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Youth community service: Belonging, reciprocity, and agency 

Candid

A report from the Center for Expanding Leadership & Opportunity (CELO) and The Allstate Foundation explores how Gen Z is expanding the definition of “community service” and seeking to maximize impact—for themselves and the communities they serve. The students also emphasized that service increased their sense of agency.

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And the 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge Awards Go To.

Tech Soup

We've seen the potential for simple, community empowerment focused solutions to have a tremendous impact on some of the world's most pressing health and sustainability issues. Mike Snyder, the videographer for the Water School, was available online to accept the award. View their Flickr set. For Best Video.

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Digital Platforms for Greater Impact: Examples for Foundations

Forum One

Foundations are in the business of making the world a better place by providing grants to organizations they see making an impact on the issues that they care about deeply. The following four examples developed by foundations demonstrate the value of a digital strategy in fulfilling a variety of awareness and impact needs.

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Collective Lens: Photography for Social Change

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So, you can imagine my delight in discovering this fabulous photography site called Collective Lens: Photography for Social Change. Or check out the photos from Kathy Adams who runs Empowerment International and has been sharing photos from Nicaragua and Costa Rica that show the impact of her organization's work.

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Using Photography to Change the World: An Interview with Paola Gianturco

Have Fun - Do Good

Britt Bravo: In so many of the groups you profiled, the women were using the arts for education, empowerment, or healing. For me, that meant photography, which I have done since I was eight, and traveling, which I love. That's one thing, be aware that every photograph you take and share has a real impact.

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14LCS Idea Accelerator Pitches - Onward!

NTEN

Credit: Broken Banjo Photography] It takes a lot to jump onstage and pitch a brand new idea in front of a new group of people. Impact Circles - Birgit Pauli-Haack Executive Directors meet to open the Pandora''s Box of technology and take the beast to serve their organization''s mission and save time and money.

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