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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. Think about that for a minute.

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TXT Messaging Isn't Just for the Kids Anymore

NTEN

My co-panelists, Matt Wilson from Mobile Commons and Kristin Kich of NARAL Pro Choice America both had some great case studies about using mobile to build lists and generate actions. In the last quarter of 2007, the number of text messages consumers sent outpaced the number of calls they make and receive.

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Consumer Attitudes Toward Mobile Giving

NTEN

Research firm Quorus Consulting Group polled 2,003 teens and adults in April 2011. The 16 percent that wanted an option to subscribe to a monthly donation plan clearly offers an opportunity to build a reoccurring revenue stream through the mobile channel. Conclusion. What do these numbers mean?

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

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How I Got Here

Museum 2.0

At the tiny science center, I got to do everything from leading programs to building exhibits to managing volunteers to cleaning snot off of plexiglass. At the big one, I worked on a small project with teens to design science exhibits for community centers in their own neighborhoods. Share your ideas. I used to say that the Museum 2.0

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The Participatory Museum, Five Years Later

Museum 2.0

If participation was my mantra from 2007-2011, community has been my mantra since then. Build community. Every time we encourage a volunteer to launch her own collections research, or empower teens to launch their own program series, or invite new partners into our projects, we invite them to participate. Cheer for each other.

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Jayne Cravens to Serve as Advisor to UN program in Afghanistan

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

That's when I was working with the New York Foundation for the Arts on its technology capacity building programs, including offline/online workshops for online skill building called SpiderSchool. I finally got to meet Jayne about a year at the netsquared conference.