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Meet A Cambodian BlogHer: Sopheap Chak

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Many people in Cambodia are afraid to express their ideas about human rights and other issues. How come there are not so many BlogHers in Cambodia? There are women blogging in Cambodia. Of course, there is problem with Internet access. Not many women like to study technology and computer use in Cambodia.

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Meet Michaela Hackner: BlogHer and Nonprofit Techie

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Through a strange twist of fate, I connected again with Kalabird one of the first ex-pat bloggers from Cambodia that I discovered in 2005 because of her amazing photographs in flickr. So, she graciously agreed to participate in our panel and do a quick interview for me so I could "pro blog it" for BlogHer.

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Blog Day and One Web Day: Are You Participating?

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On that day, I'll be in Cambodia at the first Cambodian Blogger Summit Conference. Since the event is dedicated to BlogDay, I'm sure that my BlogDay post will point to five (or more) Cambodian BlogHers. For some people, just getting access is an obstacle. s highspeed access. s symmetric access (uploading and downloading).

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Jen Lemen Raises Over $3,000 in 24 Hours for Rwanda Project

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I first met Jen at BlogHer in Chicago last summer at the Global Women's panel. During the America's Giving Challenge, when we dropped into 5th place and I thought the race was over, Jen activated her supportive network with this beautiful post, " To Cambodia With Love."

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Gift the Gift of Charity: Make A Contribution to any of these Fabulous Organizations

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Photo by Life in Africa For this week's BlogHer Holiday Guide post, I needed to come up with a list of nonprofit organizations or causes that BlogHer readers may consider making a donation to as part of their year-end giving. I have two favorites: The Sharing Foundation which supports children in Cambodia and Creative Commons.

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Cambodia Bloggers: Five Years Later – Part 2

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This is the second of a three-part post about what I learned about social media, NGOs, and Social Change in Cambodia during my “ homecoming trip.” ” Part 1 was about NGOs in Cambodia , focusing on the work of the Sharing Foundation. This post is about the social media community in Cambodia.

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Chris Brogan: What Were Your First Steps?

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NTEN Members get exclusive access to ask questions and hear them answered, for free! I jumped on the BlogHer bandwagon in 2005 and followed all the BlogHer's - they were on my sidebar initially - like Lisa, Jory, Elisa, Liz Henry, Lisa Cantor, Ponzi, Lisa Williams, Danah Boyd, Amy Gahran, and many, many others.