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What you need to know BEFORE you start a nonprofit

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Tutor students so they can reach their potential in school? 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.

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Pottsboro Area Library: The Winner of TechSoup’s February Success Story Digital Connector Challenge

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When librarian Dianne Connery came to the library a few years ago, she found a classic small town library situated in a converted post office building with the requisite institutional green paint job. A local TV station employee was hired to work with the teens in a 6-week course where they created a promotional video for the library.

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Community Science Workshops and Shared Authorship of Space: Interview with Emilyn Green

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The people were of all ages--moms with babies strapped to their fronts, six year-olds using skillsaws, pre-teens building robots, teenagers doing homework. I sat down with Emilyn Green, Executive Director of the Community Science Workshop Network , to learn more about their history, design, and engagement strategy. It''s powerful.

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Is Social Media Just for Young Folks?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Do you think that people on social networking and media are just teens and college students? "Older people aren't shy of using the internet - they have a verve for life that applies online as well as offline," said Paul Green, a Saga spokesman. Source: Karl Kapp presentation.

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9 Amazing Organizations Share Their Tech Success

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New Heights also uses Citrix GoToMeeting from TechSoup to connect teachers and tutors with students. These online sessions can also be reviewed and played back later, allowing New Heights to offer suggestions for both teacher and student improvement. This story was written by Jim Lynch, director of green technology at TechSoup.

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A Strong Message for Fundraising = More and Bigger Donations

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Today’s teens get the message that they need to go to college, but so many don’t know how to get to college, how to pay for college, or what they should do while they are at college. . The original seven students we started with are now in the workforce. The original seven students we started with are now in the workforce.

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Do-Good Tranquilista: Interview with Kimberly Wilson

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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. Do you have any favorite Tranquil Teens success stories? I always have a nice cup of green tea first thing in the morning.