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Using Social Media Internationally: How Not To Get Lost in Translation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by John K. Does that mean your social media is international? Just because you can translate a Facebook status update from English into Cantonese using a Google tool doesn’t mean that you should, nor is it an effective part of an international social media strategy. Hands up who’s got a Twitter follower from Japan?

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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. Tharum has served as a communications director for a number of international NGOs based in Cambodia, but recently launched his own communications agency. The IFCAsia delivered on all the reasons why someone should attend.

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NpTech Summary: Red T-Shirt Day - Supporting Monks, YouTube Nonprofit Channel, and Web2forDev Conference Reports

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Flickr Photo by Villoks Many people around the world are supporting the Monks in Burma by wearing red t-shirts today or participating in vigils like this one in Cambodia outside the Burma embassy. Tobias Eigen from Kabissa presented at the Web2fordev: Remixing the Web for International Development.

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World of Good Launches Fair Trade Wage Guide

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At the click of a button, the Wage Guide converts ‘artisan per piece payment’ to a ‘daily wage’ and then compares the daily wage to international economic indicators providing advice on how to increase wages to meet these standards." Photo: Priya Haji demonstrates the Fair Trade Wage Guide to artisans in Kenya.

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Southeast Asia, Social Enterprise Accidental Tour!

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I just spent almost three weeks in Thailand and Laos on a combined work and vacation trip. Bangkok, Thailand (and other locations). The man behind Cabbages and Condoms is Mechai Viravaidya , founder of Thailand’s Population and Community Development Association (“PDA”). Cabbages and Condoms.

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Preventing Human Trafficking: An Interview with Christina Arnold

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Christina Arnold: My name is Christina Arnold, and I'm the founder of Prevent Human Trafficking, formerly Project Hope International. One of the ideas that they came up with, which they started years ago with the Population Community Development Association of Thailand, was to have village banks. It started out small.

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In Search of Hope: The Global Diaries of Mariane Pearl

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This clothbound, limited edition book includes over 200 full color photos from Pearl's travels, as well as updates to some of the the interviews since they originally appeared in Glamour. If you aren't familiar with Pearl's story, she is a pretty phenomenal person. It would be legitimate for him to be scared; aren't we all?