Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2014

While generation Z is not yet influential on your fundraising campaigns, nonprofits that work in education, child services, and youth empowerment should be laying a foundation now for future outreach. Eighty-three percent of millennials ages 18–29 use social networking sites on a regular basis as do 73 percent of teens.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2015

These potential donors are teens (and pre-teens) with a passion for social change and who grew up not knowing what it was like to not to have a cell phone or be connected to Facebook. Many nonprofit fundraisers know about and have specific strategies to reach, cultivate, and solicit baby boom donors, Gen X donors, and Gen Y donors.

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Care2

MARCH 20, 2013

It lends to asking why CNN didn't have experts present to discuss important issues such as why weren't these teens educated about boundaries, and respect? Why weren't they educated about violence, and if they were, what compelled them to think rape was okay?

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Tech Soup

JULY 15, 2015

In part 1 of this series, we introduced MathAndCoding , a nonprofit that offers teen-led programming classes for children in public libraries in the Silicon Valley area. Bricker says that there is also another benefit, perhaps an unplanned one, to having teen volunteers. like Texas, where one instructor will be heading to college.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2019

Higher education marketers have herculean missions! Nearly 2/3 of teens use social media to inform their college decision. A full 67% of applicants use search engines as their first source of information for higher education institutions. Deliver on your Promise to Educate. Here’s where to focus at every stage.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 2, 2022

Think about all the teens that need community service hours!) Membership in a civic organization is also a chance to educate the community on your mission by building relationships with other members. Check out our blog on social media marketing strategies to tap into your online network. Other Marketing Avenues. Request a demo.

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Qgiv

MAY 26, 2021

What says “educational” more than a trivia night? For older age groups, convert the readathon goal to be less about books read, but pages read with donations for every hundred pages for teens. The post Make P2P Fundraising Elementary for Your School Group appeared first on Qgiv Blog. Trivia Night. 5K/10K Race. Host sub-events.

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NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

I'm at the 2011 Games for Change conference today and live-blogging a few sessions! Trying to engaged the teen-to-twenty-something who normally may not use the research library. Learning Science by Design The opportunities for engagement now include exhibitions, digital space, and education.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 10, 2013

Porter has been a guest poster to this blog in the past and she offered to write up this guest post about mentoring. She shared, “The experience with the teens was amazing. It’s so great to see all these kids focused on education and with well-articulated goals for where they want to be someday.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 3, 2005

The best metaphor for the Walker New Media blog is a fish bowl. Through a fish bowl blog, we can learn more about the everyday life of the institution and how staff contribute to the Walker's mission. This Walker Blog let's us peer into the inner workings of the art institution. audiences via the internet. week to writing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2009

I know this sounds strange coming from someone writing an admittedly self-expressive blog post, but hear me out. The point, in the context of this conversation, is that a minority of social media users are creators—people who write blog posts, upload photos onto Flickr, or share homemade videos on YouTube.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2010

To avoid getting seduced by “ shiny object syndrome &# get educated about Mobile Campaign Basics for Nonprofits and spend some time reflecting those strategic questions. Qwerty Monsters are teens, age 13-17, who have gone mad for texting on their mobile phones. Is mobile the best way to reach your target audience?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2015

And despite their youth (its oldest members are only now leaving their teens), kids in Generation Z are regularly rocking social media for social good. Helping Your Teen Give Back. More than any generation before, kids in “Gen Z” use online technology to experience, understand, and change their world.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2015

Newsletters, blog posts, or recent events sections on websites are considered news. Teen Retreat. " IBME gets both the teen's and parent's signature. Photos of public events or large crowd shots don't require people to sign a consent form. For pictures that you use for current news stories.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2006

Henry Jenkins made his first official appearance in Second Life visiting the Teen version, known as the "Teen Grid," where the Global Kids Island is hosting an event, A World Fit for Children Festival. To some degree, the educational value is in being able to reinvent the world. s a powerful educational thing.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 24, 2011

Sarah has worked at the Walker since 1992 and is currently the Director of Education and Community Programs. In the 1990s, we decided we wanted to engage a teen audience. We created a teen arts council, invested in staff, and invested in programming. And the guards were watching them; they didn't trust teens.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

As frequent readers of this blog know, many pitfalls of online contests have been discussed here. million to the winning ideas across six categories, including: Health, Arts & Culture, Food & Shelter, The Planet, Neighborhoods and Education. Each month, Pepsi will award grants up to $1.3

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2007

When I arrived to check it out, I heard Michael Verdi talking to a few others about the video blogging documentary. It was a little strange, reminded me of citizen band or "CB" radios we used to use as teens in the late 1970's. The videobloggers were using it on their wiki.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 3, 2016

Welcome to a new ASU Lodestar Center Blog series, “Get to Know the Lodestar Center!” Education as a tool to extend one’s understanding, build on shared and individual experiences, and think critically about the world. I got a group of 8 teens together and I taught them a simple Photoshop project. Any secondary interests?

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 1, 2006

Courtney Macavinta, coauthor of RESPECT: A Girl's Guide to Getting Respect & Dealing When Your Line is Crossed , talks about her experience as a GFC mentor on her blog : One of the most amazing experiences I get to have week after week is coaching Girls For A Change Team 13 at Overfelt High School in San Jose. girl social change mentor

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Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2015

If you're a regular reader of this blog, you've probably encountered one of my twice-monthly roundups of nonprofit tech meetups. Seattle, Washington: Tech Education Resources for Nonprofits (Staff and Volunteers). Beirut, Lebanon: Android Development for Teens. Naples, Florida: Strategic Planning. Monday, April 13, 2015.

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AFP Blog

JULY 5, 2011

They also participate in Jumpstart Our Youth (JOY) -- the state's most comprehensive youth philanthropy program -- with Jobs for Maine's Graduates students statewide.

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NTEN

AUGUST 16, 2011

For the first time, this year's Games for Change Festival created an opportunity for producers of games in development to get live feedback from leading game designers, educators, and funders on the main stage. Ludwig is a game aimed at educators and students alike. THE BOTTOM LINE.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 16, 2009

I know this sounds strange coming from someone writing an admittedly self-expressive blog post, but hear me out. The point, in the context of this conversation, is that a minority of social media users are creators—people who write blog posts, upload photos onto Flickr, or share homemade videos on YouTube.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

Another point of intersection here for me is Henry Jenkins recently published 72-page white paper " Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century." He also identifies the new literacies and skills -- and while he is talking about this in the context of children and education.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

It will be interesting to see if this advice holds true for the voters of the future based on Dannah Boyd's post " What i mean when i say "email is dead" in reference to teens. " These are examples of vlog or blog raising - raising money from people via your blog. Newly Discovered NpTech Blogs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

That's my avatar, I'm live blogging from Second Life. That's Danah Boyd in RL who was also live blogging the event. He was also in NYC and live blogging the event as was Danah Boyd - the official MacArthur Foundation live blogger. Educators need to intervene and make creative alliances. local time).

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

The last two weeks of the contest, Amy and 10 others worked 8-10 hours a day blogging, emailing supporters, making phone calls, and recruiting teens and college students to help them towards gathering donations for the Cause. We also utilized our blog to get more people informed about Facebook Causes. How did they do it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2008

Julia Smith, who blogs at the idealist and was in the room asked "Where are the twenty something/millennial bloggers writing about social change, activism, and nonprofits?" And, on the sidebar, there are some links to young people's blogs. Blogs by Gen Y. I discovered Amy's NpTech blog about a year ago, maybe longer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2010

The top 100 included a mix of nonprofits with an operating budget of under $10 million with programs in designated Chase corporate responsibility areas: education, health care, housing, the environment, combating hunger, arts and culture, human services and animal welfare. .

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

The last two weeks of the contest, Amy and 10 others worked 8-10 hours a day blogging, emailing supporters, making phone calls, and recruiting teens and college students to help them towards gathering donations for the Cause. We also utilized our blog to get more people informed about Facebook Causes. How did they do it?

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 14, 2009

If you say, “we need a blog,” others in your organization won’t know how to contextualize that within the programs and mission of the institution. Or maybe education staff are not willing to engage real-time visitors in dialogue around controversial issues. Second, you need to find the right tool to implement your idea.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2014

Charlotte, A Young Teen, Helping To Save Horse Farm Through A Kick Starter Campaign. You can read about his efforts on his blog. She also takes the time to educate others about the disease and how to host a successful fundraiser. Crowdfunding in general has raised more than 5.1 A Crowdfunding Campaign To Save A Horse Farm.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 9, 2007

You’ll land on Braincake , their social networking site for girls, parents, and teachers focused on math and science education. Braincake isn’t some fakey attempt to pander to teens. It reflects the GMSP’s—and Jen’s—commitment to creating a set of programs by and for its audience: teen girls. They’re stealing my thing!

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

blog, and it got me thinking about how and why I first started doing this. Ed Rodley recently wrote a blog post about museum jobs entitled "Getting Hired: It's Who You Know and Who Knows You." At the big one, I worked on a small project with teens to design science exhibits for community centers in their own neighborhoods.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 28, 2008

Museums aren't the only venues facing this question: news outlets, corporate brands, and educators are also grappling with the question of trust in the participatory age. Whether on blogs or talk-back walls, people are more conscious about their comments when they know their name will be associated with their work. In the Web 2.0

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