Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2013

This event is a biannual training workshop on information, communication, and technologies for citizen media, community health, and civil society development in Mekong Region and included participants are coders, journalists, and NGO staff from Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. Photo by Be Chandra.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2008

Photo by Noneck. He wrote a post called " Unshakeable Activism " where he lets you know that the $10 donation can truly change a child's life in Cambodia. We're talking about a " no political or religious agenda; we work directly with village chiefs and school principals to target their communities???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2010

I actually have a repertoire of stories, but one of them is about Michaela Hackner ( Kalabird.) I connected with her through her amazing photos of Cambodia on Flickr when I was covering the Cambodian blogosphere for Global Voices over five years ago. Some may exist solely online. We received a lot of great feedback and the idea took.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

I tried very hard to use Cambodian photos and images in the curriculum, but was not able to find something that represented tagging. Baskets labeled with future projects for the Cambodian bloggers to do as a community were set out. Maybe my next visit to Cambodia I will have time to get to local market and pick some up for souvenirs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

This album is powered by BubbleShare - Add to my blog I had the pleasure of being part of the Global s community, covering Cambodia after meeting Rebecca MacKinnon. Nancy observes that electronic traces like these are great indicators of community engagement. She assembled them into a bubbleshare.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 19, 2008

I was thrilled to discover it because I had just started my " Cambodia For Kids " blog and thought it might help me connect with bloggers from Cambodia. That's a photo of me and Tharum , who started blogging in 2004. at Harvard University. It was at one of these meetings that I met Ethan Zuckerman and Rebecca MacKinnon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2008

Photo by MeanLux. and video blogging workshops in Cambodia. Folks from the video blogging community - like Jay Dedman, Ryanne Hodson and Coffee With Doug came up with the idea of video blogging kits and donated some cameras. Meanwhile, enjoy these photos. May Mean Lux will drop a comment in english?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2012

I hope you can take a moment to tell us how donations you've gotten through TechSoup have helped you serve your community. It first works with local community people to see what its children need and then tailors programs that are specific to that locale. Send it to community@techsoup.org. How One NGO Serves 70,000 Children.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2007

I am beginning to post the photos, videos, and notes that I took while I was there. August 31st: Cambodia Bloggers Awards Ceremony. I figured it would have a better life in Cambodia since there was a presentation about podcasting. Here is what he wrote: I want a digital camera for helping attract more tourism for Cambodia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

In the US, Dr. Hendrie leads an amazing community of volunteers that I'm proud to be a part of. In Cambodia, Dr. Hendrie has gradually hired and mentored fifty-seven Cambodians who???ve Dr. Hendrie travels to Cambodia four times a year to work with Elephant, oversee projects and plan new ones. Please go read it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Next, I asked them to stand and take a photo of someone next to them and to post the photo on their Facebook or Twitter using our hashtag, #netnon. On the one hand, Deborah Finn is an example of “strong tie,&# a respected colleague that I’ve known for over ten years in the nonprofit technology community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Today, Jeff Pulver , a well respected member of the social media community and legendary on Facebook reposted one of my notes about the Sharing Foundation on his Facebook profile. I was so delighted that I just had take a screencapture for my photo documentation and scrap blog I'm designing on. Yep, it's working! Yep, it's working!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 27, 2006

photo from the E-Tuk Tuk project I just had to blog it. Would love to see something like this in Cambodia and perhaps is a step towards comprehensive connectivity ? The eTUKTUK is a community building initiative that aims to converge the technological benefits of digital communications and new media with community radio.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2012

Flickr Photo - Of Small Things. Note from Beth: I missed out on the Olympics in London this year while I was traveling in Cambodia. While the world acclaimed sports event was taking place in London, the Gay Chorus Olympics was taking place in Denver.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

A community group worked hard to get her placed on the historic register and raise money to restore her to her mid-century glory. Whether I'm fundraising for Cambodia or Creative Commons , I involve my kids. Whether I'm fundraising for Cambodia or Creative Commons , I involve my kids.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

Net2 Houston, August Photo by Eschipul Nonprofits in Second Life Gala Opening Photo by RubyJi By looking at the photos tagged with NpTech, nonprofit techies were either on vacation or attending events. Maybe next week we'll see photos from BarCampBlock ? Maybe next week we'll see photos from BarCampBlock ?

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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. What a photo find!! in Kenya with Mary, 10, circa 2006].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

Full Size Photo here. I am a multiplayer giving a lot of focus into the Web (online communities, socialnetworks, collaborative learning). Contribute to my latest personal fundraising campaign to support Leng Sopharath , an orphan from Cambodia, for her junior year at college. Thank you Fernanda Ibarra. We connected on Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 16, 2006

On Saturday, we drove up to Lowell Community Charter Public School where there was a New Year's party. No time to show him how to use the camera, so not the best photo. The party took place in the school's gym which had wonderful oil paintings of Cambodia hanging on the walls (for example, this one ). And so did Harry.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2005

Inspired by Marnie's musings, Deborah Finn suggests that flickr is great source of highly quality nonprofit stock images, although suggests understanding how flickr creative common licenses work before plunking photos into a powerpoint. Technorati Tags: nptech cambodia. discussion." " Chris is spot on!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2008

I'm a longtime member of the Nonprofit Circuit Riders community. Circuit Riders are a community of people with technology skills who help nonprofit organizations be more effective through the use of technology. " This is a wonderful community. Don't know what that means? MediaJumpStart, 2002).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

We connected through the "cambodia" tag on flickr because I was tracking it for Global Voices back in 2005. The first photo of hers from Cambodia was this one of the four monks crossing the street titled Abbey Road. Builds Community. Michaela is now director of online strategy for World Learning. Year round.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 13, 2005

A tag cloud is a weighted diagram of words used for tags by a particular tagging community where the larger the font indicates more frequent or popular usage. You can also do the same with your flickr photos. The tagging tag is larger than the Cambodia tag. I couldn't resist. In fact, there is a flickr group for extispicious.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

Photo by Life in Africa For this week's BlogHer Holiday Guide post, I needed to come up with a list of nonprofit organizations or causes that BlogHer readers may consider making a donation to as part of their year-end giving. I have two favorites: The Sharing Foundation which supports children in Cambodia and Creative Commons.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

Flickr Photo by Villoks Many people around the world are supporting the Monks in Burma by wearing red t-shirts today or participating in vigils like this one in Cambodia outside the Burma embassy. Changing the Present has launched a Facebook application adding to the virtual gift community.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 17, 2007

The Race for Tibet is asking supporters to sign a petition to Jacques Rogge, the IOC President, to hold Beijing to the standards of the Olympic Truce : "- raise awareness and encourage political leaders to act in favour of peace; - mobilise youth for the promotion of the Olympic ideals; - establish contacts between communities in conflict; - offer (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2008

In less than 24 hours, I've raised $806 to help children in Cambodia using a new feature in Facebook Causes. Non-profits will recognize the potential of bringing on these virtual community organizations, especially their ability to raise in tiny increments in a down economy. Flickr Photo Birthday Card Remix Contest.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Photo by Mr. Clean1982 The NpTech Tag Summary is a weekly compilation of resources tagged with "nptech" by those who follow all things nonprofits and social media. There are 15 projects in the competition, all with a mission of ending traffiking and slavery, including an entrant from Cambodia. Hurry voting ends August 5th.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2008

Then I discovered the Internet and became the community builder for Arts Wire, an online network for artists that used a unix-based text conferencing system called Caucus. I think of those online communities as social media because it was all about conversation, getting to know people, and interacting. It was all about community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Photo from Cambodia4kids. If you're still not sure where cast your votes and want to check out what others think about the projects, take a look at the community slate of recommendations and elsewhere on the Web. Andy Carvin and Jonnie Goldstein interviewed a person from one of two projects based in Cambodia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2009

Photo emailed from Cambodia by Elephant, Sharing Foundation 's in-country director In this post, I share some learnings as a free agent fundraise r (an individual who uses personal fundraising to raise money for a charity) who is leveraging their personal network to support a nonprofit's programs that help children in need.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2005

I think it was more intense than a Westerner's culture shock visiting Cambodia for the first time. Angelo grabbed flickr photos that were uploaded in real-time to add to the blog. Rebecca MacKinnon has just posted a synthesis of the GV Global s Summit: Emergence of a Conversation Community. Technorati tag: [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

The director of the Center has been there since 1977 and is originally from Cambodia. This speaks to another "c" for social media besides community and conversation - creativity. Can you use the number of photos tagged as a metric for something on say, flickr. The venue, the IRDC , was wonderful place.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 30, 2012

They had a chance to win free services from Karma Store, a new technology group that helps nonprofits easily show donors the work they do through responsive web design, dynamic infographics, and photo updates. We were inspired by the incredibly compelling photos we received, but we had to choose just one winner, and GETSET-GO won our votes!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2009

Flickr Photo by Ghbrett. The strong community vibe in the room was inspiring and comfortable. Since this was the last BlogPotomac (read this insightful post about why), the community self-organized a wake after the conference. While this was my first blogpotomac, I was not new to this community. conference in 2010.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 5, 2007

Photo by Shel Israel. I am sitting here amazed that we were able to meet the campaign goal for the Cambodia Bloggers Summit in about week's time. She suggested that if anyone didn't want to pack their t-shirts, that I would be happy to take them to Cambodia. I want to thank Carnet Williams and ChipIn for the challenge match!

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NOVEMBER 21, 2012

The man behind Cabbages and Condoms is Mechai Viravaidya , founder of Thailand’s Population and Community Development Association (“PDA”). The gift shop features wonderful products created by disadvantaged communities that PDA works with, since poverty is a huge factor in procreation and vulnerability to disease.

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