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50 Nonprofits Every U.S. Politican Should Follow on Twitter

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Coalition for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans :: @ CIAV. National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy :: @ TheNC. Autism Speaks :: @ AustismSpeaks. Campaign to End Obesity :: @ ToEndObesity. Change the Equation :: @ ChangeEquation. Children’s Defense Fund :: @ ChildDefender. Coalition to Stop Gun Violence :: @ CSGV.

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Are you celebrating Giving Tuesday? These NTEN Members are!

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Global Fund for Women GlobalGiving Good360 Goodwill Industries International Goodwill Industries of Akron GRACE Greater Twin Cities United Way Healthy Schools Campaign Healthy Teen Network Helen Keller International Immigration Equality Interfaith Worker Justice Ipas Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America IREX Irving Cares LeadingAge League of Women (..)

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Virtual Platforms for Good: Empowering Individuals

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Meanwhile over in the teen grid of Second Life, there was a listening party where teen were gathered to listen to the event and invited to send questions. He talked about Iraq, and said it was important, but there is enough media coverage of it all ready, and he feels nothing could be done in the short term.

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The Shrinking Generational Digital Divide

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Imagine a typical Internet surfer and your first thought might be of a teen or young adult, not a grandparent or retiree. One grandmother, a diehard among people avoiding the Internet, became an avid online user when her grandson was stationed in Iraq. She quickly set aside any qualms about going online; her grandson took priority.

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How to Source Great Year-end Stories

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During her career, she’s produced for CNN International, served as a humanitarian spokesperson in Iraq, and led award-winning nonprofit and corporate communications teams. She works with executive directors and fundraisers to tell their stories in ways that create healthier, more stable funding for their missions.

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Self-Censorship for Museum Professionals

Museum 2.0

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. and displayed in the museum. more effective than solar panels* God Chemistry did (does) a lot of damage to our planet. Management was horrified.

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The Future Today: Empowering youth via social media

Amy Sample Ward

If you are looking for more examples about social media and communications technologies applied to youth empowerment, here are some additional links/groups to check out: [link] (social media used as outreach about teen dating violence). “huge forum success via virtual worlds (e.g. www.publicmattersgroup.com/about.htm.