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Ten Things Nonprofits May Not Know About MySpace [But I Wish They Did]

Nonprofit Tech for Good

To Write Love on Her Arms and Invisible Children are two of the most well-known nonprofits that came out of MySpace. Famous on MySpace and to teens across the world, outside of MySpace they are hardly known. Sadly, at the same time, libraries and schools across America were blocking MySpace, but allowing Facebook.

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How Gen Z Donors Harness the Power of Online Giving

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Generation Z, the heirs to the digital empire built by Generation X and expanded by Millennials, is made up of people who don’t just spend time online—they live there. And despite their youth (its oldest members are only now leaving their teens), kids in Generation Z are regularly rocking social media for social good.

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Traveling Postcards: Interview with Founder, Caroline Lovell

Have Fun - Do Good

You do not need to be an “artist” to make a postcard, but each participant is surprised and delighted by their creativity and to see that their cards contain colors, words and images that reflect their strongest selves. Yet, I wanted to be that artist and still do. What is your favorite Traveling Postcards success story?

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Games and Cultural Spaces: Live Blog Notes from Games for Change

Amy Sample Ward

Trying to engaged the teen-to-twenty-something who normally may not use the research library. My focus is on how children learn science. “It’s actually a blast so far.&# – The New York Times. Staged a major exhibition celebrating the spectrum of what is in the library, public programs partners with The Moth.

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How Different Types of Museums Approach Participation

Museum 2.0

Children of the Lodz Ghetto ). Finally, many art museums do fabulous, highly participatory projects that are led by participatory artists who work specifically in the realm of dialogue or active social participation. Children's Museums OPPORTUNITIES - Like science centers, children's museums are highly interactive and visitor-centered.

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The Participatory Nonprofit?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here's the key takeaways for me: * The capacity to be successful is an investment in time. "While none of these approaches cost a lot of money, they certainly require staff time to support. He also identifies the new literacies and skills -- and while he is talking about this in the context of children and education.

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Cleaning Off My Desk for the New Year

Have Fun - Do Good

They launched an annual fundraiser and gift-collecting drive for the children's hospital in their community (in WA). It was a huge success and it's now become an international drive , with toys and books going to children's hospitals all over. Free Books for Kids!