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How Cross-Sector Collaboration is Helping Fight Youth Unemployment in Boston

Connection Cafe

John Hancock was approached by the mayor of Boston in 2008 with a collaborative opportunity that falls in the latter category. Over the last ten years, the MLK Scholars Program has brought together partners from across the social, public and private sectors to enact positive change in the Boston community.

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Embrace the Data, Change the World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’m in Boston with Katie Paine as part of our book tour for “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” where we jointly delivered a keynote at the e-metrics conference yesterday. At e-metrics, I shared a story about DoSomething.Org’s recent “Text Pregnancy Campaign ” for teens and how they used measurement.

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Generational Giving at Arts & Cultural Organizations – A Donor Story

Connection Cafe

Anyone reading this blog that lives in the New England area may know that the symphony I was raised around is the Boston Symphony Orchestra. My youth was flooded by a series of Wednesday night rehearsals, regular BSO concerts, and multiple summer weekends spent at Tanglewood, the summer home of the Boston Symphony in Lenox, Massachusetts.

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Free Webinar: Using Mobile Technologies for Outreach and Education - July 16

Tech Soup

She will interview Adam Shyevitch, Teen Initiative Director at Boston After School & Beyond , who will share information about how their organization is using mobile technology for their outreach efforts. Join Kami Griffiths on Thursday, July 16 for a webinar about using mobile technologies for outreach and education. read more.

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4 bbcon Takeaways for Philanthropic Organizations to Power 2019 Planning

Connection Cafe

The program relies on multiple partners including the city of Boston, Boston University, local nonprofits, EVERFI , Boston’s Center for Teen Empowerment , and others. With so many moving parts it is essential that the program be able to stay focused on achieving its desired impact: reducing youth unemployment. .

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7 LGBT Tech Projects You Need to Know

Tech Soup

Trans*H4ck is based in San Francisco, but has held events in Boston, Chicago, Oakland, Las Vegas, and more. The Institute found that mobile phones can increase homeless teens' opportunities and help them stay connected to caseworkers, shelters, potential employers, and support networks.

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Museums and Relevance: What I Learned from Michael Jackson

Museum 2.0

And awesome examples like 826 Valencia or the Boston Children's Museum's GoKids program demonstrate that sometimes putting traditional social services like tutoring or food distribution in a cultural context can destigmatize them. Do these teens need EMPSFM to survive? Probably not.

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