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Reflections from Social Good Brasil and a New Word: PhilanthroTeen!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Teens As Free Agents. One of things immediately struck me – the crowd was filled with younger people – teens, college students, and millennials who want to use the technology and do social change on their own terms. Now, I can’t wait for my international projects in 2013! ” Philantroteens.

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Ten Things Nonprofits May Not Know About MySpace [But I Wish They Did]

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MySpace was designed to be a marketing tool. Famous on MySpace and to teens across the world, outside of MySpace they are hardly known. The mother from Missouri that pretended to be a teen boy and cyberbullied a young girl to the point where she committed suicide.Tragic yes, but MySpace’s fault?

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The One Thing Successful Fundraisers Carry in Their Back Pockets

Connection Cafe

Meet Katie: When I first started working in the nonprofit sector, my job was to host learning opportunities for teen girls. Katieā€ was one of the first girls I ever met, a 12-year-old who loved ballet, soulful music, and chocolate chip cookies. Nonprofit Fundraising fundraising nonprofit marketing Nonprofit Storytelling'

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Museums and Relevance: What I Learned from Michael Jackson

Museum 2.0

By a strange and lucky coincidence, I was at the Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum (EMPSFM) in Seattle for a two-day workshop. It is apropos that the EMPSFM workshop was focused on how the museum can deepen relationships with teen audiences. Do these teens need EMPSFM to survive? Probably not.

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Public Allies Arizona: Burning You With the 5 Core Values

ASU Lodestar Center

It was no frills; when my sisters & I suffered our teen angst-y issues or had drama there were no ā€˜ Full House ā€™ type moments. No conversations by the bedside with gentle music playing in the background like we watched so many times on television. Growing up, my mom had this wonderfully blunt but loving way of parenting.

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34 Clever Summer Fundraising Ideas

Whole Whale

We love the New York Public Libraryā€™s Anti-Proms , which provide an alternative, safe space regardless of sexuality, gender identity, and any other reason for NYC teens. Outdoor Music Festival. LGBT Pride Month (June, US). Raise your hand if you remember the #MSReadAThon. Click To Tweet. Clean Up with a Car Wash.

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Meditations on Relevance, Part 3: Who Decides What's Relevant?

Museum 2.0

The market decides what's relevant. Here are two examples: Our Youth Programs Manager, Emily Hope Dobkin, wanted to find a way to support teens at the museum. Emily started by honing in on local teens' assets: creativity, activist energy, desire to make a difference, desire to be heard, free time in the afternoon.

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