article thumbnail

Teens and Twitter: A Mini Focus Group with Teens

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It was from April, 2008! Yesterday, I had an opportunity to ask about 100 teens attending the Asian Liver Center's Youth Leadership Conference on Asian and Pacific Islander Health this question directly. I was also reminded by one very smart colleague that the Twitter audience card had out-of-date information.

Teen 92
article thumbnail

Mayrie ReNae Annual Valentine's Day Scholarship

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

By the time she was hired as a proofreader and scanner in December 2008, Mayrie had played a key role in contributing more than 1,000 accessible books to the collection. She said her primary motivation when starting out with Bookshare was to help provide timely books for young adult and teen readers.

Teen 129
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Social Networks to Replace Email? NOT!!!

Care2

She said only 11% of teens email daily and that they are using SMS (or Twitter) and social networks for communications. million people in August of 2008 according to the Nielsen Company. The teens Sandberg referenced are doing just that. In Mexico it grew by 917%. In China it grew by 1500%. Furthermore, in August 2009, 276.9

article thumbnail

Who are the Millennials?

Care2

The oldest Millienials are approaching 30 and the youngest are about to be teens. In the 2008 Presidential election, Millennials voted for Barack Obama over John McCain by 66%-32%, while adults ages 30 and over split their votes 50%-49%. What does this mean for your nonprofit? In short, this generation is reshaping America.

article thumbnail

How Cross-Sector Collaboration is Helping Fight Youth Unemployment in Boston

Connection Cafe

John Hancock was approached by the mayor of Boston in 2008 with a collaborative opportunity that falls in the latter category. Boston University provides in-kind space to host professional development forums, EVERFI supplies financial literacy coursework, and Boston’s Center for Teen Empowerment adds expertise in the youth development space.

Boston 27
article thumbnail

MAINE COMPASS: School-based program teaches kids basics of philanthropy | The Kennebec Journal, Augusta, ME

AFP Blog

The JOY program was launched in 2008 by the Unity Foundation, which is based in Unity, with funding partners UniTel Inc. They also participate in Jumpstart Our Youth (JOY) -- the state's most comprehensive youth philanthropy program -- with Jobs for Maine's Graduates students statewide. and the Maine Community Foundation.

Journal 24
article thumbnail

TXT Messaging Isn't Just for the Kids Anymore

NTEN

According to 160Characters , the number of text messages has been steadily increasing: Qtr 3, 2007 : 226 calls / 193 texts Qtr 4, 2007 : 213 calls / 218 texts Qtr 1, 2008 : 207 calls / 288 texts Qtr 2, 2008 : 204 calls / 357 texts Of course, it's still heavily skewed towards the kids.

Teen 36