Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

If it were not for MySpace, my professional life no doubt would be much less fulfilling. And for that, I will be eternally grateful to MySpace and the “Nonprofit Organizations&# MySpace community. Famous on MySpace and to teens across the world, outside of MySpace they are hardly known. MySpace is not dangerous.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2021

You can be their hero and change their life.”. Simply put, focus on the people whose lives are made better by your organization. For example: “Many teen girls struggle with their self-esteem thanks to Instagram and Snapchat. For example: “Many teen girls struggle with their self-esteem thanks to Instagram and Snapchat.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 15, 2014

This week, my colleague Emily Hope Dobkin has a beautiful guest post on the Incluseum blog about the Subjects to Change teen program that Emily runs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. Subjects to Change is an unusual museum program in that it explicitly focuses on empowering teens as community leaders.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

is a nonprofit educational and vocational training organization that has been working with local at-risk populations since 2009. It aims to provide a gateway towards empowerment, educational, and employment opportunities to lead a fulfilling, prosperous, and purposeful life. Smooth Transition, Inc., Breaking Harmful Cycles.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 4, 2021

If your organization relies on volunteers, even just a little, you need a volunteer handbook that spells out expectations, policies, and procedures. A volunteer handbook gives volunteers the information they need about the organization and its mission, and answers any common questions they may have. Is proof of age required?

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Qgiv

AUGUST 2, 2022

Think about all the teens that need community service hours!) They help your organization hit various event goals and lay the groundwork for successful future events. They help your organization hit various event goals and lay the groundwork for successful future events. Community Engagement.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 6, 2016

One of the nonprofits that inspires me locally here in Santa Cruz is a youth empowerment and food justice organization called "Food, What!?" FoodWhat's staff and teens have taught me a lot about what it really means to be relevant to people who are often overlooked or ignored. Doron doesn’t work with A students or B students.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

Nonprofit strategic planning can help your organization meet challenges effectively and take advantage of new opportunities. Organizations that do have a strategic plan continually express the advantages that this type of preparation gives them. Generally, this model follows these steps: Define your organization’s mission and goals.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Whos on Second Life?

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 19, 2014

Meet Katie: When I first started working in the nonprofit sector, my job was to host learning opportunities for teen girls. Shortly after we met, I hosted a lock-in for 300 teen girls, focusing on developing strong self-esteem. They allow you to humanize your mission and help your donor relate to the organization on a personal level.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2010

If that's the case, stop reading right now, go to the Hands On Network page devoted to Celebrating People in Action , and nominate that person that made the biggest difference for your organization this year. Many of these encourage folks to work with kids and teens ( ) and share their life experiences! Still here? Start here.

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Care2

MARCH 20, 2013

What do news organizations like CNN and health advocacy organizations like the Susan G. They are examples of organizations that have been caught in the middle of a firestorm and don’t have the necessary policies in place to manage an online crisis immediately after it erupts. Komen Foundation have in common?

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Tech Soup

JULY 29, 2014

Read up on "ingestible" electronic pills, cloud storage price wars, how the Star Trek Tricorder has come to life, and more. " A 2011 university study similarly found that 62 percent of homeless teens had a phone and data plan and that they considered the device as important for them as food.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 10, 2019

Millennials are individuals starting life as independent adults. They’re feeling the pressures of life but still value faith giving very highly on their list of priorities. Many of them are discovering their flow of life and where faith fits into that life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2012

I believe that, too, and I love working for an organization — Common Sense Media , an independent nonprofit — that’s dedicated to preparing kids to make the most of the incredible opportunities this networked culture provides us, while overcoming its potential pitfalls. An 8-megapixel camera on your phone?

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Judi Sohn

MAY 29, 2010

Like many kids with autism, she needs a lot of structure in her life. I rely on technology to keep my life organized. And I know there has to be some great apps out there specifically designed to help young adults like her organize and communicate. Any other suggestions for giving a young teen an iPad?

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Judi Sohn

MAY 29, 2010

Like many kids with autism, she needs a lot of structure in her life. I rely on technology to keep my life organized. And I know there has to be some great apps out there specifically designed to help young adults like her organize and communicate. Any other suggestions for giving a young teen an iPad?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 21, 2015

The organization is currently fundraising to build an online hackathon and social app collaboration center. SAGE (Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders) is a New York City-based organization that provides services and advocates for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender elders. Sage CyberCenters. Lesbians Who Tech.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

And there's a new free mobile app called Range that helps libraries, nonprofits, faith-based organizations, and others working with youth locate those free meal sites this summer. The good news is: there are thousands of sites serving free summer meals to low-income youth. Food Insecurity in a Land of Plenty. That's 3.9 MILLION U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2007

I wanted to highlight a couple of observations that Lucy Bernholz makes in her analysis of yesterday's discussion about philanthropy in Second Life by the MacArthur Foundation. I predict the same fate for Second Life and other 3D-Virtual Words. A good start, a conversation with anyone who could get there, was made today.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2016

As this Snap Chat 101 for business people in the Wall Street Journal points out, “Facebook is for major life updates. Think about how you can give a behind the scenes view of your organization, perhaps at an event. Your friend from third grade just had her 10th baby!) Twitter is for keeping up with news and live events.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Qwerty Monsters are teens, age 13-17, who have gone mad for texting on their mobile phones. A summary of this report from AFP points to statistics from Pew Internet and American Life Millennial Study : Ninety-three percent of Millennials regularly go online, with 50 percent of this population using mobile Internet. Qwerty Monsters.

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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. This idea is inspired by Save One Life, Inc.’s s At Home Everest Challenge!

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Whole Whale

APRIL 14, 2022

Take a look at how HikeFor.com is helping Donate Life America raise funds. 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. and donate 10% of their proceeds to your organization. Host a Prom for a Purpose.

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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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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

When I was a young teen, for example, my twin sister and a girlfriend would pass around a football during lunch hour. She has served on nonprofit boards and volunteered for many nonprofit organizations, including over 10 years for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arizona. Exclusive Screening of Saving Philanthropy. Bush, Ph.D.,

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2015

Images bring life and interest to anything. Are photos that you take with your camera or phone yours or your organization's property to use as you wish? Teen Retreat. " IBME gets both the teen's and parent's signature. They also help demonstrate the human impact of nonprofits' and libraries' work.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 16, 2014

posted by Chrisal Valencia Member Events & Volunteer Coordinator Local First Arizona Public Allies has played a very definitive role in my life. I remembered that it was becoming a mom that inspired me to pursue a life and career that aimed to help better my community, and help shape an even better one for my daughter. Ouch, burn.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 26, 2011

This year alone, Joseph Perez created an entire collaborative program that uses hip hop to teach students about life. Analisa Xavier implemented Native American Connections ' first ever teen after-school programs. Angela is an Arizona native and has found her passion in safe schools work and student organizing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

We collaborated with organizations that are dedicated to making a positive difference in the world to design and implement the Pepsi Refresh Project. We can make a difference by equipping people with the means to bring their ideas to life. Each month, Pepsi will award grants up to $1.3

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 29, 2009

But I also think that museums (like all organizations) need to focus both on who they are for and what they are about, balance the needs of their audiences with the goals of their institution. It is apropos that the EMPSFM workshop was focused on how the museum can deepen relationships with teen audiences. Probably not.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 7, 2012

It's only natural that organizations embracing technology to achieve their missions might explore the potential of gaming for good. Josephine Dorado , professor at the New School and live events producer for This Spartan Life, a talk show inside the video game Halo. Dorado advises organizations to think outside the box.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

But to be effective, nonprofit leaders also must excel at using their personal brands and voices in service of their organizations’ missions and strategies on Instagram and other social media channels. This shot is from a program for teens that the met sponsors, #metteens. He gives you the inside story about the work of art.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2008

Kids Against Hunger packages and ships highly nutritious, life-saving meals to starving and malnourished children in developing countries and the United States. They do this by mobilizing children, teens, and adults volunteers who, package the meals.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 8, 2015

I see this focus on purpose in life and work around me every day at Blackbaud , where 84% of my colleagues said it truly mattered to them — when accepting their jobs — that we work with the worldwide philanthropic community. Their message of hope is one that cannot and should not be ignored.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2013

All April long, we’ll provide your organization with training and resources to tell its story digitally. Read about how your community can breathe new life into an old story from Connecting Up, our Australian partner. Find out what else NetSquared was up to this spring in this roundup. TechSoup Digital Storytelling.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2015

Transgender teen Ali Forney fled his home at age 13. Forney continually helped other youth that were facing similar difficult circumstances, and he became a public advocate for improving safety for homeless youth until his life was tragically cut short. In an average week, the organization sees more than 250 new clients.

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