Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

The book also has a social good purpose. I am donating my royalties to support the Sharing Foundation ‘s college education program for young people in Cambodia. My family is sponsoring Keo Savon , who we met this summer in Cambodia. I could not have written this book alone, especially as a reformed measurement phobic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

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. What a great way to teach your children to become more thoughtful and responsible about the world we live in.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2012

…more likely to be literate, healthy and survive into adulthood, as are her children. I know this first hand because my family and I have been honored to support the college education of two young Cambodia women through the Sharing Foundation ‘s education program. The photo above is Leng Sopharath.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2010

But there is another very important personal reason to purchase the book on June 21st, I’m donating all of the proceeds from my share of the royalties to the Sharing Foundation , a nonprofit that cares for orphans in Cambodia. And if you are going to buy a copy, please wait until the party and purchase your copy on Amazon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 24, 2011

I’m fundraising for the Sharing Foundation , that supports children and young people in Cambodia. Because my children were adopted from Cambodia and it is a way to give back. I was lucky enough to meet Leng Sopharath when I traveled to Cambodia in 2007. HELP ME SEND SOME CAMBODIAN KIDS TO COLLEGE! HELP [.]

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2016

I have two adopted children from Cambodia, and both these young women lived in the same orphanage as my daughter. Education in Cambodia is the path out of poverty and I am grateful that the modest amount of royalties from book sales have helped these young women make a better life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

The idea is to harnesses the collective power of the social good sector ecosystem which includes charities, families, businesses and individuals. Leaders in philanthropy, social media, innovative giving, grassroots organizing, marketing and communications are providing counsel and resources to help build this movement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2011

It’s been almost five years since my first foray into social fundraising to raise money from my friends and followers to send a young woman, Leng Sopharath to college. Ever since, I’ve continued to raise money for my favorite charity, the Sharing Foundation that takes care of children in Cambodia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

Click To Play Whenever I've travel over to Cambodia, I have the opportunity to check two large suitcases up to 70 pounds each. Since I could not visit Cambodia without carrying over some items for the Sharing Foundation, I had a third checked piece of luggage, a portable crib for orphanage.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2007

Since I was born and bred in Cambodia I understand how difficult it is to obtain an education when you have no money and more importantly when food and clothing are scarce in itself. For most children in Cambodia this is a story that is all too common. Most children are illiterate and work on the family farm.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2005

I started to find great expat blogs about Cambodia, particularly sweetcucumber and started to follow the links of the comments and found another blog which referenced Elizabeth's project. I am hoping that I can set up something with my son's class and the kids she is working in Cambodia over the next year. I emailed her.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2010

That means 454 youngsters will be able to attend school in Cambodia and hopefully, fine, a route out of poverty. But there was something else at play for me this year, my fourth, celebrating my birthday with social media and a networked fundraising campaign for the Sharing Foundation.

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JUNE 15, 2010

My pals, Beth Kanter and Allison Fine , have a new book coming out early next month, The Networked Nonprofit: Connecting with Social Media to Drive Change. Allison is donating to the Hope for Henry Foundation , which provides gifts to children in hospitals with chronic diseases. To register, click here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2010

Somaly Mam , Cambodia woman, is an anti-slavery activist and survivor fighting for victims all over the world. Human Trafficking is a huge issue around the world, especially in Cambodia. Donate $10 or $53 and help Cambodian children. She graduates this year!). Make my birthday wish on Facebook come true!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2007

I wanted to get it on the report from Josh Bernhoff of Forrester -- the recent report on Social Media strategy called POST. So, when I discovered the offer which had been posted at 6:00 am this morning, I thought for sure I'd missed it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2015

Note from Beth: Next week, I’ll be keynoting the “ Future of Social Media Conference ” in London hosted by Social Misfits in partnership with Facebook, JustGiving, the Hospital Club Foundation, and the Guardian Voluntary Sector Network. “That’s why I need help from you!”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2012

It includes personal testimonies, photographs, and artifacts. Another exhibit looks at past massacres in Armenia, Bosnia, Cambodia, The Holocaust, and other places of the world where genocide has taken place. Favorite: On A Mission To Help Children in Rwanda. Her vision for the future of her country is young people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2009

In Roteang Village, where the Sharing Foundation has programs that help over 1,500 children each and every day, there was a birthday bash at the orphanage for the 70 plus children. Last year, I got 51 people to donate $10 for my 51st birthday using my blog, Twitter, and other social media outposts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2009

This nonprofit helps to care for children in Cambodia. If you want to know more about why my family and I care about the children of Cambodia and this charity, take a minute to watch this video my son, Harry, made last year.). It was founded by retired pediatrician, Dr. Nancy Hendrie. (If

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2008

When this is published, I'm be flying down to Austin, Texas for the Legal Services TIG conference to do a session on ROI and Nonprofit Technology and a workshop on Social Media. The ROI presentation is not focused on Social Media but will most definitely inform the panel at NTC. Notes for the ROI session are here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Note from Beth: As a supporter of the work that the Sharing Foundation does for children in Cambodia, I’ve seen first hand the value of literacy programs in developing countries. I then went on to lead social innovation at Twitter; she went on to study medicine.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2009

Together we'll be making some awesome wine over the course of a year to benefit @ roomtoread , and with each case sold they'll be able to supply about 60 local language children's books to educate the 300 million kids around the world who can't read. Good wine has never been better! And, with a donation - you get a bottle of wine too!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2013

He loved my Mom, his four children, and 7 grandchildren dearly. One of my most memorable Skype calls was when I had forgot to turn switch off SKYPE during a presentation to health care nonprofits about social media in 2007. Please donate to SurfRider Foundation in his memory. Tribute to My Dad. With 6 out 7 grandchildren.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2008

Sharing Foundation 's founder and president, Dr. Hendrie just forwarded me this 10 second video clip of the children in Roteang Orphanage. Click to play. Thought I'd share it here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2007

" When children are orphaned in Cambodia, their last name is changed is "rath" which means orphan. Every year at the annual Water Festival in Lowell, MA, we have the "Rath Family Reunion" where families who have children adopted from Cambodia gather.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2006

Her focus is on "the ways that digital tools, particularly social media, are enhancing our connectedness to one another and our ability and willingness to work for the collective social good." when introducing it to people -- it made want to play with the idea -- social media and the tooth fairy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2009

In December 2006, I launched my first experiment in using social media for fundraising - raising $800 on my blog to help send Leng Sopharath, a young Cambodian woman, to her freshman year at college. I have used social media to help raise the money for her tuition through the Sharing Foundation in 2007 and 2008.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 26, 2006

Many children in Cambodia do not go to school because their families lack the $10 for a uniform, required for school attendance, and other school supplies. This year we could more than double the number of uniforms we provide to children in Cambodia, including some for HIV children's group homes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 29, 2006

She earns a monthly wage working for a sewing school and shop, a vocational program run by the Sharing Foundation that trains young women so they can earn a sustainable living wage with a home-based sewing business or get a better paying job in Cambodia???s This could make a big difference for thousands of children in Cambodia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2007

I wrote about some of the challenges about using these laptops in Cambodia (primarily - can't load KhmerOS on them because the screen is too small) and you can' t designate the recipient or the country even. Nonetheless, I decided to make a donation to the project.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 22, 2008

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. 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2008

They have identified the Sharing Foundation that helps children in Cambodia as the recipient. (If Leng Sopharath, a young Cambodia woman, has been sent to college for three years due to the generosity of people who read this blog , follow me (or Chris Brogan) on Twitter , or have connected with me through different social networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2008

Making media together is another way to teach your children about various causes. Here's a few stories about some children mentioned in the video: Sina, age 15, is an orphan and head of her family, two younger sisters aged 12 and 9. Opened in 2000, it provides a new standard of compassionate care for children in Cambodia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 27, 2007

I can't do this alone and that's why I'm asking my blogger friends to join me and in helping to raise money to help the many children who are touched by the Sharing Foundation's programs. My husband and I adopted two beautiful children, Harry and Sara, from Cambodia. Sign up here. Why am I doing this? s poorest families.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2008

Essentially, I am asking YOU for $10 (USD) to help children in Cambodia. I am just one woman along with many other generous people who want to make a difference in the lives of Cambodian children. I'm amazed at the power of the Social Web to help my charity get this far, but please don't let the $50,000 slip away!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

I have a particular interest area (Cambodia children) and I'm on the board of the Sharing Foundation. My giving style is streamlined. So, most of my charitable giving goes there. Next, in line are several organizations where I serve as a board member and a select few Cambodian charities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2008

Warning: This video creates some graphic and powerful images that may not be suitable for younger children. This is an excellent example of social media - getting others to tell your story or user generated content. I also thought about the fantastic work that they are doing in Cambodia . I'll be posting on Wednesday.

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