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

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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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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. And it can be a rewarding experience. Youth in Philanthropy.

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Announcing Measuring the Networked Nonprofit Book

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I am donating my royalties to support the Sharing Foundation ‘s college education program for young people in Cambodia. My family is sponsoring Keo Savon , who we met this summer in Cambodia. The money went to support students like Maneth, an IT major who now teaches computer lessons in the orphanage where my children lived.

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

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At the workshop they met a group of fantastic young women – girls, really – who are teaching themselves to design mobile apps to address community problems like sexual violence. Tech2Empower: Helping Women in Cambodia. For T2E Cambodia , the focus is human trafficking.

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3 New Year’s Rituals for Nonprofits That Can Boost Professional Success

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Published Book Three: In 2016, I published “ The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout ,” with co-author Aliza Sherman. I also continued my position as Adjunct Professor teaching a graduate course at Middlebury College/Monterrey Institute for International Education. Year in Review.

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Christian Kreutz, Web 2.0 for Development Blogger, is in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam Now. Cambodian Education System Changes To OpenSource Software!

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I've been following Christian Kreutz 's blog, CrissCrossed Blog , which explores social changes through communication and focuses on the impact, potential and challenges of using Web2.0 Through following his twitter stream, I discovered he's on the ground now in Southeast Asia and is coming to Cambodia. Ping him over at his blog.

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Thank You for the Best Birthday Ever!

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That means 454 youngsters will be able to attend school in Cambodia and hopefully, fine, a route out of poverty. Bora Vuth, a young man from Cambodia who is attending college here in US, put his finger on it as he joined 136 other people on Facebook who donated to the Sharing Foundation.