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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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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. For the last two years we’ve been bombarded with articles from bloggers and the mainstream media that MySpace is dead. Some articles have been downright racist, elitist, and offensive… and the comments from the masses even worse.

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Virtual Platforms for Good: Empowering Individuals

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I saw There.com at Virtual Worlds 2007 but did not focus as much on them, being more interested in just covering the whole event and making contacts, which are already proving to be very useful and helpful to me. Teen Listening Party and Global Kids coverage. New York Times article Second Life 101 - some great photos.

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

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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. " Theres a "Teen Grid" that eliminates this completely.

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The Coming Wave of Web 2.0 Consultants and Vendors - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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This article represents his personal thoughts, not a Media Matters position. 6 Comments | by Share Article in Guest Blogs , Social Networking Reader Comments (6) Justin, thanks for publishing this. In terms of consulting I this myspace is the solution for teen or preteen work-forces to get a jump start in the financial world.

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Trust Me, Know Me, Love Me: Trust in the Participatory Age

Museum 2.0

When I read the New York Times online, each article's author's name is hotlinked and there is an easy and direct way to contact him/her. You may remember the NPR stories in 2007 about changes in the way that doctors acknowledge mistakes and offer apologies. I'm reading a book of essays about how to teach written by teens.

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The Coming Wave of Web 2.0 Consultants and Vendors - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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This article represents his personal thoughts, not a Media Matters position. 6 Comments | by Share Article in Guest Blogs , Social Networking Reader Comments (6) Justin, thanks for publishing this. In terms of consulting I this myspace is the solution for teen or preteen work-forces to get a jump start in the financial world.