Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2015

And despite their youth (its oldest members are only now leaving their teens), kids in Generation Z are regularly rocking social media for social good. Helping Your Teen Give Back. More than any generation before, kids in “Gen Z” use online technology to experience, understand, and change their world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2010

Jared Paul, the co-founder of a new nonprofit that has a focus on homeless youth and one of the winners of the $25,000 in the first phase of Chase's Giving Community Contest offered to share his thoughts. Earlier this month, I sent out a few tweets asking for the counterpoint to Hildy's view.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 26, 2011

Remind me again how this is linked back to reducing poverty in this country, or creating sustainable local food systems, or increasing graduation rates, or fighting institutional oppression? It demands a perspective that is self-reflective, microscopic, local, and grand. Can we break that down one more time? Because I'm lost.".

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2013

This week we’re talking #bikesandbakedgoods (a winning combination), and how Hands On Nashville used #GivingTuesday to create local impact – with 5 fundraising ideas to help you rock your next campaign. With help from the local community and partner agencies, this program works to give refurbished bikes to the area’s kids in need.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2014

The organization with the most innovative and effective usage of a donated TechSoup product will receive the Lenovo IdeaPad AND will be featured as the "Youth Impact" story for an entire month on our Local Impact Map (LIM). success stories july14contest Local impact map youthorg' Poke around the map and see for yourself.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Guards staring at black teens and grumbling about their clothes. Instead, she went out into local neighborhoods with low-income families and lousy schools and asked parents how they felt about their kids'' science education. Many YES teens don''t come in with confidence about their own abilities. YES students defy expectations.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 3, 2009

We're always happy for more bodies in the door, but if supporting teens means alienating seniors, there's a problem. The homeless community? The Brooklyn Museum allows skateboarders to use their public outdoor space, much to the chagrin of some locals. Be free, nearly free, often free, or free for locals. Which community?

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Give Every Teen the Chance to Chase Their Dream. Or to help you eliminate your waiting list so every homeless person can get medical care. Contact local civic clubs and churches and see if you can get on their program schedule during the holidays. Pitch a story to your local news. Every Kitten Deserves a Chance.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 28, 2010

Guards staring at black teens and grumbling about their clothes. Instead, she went out into local neighborhoods with low-income families and lousy schools and asked parents how they felt about their kids' science education. Many YES teens don't come in with confidence about their own abilities. YES students defy expectations.

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St. Louis Audience Teen Museum 53

Museum 2.0

JUNE 3, 2015

Want to know how many kids ate fruits and vegetables, or how many teens graduated high school, or how many people are homeless? Here are three reasons to find and connect with community-wide sources of data instead of doing it yourself: The data already exists. Want to know the demographic spread of your county? Check the census.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 18, 2012

A group in their late teens/early 20s were wandering through the museumwide exhibition on love. At the adjacent table, my colleague Stacey Garcia was meeting with a local artist, Kyle Lane-McKinley, to talk about an upcoming project. When I walked by the first time, the teens were collaging and Kyle and Stacey were talking.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2012

We collaborated with two local organizations--the Rebele Homeless Family Shelter and Dominican Oaks retirement community--to conduct oral histories and produce a small audio and photo-based exhibit on maintaining love in tough situations. Some are conceptual (i.e. making a special gift). We spent a long time prototyping this one.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 22, 2008

Why do homeless people smell bad?” The science of capital punishment from DNA to execution Religion Teen suicide, teen cutting – I wanted to include these in my museum’s “Hall of Human Life” teen area. Use expert-only vocabulary – stop making entry points for general public, students, families Social science of war.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

With seasonal exhibits, summer camps, and daily classes and programs featuring their diverse array of live animals, Darien Nature Center is a vibrant part of the local community, and their website illustrates that perfectly! These include: Local events calendar. Top Nonprofit Website: Ontario SPCA. Nonprofit Website Overview.

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