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Teens and Twitter: A Mini Focus Group with Teens

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

While we recently questioned the findings of a largely anecdotal report from Morgan Stanley written by a 15 year old, Nielsen has now produced figures that confirm the trend: young people don’t Tweet. The Mashable blog raised the question, "Why don't they tweet?". International Youth Conference. View more presentations from kanter. .

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Marketing for Every Moment of the Student Engagement Lifecycle

Connection Cafe

Your work attracts new students, engages current students, and delights alumni and donors. Attracting Students. Potential students are excited and nervous all at once. As marketers, we’re always trying to stay on top of the latest trends—and college-age students are a discerning audience. Hold Students’ Attentions.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Virtual Volunteering

Connection Cafe

The lack of experience and data left many CSR teams asking questions that seemed to have no answers. Leaning into the experiences of the Global Good Network during this time has allowed us to compile a collection of common questions and answered surrounding how to engage employees virtually.

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What you need to know BEFORE you start a nonprofit

Get Fully Funded

Here is the first critical question to ask before you do anything else: WHY will your nonprofit exist? Tutor students so they can reach their potential in school? Sit down and write out the answers to these questions. Or is it for people who are not accepted by current shelters, such as mothers with teen boys?

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Generational Giving at Arts & Cultural Organizations – A Donor Story

Connection Cafe

Have you asked yourself similar questions? If you have asked yourself some of these questions, here are some thoughts about how to build lifelong relationships—starting at a very young age. As kids become teens, encourage them to volunteer with your organization. Could your teen volunteers help run the kids programs?

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Why Are So Many Participatory Experiences Focused on Teens?

Museum 2.0

Over the past year, I've noticed a strange trend in the calls I receive about upcoming participatory museum projects: the majority of them are being planned for teen audiences. Why are teens over-represented in participatory projects? Teens are a known (and somewhat controllable) entity.

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Three Reasons Kids Need Digital Literacy and Citizenship Education

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So how do we teach kids and teens, who often can’t plan past lunch, how to think about their digital footprints and abstract concepts like ethics? How does turning wired students into digital citizens fit with your organization’s existing mission? Is it about keeping students safe? Preparing them for college or jobs?

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