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Teens and Twitter: A Mini Focus Group with Teens

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Yesterday, I had an opportunity to ask about 100 teens attending the Asian Liver Center's Youth Leadership Conference on Asian and Pacific Islander Health this question directly. How does knowing more about the demographics of Twitter users shape your social media strategy? International Youth Conference.

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5 Social Media Stats That’ll Help Your Nonprofit Understand Audiences

TechImpact

And what’s this I hear about teens leaving Facebook for other social networks, is this true? 76% of Tumblr and 74% of Instagram users are teens. Connecting with this niche demographics may seem like a daunting task, Snapchat’s user base has skyrocketed 67% over the last 6 months. But what social platform are they on the most?

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HOW TO: Engage 5 Generations of Donors and Supporters

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Eighty-three percent of millennials ages 18–29 use social networking sites on a regular basis as do 73 percent of teens. Those 74 and older are the fastest-growing demographic among social network users, with seniors accounting for 11 percent of all Facebook users. The most startling fact about the younger generation is its silence.”

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Have you asked yourself these questions, re: social media?

Care2

Can you guess what demographic most heavily shares social media? Nope, not the Justin Bieber lovin' teens, but women between the ages of 35 - 54. So if your nonprofit is trying to reach this group of people, social media is the way to do it.

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MathAndCoding Turns the Library into a Coding Classroom (Part 2)

Tech Soup

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. like Texas, where one instructor will be heading to college.

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New on SSIR: First and Foremost Know Your Community

Amy Sample Ward

Maybe you’ve never heard of those platforms, but for some large demographics they are the hot spots online, not Facebook. Tags: issues otherblogs audience community demographics social networking ssir. Did you consider MySpace ? Actions: What kinds of “actions” do you want your community members to be able to do?

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Symantec Donation Safeguards Computer Labs for Students

Tech Soup

Smooth Transition began working to reach at-risk teens early — before they dropped out of high school or left the foster care system. "As a school, we're required to protect the identity of our students and a lot of their demographic information," she said. Breaking Harmful Cycles.

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