Help Mab; fundraising project

Hey guys, we have decided to help a really good cause, it’s to help Mab; a 44 years old Cambodian and his family ( a wife and three children) built a house in his home town Takeo Province. Mab only earns 6$ a day and his wife 3$.

He is asking for 1 200$, please take a look at it and help if you can. Remember that not everybody has the same chance in life.

Here is the Youtube link to understand the project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5_s8FTDGyA

Here is the Facebook page to understand the project: https://www.facebook.com/helpmabb?fref=ts

Here is the Kiva link to donate: http://www.kiva.org/lend/632189

Thanks a lot.

Social media have changed our way of consuming

Social media are taking a huge part in our everyday life. We see them everywhere. They have change our way of living. Today, we are going to focus on how they have changed our shopping and consumption habits.

Social media are so intrusive that they actually have managed to change our way of living, our way of consuming. Indeed, today, we find it easier to shop online as it “goes faster” and is “easier”. We do not need to move anymore to buy what we need, we just have to sit there and in a click of a button we get what we want. Doing our shopping online allows us to gain time in our routine.  The advantage of buying your cloth or food online is that it goes fast and you can do many things whilst doing your shopping. You can also compare the products, and check out what product is cheaper or not and get promotions. But it also has a disadvantage as when you shop online, you might make mistakes in size, type, or the brand and changing it is much harder than if you do your shopping into a basic shop.

Social media also changed our way of consuming, as we do not trust our surrounding anymore. When we need advice, points of views; we do not ask the people we know and in which we trust, we ask the Internet and social media to get a more global point of view. Nowadays we have more trust in opinions on the social media. The advantage of that is that we get an overall point of view but than again, we probably have no similarities with those people and might get a wrong point of view and opinion.

We can therefore say that social media really changed our way of living and consuming. 

HELP US !

Help us for our final english project ! We have to promote and collect money for a cause, here it is a man in Cambodia with three children who need money to build a new house. If you like this page it will help us a lot ! Do not forget that everybody do not have the same chance !
Thank you !

Kiva : Fundraising project

  Kiva is a non-profit organisation, their mission is connecting people through lending to alleviate poverty. It allows to entrepreneurs and students in 73 countries, to  undertake their project. Kiva lets individuals lend as little as $25 to help create opportunity around the world

  The people behind Kiva envision a world where all people – even in the most remote areas of the globe – hold the power to create opportunity for themselves and others.

100% of every dollar you lend on Kiva goes directly towards funding loans; Kiva does not take a cut. Furthermore all the loans that you send are given back.

The popularity of the organization is increasing. Indeed, today there are :

• 1,015,742 Kiva lenders
• $498,564,600in loans
• 99.01% Repayment rate

 

We have choosen to support a Cambodian man named Mabb. He is married and has three children. He needs a loan of  $1200 USD to build a comfortable house for his family. In the future, he would like to expand his business and help his children achieve a higher education.

We rely on you to help Mabb and his familly lending loan.

http://www.kiva.org/lend/632189

Five ways to cure social media addict

Five ways to cure social media addict

This article is a very interesing article which concern the majority of us especially in our category of age, we are addicted even if we don’t know it. Social Media has become an habit. Out of  habit most of us look at our cell phone every hour to check if there is new pictures on instagramm or pinterest, on Facebook or LinkedIn, tweet on twitter or if there are new comments on their blog

You want to cure this addiction ? Read it !

Social media and work

This video is an good illustration of the danger which the social media can represent for your work, even if you don’t imagine that you are out the law. People should be very carefully of what they post on social media.

The negative effect of social Networking (2)

If you follow our blog, you saw a first article about the bad influence of social networks. To go further I would like that you watch this video done by Marc Maron, who is an actor and a scriptwritter.
What do you think about the use of social networks?

Kickstarter , an example of crowdsourcing

 

Kickstarter is a site where creative projects raise donation-based funding. These projects can range from new creative products, like an art installation, to a cool watch, to pre-selling a music album. It’s not for businesses, causes, charities, or personal financing needs. Kickstarter is one of the earlier platforms, and has experienced strong growth and many break-out large campaigns in the last few years.

 

Link to visit this website : http://www.kickstarter.com/

Social sexes infographie

 

I would like to share with you an interesting article I have just found. It is really pleasant to read and you will learn some unsuspected things. In fact, this article deals with our use of the social networks; not so new you’ll say! Yes, but this one shows some statistics that depends on our sex. What do you think about it? Do you agree with what is said? Just express yourself!

http://www.konbini.com/fr/3-0/battle-of-the-social-sexes-infographie/

Positive effects of social media

Social media do not only have negative effects on their users, they also help the development of the economy in the whole world. In only a few years, social technologies have given to social interactions the speed and scale of the Internet. Whether it’s to discuss about consumer products or organizing political movements, people around the world constantly use social-media platforms to seek and share information. Companies use them to reach consumers in new ways too; by tapping into these conversations, organizations can generate richer insights and create precisely targeted messages and offers. This link helps you understand the advantages for the economy thanks to social Networking.

Read this link : http://www.bandt.com.au/opinion/social-media-s-role-in-path-to-purchase