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Teen Blogging Project Examples Sought

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We are looking for examples of youth blogging projects, i.e., cases where the organization encouraged, supported, and/or facilitated the teens in blogging (presumably as part of the organization's mission and goals, e.g., to help youth learn leadership skills, literacy skills, build community, etc.). I thought I'd start with you.

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Great reads from around the web on February 11th

Amy Sample Ward

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. Today's teens also plan to be generous when they get older. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of February 11th).

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

Tech Soup

It was recently recognized by the City of San Jose for raising awareness of computer science among teens. Some of this outreach work is undertaken by the hosting library, such as updating web content and putting up flyers for patrons. It has trained more than 470 students seventh grade and up in 13 libraries throughout Silicon Valley.

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Pheed and Sulia: Two New Social Networks for the Nonprofit Early Adopters

Nonprofit Tech for Good

What I most like about Sulia is that unlike any other social network which heavily prioritizes the business community, Sulia launched with a “ Non-profits and NGOs ” channel – a very wise decision in that nonprofits are a powerhouse on the Social Web. Pheed: The Next Social Network for Teens?

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The CNN Lesson: There Is No Hiding on The Real-Time Web

Care2

In the past 48 hours, thousands of viewers have tweeted them, posted on their FB page, sent in comments via their web form, and signed online petitions about CNN’s lack of professionalism and insensitivity of their reporting. Why weren't they educated about violence, and if they were, what compelled them to think rape was okay?

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HOW TO: Launch a Mobile Photo-Sharing Campaign for Your Nonprofit

Nonprofit Tech for Good

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. Odds are a Web-based version of Instagram is coming, as well as apps for Android, BlackBerry, etc.

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Why Are So Many Participatory Experiences Focused on Teens?

Museum 2.0

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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