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YouthBuild Boston: A TechSoup Youth Organization Profile

Tech Soup

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. This is an after school program that is all about green jobs training and making old things new again. More than 15 million children.

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TechSoup Global Donor Partner Profile: BetterWorld Telecom

Tech Soup

Their president and founder Matt Bauer also co-edited the excellent Nonprofit Guide to Going Green. They have a 100% service guarantee, and donate 3% of revenues to causes that benefit children, education, environment, and fair trade. Have a look at Betterworld Telecom’s B Corp profile.

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Kids and Philanthropy: Teaching Your Children To Be Charitable

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last winter, after Harry and I had a conversation about global warming (and quite a conversation it was for a then eight-year old), and we collaborated on a series of green videos. What a great way to teach your children to become more thoughtful and responsible about the world we live in.

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10 Tips for Managing Social Media Burnout

Nonprofit Tech for Good

I was running over 20 social networking profiles, logging in seven days a week, and at minimum pulling 60-hour work weeks. I am now down to 7 profiles, 5 days a week, and a 45-50 hour work week. Don’t update your organization’s profiles on the weekend. Here’s a few tips on how to deal with it: 1.

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Around the TechSoup Global Blogosphere, February 13-19

Tech Soup

Jim profiles a new project dedicated to informing the public about greenwashing. Kelly Czarnecki of ImaginOn uses technology to challenge and inspire children. Amy reports on Green Mountain Coffee's new grants to reduce climate change. Come meet SonicLiving staff at next week's San Francisco Online Community Report MeetUp.

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Women's Global Green Action Network: An Interview with Melinda Kramer

Have Fun - Do Good

She is the co-founder and co-director of Women's Global Green Action Network , a nonprofit that cultivates global partnerships of grassroots women environmental leaders by providing access to communication tools, support services and networking capabilities. Below is a transcript of an interview with her from the Big Vision Podcast.

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Generating Buzz: Using Social Media to Drive Website Traffic

NTEN

Anne is the online media coordinator for Green Hour® , an NWF program geared toward getting children outside in nature. She created profiles as both herself and as the Green Hour brand, depending on what made the most sense. Anne is having a lot of success at doing this on Green Hour's Twitter page.