer who I've meet before face-to-face through attending NTEN NTC conferences, although we first encountered each other via leaving comments on each other's blogs. Debbas who was in Iran at the time, risking his life said, "It helped because I didn't want to die anonymously and we can discredit raising awareness.".