Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2012

NYC Haunts is a mobile game created by the Global Kids Online Leadership Organization in a partnership with the New York Public Library. Created by local NYC students, this game is designed to be played in and around city libraries and teaches players how to use library resources. Additional Resources.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 25, 2014

When I was working at a tech magazine, my colleagues would often comment on certain months being slow for their beats: May was slow for printers, July was slow for cameras, etc. We're excited to see what's unveiled and will keep you posted on what the news means for nonprofits, charities, and public libraries!

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Forum One

APRIL 17, 2010

They help feature and comment on the best resources and expertise. Share them in the comments below. Along these lines, I wanted to share our latest example of an online professional network that has been developed for the Save the Children's Saving Newborn Lives program: the Healthy Newborn Network.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

Leonard Library. The projects varied from educational tools for children to energy efficiency. Share your experiences with us in the comments! While some were very coding-focused, other events were focused on exchanging ideas and brainstorming solutions. San Francisco Day of Civic Hacking. Census Bureau and the Peace Corps.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

At TechSoup, we're all about using technology to tell your nonprofit, charity, or public library's story. " There isn't a large nonprofit or library presence on Steller — yet — but there are a few fun stories. The Naples Children and Education Foundation (a TechSoup member!), Do you use Steller?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

At it’s heyday, a few hours a day sending friend requests and posting wall comments on MySpace profiles quickly resulted in large, thriving online communities. To Write Love on Her Arms and Invisible Children are two of the most well-known nonprofits that came out of MySpace. MySpace was designed to be a marketing tool.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

But with so many charities and libraries working with children, the weird new security threat in 2016 will be smart toys. Children love it. The intruder was able to get names, addresses, genders, birth dates, and even photos of children — more than six million children. Privacy and Security.

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Tech Soup

MAY 15, 2012

in schools, libraries, local governments, and nonprofits, it was tough to choose just one to profile this week, but I chose YouthBuild Boston because of my fondness for green tech. More than 15 million children. Idle unsupervised children of all ages can really get in to trouble. TechSoup is a great.”

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

A call went out over a combination of listservs and social media channels asking local nonprofits and libraries to share their most pressing needs and dirtiest jobs with TechSoup via video or text. While social media as a volunteer recruitment tool has been a popular topic recently, TechSoup flipped the equation on its head a bit.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 29, 2022

It’s also a time for gifts and new clothes, making this a great chance to raise funds or donations of new clothing, especially for children. Local libraries may also be open hosting egg-hunters for a good cause. For added fun, create a runway and have local commentators narrate the event. Families want to have fun too!

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2008

Today, the Los Angeles nanny funds a school in her native Malawi -- where half a million children have been orphaned by the disease." Carolyn LeCroy "After serving time in prison, Carolyn LeCroy started The Messages Project to help children stay connected with their incarcerated parents.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2008

ChildrensHealth : Children's hospitals always need toys this time of year. I've been looking at the books that I haven't yet donated to our library that sit on my bookshelf (yes, I'm so 19th Century, I do still read books in paper format). Leave a comment and I'll pick the random winners. So, here's how it works.

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NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

The speakers for this panel include: Tracy Fullerton - Electronics Arts Game Innovation Lab Ruth Cohen - American Museum of natural History Elaine Charnov - The NY Public Library Jason Eppink - Museum of the Moving Image Syed Salahuddin - Babycastles Elaine Cohen: The New York Public Library 100 Years of the flagship library in New York.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 8, 2012

They wrote a comment about their experience that got turned into a bird by other visitors in the public sculpture hanging in the middle of the museum. With the support of the National Arts Strategies Chief Executive Program and the Institute for Museum and Library Services , we're starting a new project called Loyalty Lab to change that.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Instead of saying in the middle of the campaign “we need $X”, they share an interview with one of the beneficiaries, or invite people to connect directly via twitter with children in Tanzania who attend the school funded through the campaign. As an example, let’s think about a community library. There’s no limit to either.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2021

They had at the tips of their fingers vast amounts of information and knowledge, so they no longer had to travel to libraries to obtain research and have access to information. As much as Facebook declined to comment, in March of 2018, a whistleblower who worked at Cambridge Analytica by the name of Christopher Wylie came forward publicly.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Working in a Baton Rouge shelter, he saw children looking for their parents, and parents looking for their children, yet matching them was difficult. He also commented on the empowering nature of social media and its ability to let one individual change reality. "One person can take a photo. One person can post a message.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Both of these designers presented compelling images and evidence from exhibit work and child development experts about the idea that you can make sophisticated, muted exhibits that help children slow down, focus, and enjoy themselves with interactive content. The researchers don't judge the content of the cues (i.e.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 11, 2010

Three examples: In the late 1980s, the Brooklyn Children's Museum created an exhibit called Send a Letter to Snoopy. As Kathy McLean noted in Visitor Voices in Museum Exhibitions , while staff were afraid that typing on the typewriter would be too hard for some young children, "kids lined up to carefully and slowly type their letters."

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 22, 2006

To give constituents a place to voice their opinion Example: Ann Arbor District Library System Uses a blog for the front page of their site. Library users can ask questions and make suggestions about library news, announcements and events in the comments of each post.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2006

Its about developing an ongoing relationship with subscribers that's two-way via comments or video responses. Save the Children has posted one of the 60 second posts on Youtube. Libraries are beginning to use videblogging as this list compiled by David Lee King suggests. I love J Goldstein's comment. Reflection.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

March of Dimes' Share Your Story blog allows families with children in NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) to share their experiences with one another. You can also use reader comments, or posts by volunteers or constituents in grant applications. The Ann Arbor District Library System uses a blog for the front page of their site.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

" At that comment, all the avatars started clapping, cheering, and agreeing with quips like "Wow, MacArthur Foundation really gets it. MacArthur wants to know: How is digital media changing the way that children learn and develop and what are the implications? They are walking the walk, talking the talk."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

The themes science, environmental, nutrition, economic development, children, youth, parenting, and leadership are very much appropriate as this conference agenda from the NACDEP and ACE/NETC shows. A blog with the comments feature enabled allows or sharing photos in flickrs allows Extension program participants to discuss plans and programs.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 20, 2010

On a recent trip to the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, I noted a discussion board in the "Nursery" gallery. People feel compelled to comment on each other's comments, writing things like "ditto" or "Get over it!" with arrows pointing to other comments. This is a participatory comment board in a true sense.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 5, 2009

A Crowd-Curated Exhibition (Shelley Bernstein), the Tech Virtual Test Zone (me), along with a new participatory research project, Children of the Lodz Ghetto (David Klevan), to talk about our lessons and struggles working with the public to create "museum-quality" exhibitions and research projects.

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 21, 2018

Everyone has heard of the Make-A-Wish Foundation —the romantic nature of granting sick children their wishes can touch even the coldest of hearts. You’ll find plenty of pictures of children whose dreams have come true thanks to this nonprofit. A good before and after will show how your organization is making real change. AdEspresso.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 14, 2015

Let's Involve Libraries. Because I also write for TechSoup for Libraries , I'm always thinking about how public libraries can work with nonprofits on digital inclusion efforts. Besides, as TechSoup has always advocated, nonprofits and public libraries can change the world — especially when they work together.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Do they have children? If they are families with children, seek out events with activities for kids. Build a story library and add to it every time you hear or experience a story that grabs your heart. Which ones do people comment on? Write down their names and everything you can think of about them. What are their jobs?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2009

It was one of my commented posts. We checked out library books on building and maintaining a blog, taught ourselves some basic web design techniques – again from library books and online articles – and chose a free blog hosting service. The lucky winner is Bridget Steele who works for the Learning Centers.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

When we launched the annual challenge four years ago, nonprofits and libraries were just picking up on the power of digital stories. Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota created an interactive infographic to show donors the impact of their giving. Were you at 13 NTC this year, or following along from home?

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 15, 2009

Like the Living Library project , the advice booth was a platform that connected strangers with strangers--not just staff with strangers. It's like following blog comments. Not everyone comes back to read the evolving comment stream, but the aggregate is always valuable to the next visitor.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 16, 2007

Mitchell based her comment on, but I'm hardly surprised by her findings. It's interesting that science museums have started to gravitate towards "center" to convey interactivity, and yet childrens' museums are rarely called centers and don't seem to suffer under the Museum label (though drunken variations of the Funatarium abound).

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 1, 2007

Ellen explained that in 2005, when she quit her job, she discovered A Treasure's Trove , a children's book by Michael Stadther , in which fireflies and grasshoppers coexist with layered puzzles and mysteries. Sure, they can offer a comment, but it's a one-off, not a continuing relationship or engagement. Not so with museums.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 8, 2021

But most importantly, we love these sessions to be interactive, so please do chat in your questions and comments. Potentially populations served, like children or people with disabilities. I’m seeing some other comments. Just look for an email from me a few hours after we adjourn today. . You can use either of those.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 5, 2010

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Currently, Lend4Health is facilitating loans for the "biomedical" treatment of children and adults with autism spectrum and related disorders.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 6, 2014

Add social sharing and comment functionality. ? Follow and study UNICEF , SOS Children’s Villages , ONE Campaign , National Park Foundation , and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Prominently feature a “Donate” button and social network icons on your home page and every page of your website and blog. ? Online Fundraising. ?

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