Tech Soup

JULY 15, 2015

In part 1 of this series, we introduced MathAndCoding , a nonprofit that offers teen-led programming classes for children in public libraries in the Silicon Valley area. Bricker says that there is also another benefit, perhaps an unplanned one, to having teen volunteers. " Library-Specific Curriculum.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Or is it for people who are not accepted by current shelters, such as mothers with teen boys? Or are you looking to open a shelter for teens who have left or been kicked out of their homes, a need totally different than the family shelters in your community. Foundation Group can be a huge help in forming your new nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2016

As a parent of two teens, I was curious if there were any potential safety issues to discuss with them or if they had downloaded or wanted to play. Safety concerns for younger children , especially unsupervised have reported in the media. A Few Concerns. This primer helped. I was finally able to set up an account.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Once the church was repaired, everyone went back to the church with the steeple, except for the people of the 11 o''clock Mass, where many families with young children, like my parents, often went. The folk group led everyone in the same songs we''d sung at The Center. Often the meetings were about how to keep the Mass in the Center.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

households with children under 18 experienced food insecurity that year. households with hungry children. This means many children and teens who regularly had access to nutritious meals during the school year may be hungry or undernourished over the summer, even when there are free meals available in their communities.

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Qgiv

MAY 13, 2021

And one group of people that inspires others to give is children. For older kids and teens that benefit from your youth organization, a video game tournament is a great opportunity for them to show off their skills while raising funds for your organization. For younger groups, it may be better to keep things non-competitive.

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Qgiv

MARCH 31, 2021

The group participating in the mission trip, such as the Youth Group or Adult Ministry, are the participants raising funds for the mission trip. For instance, ask your youth group to participate in a fun TikTok dance challenge or talent show. For instance, you might group youth group participants to fundraise against parents.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 10, 2019

Generation Alpha are the youngest in your children’s ministry and your nursery. Children in this group are learning about values that will last a lifetime. Generation Z are the older children in your children’s ministry and youth groups. Generation Z: Born 1996–2009. Millennials: Born 1981–1995.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 20, 2010

Last week, I gave a talk about participatory museum practice for a group of university students at UCSC. There is another, surprising group that is much less likely to participate in dialogue with strangers: teenagers. Many teens love to perform for each other. First, teens often have incredibly tight social spheres.

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Qgiv

JUNE 1, 2021

This next idea is great if your church has a great youth group with teens old enough to fundraise. Encourage the youth group to take part in fundraising. While teens may not have a ton of their own disposable income, they can ask family in their social circle to give in support of your church. Small group challenges.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

TechSoup and InterConnection , one of our Refurbished Computer Initiative partners, teamed up to supply a group of nonprofits and libraries with everything they would need to set up a MultiPoint Server lab in their environment. YMCA of Greater Seattle's Kirkland Teen program was one of our test sites.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

Legacy of Hope Austin is a Texas-based arts charity that's created the 2dance2dream program , providing a way for children with special needs to express themselves through movement and music. The program offers year-round dance lessons and an annual event in which 80 children are joined by volunteers from professional dance schools.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

Each person then comes up with actionable next steps to help get closer to that goal by the next time the group meets. The model usually looks like this: Your organization frequently meets as a large group to define short-term objectives for individual team members.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2015

The one exception is if they include children or youth under 18. Teen Retreat. " IBME gets both the teen's and parent's signature. When photographing groups at large events, asking those who opt out to wear a red sticker ( example here ). You should always get consent for photos of minors.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

Imagine a typical Internet surfer and your first thought might be of a teen or young adult, not a grandparent or retiree. Both age groups also view the Internet as an important source of information. Eventually, the age gap will disappear as native users grow older and raise children who are native users.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 12, 2011

One of the institutions that really impresses me in supporting this kind of social change through the arts is, strangely enough, a children's museum. The Pittsburgh Children's Museum leads the Charm Bracelet effort to provide micro-granting throughout Pittsburgh's Northside neighborhood to enhance community vibrancy, health, and learning.

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Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 6, 2021

I have clients that have mobilized entire communities and Facebook groups around advocacy and around, especially for people that are in very niche communities, like, rare diseases or communities that have a lot of stigma where they need like a private group, so they can have a safe space to talk. I couldn’t agree more.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 29, 2009

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2007

I was curious about my colleagues, who work for nonprofits and are parents, what do they do to encourage their children's spirit of giving at a young age? Hans shared a story about how his wife donated her hair to Locks of Love which sparked a conversation with their 4 year old about children who are in need.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

The last two weeks of the contest, Amy and 10 others worked 8-10 hours a day blogging, emailing supporters, making phone calls, and recruiting teens and college students to help them towards gathering donations for the Cause. We had a core group of about 40-50 volunteers working on the contest. How did they do it? How many approx.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

The last two weeks of the contest, Amy and 10 others worked 8-10 hours a day blogging, emailing supporters, making phone calls, and recruiting teens and college students to help them towards gathering donations for the Cause. We had a core group of about 40-50 volunteers working on the contest. How did they do it? How many approx.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2010

Nonetheless, you can still click through to each group's project page to see the real-time vote tally and I'm sure all 100 organizations are monitoring how others are doing to get out the vote. . It helps them motivate supporters to vote as well as helps organizations make real-time adjustments to their strategy.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 15, 2010

We now share our building with 6 other groups, each of them bringing science to the public in a different way. Our space for families with children under first grade, little kidspace , is the space in our building that seems to pretty consistently be a third place. And that made me start thinking all over again.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 6, 2009

Benetech Analyzes Human Rights Data for the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission A Guest Beneblog post by Kristen Cibelli Our team at the Benetech Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) has recently concluded a three-year project with Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission to help clarify Liberia's violent history.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

Trying to engaged the teen-to-twenty-something who normally may not use the research library. So much of the project was really about convening social groups and we see it continuing. My focus is on how children learn science. Ruth Cohen – American Museum of natural History. Learning Science by Design.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Children of the Lodz Ghetto ). Finally, they are commonly used by school and family groups as learning places. There is also the concern that visitors' contributions are more likely to be off-topic or comment boards used in entirely inappropriate ways, especially by school groups.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

gThe above video is one of the many social networking strategies that The Genocide Intervention Network used to transform itself from a small student group to national non-profit. He also identifies the new literacies and skills -- and while he is talking about this in the context of children and education. Go read it.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 21, 2008

Examples * Teen Health Talk engages youth to talk about health issues rather than lectures at them. Save the Children's homepage uses mostly photos of healthy, rather than sick, children. * Effective sites and campaigns provide space for people to express themselves. One commenter wrote, "I hate these commercials."

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 16, 2013

Or that we take a group photo together at the end of the day. The group was mostly young (teens to thirties) and nerd-diverse: a little bit punk, a little bit hacker, a little bit craft grrl. It's not every day that a visitor buys pizza for everyone in the museum. Or that visitors form a spontaneous "laugh circle" on the floor.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

The American Childhood Cancer Organization (ACCO) is currently selling a t-shirt with the names of 3,400 children and teens who have fought or are still fighting childhood cancer. The Reboot the Suit campaign lets you donate as little as a dollar, and the biggest group of donors have pledged less than $25.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Several years ago, I had an opportunity to travel to Costa Rica with a group of artists. In Uganda, a group of young people made incredible, heartfelt postcards filled with glitter and cut up magazine pictures to send to women in the Congo. Our grassroots campaign involves all ages from teens to seniors.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Do they have children? I could easily find more donors at women’s groups at churches! I started asking around to see who belonged to a women’s group at a church where I could speak and I quickly got several leads. If they are families with children, seek out events with activities for kids. What are their jobs?

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 5, 2022

Another quiet little secret is making sure you engage local Girl and Boy Scouts groups who are always looking for ways to engage in socially minded ways. Which group’s fundraising boxes come to mind? Your organization also needs to show up in search, news, and grassroots efforts by your supporters to make it a staple.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2008

Holy Meatballs is Global Kids project blog - I've pointed to the posts by teens. Association Marketing is written by Linda Dreyer who is very active with ASAE and recently cofounded a networking group for young association professionals. Qui Diaz has a blog called Evange.LIST that covers social media for social causes.

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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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NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

Trying to engaged the teen-to-twenty-something who normally may not use the research library. So much of the project was really about convening social groups and we see it continuing. My focus is on how children learn science.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Guards staring at black teens and grumbling about their clothes. The parents told her they felt okay about what their kids were learning but were concerned about their children''s job prospects as adults. Many YES teens don''t come in with confidence about their own abilities. YES students defy expectations.

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