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. We've created a digital media lab.

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Library Digital Story Teen 54

Museum 2.0

JULY 6, 2016

One of the nonprofits that inspires me locally here in Santa Cruz is a youth empowerment and food justice organization called "Food, What!?" FoodWhat's staff and teens have taught me a lot about what it really means to be relevant to people who are often overlooked or ignored. Doron doesn’t work with A students or B students.

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Teen Arts Classroom Student 25

Museum 2.0

JANUARY 24, 2011

A lot of these partnerships push against our internal ways of working, and while that's a healthy tension, we need to be sensitive to the stress on our organizational systems and each other. 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.

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Arts Interview Teen Artist 46

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Nonprofit strategic planning often gets a bad rap, but time spent mapping out your organization’s future can save you from spinning your wheels, being busy but not effective. Serving as many teens as possible through your youth program is not a goal. How many teens do you want to serve in years one, two, and three?

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Beginner Nonprofit Goal Process 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2007

Amy says that now that her daughter has entered her teen years, they segued to more complex themes. You can give them $25 to spend at Network for Good (which has every charity based in the US) or Global Giving (which has a bunch of international projects) or the charity you work for. or someone else???s 25 to spend on charity.

Teach 50

Teach Causes Philanthropy Giving 50

Museum 2.0

JUNE 3, 2015

Internally-focused thinking. Want to know how many kids ate fruits and vegetables, or how many teens graduated high school, or how many people are homeless? Even if it doesn't map perfectly to your program, it's worth picking a "good enough" measure that everyone can use as opposed to a perfect measure that only works in your bubble.

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Local Data Learning Childhood 20

Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2012

We developed and prototyped everything in-house with staff and interns. We collaborated with two local organizations--the Rebele Homeless Family Shelter and Dominican Oaks retirement community--to conduct oral histories and produce a small audio and photo-based exhibit on maintaining love in tough situations.

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Participatory Museum Blackboard Game 51