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Ending the Cycle of Poverty With Access to Quality Education

Saleforce Nonprofit

Their fate seems set from a young age: Children living in some of the most deprived communities in Cambodia are often denied the chance of an education, trapped in a cycle of poverty with no escape. More children followed, because Scott gave up his Hollywood life and moved to Cambodia to set up the Cambodian Children’s Fund.

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What I Learned About Philanthropy, Fundraising, and Social Impact at IFCAsia in Bangkok

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

These are two photos of me and Tharum Bun , a Cambodia blogger I met via our blogs back in 2003. In 2005, we got a chance to meet face-to-face in London at the Global Voices Blogging Summit after I transitioned from being the Cambodia bridge blogger. The IFCAsia delivered on all the reasons why someone should attend.

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International Women’s Day: Using Technology to Empower Women and Girls

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Tech2Empower: Helping Women in Cambodia. I’m an advisor and trainer for Wake: Women’s Alliance for Knowledge Exchange which has the following mission: WAKE links high-impact, women’s organizations to technology tools and expert Advisors from leading companies to accelerate their impact and scale their work for women and girls.

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Kids and Philanthropy: Teaching Your Children To Be Charitable

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. And it can be a rewarding experience.

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Nine Digital Marketing Lessons Nonprofits Can Learn from charity: water

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We want them to share content, we want them to feel really connected to their impact and we want them to represent that to all their friends and family.”. What makes charity: water’s stories so powerful is the use of impactful images and stunning video combined with a very personal, candid style of writing.

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Cambodia has faster growing number of open source software users?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Noy Shoung also predicts that by 2006 more computer users in Cambodia will be using Open Source software versus Microsoft. This came from an article in the Phnom Penh Post, an English language newspaper, published in Cambodia and was excerpted by Tharum's blog. Technorati Tags: cambodia nptech Maybe Tharum might be interested?

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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

But collective action isn’t enough unless there is collective impact. How does one measure that? 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. And that’s why I’m supporting Giving Tuesday.

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