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Are you celebrating Giving Tuesday? These NTEN Members are!

NTEN

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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4 Takeaways from #AG2014 Social Media

Connection Cafe

Take a look at how Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte puts this practice into place with their photo of a young teen purchasing baby supplies in anticipation of the birth of his daughter, who inspired him to graduate high school and pursue a college degree. This is a guest post by Melissa Mirchin.

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Get to Know the Lodestar Center: Anne Kotleba

ASU Lodestar Center

I was a graduate student at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) when the school opened a satellite building in Middle East Baltimore, an under-resourced neighborhood, with the hopes of it serving as a hub for community arts. I got a group of 8 teens together and I taught them a simple Photoshop project.

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9 Amazing Organizations Share Their Tech Success

Tech Soup

HART for Animals is a one-stop rescue organization for all things pets in rural Maryland. Inward Bound Mindfulness Education is dedicated to improving the lives of teens through mindfulness retreats. Here are the ones we especially liked from the past year! HART for Animals. " Inward Bound Mindfulness Education.

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Are You Serving Youth in Your Community? Think You Could Use a Free Tablet?

Tech Soup

Want to know more about how one Philadelphia-based NGO was able to use their TechSoup donation to help homeless teens develop valuable life skills? The stories on the LIM are highly engaging and optimized for social media sharing. Poke around the map and see for yourself. Click here to read the full story pictured above. Ready to enter?

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Kids and Kickstarter: The Rise of PhilanthroKids and Kid Crowdfunding!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Charlotte, A Young Teen, Helping To Save Horse Farm Through A Kick Starter Campaign. GivingTuesday is ramping up for its 2014 campaign and it looks like children and teens will be a part of the movement. One example is Emily Barr from Maryland is a clever 5th grader who wants to help her best friend who has Cystic Fibrosis.

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Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Forum One

Read More » Online Approaches for Inviting and Collecting Public Input Joe Pringle in Influence 4 Jun 2010 I was invited to present last week at the University of Marylands Human Computer Interaction Labs workshop on Government and Social Media.