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Networked Nonprofit Update: Royalty Check Sent to Sharing Foundation, London Event, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Not long after we received our final letter from Leng Sopharath, a young Cambodian woman our family has been sponsoring for college over the past four years, the first royalty check from The Networked Nonprofit arrived! It’s made think about how far social fundraising has come in the last four years.

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Help Me Send Leng Sopharath Back To College in Good Health!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Two years ago, my family and I made a commitment to sponsor Leng Sopharath, a young woman from Cambodia, for her college education through the Sharing Foundation 's education program. I'm headed off to Seattle to speak at Gnomedex and hope to test the power of integrated offline/online strategies. Any advice?)

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Preetam Rai, Global Voices Southeast Asia Editor, is helping to send Leng Sopharath to College! Why Not You Too!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've raised some money from my cause from people who are my friends online, but I've never met offline. Contribute to my latest personal fundraising campaign to support Leng Sopharath , an orphan from Cambodia, for her junior year at college. My family has sponsored her college costs for her freshman and sophomore years.

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Nedspace Co-Working Space in Portland, Oregan will send three Cambodians to college if.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. Cambodia brought me my two beautiful children and I felt strongly that we should give back to the country in some way.

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A Homecoming Trip To Cambodia

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

By the time you read this post, I’ll be in Cambodia. For those of you who have been following my blogging since 2004, you know why Cambodia is in my heart! We promised the monk that we would hold Cambodia in our hearts and travel back with our children to their birth country when they were old enough to appreciate it.

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Meet A Wired Fundraiser: Anne Jackson, FlowerDust

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In August, I did a little fundraising experiment that involved Twitter and an integrated offline component at the Gnomedex Conference in Seattle. I was able to raise $2,657 to cover the costs of college tuition for Leng Sopharath, an orphan in Cambodia in just 90 minutes. They are like a second family to me.

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The Last Blogpotomac: A New Community Rises from the Ashes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Jane Quigley who I first met via Chris Brogan and my fundraising campaign to send Leng Soparath to college via the Sharing Foundation 's education program. I had never met George face-to-face, but through Twitter he made a donation that helped me sponsor the Cambodia Bloggers Summit and raise some money for the Sharing Foundation.