Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2014

And gen Y who will come of age in a post-print era will be connecting to causes and giving to nonprofits through technologies that haven’t been invented yet. Currently, more than 50 percent of children ages 0–8 spend an average of 43 minutes daily on smartphones and tablets watching videos, reading, and playing games.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Since Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen leaked internal Facebook reports to the Wall Street Journal earlier this year, senators have held a series of hearings on how products like Instagram can encourage self-injurious behaviors in teens, especially in young women.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 6, 2021

At the end of the hearing, lawmakers appeared eager to act and determined to pass legislation addressing the harms Facebook’s algorithms can cause. Here’s my message for Mark Zuckerberg: Your time of invading our privacy, promoting toxic content, and preying on children and teens is over,” Sen. Congress will be taking action.

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M+R

MARCH 9, 2023

When the governor of Florida signs a homophobic and transphobic law , banning public school teachers from giving age appropriate instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity, but your children do not attend public schools or you do not have children or you’re not a Florida resident, will you Say Gay anyway? Say it proudly.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2022

London-based Kodland , which started out back in 2018 offering in-person courses for children to learn digital skills like computer programming before switching focus to online learning from early 2020, has closed a $9 million Series A funding round to scale into more markets. Ireland, the U.S., Outschool is the newest edtech unicorn.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2007

We have dinner table discussions on why it is important to support causes, particularly programs in Cambodia like the Sharing Foundation. I was curious about my colleagues, who work for nonprofits and are parents, what do they do to encourage their children's spirit of giving at a young age? Name your children after them.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

A new report in The Wall Street Journal ’s series on Facebook’s internal research shows the company’s focus on kids goes much deeper , including studying children younger than four years old in the hopes of better designing future products. Children could be converted to Instagram and Facebook users down the road.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

A group of state attorneys general has announced an investigation into “the techniques utilized by Meta to increase the frequency and duration of engagement” of children and teens on Instagram and the negative effects that may cause ( via The Wall Street Journal ). Meta is concerned about young people not using its products.

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Kindful

MARCH 1, 2021

Their missions are varied—from gender equity in the music industry to helping those affected by incarceration and addiction—but their causes are all worthy of your time and support. This Women’s History Month, we’re proud to highlight the innovative and impactful work of these Kindful customers. Impacting: Incarceration and addiction.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2008

Kids Against Hunger packages and ships highly nutritious, life-saving meals to starving and malnourished children in developing countries and the United States. They do this by mobilizing children, teens, and adults volunteers who, package the meals. The result was the creation of the nutrition food pictured above.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) wrote a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, demanding the company explain how Instagram plans to protect children. Those parents, and the twenty million teens that use your app, have a right to know the truth about the safety of Instagram.”. He later extended the invitation to Mosseri.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 6, 2021

In an open letter to Mark Zuckerberg published Monday, a group of academics called for Meta to be more transparent about its research into how Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp affect the mental health of children and adolescents. The research released, though, is limited and relied on subjective information collected through interviews.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 5, 2022

While clearly a massive day for giving to local church parishes, in 1934 an enterprising group called the National Society For Crippled Children launched a campaign called Easterseals. These ideas will be more powerful if they are done with the mindset of peer-to-peer fundraising and connection to your central cause. Named Cause Gifts.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Basically, Facebook depends on teens for growth,” Blumenthal said. Facebook also knows that nearly every teen in the United States has an Instagram account; it can only add more users as fast as there are new 13-year-olds.”. Both Republicans and Democrats shared similar concerns over the ways in which social media can hurt children.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2021

For example: “Many teen girls struggle with their self-esteem thanks to Instagram and Snapchat. Please help us open the door for a teen to attend our personal development conference, benefit from having a mentor, and get on a path to college and a career.” . Martin went back to work just last week and Jasmine starts a new job soon.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 25, 2022

Good fundraising messages focus on the donor and what they can gain from supporting your organization: satisfaction, the good feeling that comes from making a difference, and peace of mind in knowing their money went to a good cause. Do you help families, single mothers, abandoned pets, or teens with big dreams? Example 2: .

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Qgiv

JUNE 1, 2021

This next idea is great if your church has a great youth group with teens old enough to fundraise. While teens may not have a ton of their own disposable income, they can ask family in their social circle to give in support of your church. If items don’t sell, your church can donate them to good causes. Game nights.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 4, 2021

Try to provide a range of options for volunteers, including one-shot events that don’t require a lot of time, as well as ongoing roles for volunteers with higher levels of time, commitment, and passion for the cause. Can a child or teen volunteer with their parent’s permission? Does the parent have to accompany them?

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Or is it for people who are not accepted by current shelters, such as mothers with teen boys? Or are you looking to open a shelter for teens who have left or been kicked out of their homes, a need totally different than the family shelters in your community. Is the need for more beds seasonal? Raise Awareness and Build Support.

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BoardAssist

DECEMBER 30, 2014

One of the major causes of friction in the area of nonprofit leadership and poor nonprofit board performance, and a big reason why boards and CEO’s may part ways, is poor boundary setting between the board and the CEO. Luckily for us, governance consultant Tom Okarma has written a terrific guest post for us this week on exactly this topic.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Every March, the nonprofit’s Netherlands Does programme encourages people to get together with friends or family and volunteer for a day, supporting those in need and helping good causes. More recently, the nonprofit has created a fund for social initiatives tackling problems that have been caused or exacerbated by the pandemic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2015

I’ll be talking about the next generation of donors and how they use social media, mobile, and other technology to raise money for causes they care about. This guest post is part of many recent posts you have read from my about Generation Z. Helping Your Teen Give Back.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 21, 2008

Think about the last time you did something for a cause. You supported a cause because of how it made you feel." Examples * Teen Health Talk engages youth to talk about health issues rather than lectures at them. An Ocean Conservancy member created a Facebook Cause for the organization without telling them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2010

Each organization received $25,000 and the announcement caused some controversy because of the contest eligibility rules and lack of a leaderboard. . For example, Friendship Circle, had a rallied at a Piston's Game in Detroit (see above video) and organized 3,000 teens to play freeze tag on Facebook to rally the vote.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 6, 2009

In contrast, the data suggests that young men, particularly teens 15 to 19 were at the greatest risk for forced recruitment as combatants. Liberian children. Ultimately, this analysis provides a deeper understanding of the possible causes behind the patterns of violence. The first step towards reconciliation is the truth.

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Qgiv

MAY 13, 2021

And one group of people that inspires others to give is children. For older kids and teens that benefit from your youth organization, a video game tournament is a great opportunity for them to show off their skills while raising funds for your organization. They’re giving to people in order to make a difference. Find out here.

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Qgiv

JUNE 1, 2021

This next idea is great if your church has a great youth group with teens old enough to fundraise. While teens may not have a ton of their own disposable income, they can ask family in their social circle to give in support of your church. If items don’t sell, your church can donate them to good causes. Game nights.

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Qgiv

MAY 26, 2021

Fundraisers often ask friends and family for donations in order to take part, but many often fundraise just to have a positive impact on a cause they care about. For older age groups, convert the readathon goal to be less about books read, but pages read with donations for every hundred pages for teens. 5K/10K Race.

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Qgiv

MARCH 31, 2021

Unlike general donation forms, peer-to-peer campaigns leverage the personal aspect of fundraising—wouldn’t you donate more if it was your friend, coworker, or family member advocating for a cause as opposed to a stranger? Giving Initiative For Teens – Homelessness and Poverty. Stadia Church Planting – Go the Extra Mile.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Save the Children. Plus, North Shore Animal League puts their cause at the center of their site by packing their site with adoptable pets. In addition to adoptions, North Shore Animal League clearly prioritizes donations to help further their cause. Top Nonprofit Website: Save the Children US. North Shore Animal League.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 5, 2009

A Crowd-Curated Exhibition (Shelley Bernstein), the Tech Virtual Test Zone (me), along with a new participatory research project, Children of the Lodz Ghetto (David Klevan), to talk about our lessons and struggles working with the public to create "museum-quality" exhibitions and research projects.

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Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 6, 2021

I mean, we, we need to just tackle the root causes rather than attack the platforms necessarily. So I do not let my daughter on Instagram, but that’s my own personal choice and do something that org, they are an organization dedicated to combating suicide and self-harm and addiction and all of these things in, in teens.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Nearly 70% of users are under 35 , and 72% of teens use Instagram. A well-written caption that links the image to your cause and provides more of the story. Save the Children , for example, uses the branded hashtag #everylastchild, which is also their tagline. Who is Instagram’s audience? Valuable and high-quality content.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 21, 2006

We do a garden nutrition program at our two school sites and at the YMCA site, which is basically for children, at these sites, teaching them about gardening and about nutrition. We do a lot of work with teens in the summertime. It's a six-week course, and there's a pretty extensive waiting list for that; it's very popular.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

To Write Love on Her Arms and Invisible Children are two of the most well-known nonprofits that came out of MySpace. Famous on MySpace and to teens across the world, outside of MySpace they are hardly known. Teens talk about the organizations at their local church, and thus the church creates a MySpace profile.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Well, fundraising is about giving people the opportunity to capture that good feeling by donating money to a cause they believe in. When you build a big donor base of people who love your cause, you will ALWAYS have financial support because these folks WANT to see you win! And of those who DO give, they have their favorite causes.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Their Causes page garnered over $94,000 from 6,268 members in 50 days. Get ready to throw out the book on promoting Facebook Causes. LWB had to teach their members how to sign-up for Facebook and donate to their cause. You have to try and attract new people to Facebook and your Cause. How did they do it?

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