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Kids and Philanthropy: Teaching Your Children To Be Charitable

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A community group worked hard to get her placed on the historic register and raise money to restore her to her mid-century glory. Whether I'm fundraising for Cambodia or Creative Commons , I involve my kids. Whether I'm fundraising for Cambodia or Creative Commons , I involve my kids.

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Community Is Better than Cute Cats: How to Raise Money for Your Unsexy, but Important, Cause

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These nonprofits don't have giant marketing departments and expensive communication tools, but they do have a dedicated group of supporters and the ability to tell compelling stories about the tangible impact of their work. But on social media, creating a small active community of supporters that is engaged and active provides an alternative.

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Demetrio Maguigad Rocks the Social Media Game and My Remix Ideas

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

   He has reiterated this game over and over for different audiences and circumstances and I've remixed the game for filmmakers and even took it to Cambodia.    Alternately, you could add a sentence into the objective cards that describes the audience. (You can find David's training games here.)  

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Encouraging Philanthropy at a Young Age: Teaching Your Kids To Give To Causes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Whether I'm raising money for Cambodia or Creative Commons , I try to include them in some way. We have dinner table discussions on why it is important to support causes, particularly programs in Cambodia like the Sharing Foundation. " Looking for an alternative gift to help a child? " Be A Role Model of Generosity.

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NpTech Roundup: Grasshoppers and Ants - Social Fundraising Off Season

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There are 15 projects in the competition, all with a mission of ending traffiking and slavery, including an entrant from Cambodia. Alternative Approaches. Ending Global Slavery is part of an Ashoka initiative Changemakers.net. Hurry voting ends August 5th. million to support a project based on feedback from the online community.

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

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But we have had amazing response from consumers all across the United States, really buying the product and writing us emails, and sort of getting involved, and also referring artists and groups to us. It is a free web tool that any trading organization or artisan group can use.

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Preventing Human Trafficking: An Interview with Christina Arnold

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We work primarily in the Washington, DC area and in Southeast Asia to promote programs that are addressing the root causes of human trafficking, and to provide sustainable alternatives to trafficking. At that point we didn't have a name for it. Human trafficking hadn't been institutionalized, and the U.S. It started out small.