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Teenagers, Space-Makers, and Scaling Up to Change the World

Museum 2.0

This week, my colleague Emily Hope Dobkin has a beautiful guest post on the Incluseum blog about the Subjects to Change teen program that Emily runs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. Subjects to Change is an unusual museum program in that it explicitly focuses on empowering teens as community leaders.

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Reflections from Social Good Brasil and a New Word: PhilanthroTeen!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’ve just returned from keynoting the first Social Good Brazil conference that took place in Florianapolis, sometimes referred to the “Silicon Valley” of Brasil and where the nonprofit, social good, innovation, and technology community is leading the social change movement. Teens As Free Agents. Un Foundation.

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5 Ways Hands On Nashville Rocked The Music City on #GivingTuesday

Connection Cafe

Last week, I shared how lives are changed when #bigkidsgive and 5 tips on how you can rock #givingtuesday like Camp Kesem. Oasis Center Bike Workshop, a bike repair program for Nashville teens, contributed their expertise on bike restoration. Introducing Hands On Nashville. Get Strategic Partners Involved.

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Six New Games for Change: Check Out the Future of Gaming for Good

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By Jeff Ramos, Community and Content Manager, Games for Change. For the first time, this year's Games for Change Festival created an opportunity for producers of games in development to get live feedback from leading game designers, educators, and funders on the main stage. BOTTOM LINE & FUNDING. MOTHER NATURE. THE BOTTOM LINE.

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

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Famous on MySpace and to teens across the world, outside of MySpace they are hardly known. The mother from Missouri that pretended to be a teen boy and cyberbullied a young girl to the point where she committed suicide.Tragic yes, but MySpace’s fault? I have to say, in my experience nothing changed when Fox News Corp.

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The One Thing Successful Fundraisers Carry in Their Back Pockets

Connection Cafe

Meet Katie: When I first started working in the nonprofit sector, my job was to host learning opportunities for teen girls. Katie” was one of the first girls I ever met, a 12-year-old who loved ballet, soulful music, and chocolate chip cookies. Katie had also been born with a cleft lip. Katie attended. Yes, SOBBING.

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Meditations on Relevance, Part 3: Who Decides What's Relevant?

Museum 2.0

Here are two examples: Our Youth Programs Manager, Emily Hope Dobkin, wanted to find a way to support teens at the museum. Emily started by honing in on local teens' assets: creativity, activist energy, desire to make a difference, desire to be heard, free time in the afternoon. Subjects to Change was born.

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