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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. So now, if you can vote for the story and we win, we get a crack at raising some more money for the Sharing Foundation. READ THE INSTRUCTIONS. And thank you. Here's how to vote.

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5 Steps for Beginners in Peer-to-Peer Fundraising

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Do you remember selling chocolate to raise money for your class field trip back in elementary school? 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.

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

Have Fun - Do Good

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. I raised a lot of money. I targeted the yoga community.

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Preventing Human Trafficking: An Interview with Christina Arnold

Have Fun - Do Good

When I asked her how much money that was and how she was trying to save for it, she was in a shelter at the time. She said that two hundred dollars was the amount of money that she was trying to save up. There was a woman I met a couple of years ago who said that all she ever wanted was to build her own noodle shop.