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Reflections from Social Good Brasil and a New Word: PhilanthroTeen!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Other international keynotes included colleagues Simon Mainwaring and Peter Sims (more about their ideas coming later this week in blogs posts, so stay tuned.) That’s a good thing because it becomes the seeds of many new ideas, connections, and future blog posts. Teens As Free Agents. I had a lot of fun with my keynote.

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Connecting Homeless Youth and Shelter Animals: 20-Year-Old Rachel Cohen, Hand2Paw

Have Fun - Do Good

Hand2Paw's mission is to connect homeless teens and shelter animals in a mutually beneficial way. They provide homeless teens with professional skills training and therapeutic experiences. Show Notes I have three workshops coming up: May 14: Blogging for Writers workshop at the Writing Salon in Berkeley, CA.

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5 Ways Hands On Nashville Rocked The Music City on #GivingTuesday

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Oasis Center Bike Workshop, a bike repair program for Nashville teens, contributed their expertise on bike restoration. The December 3 rd bike donation drive was promoted through multiple channels, including: their e-newsletter, a press release a week in advance, their blog, an email communication the day before, and social media.

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Teenagers, Space-Makers, and Scaling Up to Change the World

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This week, my colleague Emily Hope Dobkin has a beautiful guest post on the Incluseum blog about the Subjects to Change teen program that Emily runs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. Subjects to Change is an unusual museum program in that it explicitly focuses on empowering teens as community leaders.

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Generational Giving at Arts & Cultural Organizations – A Donor Story

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As a kid, I was saturated by symphony performances and choral music. Anyone reading this blog that lives in the New England area may know that the symphony I was raised around is the Boston Symphony Orchestra. As kids become teens, encourage them to volunteer with your organization.

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5 Hybrid Event Ideas for Youth Organizations

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For older kids and teens that benefit from your youth organization, a video game tournament is a great opportunity for them to show off their skills while raising funds for your organization. Whether you have the kids acting in a play or playing musical instruments, their family can watch from wherever they are. Get Your Copy Now!

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Vote Today, Watch on Thanksgiving: 2009 CNN Heroes

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Give their organizations a click below: Brad Blauser, Wheelchairs for Iraqi Kids ( One Person Can Make a Difference blog ) Roy Foster, Stand Down Doc Hendley, Wine to Water Andrea Ivory, Florida Breast Health Initiative Betty Makoni, Girl Child Network Jorge Munoz, An Angel in Queens Efren Peñaflorida, Dynamic Teen Company Budi Soehardi, Roslin Orphanage (..)

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