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Cambodia Bloggers Summit: Help Young Cambodian Bloggers Join the Global Conversation

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The idea is to bring together students, professional Bloggers, writers, NGO workers, media, and tech gurus from within and outside Cambodia to share and learn more from each other on about how the ICT (including Open Source Software and Web2.0 Identify and interview 3-5 amazing Cambodian BlogHers and post on BlogHer site.

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Give One, Get One: One Laptop Per Child.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But when I realized it would take a long time before a small NGO working in a country, like say, Cambodia, might be able to purchase a small number of them (less than 100) to outfit a school, I was disappointed. Virginia Debolt who covers the technology beat at BlogHer has a great roundup of the reactions. Tharum was disappointed too.

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ChipIn Over the Holidays

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Did you know that according to the 2005 Kintera/Luth Nonprofit Trend Report : "On average, online givers donate in total (both online and offline) more than 50 percent more than those donors who do not give online." My fellow BlogHer co-editor, Beth Kanter , has launched a fundraising campaign using ChipIn. She sits on their board.

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Tips for Disaster Relief Bloggers

Have Fun - Do Good

The last BlogHer Conference session I went to yesterday, before leaving early to go to a wedding, was about using blogging for Community Assistance. She steered away from using a PayPal button and worked only with donations of supplies and equipment. You don’t have to create a nonprofit or NGO.

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Cambodia Bloggers: Five Years Later – Part 2

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I also used Twitter to get 300 t-shirts donated to bring over for the conference. Here’s a video and blog post I wrote for Blogher back then. She remembered fondly, the netsquared t-shirt that she had selected from the donated t-shirts. It was terrific to see Tharum who was one of the first Cambodia bloggers.

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

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He did his degree in NGO Management, and will be graduating this coming June. I am sure that there are people that look at a post on "Things I Suck At" and say, "I'll never donate to an organization whose Executive Director sucks at multi-tasking," or whatever it might be. Cross-posted from BlogHer.