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Ten Things Nonprofits May Not Know About MySpace [But I Wish They Did]

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Famous on MySpace and to teens across the world, outside of MySpace they are hardly known. You don’t hear about it much anymore, but in 2007 there were many stories of how MySpace was helping bridge the digital divide because low-income youth were logging in and teaching themselves HTML code. MySpacers are incredibly loyal.

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Switching gears: How I found my place in volunteering

ASU Lodestar Center

A passion of mine for the last 13 years has been working with high school teens through my church youth group. I loved my job and felt so fed by the work I did and the teens I encountered — which made my next step feel more like a step backward rather than a step forward. Well, mainly because I wanted more for the teens of St.

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3 Ways Your Creative Can Move Your Social Movement Forward

Connection Cafe

It is a combination of creative, message, people and activism together. In 2007, UNICEF’s creative agency designed an awareness campaign where restaurant customers were encouraged to donate $1 (or more) when ordering tap water (which is typically free). Take the UNICEF Tap Project , for example.

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Consumer Attitudes Toward Mobile Giving

NTEN

Research firm Quorus Consulting Group polled 2,003 teens and adults in April 2011. give campaigns with cross-channel marketing activities that include television, radio, print media, events, and viral, word-of-mouth promotions. These activities drive greater response to a charity's call to action to donate. Donation Thresholds.

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Why I Blog

Museum 2.0

You''re in for a treat, with upcoming posts on creativity, collections management, elitism, science play, permanent participatory galleries, partnering with underserved teens, magic vests, and more. Sometimes, this has led to an unreasonable amount of stress for an entirely extra-curricular activity. As the readership for Museum 2.0

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Second Life: Debunking Myths, Identifying Opportunities - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

Second Life isnt just about wasting time, however, nor are its "residents" exclusively teens hunkered down in their parents basements with Hot Pockets and Red Bulls - there may be real marketing potential for both for-profit and nonprofit organizations. million total (500,000 active monthly) residents of Second Life.

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How I Got Here

Museum 2.0

At the big one, I worked on a small project with teens to design science exhibits for community centers in their own neighborhoods. I started the blog as a personal learning activity, but also for the dorkiest reason in the world: to have something to talk about with my heroes. Heroes I admired from afar became friends and mentors.

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