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Games for Change: An Interview with Darren Garrett of Littleloud

NTEN

We were approached by this newly formed department to work on a game to support a television series the broadcaster was making, set in Georgian London. Part of Channel 4's remit is Public Service Broadcasting. One of their key objectives is address issues that affect teens and give them some tools to negotiate them.

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NPTechTag Roundup: Election Debriefs and Wikis in Your Kitchen!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It will be interesting to see if this advice holds true for the voters of the future based on Dannah Boyd's post " What i mean when i say "email is dead" in reference to teens. And here's another "vertical" video host -- Capitol Hill Broadcasting Network. "Do young people have email accounts?

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Are You Serving Youth in Your Community? Think You Could Use a Free Tablet?

Tech Soup

We want you to tell us how you are using products donated through TechSoup to help the youth in your community develop valuable life skills that will prepare them to take full advantage of their bright futures. If you answered yes to all of those questions, keep reading! Poke around the map and see for yourself. Ready to enter?

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Trust Me, Know Me, Love Me: Trust in the Participatory Age

Museum 2.0

Books are a distant second at 61%, and a majority of Americans find print and broadcast media and the Internet to be not trustworthy." Fortunately, we're not in a life-or-death business, so we should feel even more assured that honesty, not marketing spin, might be the best policy for gaining trust. In the Web 2.0 It's very relational.

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Sheroes You Should Know: Inspiring Stories for #WomensHistoryMonth

EveryAction

EMILY's List , She Should Run , and Emerge America are working to empower women from all walks of life to run for office and fight for more representative government - they've got our vote! Originally from California, Harriet Chalmers Adams lived a life that saw her travel through South America, Asia, and the South Pacific.

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Book Club Part 3b: Talking Institutional Change with Elaine Gurian

Museum 2.0

So he, for example, does live heart surgery that is broadcast to kids in his theater, and he has a reporter in the hospital broadcasting, and the kids sit in a theater and can ask questions of the reporter via two-way mic in this life-or-death situation. So if he’s serious about it, he can attract money.

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