Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Today's teens also plan to be generous when they get older. More than 75% say they will regularly give to charity, versus 63% in 1989, according to a nationwide survey by the Girl Scout Research Institute of 3,263 students in grades three through 12."

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 4, 2021

Can a child or teen volunteer with their parent’s permission? This is an appropriate place to state that your organization does not discriminate based on race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation. What is the minimum age required to volunteer with this organization? Does the parent have to accompany them? Is proof of age required?

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Whole Whale

APRIL 14, 2022

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. Set up tasting tables with glasses and laminated A/B/C cards (they will get wet) for people to try to match the samples to the bottle. LGBT Pride Month (June, US).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

According to recent study from Pew Internet and American Life project, more than one-half of teens have created media content and roughly one-third have shared ocntent. the ability to meaningfully sample and remix media content. Some notes from the white paper, I'm still digesting it (not being a digital native, I had to print it out).

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 1, 2009

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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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 25, 2022

Today’s teens get the message that they need to go to college, but so many don’t know how to get to college, how to pay for college, or what they should do while they are at college. . Do you help families, single mothers, abandoned pets, or teens with big dreams? Example 2: . They have so much potential, but they are lost.

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Donation Fundraising Teen Money 121

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

Trying to engaged the teen-to-twenty-something who normally may not use the research library. Research libraries have been facing daunting challenges in the digital world, but not everything is digital in research and the library really wants to connect people with the curators and staff that can help them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2007

Amy says that now that her daughter has entered her teen years, they segued to more complex themes. Amy Sample Ward reminds us that your kids don't have to give cash only. The idea is basically giving rather than receiving wrapped in a party theme. "Time, enthusiasm, expertise, skills.it

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NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

NTEN's Amy Sample Ward shares from her experiences at the Games for Change Festival. Trying to engaged the teen-to-twenty-something who normally may not use the research library. I'm at the 2011 Games for Change conference today and live-blogging a few sessions!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Below is a sample email I sent to our captains, complete with a template they could use to motivate and equip their team members. “Hi your connection to soccer, teens, nonprofits, Classy, etc.). As a leader at your nonprofit, you can empower your captains with the types of messages they can relay to their team s. Get social!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2008

Amy Sample Ward. Holy Meatballs is Global Kids project blog - I've pointed to the posts by teens. What follows below is no doubt incomplete and I sure I've gotten ages wrong too -- so please make additions and corrections in the comments. Blogs by Gen Y. Nonprofit Technology.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Here are some sample end-of-year fundraising campaign themes : Let’s Make Hunger History. Give Every Teen the Chance to Chase Their Dream. Keep it simple, clear, and straight to the point, using as few words as possible. In fact, start with a them or key message for your year-end fundraising campaign. Every Kitten Deserves a Chance.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Process: A sample exhibition label for one of the collections - incredible toasters from 1906 to 1960. This is a teen magazine-style flowchart quiz that takes you through a series of simple scenarios and decisions to determine what type of collector you are (based on five major types as defined by psychologists).

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 9, 2014

Here’s Where Teens are Going Instead of Facebook from Forbes. Like last time, I mentioned that I’d share some blog posts and data for those that want to dive in deeper to this conversation. Instagram, Vine, and the Evolution of Social Media from Pew Research. 2013 Mobile Growth Stats (infographic) from digitalbuzz.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Despite a small sample size of 1,110 U.S. Find out how TechSoup and Symantec are making a difference in the lives of at-risk teens. It's estimated that 73 percent of users have the same password for multiple sites and 33 percent use the same password every time. Source: Digicert , May 2014). Need a little inspiration?

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Johns — my North Portland, Oregon, neighborhood — I've been working this year on a new, all-volunteer mentoring program for local teen parents. - Amy Sample Ward, amysampleward.org I invite people along for the ride. Amy Potthast, Idealist.org Make it interesting.Make it shareable. -

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

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. Twitter Demographics: Last month, we learned that Teens Don't Tweet. I wish I had the capacity to write a blog post about each of these links below. But that would be a lot of content!

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 20, 2009

View more presentations from Amy Sample ward. If you are looking for more examples about social media and communications technologies applied to youth empowerment, here are some additional links/groups to check out: [link] (social media used as outreach about teen dating violence). “huge forum success via virtual worlds (e.g. .

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M+R

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Outlets like Vogue , Teen Vogue , and Vanity Fair were once considered lifestyle-only publications, catering to an audience that enjoyed light-hearted content. Lifestyle outlets continue to engage in politics.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Maybe it’s one of the teens that participate in the Girls and Boys Club after-school program, or maybe it’s an adult that has truly benefited from some of the healthcare services you provide. I share with you budget templates, grant application templates, logic models, letters of inquiry that we just talked about.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

If you have a tween or a teen, I’m sure you’re familiar with TikTok. I’m going to show you some sample social media posts. I ran a takeover for Boston Public Schools around college month and of course, they are not going to give away the keys to all the teens. Okay, let me just take a sip of water.

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