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Need Your Help for a BlogHer Post: Kids and Philanthropy

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I'm working on what has become my annual holiday post at BlogHer on the topic: Helping kids understand why it is better to give than to receive. I have many examples from my own children and those of Sharing Foundation stakeholders - many who are adoptive parents and have encouraged their children to give back to Cambodia.

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Big News: Startup Challenge to Fund & Showcase Social Impact Ventures By Women

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Did you know that only 7% of women-led startups receive investor funding, despite that fact that women-led startups have 35% more return on investment than tech companies founded by men. The lack of funding for women-led startups is unacceptable, and we want to do our part to change it. Care2 who runs this blog is a sponsor too.

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Foko Madagascar: It Takes A Village To Raise An Idea

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The project was funded by Rising Voices , the outreach arm of Global Voices. You can support the effort here ) Cross posted at BlogHer. The eastern forest of Madagascar is populated by not only lemurs and other wildlife creatures, but also by the Malagasy people whose survival has for centuries depended on the forest.

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Jocelyn Harmon: People, Words, Technology & Truth: How I Have Fun, Do Good

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As Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Network for Good , she is privileged to lead the team to help over 5,000 nonprofits raise more friends and funds online.

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How do you encourage your kids to contribute to charity or causes?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm working on a piece for the BlogHer Holiday Guide about encouraging children to contribute causes and charities. My kids pose for photos in t-shirts (see above), empty their piggy banks, contribute clothing or other types of drives at school, and have attended lots of fund raising events.

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How Can Changebloggers Make a Greater Impact Online and Offline?

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October 15th was Blog Action Day , a day for bloggers, podcasters and vloggers to write about and raise awareness about an issue. For the month of September, Natasha Maw read and blogged in an effort to create awareness, and raise funds for Darfur. She read 31 books and raised $1,1136.60.

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Social Media and Diabetes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A local radio announcer in Vancouver (Buzz Bishop of 95Crave) approached me to join his 95CRAVE Team Diabetes crew, a group of passionate runners raising money to support the Canadian Diabetes Association. As I've only recently taken on this challenge , I'm currently at $700 in funds raised to date.