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Kids and Philanthropy: Teaching Your Children To Be Charitable

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Now a parent with my own children, I involved my kids when they younger when I was fundraising for Cambodia or Creative Commons , We have dinner table discussions on why it is important to support causes, particularly programs in Cambodia like the Sharing Foundation.

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Four Early Lessons Learned in the Quest to Improve Feedback Loops in Philanthropy

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Note from Beth: I’ve just returned from an amazing training project in Cambodia and will be sharing more about that this coming week. Tuan , project manager, for the Fund for Shared Insight. Fund for Shared Insight is trying to change that. Melinda Tuan is the project manager at the Fund for Shared Insight.

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#GivingTuesday: Why I Am Participating in the National Day of Giving on November 27, 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Encouraging nonprofits to embrace this mode of fundraising was the point of the Case Foundation’s America’s Giving Challenge , one of the first giving contests launched back in 2007 where I was a first place winner raising funds for Cambodian children.

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Guest Post by Michaela Hackner: Community Matters Even At SXSW

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. to help promote awareness of homelessness in America.

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Vote for Your CNN Hero: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Impact

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Today, the Los Angeles nanny funds a school in her native Malawi -- where half a million children have been orphaned by the disease." Anne Mahlum "Used to run by homeless men each morning. Phymean Noun "Growing up in Cambodia, Phymean Noun struggled to complete high school. Maria Da Silva "Has lost 14 family members to AIDS.

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Reader Appreciation Day: Beth's Big Give - Congrats to Epic Change

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Blandford Nature Center : Maria is raising funds for the organization in a very innovate (and tough) way. Transitions Cambodia : Helps many girls being trafficked throughout the southeast Asia area. Not For Sale works to educate about, expose and eradicate modern day slavery, because no one should be for sale. suggested by Dave Web 2.

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