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

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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! Sharing knowledge, social media, and supporting young people in Cambodia.

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Use Social Media to Reel in Big Fish Donors

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Find out how one successful nonprofit leader does it. Many nonprofits already use social media, including mobile, to raise money among individual donors. But few nonprofits use social media to build relationship with potential Big Fish donors. Identify prospects using the 990s of nonprofits with a mission similar to yours.

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Networked Nonprofit in Boston: A Story of Contrasts

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This post shares a few observations about Networked Nonprofits. Networking: Weaving Online and Offline, Strong Ties and Weak Ties. I’m also thinking of nonprofit technology professionals like John Haydon and Debra Askanase are another example. Yet, there is still some resistance. I’m now an advisor ).

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

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The campaign will encourage philanthropic activities that support nonprofit organizations. These individuals undertook organizing, fundraising, and advocacy – activities that were once only in the control of nonprofits – outside the “control” of nonprofits.

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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. We had to replace one of the speakers and I recommended Michaela.

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I'm Speaking at SXSW About Nonprofits and Social Fundraising

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Yet many have overcome the odds and made a splash online and offline by using the latest Web technologies - for pennies on the dollar. We connected through the "cambodia" tag on flickr because I was tracking it for Global Voices back in 2005. (And, we're going to wear pimp hats ) Monday, March 10th 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm.

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

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Cambodia brought me my two beautiful children and I felt strongly that we should give back to the country in some way. She is also an orphan and lived in the same orphanage as my daughter) The problem was I didn't have any idea of how I was going to make a donation of that size after exhausting all my offline networks.