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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Teens As Free Agents. One of things immediately struck me – the crowd was filled with younger people – teens, college students, and millennials who want to use the technology and do social change on their own terms. Now, I can’t wait for my international projects in 2013! ” Philantroteens. Un Foundation.

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Apps for Youth, By Youth

Tech Soup

Windows Phone) is a point-of-care smartphone application that addresses child mortality rates by lack of detection and availability of treatment for malaria. Khan Academy (Windows Phone, iPad) is a nonprofit on a mission to change education. Political Engagement and Activism. This app was developed as a Coding4Fun Community Project.

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Are Qwerty Monsters the Nonprofit Donors of the Future?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Google and Microsoft sent me mobile phones in response to my complaints about the Apple iPhone in-app donation policy. The topic we explored was mobile fundraising, ranging from best practices, integration and why applications on phones haven’t taken off. What phones and apps are they using? Qwerty Monsters.

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Feeding a Need: New App Helps Youth Find Free Summer Meals

Tech Soup

This means many children and teens who regularly had access to nutritious meals during the school year may be hungry or undernourished over the summer, even when there are free meals available in their communities. The app was created by Caravan Studios , a division of TechSoup Global, with financial support from Microsoft Citizenship.

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Consumer Attitudes Toward Mobile Giving

NTEN

Research firm Quorus Consulting Group polled 2,003 teens and adults in April 2011. First, 50 percent of respondents were aware of mobile giving, and six percent of those surveyed had performed a donation via their mobile phone at some point. Smartphone users outpaced feature phone users 59 to 46 percent in terms of awareness.

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Igniting the 15NTC stage at lightning speed

NTEN

Digital Battles for the World''s Souls Speaker: Chris Worman, Senior Director, Global Media, TechSoup Global. American teens still send more SMS than any other type of message, and send more SMS than any other age group. This is an Ignite presentation about Debra''s story, and how she chose to change it.

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Nonprofits Live: Gaming Recap

Tech Soup

Barry Joseph, Online Leadership Director at Global Kids. Games command an audience of 97 percent of teens and and 60 percent of women, according to Pew and Nielsen reports. Joseph followed with some examples of how Global Kids creatively uses games to engage youth to learn and teach others. Planning Your Game.

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