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12NTC: Engaging Youth Using Social Media

Tech Soup

Shim shared a case study at the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference on how his organization uses social media to communicate with youth participants in the Pathways to Education program. Pathways to Education serves over 600 students. It wasn't until recently that Pathways to Education students took up Twitter.

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Creating Learning Experiences That Connect, Inspire, and Engage

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I am very excited about upcoming peer learning projects that I’m working on in 2012, including several for Packard grantees in India, Pakistan, and Africa as well as the e-Mediat project in the Middle East. They gave the students tests based on content and scored them. And the resulting graph is the analysis of 1200 students.

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The Future of Social: Gen Z

NonProfit Hub

Beth is an expert in facilitating online and offline peer learning, curriculum development based on traditional adult learning theory and other instructional approaches. And there is Jack Andraka , a high school student who got obsessed with finding a cure for cancer and created a test that can detect pancreatic cancer.

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Third Party Fundraising Helps NEXT Worldwide “Live the Mission”

Connection Cafe

As a partnering component, the students will conduct a baseball clinic with the area youth in order to build relationships and connect them with this new church. Students and group leaders attending these mission trips fundraise to cover their travel costs by asking friends and family for financial support. Communicate Constantly.

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International Organizations and Social Media: News, Engagement, and Social Data for Policy Change

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

While the primary goal is for students to learn about strategic use of networks and social media for international organizations, I will also be covering some practical career skills such as effective networking and self-directed professional learning (also called “Social Learning”). CERN (@CERN) July 4, 2012.

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