Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 4, 2009

FreshBrain is focused on an important problem - filling the gap in the education that our teens receive, specifically in the area of 21st Century Skills. Their website, freshBrain.org , provides a social networking based platform where teens can innovate, create and share using a variety of technologies.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 5, 2011

They were on Myspace and organizing via Facebook Groups years before corporate brands, higher education, and broadcast and print media. That said, the community on Daily Booth has a lot of active teens. If your nonprofit works with teens and young people, this is a mobile photo-sharing community that you should definitely explore.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2020

Watch what this group of teens did for their community. For example: We’re furious at Politician X for engaging in this behavior. Join us in telling him this is unacceptable! Want to feel pride and joy in humanity? You’ll be outraged when you see how people are treating this endangered species. We have to stop this!

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

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.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

Crisis Group :: @ CrisisGroup. National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy :: @ TheNC. Coalition for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans :: @ CIAV. Coalition to Stop Gun Violence :: @ CSGV. Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children (CASA) :: @NationalCASA. DoSomething.org :: @ DoSomething. Junior Achievement :: @ JA_USA.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The Wyoming Breast Cancer Initiative was founded in 2016 to meet the specific needs of Wyoming’s hospitals, public health organizations, and other breast cancer support groups. Wyoming Breast Cancer Initiative. Zero Breast Cancer.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 16, 2011

A passion of mine for the last 13 years has been working with high school teens through my church youth group. I loved my job and felt so fed by the work I did and the teens I encountered — which made my next step feel more like a step backward rather than a step forward. Sarah Hipolito , Program Coordinator, Senior.

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VQ Strategies

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Every volunteer wants to feel valued, whether a senior or teen. Recent events, including the unprecedented number of protests, fueled by technologies that make it easy to mobilize large groups of people around such issues as racial justice, women’s rights, and climate change, have elevated the concept of mattering.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 15, 2014

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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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Or is it for people who are not accepted by current shelters, such as mothers with teen boys? Or are you looking to open a shelter for teens who have left or been kicked out of their homes, a need totally different than the family shelters in your community. Foundation Group can be a huge help in forming your new nonprofit.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 21, 2010

With a group of mom-friends in St. Johns — my North Portland, Oregon, neighborhood — I've been working this year on a new, all-volunteer mentoring program for local teen parents. Johns Village Project is a moms-and-tots playgroup that brings together teen moms and adult moms, with all our kids.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 16, 2011

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. You can connect with Kenya through CD Baby, Source Consulting Group , and Facebook.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

Inward Bound Mindfulness Education (iBme) is dedicated to improving the lives of teens through mindfulness retreats. The organization offers weekend and weeklong residential mindfulness retreats for teens, including poor youth and those with major emotional issues. Mindfulness Retreats for Poor Teens. million revenue per year.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 20, 2010

Last week, I gave a talk about participatory museum practice for a group of university students at UCSC. There is another, surprising group that is much less likely to participate in dialogue with strangers: teenagers. Many teens love to perform for each other. First, teens often have incredibly tight social spheres.

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Achieve

MAY 15, 2014

My own burst into consciousness came about as a pre-teen after seeing how the racist policies of the South African government demeaned most of its people. It broke my heart and, as serendipity would have it, a group of my friends felt the same way. Passions are born of diverse impulses, experiences, and associations.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

This summer, I worked with the Chabot Space & Science Center on a design institute in which eleven teens from their Galaxy Explorers program designed media pieces for an upcoming Smithsonian exhibition on black holes. There was no initial design, no graphics, and no idea of where the teen' work would fit into an overall structure.

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Qgiv

MARCH 31, 2021

The group participating in the mission trip, such as the Youth Group or Adult Ministry, are the participants raising funds for the mission trip. For instance, ask your youth group to participate in a fun TikTok dance challenge or talent show. For instance, you might group youth group participants to fundraise against parents.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 30, 2019

Without a diverse group of people, the solutions tend to be redundant, and redundant solutions lack innovation. She currently runs the Louis & Elizabeth Sands Branch and serves youth and teens in the city of Glendale, Arizona. To be high performing, teamwork should allow for engagement, interest and creativity.

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Qgiv

JUNE 1, 2021

This next idea is great if your church has a great youth group with teens old enough to fundraise. Encourage the youth group to take part in fundraising. While teens may not have a ton of their own disposable income, they can ask family in their social circle to give in support of your church. Small group challenges.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

By providing tools and support for people with ideas, the group hopes to empower Americans to change the world, one project at a time. Today's teens also plan to be generous when they get older. The pilot phase launches this month and will support 15 New Yorkers with ideas for grassroots projects."

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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. " Library-Specific Curriculum.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2010

Do Something Focused more on teen activism and engagement with causes, their site offers Virtual Volunteer opportunities so you can take action without leaving your couch! Many of these encourage folks to work with kids and teens ( ) and share their life experiences! Celebrate National Volunteer Week and go do something good.Ê

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2016

As a parent of two teens, I was curious if there were any potential safety issues to discuss with them or if they had downloaded or wanted to play. A Few Concerns. Safety concerns for younger children , especially unsupervised have reported in the media. This primer helped. I was finally able to set up an account.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

What''s interesting is that ChronicleMe has partnerships with two nonprofits: the GLBT National Help Center, which works with gay and lesbian teens, and RAINN, the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network. When CMe participants suggest that another user gets help, they''re sent links to third party help groups.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

TechSoup and InterConnection , one of our Refurbished Computer Initiative partners, teamed up to supply a group of nonprofits and libraries with everything they would need to set up a MultiPoint Server lab in their environment. YMCA of Greater Seattle's Kirkland Teen program was one of our test sites.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Nope, not the Justin Bieber lovin' teens, but women between the ages of 35 - 54. So if your nonprofit is trying to reach this group of people, social media is the way to do it. Can you guess what demographic most heavily shares social media?

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Neon CRM

MAY 1, 2023

Her daughter has required volunteer hours at her school; she may be a good prospect for our teen volunteer program.” She, and individuals like her, would be a great prospect for a group tour of that library. They could group individuals like Donna in their database and then target communications specifically for that group.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 2, 2022

Think about all the teens that need community service hours!) Also, look into young professional groups and after-hours networking events. Even if you don’t join a civic organization, reach out to offer to do a presentation about your organization and needs since these groups are typically always on the hunt for program speakers!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 21, 2007

So, it's just a lot of fun to engage online with a group of people who share a passion for books (specifically, Harry Potter books tonight, of course). Of course, the great thing is when accessibility works but is just invisible, and that's the case. Good design is universal! Technology serving humanity: our motto.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

They preferred sitting in folding chairs arranged in a circle (rather than in rows of pews), fabric banners hanging from the ceiling (rather than a crucifix), and singing modern hymns led by a "folk group" with guitar, bass, clarinet and drums (rather than an organ and dusty hymnals). I chose not to be confirmed.

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Qgiv

MAY 13, 2021

And one group of people that inspires others to give is children. 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. For younger groups, it may be better to keep things non-competitive.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Full disclosure: This is from our founder George, who also co-founded PowerPoetry.org , the largest teen poetry platform in the US. The grassroots climate justice advocates at 350.org We think that’s a win-win! Power Poetry. The dashboard lives on PowerPoetry.org/data , a URL shared with supporters.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 10, 2019

Children in this group are learning about values that will last a lifetime. Generation Z are the older children in your children’s ministry and youth groups. Youth in this group are starting to develop their personalities, finding their way around life’s curves, and even learning to deal with bullies at school.

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Qgiv

JUNE 1, 2021

This next idea is great if your church has a great youth group with teens old enough to fundraise. Encourage the youth group to take part in fundraising. While teens may not have a ton of their own disposable income, they can ask family in their social circle to give in support of your church. Small group challenges.

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Giving Fundraising Pledge Classes 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Larry Swiader, Senior Director of Digital Media at The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. Bedsider’s audience, for example, also follows Jimmy Fallon and Katy Perry, not only other groups that promote birth control. David Almacy, Senior Vice President at Edelman. And you shouldn’t be either.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 19, 2015

Here are two examples: Our Youth Programs Manager, Emily Hope Dobkin, wanted to find a way to support teens at the museum. Emily started by honing in on local teens' assets: creativity, activist energy, desire to make a difference, desire to be heard, free time in the afternoon. You can form a community advisory group.

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