Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2020

The more engagement your video receives, the wider its reach and visibility will be, giving you access to millions of prospective fans, donors and partners without any additional work or expense. Watch what this group of teens did for their community. But how do you create engaging nonprofit videos? We have to stop this!

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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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

By the time she was hired as a proofreader and scanner in December 2008, Mayrie had played a key role in contributing more than 1,000 accessible books to the collection. She said her primary motivation when starting out with Bookshare was to help provide timely books for young adult and teen readers.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Komen Race for the Cure is one of the most popular fundraisers for breast cancer awareness to fund research, increase access to care, and support patients and survivors. One of the most popular ways that organizations fundraise for breast cancer awareness is with peer-to-peer campaigns like 5Ks, fun runs, and walks. The Susan G.

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Kindful

MARCH 1, 2021

Mission: Their mission is to serve society by making science open, inclusive, and accessible by fighting racism, patriarchy, and oppressive societal norms. Mission: Girls Write Nashville is a nonprofit songwriting mentorship program based in Nashville, TN, that cultivates empowered expression and positive community for teen girls.

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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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 8, 2009

We just announced: Encyclopaedia Britannica Grants Digital Rights to Bookshare -- Major Reference Collections Now Accessible for Individuals with Print Disabilities Worldwide. We have already gotten close on trade books: juvenile and teen literature. We're working very hard on textbooks.

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Neon CRM

JULY 13, 2023

Here’s a great example: “Did you know that 1 in 4 teens in the U.S. has missed class because they don’t have access to menstrual products? Even negative statistics can make a statement that inspires people to be generous on GivingTuesday. Solving this problem costs only $. Will you give $ toward helping us end period poverty today?”

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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. Partners, researchers, and power-users can read through their comprehensive 112 page traditional report , but for everyone else, Brac provides the highlights in a well-designed and accessible way.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2014

Limited space remains; you can join either for the full Summit or snag an Idea Accelerator-only package for $40 that includes access to the Microsoft evening reception on Friday, September 5 and the full Idea Accelerator on Saturday, Sept. It''s really important to have our attendees there in person – ideally from start to finish.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2021

For example: “Many teen girls struggle with their self-esteem thanks to Instagram and Snapchat. Please help us open the door for a teen to attend our personal development conference, benefit from having a mentor, and get on a path to college and a career.” . These jobs can be accessed via public transportation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Famous on MySpace and to teens across the world, outside of MySpace they are hardly known. MySpace is also the number one accessed social networking website on mobile devices today. Teens talk about the organizations at their local church, and thus the church creates a MySpace profile. MySpacers are incredibly loyal.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

Today, nonprofits worldwide have access to online fundraising tools that could not have been imagined at the turn of the millennium, and current best practices are shaped by 20+ years of innovation and experimentation. See Hope Grow raised nearly $460,000 for TreeHouse teens. 1) Implement Donation Page Best Practices. Page Fundraisers.

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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. I was giving access to all my location data via my phone but more of a concern was that app has complete access to my google account which was a bigger concern. A Few Concerns.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

YMCA of Greater Seattle's Kirkland Teen program was one of our test sites. It serves an estimated 84,000 children and teens, so we hoped that this lab would be a serious test of a MultiPoint Server lab's resilience. The Kirkland Teen program in Bellevue, Washington is run by Emily Smith who is their Youth Development Director.

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Tech Soup

MAY 3, 2013

In her current role, Dana works to improve the public's access to information to enable them to make informed decisions about their health. It includes access to training and training materials, and they have grants available. Don't try to cover too much. Is there a particular audience you could target? Caregivers?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

awareness and skills development in children, teens, and young adults. have access to the tools to play, create, and build. Today, these items are accessible to a larger array of youth. greater access for youth and foster empowerment through skills. The Future of Apps in the Hands of Today's Teens. Before, app.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 21, 2007

Folks have set up, in addition to the traditional listservs, an online channel for the Bookshare.org community that allows both voice chat and text messaging in a way that is highly accessible to people with disability. Of course, the great thing is when accessibility works but is just invisible, and that's the case.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 6, 2016

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. The farmer-turned-activist is ready to sell struggling teenagers on something they may want in their hearts but don’t know how to access: a ticket to a meaningful life. Shut themselves down.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

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

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

This means youth who had access to nutritious meals during the school year may be undernourished or hungry over the summer. "Food insecurity" means that, at some point in the year, a household lacked access to enough nutritious food to support an "active, healthy life for all household members."

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 11, 2016

Launched in 2011, Snapchat is an image and video messaging app that is very popular with tweens and teens and increasingly Millennials and Gen Xers. The app and its interface is confusing to most people who came of age accessing the Internet primarily through a keyboard. Sign up for Snapcash.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 7, 2014

has a special page dedicated to online safety for kids and teens. Privacy Security libraries tssecurity public access computing internet security tslibraries' Common Sense Media , a nonprofit focused on reviewing media for children and families, has a videos and articles targeted at parents. AT&T designed an Internet Safety game.

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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! For the Smithsonian ? Start here. The Extraodinaries Got a minute?

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Whole Whale

MAY 3, 2023

IE if someone can make a donation to your charity through a chat interface because the AI assistant has access to the user’s wallet. It is not safe when, for example, they do this when talking with a teen in crisis situations.

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Whole Whale

MAY 3, 2023

IE if someone can make a donation to your charity through a chat interface because the AI assistant has access to the user’s wallet. It is not safe when, for example, they do this when talking with a teen in crisis situations.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 4, 2021

Can a child or teen volunteer with their parent’s permission? An electronic version of the volunteer handbook on your website ensures volunteers can always access the information they need. This is an appropriate place to state that your organization does not discriminate based on race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 21, 2015

While diverse in their missions, these projects all have the common threads of inclusivity, support, and access. The Institute found that mobile phones can increase homeless teens' opportunities and help them stay connected to caseworkers, shelters, potential employers, and support networks. Trans*H4ck.

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Judi Sohn

MAY 29, 2010

Looks like while we can easily turn YouTube on and off, we'll have to manually toggle her school-day access to games and other distraction apps. Any other suggestions for giving a young teen an iPad? I found this screen shot of the iPad parental controls.is there more to it than this? You can do better than that.

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Judi Sohn

MAY 29, 2010

Looks like while we can easily turn YouTube on and off, we'll have to manually toggle her school-day access to games and other distraction apps. Any other suggestions for giving a young teen an iPad? I found this screen shot of the iPad parental controls.is there more to it than this? You can do better than that.

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Qgiv

MAY 13, 2021

The best part about making this kind of event a hybrid format is the ability to make it accessible to others. 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.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Apps for Improving Access. Apps can help make the world just a bit more accessible. She wanted to create something that teens and adults could use and that was also free. These events bring together app developers with people from the nonprofit world to present new ideas and improve on social good projects already in use.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2007

The UgoTrade Blog shares some notes from the event, but also tells us about the magic of Second Life and the ability to provide access to people: Both Philip Linden and Jonathan Fanton stayed after the event to chat one on one with people. Teen Listening Party and Global Kids coverage. That's always the challenge.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2013

As Wyman’s Teen Outreach Program® began to be replicated across the nation, the need to capture learning in a more sophisticated way grew right along with the growth of replication. Being intentional about learning can also help an organization scale effectively.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2015

Staffers also let people from outside of Saskatoon check out books from the library and access other services. A mobile library was set up with Wi-Fi and computer access, staffed by people trained in social services, disaster relief, healthcare services, job services, and more.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2013

For the past few years, TechSoup for Libraries has been part of the Edge Initiative , an effort to create benchmarks and tools that support continuous improvement and drive investment toward public access technology. 3D printing at your local library?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 4, 2016

SF OpenData offers access to many datasets, including crime statistics, business listings, 90-day emergency shelter listings, and even a film location listing starting from 1924. Bedsider was started as support network operated by The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy.

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