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Bay Area Teens Share the Love of Coding (Part 1)

Tech Soup

And they're doing this using the programming language Java on their laptops. It was recently recognized by the City of San Jose for raising awareness of computer science among teens. Kosaraju's father, like many parents in this region, has been working in the technology sector for a while.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’ve just returned from keynoting the first Social Good Brazil conference that took place in Florianapolis, sometimes referred to the “Silicon Valley” of Brasil and where the nonprofit, social good, innovation, and technology community is leading the social change movement. Teens As Free Agents. Un Foundation.

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14+ Excellent Nonprofit Annual Reports

Whole Whale

It shouldn’t be surprising that a nonprofit focusing on closing the gender gap in technology has a beautifully-coded annual report built right into its website. The nonprofit lets the impact stand on its own on certain pages – no pictures, very little language, and lots of white space. Girls Who Code. We think that’s a win-win!

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MathAndCoding Turns the Library into a Coding Classroom (Part 2)

Tech Soup

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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Meditations on Relevance, Part 3: Who Decides What's Relevant?

Museum 2.0

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. We start with the community and build to projects.

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How Will Your Nonprofit Raise Money in 2012?

NTEN

Over the next four years, innovative organizations will use technology to transfer to individuals the reins on everything from program work and evaluation to fundraising and communications. Nonprofits are spicing up their social media communications strategy with language and informalities that may turn-off older supporters and major donors.

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