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Passports With Purpose: Travel Bloggers Helping Cambodia

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year with the goal of raising USD13,000 to build a school in rural Cambodia. through American Assistance for Cambodia (AAfC). I never knew what online community was before I was ensconced in what I used to call "the snow globe" and then, when I started to connect with other like minded expats I understood. Why: Why not?

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Nine Digital Marketing Lessons Nonprofits Can Learn from charity: water

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With that in mind, here are nine marketing lessons other nonprofits can take away from charity: water. They hit on three major pain points for nonprofit donors: Most donors prefer to know that their money goes directly to helping people rather than to operating costs (hence the “100% model”). How can your organization apply this?

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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. Some may exist solely online. to help promote awareness of homelessness in America.

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The Jing Project: Embed Screencasts Into Conversation

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That in and of itsef is a little mind blowing. So, I starting worrying about the Internet connection in Cambodia. The very calm Preetamrai , the Southeast Asian Editor for Global Voices who is also attending and leading a workshop at the Cambodia Bloggers Summit told me about his very cool new app from Techsmith, JingProject.

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5 Steps for Beginners in Peer-to-Peer Fundraising

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Do you remember selling chocolate to raise money for your class field trip back in elementary school? For example, the Carlisle Family YMCA raised $83,607 to provide scholarships for children in need to participate in its programs by setting a goal and engaging individuals to raise money with personal and team fundraising pages.

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Be A Better Inspiration: Vote For Beth's Blog Readers on Yahoo

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The first thing that came to mind was the extraordinary generosity that you all showed in supporting the campaign to send Leng Sopharath to college. So now, if you can vote for the story and we win, we get a crack at raising some more money for the Sharing Foundation. READ THE INSTRUCTIONS. And thank you. Here's how to vote.

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Encouraging Philanthropy at a Young Age: Teaching Your Kids To Give To Causes

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Whether I'm raising money for Cambodia or Creative Commons , I try to include them in some way. We have dinner table discussions on why it is important to support causes, particularly programs in Cambodia like the Sharing Foundation. Money Savvy Piggy Bank and Spend, Save, and Give Allowance Policy.

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