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Meet A Cambodian BlogHer: Sopheap Chak

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This was a trip to bring urban young people to experience life in a rural area and to deliver school supplies for children who live in the province and are very poor. I can talk about my volunteer efforts to help poor children in the remote province. How come there are not so many BlogHers in Cambodia?

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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. Name your children after them. " Be A Role Model of Generosity.

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Be A Better Inspiration: Vote For Beth's Blog Readers on Yahoo

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The first thing that came to mind was the extraordinary generosity that you all showed in supporting the campaign to send Leng Sopharath to college. I just entered you, dear readers, in the Be A Better Inspiration Contest over at Yahoo. The contest is about telling a story about someone's good deed on behalf of an nonprofit organizations.

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The Jing Project: Embed Screencasts Into Conversation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

That in and of itsef is a little mind blowing. So, I starting worrying about the Internet connection in Cambodia. The very calm Preetamrai , the Southeast Asian Editor for Global Voices who is also attending and leading a workshop at the Cambodia Bloggers Summit told me about his very cool new app from Techsmith, JingProject.

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5 Steps for Beginners in Peer-to-Peer Fundraising

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For example, the Carlisle Family YMCA raised $83,607 to provide scholarships for children in need to participate in its programs by setting a goal and engaging individuals to raise money with personal and team fundraising pages. People often organize into teams to participate and raise funds, and physical action is required.

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

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With that in mind, World of Good has really launched a kind of retail strategy, looking a lot like Hallmark. We started about two years ago with that commercial mission in mind, and we now have 1,000 stores across the United States that have a small section, a World of Good "footprint" in their store. So anyway, it is really exciting.

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Off the Mat, Into the World: An Interview with Seane Corn

Have Fun - Do Good

On March 5, 2009 I interviewed yoga teacher and co-Founder of Off the Mat, Into the World, Seane Corn , for the Big Vision Podcast shortly after she returned from a trip to Cambodia with participants from Off the Mat, Into the World's Seva Challenge. This challenge benefited the Cambodian Children's Fund out of Cambodia.