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JANUARY 10, 2010

In her birthday wish post , Beth announces that she’s trying to send 53 Cambodian children to school by raising $530. Last week, Stacy Monk and I were chatting and thought that our community could help smash that goal by raising much more funds as well as awareness for the work the Sharing Foundation does in Cambodia.

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OCTOBER 3, 2011

Press Release Austin Nonprofit Bridges Digital and Education Divide in Cambodia - PR.com : That’s something that Austin’s Windows of Wonder Institute, or WOWi, wants to end. The Tchey school has a new computer lab and students eager to learn. The team will take along equipment, much of which will remain behind with the students.

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JANUARY 7, 2010

This year I'm indulging in three of my passions: raising money for Cambodian children with social media, teaching a social media nonprofit strategy class, and eating chocolate. Beth's 51st Birthday : This was part of an overall campaign for the America's Giving Challenge in 2008 for the Sharing Foundation that raised over $50,000.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2010

But there is another very important personal reason to purchase the book on June 21st, I’m donating all of the proceeds from my share of the royalties to the Sharing Foundation , a nonprofit that cares for orphans in Cambodia. And if you are going to buy a copy, please wait until the party and purchase your copy on Amazon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

It is intended to inspire actions like contributing to charities, educating one’s children about giving, volunteering for a nonprofit, or to encourage people in their networks to do the same. This campaign provides resources, a theme, and asking all who participate to unleash their creativity to spread generosity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2010

Somaly Mam , Cambodia woman, is an anti-slavery activist and survivor fighting for victims all over the world. Human Trafficking is a huge issue around the world, especially in Cambodia. And, of course, January 11th is my birthday and I'm doing what I love helping Cambodian youngsters by raising money for the Sharing Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2011

It’s been almost five years since my first foray into social fundraising to raise money from my friends and followers to send a young woman, Leng Sopharath to college. Ever since, I’ve continued to raise money for my favorite charity, the Sharing Foundation that takes care of children in Cambodia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2008

In the grocery store, I saw the above fund raising campaign to support a local temple. Immunizing the Village's Children. The Sharing Foundation's programs have touched all the children of Roteang Village who have been immunized, full series. In Cambodia, rural children often die from preventable infection and disease.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2008

During the America's Giving Challenge, when we dropped into 5th place and I thought the race was over, Jen activated her supportive network with this beautiful post, " To Cambodia With Love." I was going to blog it on BlogHer for my next deadline, but Jen raised what we she needed in 24 hours. The children???s

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JUNE 4, 2012

How One NGO Serves 70,000 Children. Speaking of impact, London, England-based Childreach International works in partnership with local communities in the developing world to help improve children’s access to healthcare, education, child rights, and protection. It has just 20 UK-based staff.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2010

My 53rd birthday wish was to raise money for the Sharing Foundation to send 53 Cambodian Youngsters to school by covering the cost of their uniforms ($10 per child). We crushed that goal and raised $4,540 because of your generosity in donating and calling attention to the birthday wish.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 26, 2006

Many children in Cambodia do not go to school because their families lack the $10 for a uniform, required for school attendance, and other school supplies. This year we could more than double the number of uniforms we provide to children in Cambodia, including some for HIV children's group homes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2015

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 29, 2006

She earns a monthly wage working for a sewing school and shop, a vocational program run by the Sharing Foundation that trains young women so they can earn a sustainable living wage with a home-based sewing business or get a better paying job in Cambodia???s This could make a big difference for thousands of children in Cambodia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2008

They have identified the Sharing Foundation that helps children in Cambodia as the recipient. (If Leng Sopharath, a young Cambodia woman, has been sent to college for three years due to the generosity of people who read this blog , follow me (or Chris Brogan) on Twitter , or have connected with me through different social networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2007

Provide 570 children with life-saving vaccines. This project will immunize 570 children in a small Cambodian village against Hepatitis B, diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus, all potentially fatal and preventable diseases. Location: Cambodia | Need: $18,700. We're raising money to immunize 570 children in the village.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2007

I'm working on a piece for the BlogHer Holiday Guide about encouraging children to contribute causes and charities. In our family, I involve my kids in various fundraising activities - from Cambodia to Creative Commons.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2008

At the time, I was raising money to support the Cambodian Bloggers Summit. The orphanage represents a new standard of hygiene, medical services, nutrition, and compassionate care for children in Cambodia. There are so many stories that I hope to share with you about the many children that the Sharing Foundation care for.

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AUGUST 17, 2015

Do you remember selling chocolate to raise money for your class field trip back in elementary school? Or how about asking your family to purchase gift wrap as a way to raise funds around the holidays? Do you need to raise a lot of funds in a short period? It can be a greater fundraising strategy than just creating a campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2007

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. Name your children after them. " Be A Role Model of Generosity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2006

Many children in Cambodia do not go to school because their families lack the $10 for a uniform, required for school attendance, and other school supplies. The Sharing Foundation gave them to needy children in Roteang Village, to the Street Children's Assistance NGO, and to a poor government orphanage.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2007

If you are reader of this blog, you are probably aware of the campaign I ran to raise money for Leng Sopharath's college tuition using the ChipIn fundraising widget. The photo above came in today's letter from Leng Sopharath. You can read see the other photos and read the letter in flickr here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2007

A recent series of studies by psychologists provides the research that proves it -- they have found that fund-raising appeals do best when they are crafted around a single gripping image. It is a young Cambodian girl in Siem Reap near one of Cambodia's major tourist attractions. What can we do?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2009

In December 2006, I launched my first experiment in using social media for fundraising - raising $800 on my blog to help send Leng Sopharath, a young Cambodian woman, to her freshman year at college. I have used social media to help raise the money for her tuition through the Sharing Foundation in 2007 and 2008.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2008

Nhuong Son , Wired Fundraiser for Cambodian Children! Only us Khmer can bring forth the change needed in Cambodia. how much of that 40 dollars acc[t]ually goes to cambodia? how much of that 40 dollars acc[t]ually goes to cambodia?" We hire local people in Cambodia to run the programs. And that's okay.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2008

Warning: This video creates some graphic and powerful images that may not be suitable for younger children. If you don't have a camera or if you're not comfortable creating video content, there are other ways to raise awareness about this important issue. I also thought about the fantastic work that they are doing in Cambodia .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2007

I don't want to you annoy you dear readers, but I can't pass up an opportunity to raise some money for the Sharing Foundation to help care for children in Cambodia. I'll also be asking people to donate (minimum $10), ask their friends and networks to donate, and help me promote this cause. It's important to me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2007

Every time Dr. Hendrie travels back from Cambodia, we had a special briefing meeting for the Sharing Foundation volunteers and board members. The blog campaign raised $49,000 which was matched by Yahoo. Photo in my flickr stream here. The Sharing Foundation accomplishes so much! There's so much to write about.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2006

Having implemented a successful campaign to raise the money to support a young college student named Leng Sopharath in Cambodia that raised $872 using the ChipIn widget, I set up a charity badge over at Network for Good to support the Sharing Foundation's educational programs which provide educational opportunities for over 1,300 children.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

I tried to make the point by raising the question, " Can you quantify the intangible ?" I caught up with Jen Lemen's post " To Cambodia With Love " I met Jen at Blogher last summer in a session about Global Women Bloghers. " Of course you can't. But intangibles are important to note and often inform decisions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2009

Photo emailed from Cambodia by Elephant, Sharing Foundation 's in-country director In this post, I share some learnings as a free agent fundraise r (an individual who uses personal fundraising to raise money for a charity) who is leveraging their personal network to support a nonprofit's programs that help children in need.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2006

I just set up a ChipIn page and widget (see above) to help raise money for an NGO, the Sharing Foundation that supports children in Cambodia. I'm on the board. One of its many programs is the college sponsorship program.

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DECEMBER 14, 2007

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. 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. READ THE INSTRUCTIONS. And thank you. Here's how to vote.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2012

By the time you read this post, I’ll be in Cambodia. For those of you who have been following my blogging since 2004, you know why Cambodia is in my heart! We promised the monk that we would hold Cambodia in our hearts and travel back with our children to their birth country when they were old enough to appreciate it.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2006

Between now and December 31st, Beth is working to raise $750 for the Sharing Foundation , an NGO that works with local officials, orphanages, and NGOs in Cambodia to improve children's lives. As of this writing, 3 PM on November 16th PST, she has raised 44% of her goal, and she started the campaign ten days ago!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2008

Not For Sale Campaign: 27 million people in slavery worldwide today, over 50% of them children. Blandford Nature Center : Maria is raising funds for the organization in a very innovate (and tough) way. Education And More : Has a mission to help educate the children and reduce poverty in Guatemala. suggested by Dave Web 2.

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OCTOBER 24, 2009

I had never met George face-to-face, but through Twitter he made a donation that helped me sponsor the Cambodia Bloggers Summit and raise some money for the Sharing Foundation. I'm doing a couple of notes for myself about ideas that some of the discussions raised for me. George Brett who took some great photos of conference.

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