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

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But on social media, creating a small active community of supporters that is engaged and active provides an alternative. Ask yourself, "If I had never heard of my nonprofit before or the issues we work on, would I be able to understand this post?". But reach is not nearly as important as engagement on social media.

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Kids and Philanthropy: Teaching Your Children To Be Charitable

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Whether I'm fundraising for Cambodia or Creative Commons , I involve my kids. We have dinner table discussions on why it is important to support causes, particularly programs in Cambodia like the Sharing Foundation. As Ryanne Hodson points out, making media together helps kids learn about the issue as well as the technology.

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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.  Scenario Cards:   I love this twist - these are the real life examples that get at issues of adoption, information overload, loosing control, etc. 

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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. " He describes some of the work flow issues related to nonprofit using Facebook causes. Ending Global Slavery is part of an Ashoka initiative Changemakers.net.

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

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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." I became the Executive Director and co-founder of an organization there called Free At Last , which serves people that have substance abuse issues.

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Preventing Human Trafficking: An Interview with Christina Arnold

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"I think a lot of people perhaps have gotten a one-sided understanding of this issue of trafficking. 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. BB: What are the real facts?

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NpTech Tag Summary: Nonprofits Lead Fortune 500 in Social Web Adoption, and More

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There are lots of alternative gift giving opportunities too, take for example Save the Children gift catalog that lets you and your children explore a map of the world and imagine how simple gifts make a difference. Your donated laptop will reach a child in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Haiti, Mongolia or Rwanda in the same early 2008 timeframe.

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