Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2014

Here’s Dianne’s winning submission in its entirety: “The Pottsboro Library has made bridging the digital divide for teens a priority. A local TV station employee was hired to work with the teens in a 6-week course where they created a promotional video for the library. The teens also have access to GoPro and Nikon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2012

Generosity is baked into my DNA and I can’t help it. When I was in the third grade, I volunteered to bake cupcakes to help fundraise for Lucy the Elephant (who thankfully survived super storm Sandy ). Here’s some resources from VolunteerMatch if you want to volunteer your time to help out hunger organizations.

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Qgiv

JUNE 1, 2021

This article offers suggestions to help churches like yours grow giving with church fundraising events. We’ve created a ton of handy Giving Tuesday resources to help you get started! Instead of spending more money to acquire new supporters to help raise funds, it is more cost-effective to retain your donors. Craft parties.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2012

As more tablets and smartphones are making their way into the classroom, it makes sense that there are a number of apps aimed at helping young people with their education and job preparedness. One of those is a mobile-web app called Forage City , which helps community members share surplus food with one another. iStudiez Pro.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Over the past year, I've noticed a strange trend in the calls I receive about upcoming participatory museum projects: the majority of them are being planned for teen audiences. Why are teens over-represented in participatory projects? Teens are a known (and somewhat controllable) entity. The first of these reasons is practical.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Famous on MySpace and to teens across the world, outside of MySpace they are hardly known. Recent reports have alluded to class and race divisions between MySpace and Facebook users. MySpace users know this… and most help MySpace by reporting the Spammers. Nonprofit movements have been born on MySpace.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2021

For example: “Many teen girls struggle with their self-esteem thanks to Instagram and Snapchat. Please help us open the door for a teen to attend our personal development conference, benefit from having a mentor, and get on a path to college and a career.” . We are starting a career center! See how that works?

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Qgiv

MAY 26, 2021

Now that you’re familiar with what P2P fundraising is, let’s dive in to how school groups like yours can use this fundraising style to raise more funds and help more kids be successful. 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.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Smooth Transition began working to reach at-risk teens early — before they dropped out of high school or left the foster care system. It later expanded its program to include all at-risk populations, including displaced adults, as a means to better help the community. Breaking Harmful Cycles.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Maybe think about activities you could support that would offer parents a place for their kids to go and learn, like a movie series, art classes, or a small-scale concert. As kids become teens, encourage them to volunteer with your organization. Could your teen volunteers help run the kids programs? Can’t think of any?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

Often, setting a deadline to fund the campaign will help your nonprofit reach its goal. Peer-to-peer fundraising is when a nonprofit asks many individuals to help fundraise by creating their own fundraising pages. See Hope Grow raised nearly $460,000 for TreeHouse teens. For example, “ It’s #WorldWaterDay!

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 16, 2014

As I prepped for what I wanted to say to the next graduating class of Public Allies Arizona, I took a queue from my own days as an ally and reflected. I remembered that it was becoming a mom that inspired me to pursue a life and career that aimed to help better my community, and help shape an even better one for my daughter.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2019

Nearly 2/3 of teens use social media to inform their college decision. Use an editorial calendar to help manage what you want to share with prospective students and their families. Use interns to help you retain your edge. Current students can help you get the platform and the messaging right for peer audiences.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Some employees are looking to engage in a quick event like answering questions for a student that takes a few minutes online, while others may be wanting to commit to a skills-based volunteering position that will help a nonprofit create a lasting strategy. Perhaps your event is teaching a class or babysitting some kids.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 14, 2022

Take a look at how HikeFor.com is helping Donate Life America raise funds. We love the New York Public Library’s Anti-Proms , which provide an alternative, safe space regardless of sexuality, gender identity, and any other reason for NYC teens. Use a crowdfunding strategy or strategic peer-to-peer asks. Host a Prom for a Purpose.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 21, 2015

This location-based apps helps users find LGBT-friendly healthcare providers, mental health specialists, and providers that specialize in transgender health in San Francisco. The Sage Centers offer older adults a safe and comfortable space to learn tech basics and take classes to expand on their skills.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

By Audrey Phillips , a customer success manager at Classy – a social enterprise that creates world-class online fundraising software for nonprofits, modernizing the giving experience to accelerate social impact around the world. Having an event to officially launch the campaign helped increase excitement and engagement from our staff.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 26, 2010

Machine Project is a non-profit storefront arts venue that hosts a dizzying array of eclectic classes, workshops, events, and occasional exhibits. PieLab resembles other community development projects: it employs struggling teens, provides local entrepreneurs and organizations with space and support, and brings together diverse folks.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

Assistant director John Klima explained: "We get a ton of usage on our public PCs, and the RCI program is going to help us continue to provide this valuable service to our community." Legacy of Hope has leveraged Cisco networking equipment donations from TechSoup and some help installing them from Cisco volunteers.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2018

As our speakers in the session focused on “data-driven storytelling” highlighted, analytic reports don’t replace meetings, but they can certainly help them. Think carefully about what questions could result in data points that can help guide funding decisions, smart partnerships, and stronger board relationships.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

Research libraries have been facing daunting challenges in the digital world, but not everything is digital in research and the library really wants to connect people with the curators and staff that can help them. Trying to engaged the teen-to-twenty-something who normally may not use the research library.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 23, 2019

Just this year, postage has increased from 50 cents to 55 cents for First Class mail. According to Nielsen, 81% of global respondents feel strongly that companies should help improve the environment. Both physical membership cards and snail mail marketing materials can be taxing for these organizations.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 19, 2015

After jumping in, you swam across the short length of the hole (about 10 yards), and emerge, wet and freezing, only to get to race through temps in the teens to try to warm up in a lukewarm hot tub. My graduate school class at the Wisconsin School of Business raised more than $10k for the Wisconsin Special Olympics.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Expressing their emotions so openly was a new and uneasy task, but with the help of a wonderful facilitator, Conso Buzabo , they intuitively shared their compassionate connections through simple art making. We are also funding very special after school art classes in Afghanistan through our partnership with Trust In Education.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 18, 2022

TikTok Videos: Not Just for Dancing Teens. It’s helpful to first examine the different ways in which your nonprofit can leverage the platform for success. It can help to team up with a TikTok influencer or popular for-profit brand. Users with under 1,000 followers have an average engagement rate of 51.1%. The majority of U.S.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2014

Are you… Helping youth develop lifelong skills? We want you to tell us how you are using products donated through TechSoup to help the youth in your community develop valuable life skills that will prepare them to take full advantage of their bright futures. A TechSoup customer? Interested in winning this tablet? Ready to enter?

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NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

Research libraries have been facing daunting challenges in the digital world, but not everything is digital in research and the library really wants to connect people with the curators and staff that can help them. Trying to engaged the teen-to-twenty-something who normally may not use the research library.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 18, 2015

The people were of all ages--moms with babies strapped to their fronts, six year-olds using skillsaws, pre-teens building robots, teenagers doing homework. There was a spirit of conviviality and purpose and helpfulness and Spanglish in the air. I helped paint that sign." "I I knew I could learn a lot from it. No visible bylines.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Let''s say you work at an organization that mostly caters to a middle and upper-class, white audience. Guards staring at black teens and grumbling about their clothes. These kids are different from the mostly middle or upper-class white kids who volunteer at many science centers. What does it take to make that happen?

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Museum 2.0

JULY 28, 2010

Let's say you work at an organization that mostly caters to a middle and upper-class, white audience. Guards staring at black teens and grumbling about their clothes. These kids are different from the mostly middle or upper-class white kids who volunteer at many science centers. What does it take to make that happen?

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 13, 2007

They took regular classes, museum-specific classes, and had internship-style museum jobs. It’s ironic, when you think about the great pains that museums and libraries go to to create spaces that are “teen-positive,” that malls attract kids effortlessly with fluorescent lights and lousy music. Plus, malls are cool.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

I believe that we will soon see a class of web 2.0 As Wikipedia becomes more mainstream as a reference source, there might be substantial benefits from helping ensure it frames the debate in a truly balanced manner (and presents your organization’s critical information, of course). How about Digg ?

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

I believe that we will soon see a class of web 2.0 As Wikipedia becomes more mainstream as a reference source, there might be substantial benefits from helping ensure it frames the debate in a truly balanced manner (and presents your organization’s critical information, of course). How about Digg ?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 25, 2014

I personally have developed fantastic relationships with members of my EMBA cohort at the Bloch School of Management (class of 2013) that are going to last a lifetime. This can only help your company and you personally in your professional life. Daniels : I believe that everyone wants to help their community in some way.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

As part of 14LCS, we at NTEN were excited to recognize a few individuals and organizations who have gone above and beyond to push the limits, redefine the way we approach social impact, and help chart a course for all of us to follow. These open source applications are helping to make government work better for everyone.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2007

Chris Lawrence writes about one group of teens who addressed the Society directly as a "you" embodying white privilege. An early talk-back in that conservation-minded exhibition asked, 'What can you do to help the environment?' How often does your enemy acknowledge you?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 21, 2006

We also do a backyard garden assistance program, where we help residents start gardens. We do an adult cooking class, as well. So usually half the kids are in the cooking class while the other half are in the garden, doing an activity, and they rotate every other week. We do a lot of work with teens in the summertime.

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