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How to Create a Volunteer Handbook Your Volunteers Will Use

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Are there other opportunities, including self-paced online programs, you could provide to educate volunteers about your organization’s issue and create pathways for your most motivated volunteers to grow into leadership roles? Can a child or teen volunteer with their parent’s permission? Are there certifications volunteers can earn?

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The CNN Lesson: There Is No Hiding on The Real-Time Web

Care2

This is a significant failure on their part and is one of the key concepts discussed in the new book Social Change Anytime Everywhere that I co-wrote with Amy Sample Ward. It lends to asking why CNN didn't have experts present to discuss important issues such as why weren't these teens educated about boundaries, and respect?

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Great reads from around the web on February 11th

Amy Sample Ward

And I was glad to see Chuck raise the issue." Today's teens also plan to be generous when they get older. You can't have a clear tagline if you don't have a clear sense of 1) your mission; 2) what is special about your organization; and 3) what your audience cares about.&# I couldn’t agree more with Katya.

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New on SSIR: First and Foremost Know Your Community

Amy Sample Ward

When evaluating your community, some of the most influential items to consider regarding social networks include: Age: Facebook users can skew older than MySpace; many organizations in the UK have had great success joining the ecosystem on Bebo to extend the opportunity for teens to reach out for social services in a private way.

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Where are the twenty-something or GEN-Y Bloggers Who Are Writing About Social Change and Nonprofits?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Amy Sample Ward. New Voices of Philanthropy is written by Trista Harris and it covers issues of generational change in the philanthropic sector and more broadly trends in philanthropy. Nonprofits - Management Issues. Holy Meatballs is Global Kids project blog - I've pointed to the posts by teens. Blogs by Gen Y.

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Protecting Yourself from Malware with Better Password Security

Tech Soup

They're separate but related issues in the world of Internet crime prevention, and a better understanding of each is key to protecting your property and personal information in today's digital world. Despite a small sample size of 1,110 U.S. Source: Digicert , May 2014). Source: Business Insider , October 2017).

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An Amazing NpTech Social Media Link Buffet: Take Your Pick!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And because you probably can't eat that much - unless, of course, you're Joey Chestnut - you put many small samples on your plate instead. So, here's a few samplings from my digital buffet. Susan Tenby from TechSoup shares her notes from the Unconference. Twitter Demographics: Last month, we learned that Teens Don't Tweet.

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