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Kaszek leads Z1’s latest round as it develops its bank app aimed at LatAm teens

TechCrunch

Homebrew leads Z1’s effort to bring digital banking to Latin America’s teens. From the outset, it was clear they would be the ideal partner for us in the next phase of the company, and that we would benefit greatly from having them onboard.”. It had been charging a monthly subscription fee of $2 per month.

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Networked and Hyperconnected: The New Social (and work) Operating System

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The presentation draws from a 2012 survey of the “ Always On Generation ” that provides insights from experts on the benefits and drawbacks of a hyperconnected life and how it is rewiring the young people’s brains. Some 95% of teens ages 12-17 are online, 76% use social networking sites, and 77% have cell phones.

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Meet 15 companies that are turning ads and marketing into cultural moments

Fast Company Tech

Liquid Death For giving the brand collab new life In a scene straight from the 90s, two girls fawn over a heartthrob in a teen magazine. The agency worked with Wyclef Jean for its client TIAA on a sponsored anthem on financial literacy for Black Americans. But instead of looking like Freddie Prinze Jr.,

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The Participatory Nonprofit?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. He also identifies the new literacies and skills -- and while he is talking about this in the context of children and education. vlogging, and podcasting).

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MathAndCoding Turns the Library into a Coding Classroom (Part 2)

Tech Soup

In part 1 of this series, we introduced MathAndCoding , a nonprofit that offers teen-led programming classes for children in public libraries in the Silicon Valley area. Bricker says that there is also another benefit, perhaps an unplanned one, to having teen volunteers.

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Graphic novels are booming in popularity. It’s changing children’s relationship with books

Fast Company Tech

[Cover Images: Little Brown Ink, First Second/Macmillan] Graphic novelsa term interchangeably used with comic booksare particularly popular among young children still building their literacy skills. Scholastic says that one reason for this is that children are increasingly spending time on screens, particularly in their tween and teen years.

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Fundraising 101: Understand the Basics of Fundraising so You Can Fund Your Dream

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If your organization promotes literacy, partner with a bookstore. Make and market a t-shirt together, with your organization getting the profits and both you and the business benefiting from the marketing. For a self-esteem program for teen girls : Showing every teen girl how awesome she is. Partner with a local business.