Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2009

Hendrie who is in Cambodia right now. The money raised from my birthday campaign would help us hire one of the college students that the Sharing Foundation has sent to school to teach the kids. If you don't want to donate through Facebook, here are some other ways to wish me happy birthday.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2007

She earns a monthly wage working for the Sharing Foundation 's Sewing Project, a vocational program run by the Foundation that trains young women so they can earn a sustainable living wage with a home-based sewing business or a better paying job in Cambodia???s The selected students are paid from their first day in sewing school.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 27, 2007

My husband and I adopted two beautiful children, Harry and Sara, from Cambodia. But, also felt sad when thought of the many children in Cambodia who would not have the same opportunities as our children do. These students are so dedicated that some meet on their own to study on weekends. Sign up here. Why am I doing this?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2008

Hendrie on her quarterly trips) Students, picked by lottery, come daily for six weeks to learn word processing, spread sheets, and Internet use, on our one, slow connection, acquiring a useful skill for future employment. I observed Mam Sari, our head English teacher (and computer geek) teach a Google search lesson and captured video above.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2006

Having implemented a successful campaign to raise the money to support a young college student named Leng Sopharath in Cambodia that raised $872 using the ChipIn widget, I set up a charity badge over at Network for Good to support the Sharing Foundation's educational programs which provide educational opportunities for over 1,300 children.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2007

On Friday, I co-presented the video blogging presentation at the Cambodian Bloggers Summit with Virak , Cambodia's first Cambodian video blogger (I think). Upon my arrival in Cambodia and actually experiencing the how slow the Internet is, how long it takes to upload, and that the videos posted to hosting sites don't necessarily play here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2006

AND, Leng Sopharath is only one of 16 college students the Sharing Foundation is supporting. In addition, the Sharing Foundation is sponsoring 40 high school students and provides an English program in the Roteang Village School for over 500 kids. Donors: Richardo Carreon. Britt Bravo on her personal blog. Ricardo Carreon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2008

are an all volunteer organization and making a big difference in the lives of the students and their families and the schools of the indigenous of western Guatemala. Transitions Cambodia : Helps many girls being trafficked throughout the southeast Asia area. They teach them life skills and educate them to be self-sufficient.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2007

" (Interesting that KhmerOS had a table at the Cambodia Fair Trade Expo ). At the end of the day, I met Adam Thompson who teaches at UofC Santa Cruz and I discovered that he distributes some of my blog content to his 25-40 students each semester. The video captures those on the philsophical side. Lots to think about here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2010

This year I'm indulging in three of my passions: raising money for Cambodian children with social media, teaching a social media nonprofit strategy class, and eating chocolate. It also helps students learn the process of a rapid prototype experiment that has viral effects, can be measured, and improved with reflection.

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OCTOBER 30, 2012

' At our Women's Library in Cambodia, interactive, user-friendly technologies, like this 'computer pen' that teaches reading and pronunciation, enable women to learn at their own pace, without feeling intimidated or embarrassed," says Daniel Ostenso, president of GETSET-GO.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2010

I do this with every social media activity as well as whenever I teach. I asked the students what else does that? This post harvests what I learned and what I still don't know about the birthday campaign strategy and measurement as well as guest teaching a graduate school class. Setting the Right Dollar Goal. Engagement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2007

So, IT people have a responsible to teach people. How many people can use Internet in Cambodia? ITC is the new knowledge in Cambodia. Cambodia does not have computers made in the country so we have to import. But now the government of Cambodia, also cares that people learn how to use computers and ICT.

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MAY 23, 2006

It was founded in 2001 by a group of college students from all over the world who wanted to ensure that “Never Again” became a reality rather than a rhetorical sound bite. Later, they learned that it happened again and again – in the cases of Cambodia, Bosnia and Rwanda - and it was still happening but nobody was doing anything about it.

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