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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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Happy Cambodian New Year, Fire in Russey Keo, and One World Cambodia!

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It was celebrated this past weekend in Cambodia. The photo was taken by Mongkol who is now back in Cambodia after spending two years in graduate school here in Boston. Unfortunately, sometimes holidays in Cambodia bring bad news and this New Year's there was a devastating fire as reported by blogger Jinja. are now homeless.

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

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What are the transaction and transformation metrics? The first is easy – dollars raised, # of volunteers, etc. Giving Days are not a new idea and have been successful in local communities and entire states, like GiveMN which raised $2 million in 24 hours using the Razoo platform. What is the definition of success?

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How Gen Z Donors Harness the Power of Online Giving

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I’ll be talking about the next generation of donors and how they use social media, mobile, and other technology to raise money for causes they care about. This guest post is part of many recent posts you have read from my about Generation Z. Having met his goal, he’s doing it again for his twelfth birthday.

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Guest Post by Michaela Hackner: Community Matters Even At SXSW

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

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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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