Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Over the past year, I've noticed a strange trend in the calls I receive about upcoming participatory museum projects: the majority of them are being planned for teen audiences. Why are teens over-represented in participatory projects? Teens are a known (and somewhat controllable) entity. The first of these reasons is practical.

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Qgiv

MARCH 31, 2021

You might even offer fun prizes to your top peer-to-peer participants like getting to dunk the youth pastor! Get creative with peer-to-peer fundraising with a fun challenge or competition! For instance, ask your youth group to participate in a fun TikTok dance challenge or talent show.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

org combines a lot of the elements we love from the reports above: Fun colors to keep the reader engaged, interactiveness, and a sticky table of contents that follows the reader as they scroll down the page. Full disclosure: This is from our founder George, who also co-founded PowerPoetry.org , the largest teen poetry platform in the US.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

This summer, I worked with the Chabot Space & Science Center on a design institute in which eleven teens from their Galaxy Explorers program designed media pieces for an upcoming Smithsonian exhibition on black holes. There was no initial design, no graphics, and no idea of where the teen' work would fit into an overall structure.

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Qgiv

MAY 13, 2021

Many kids love playing games, so an event like this is perfect for family-friendly fun that also raises funds for your youth development organization. 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.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 14, 2022

We’ve put together over 30 fun nonprofit fundraising ideas for you to spring into this season. We love the New York Public Library’s Anti-Proms , which provide an alternative, safe space regardless of sexuality, gender identity, and any other reason for NYC teens. LGBT Pride Month (June, US). Parents’ Day (July 28).

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Instead of an event, create a little scavenger hunt for kids to complete as they walk through your historic mansion or art museum, to make it fun for kids to explore and learn. As kids become teens, encourage them to volunteer with your organization. Could your teen volunteers help run the kids programs?

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 16, 2011

Hand2Paw's mission is to connect homeless teens and shelter animals in a mutually beneficial way. They provide homeless teens with professional skills training and therapeutic experiences. ." - Rachel Cohen Twenty-year-old Rachel Cohen is the Founder and Executive Director of Hand2Paw.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 21, 2007

So, it's just a lot of fun to engage online with a group of people who share a passion for books (specifically, Harry Potter books tonight, of course). Of course, the great thing is when accessibility works but is just invisible, and that's the case. Good design is universal! Technology serving humanity: our motto.

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Whole Whale

MAY 3, 2023

Don’t Blindly Adopt this Tech Our concern about public-facing chatbots is important so we’ll say it another way, current chat models are fine if when they ‘hallucinate’ when giving you a fun crepe recipe and call for too much flower. It is not safe when, for example, they do this when talking with a teen in crisis situations.

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Whole Whale

MAY 3, 2023

Don’t Blindly Adopt this Tech Our concern about public-facing chatbots is important so we’ll say it another way, current chat models are fine if when they ‘hallucinate’ when giving you a fun crepe recipe and call for too much flower. It is not safe when, for example, they do this when talking with a teen in crisis situations.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

SVP Waterloo Region celebrated the day by launching SVP Teens, a group aimed not only at rallying youth, empowering them to “address problems facing their community” and teaching “them the importance and value of strategic and engaged philanthropy. It was a fun, attention-grabbing campaign that paid off for the nonprofit. Join the fun.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

I don''t usually share personal stories here on Have Fun, Do Good, and I''m not sure where this is going, but I''m giving it a whirl. I''m exploring the roots of my desire/need/compulsion to "do good." Here''s the link to my first post, Why Do You Do Good? In 1975, when I was five, we moved from Vermont to Mystic, CT.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 11, 2016

Launched in 2011, Snapchat is an image and video messaging app that is very popular with tweens and teens and increasingly Millennials and Gen Xers. An easy first Snap would be a picture of your nonprofit’s location with a Geofilter, then add text to declare that this is your first Snap and add some Stickers for fun and then share.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 14, 2009

If you use the advanced search option on VolunteerMatch.com , you can find volunteer opportunities that are good for kids and/or teens. Have fun with it. Here are a few ideas: 1. Volunteer with them. Find programs that help young people make a difference like Common Cents' Penny Harvests or Do Something.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2013

Well, the purpose of the video was to get teens to donate used sports equipment. Getting All Departments To Become Data Informed – Make It Fun. The conversation thread made me think of this excellent blog post by my two favorite nonprofit data geeks from DoSomething. They shared the story of one of their YouTube videos getting 1.5

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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. 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. Encourage the youth group to take part in fundraising. Worship concerts.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 30, 2009

It was fun singing along in the Bookshare holiday video. The One Year Devotionals For Teens 29. We came up with a book wishlist for donors who wanted to pitch in and buy specific books requested by Bookshare members. We have talented members of the team that whip together graphics and even videos to promote these! Twin of Ice 25.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 2, 2022

Think about all the teens that need community service hours!) Another way to create special moments is by helping your volunteers connect and have fun with each other. Episodic volunteers can sometimes be easier to find since you’re not asking for a big time commitment. Their support can help make or break your day-of event experience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2009

Does that sound like a fun and rewarding casual activity to you? When I worked with teens on media pieces for an exhibit on black holes, they always wanted to know where their media projects would be featured in the exhibition and what the specific criteria were for success.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Race Through Time was designed specifically for this audience of 30 and 40-somethings looking for fun social events with a Santa Cruz bent. But we also saw something else: parents and teenagers, grandparents and grandkids, elderly couples, out for a fun scavenger hunt evening. Performances just for teens.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 16, 2014

It was no frills; when my sisters & I suffered our teen angst-y issues or had drama there were no ‘ Full House ’ type moments. So instead of explaining the textbook definitions I thought it would be fun to rephrase them, a ‘la my mom’s style. Growing up, my mom had this wonderfully blunt but loving way of parenting.

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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. 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. Encourage the youth group to take part in fundraising. Worship concerts.

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Giving Fundraising Pledge Classes 52

Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

We decided to start with teen girls, ninth through twelfth grade, and with the notion that that's when as a young girl we're beginning to make important decisions about college, about life steps, and about goals. That's been a really fun piece, to give money away in a very targeted manner has just felt amazing.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 16, 2009

Does that sound like a fun and rewarding casual activity to you? When I worked with teens on media pieces for an exhibit on black holes, they always wanted to know where their media projects would be featured in the exhibition and what the specific criteria were for success.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2015

But for some kids, no school means no lunches — and that makes summer decidedly less fun. Jessica Pérez Blasko, children and teen services manager at the Lancaster Public Library , posted a flier about Range on the library's community bulletin board.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 17, 2015

It might seem scary that the future of the nonprofit sector will soon be in the hands of teens and college graduates who seem to only care about whatever is displayed on the screen of their smartphone or tablet. Here are 2 things you should know about engaging and motivating Millennials: Keep it Fun.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 6, 2015

But you can also make it fun! All these methods can create a fun atmosphere around your new data culture. Whole Whale has been working with Power Poetry, the largest online platform for teen poets in the U.S., Data might seem boring, but what if you hosted weekly analytics meetings on Tuesday mornings over coffee?

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 20, 2013

For a while now, social media’s no longer seen as simply a fad of teens and college students. Show everyone how much fun you’re going to have and why they don’t want to miss out. Anyone with an internet connection uses social media in one way or another–and that isn’t likely to change any time soon. Keep It Visual.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

How can Have Fun, Do Good readers get involved with Traveling Postcards? Traveling Postcards workshops are easy and fun for everyone. What else would you like Have Fun, Do Good's readers know about Traveling Postcards? Our grassroots campaign involves all ages from teens to seniors. First of all, you can make a postcard!

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 3, 2016

How do all these other people that I engage with also see this place, how do we coexist, and how can we work together to make it more fun, effective, and just for everybody? I got a group of 8 teens together and I taught them a simple Photoshop project. Asking questions like: Where am I in this place? What surrounds me?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 6, 2015

Even though memejacking seems like little more than frivolous fun, it works. And, if you're thinking that only teens like memes, look at the range of people who drenched themselves for the Ice Bucket Challenge. As communications tactics go, memes are cheap and easy to make.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Discover how the power of social sharing can shine a light on a serious issue and poke fun at the inanity of discrimination. American teens still send more SMS than any other type of message, and send more SMS than any other age group. What happens when a conversation with Stephen Colbert goes viral?

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 8, 2015

Tuesday April 28 at 1:45pm in the "Museum Incubators" session, talking about how our teen program empowers youth to lead social change in our community and push our museum forward politically. Kathy''s sessions are always honest, fascinating, and fun. This session is hosted by engagement rockstar Kathleen McLean.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Give their organizations a click below: Brad Blauser, Wheelchairs for Iraqi Kids ( One Person Can Make a Difference blog ) Roy Foster, Stand Down Doc Hendley, Wine to Water Andrea Ivory, Florida Breast Health Initiative Betty Makoni, Girl Child Network Jorge Munoz, An Angel in Queens Efren Peñaflorida, Dynamic Teen Company Budi Soehardi, Roslin Orphanage (..)

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 5, 2009

The "extraordinary" thing Terri has done to change the world is the successful implementation of a mentoring program called Stand and Deliver for teens in the challenged community of Lawrence, MA. Stand and Deliver was started at a time when Corporate Social Responsibility was not a common term.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 3, 2008

commented that the demographic of people who are involved is much broader than you’d think, including lots of families looking for a fun, educational, free activity. You can check out the path of some of the teen sculptures here. Sounds like there might be some overlap with your museum audience? The “travel bugs” that Seth!

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