ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 16, 2011

A passion of mine for the last 13 years has been working with high school teens through my church youth group. I loved my job and felt so fed by the work I did and the teens I encountered — which made my next step feel more like a step backward rather than a step forward. Sarah Hipolito , Program Coordinator, Senior.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 21, 2010

With a group of mom-friends in St. Johns — my North Portland, Oregon, neighborhood — I've been working this year on a new, all-volunteer mentoring program for local teen parents. Johns Village Project is a moms-and-tots playgroup that brings together teen moms and adult moms, with all our kids.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2010

The week is a signature event created by the Points of Light Institute , to celebrate ordinary people doing extraordinary things to improve communities across the nation. Do Something Focused more on teen activism and engagement with causes, their site offers Virtual Volunteer opportunities so you can take action without leaving your couch!

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Qgiv

MAY 26, 2021

Your school group may be small, but it’s capable of big things! The funds you raise provide better outcomes to students and can have far-reaching impacts in the community. P2P fundraising events for school groups. Our first event idea is definitely appropriate for school groups. What is P2P fundraising? Trivia Night.

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M+R

MARCH 9, 2023

It’s a spin on James Brown’s 1968 hit, “Say It Loud (I’m Black and I’m Proud),” which became an unofficial anthem of the Civil Rights movement; but, in its current context, is focused on the pride associated with also identifying as a member of the LGBTQIA community.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Eradicating hunger in your community is not a goal. Serving as many teens as possible through your youth program is not a goal. How many teens do you want to serve in years one, two, and three? How many teens do you want to serve in years one, two, and three? There may be more teens in your community that need support.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Your vision for your new organization probably includes vibrant programs, happy donors, tons of community support, and the opportunity to change lives. What other organizations in your community address this need? Or is it for people who are not accepted by current shelters, such as mothers with teen boys?

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 18, 2012

A group in their late teens/early 20s were wandering through the museumwide exhibition on love. When I walked by the first time, the teens were collaging and Kyle and Stacey were talking. I don't know what formed the bridge between the artists and the teens in this circumstance. Kyle had brought his baby with him.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2010

In November, the Chase Community Giving. Over the holidays and into early January, the Chase Community Giving contest quietly implemented a leader board , a scoreboard showing who is winning based on the number of votes. In November, the Chase Community Giving launched a contest on Facebook. launched a contest on Facebook.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 28, 2010

Last week, I had the honor and pleasure of giving a talk at an institution I've long admired: the Taylor Community Science Resource Center at the St. Guards staring at black teens and grumbling about their clothes. Many YES teens don't come in with confidence about their own abilities. Louis Science Center.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

Despite the popular myth which asserts that email is dying, the truth is that email use is growing with all age groups worldwide. For example, secure five local community sponsors that will give $2,000 each and create a $10,000 matching gift campaign. See Hope Grow raised nearly $460,000 for TreeHouse teens.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Larry Swiader, Senior Director of Digital Media at The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. Bedsider’s audience, for example, also follows Jimmy Fallon and Katy Perry, not only other groups that promote birth control. David Almacy, Senior Vice President at Edelman. And you shouldn’t be either. Government.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Percentages were in the teens for those who heard about the event via television, radio, newspaper, Facebook/Twitter and friends). We network with more than 3,700 Minnesota nonprofits to share the stories of giving and news about innovation and best practices in our shared community. a community newspaper group in central Minnesota.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 15, 2014

This week, my colleague Emily Hope Dobkin has a beautiful guest post on the Incluseum blog about the Subjects to Change teen program that Emily runs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. Subjects to Change is an unusual museum program in that it explicitly focuses on empowering teens as community leaders.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2010

Jared Paul, the co-founder of a new nonprofit that has a focus on homeless youth and one of the winners of the $25,000 in the first phase of Chase's Giving Community Contest offered to share his thoughts. Earlier this month, I sent out a few tweets asking for the counterpoint to Hildy's view.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

Imagine a typical Internet surfer and your first thought might be of a teen or young adult, not a grandparent or retiree. The same study showed that among older Internet users who are members of online communities, 58 percent log in to their communities one or more times daily, compared to 47 percent of community members under 20.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 15, 2009

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. The first of these reasons is practical.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Nope, not the Justin Bieber lovin' teens, but women between the ages of 35 - 54. So if your nonprofit is trying to reach this group of people, social media is the way to do it. Can you guess what demographic most heavily shares social media?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

New startups are launching every day, and it''s a lot of work for the nonprofit community to weed through which platforms are useful, and which aren''t the right fit. When CMe participants suggest that another user gets help, they''re sent links to third party help groups.

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Social Media Media Social Teen 72

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Last week, I had the honor and pleasure of giving a talk at an institution I''ve long admired: the Taylor Community Science Resource Center at the St. Guards staring at black teens and grumbling about their clothes. Many YES teens don''t come in with confidence about their own abilities. Louis Science Center.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

There are tens of thousands of libraries, community centers, nonprofits, and other organizations nationwide that offer free summer meals for school-age youth through this program. Help youth in your community find a summer meal! The Range mobile app helps address that awareness problem. A Range of Nearby Summer Meals. Learn More.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 5, 2022

Another quiet little secret is making sure you engage local Girl and Boy Scouts groups who are always looking for ways to engage in socially minded ways. Which group’s fundraising boxes come to mind? Cold temperatures triggered One Warm Coat to start their campaign in 1992 around the day to raise coats for community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2013

As Wyman’s Teen Outreach Program® began to be replicated across the nation, the need to capture learning in a more sophisticated way grew right along with the growth of replication. Defined “key stakeholders” will vary from organization to organization, so select a group that is most relevant for you and design protocol accordingly.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

Trying to engaged the teen-to-twenty-something who normally may not use the research library. So much of the project was really about convening social groups and we see it continuing. When we first started babycastles, we had no idea there was any kind of community in NY for it. but there wasn’t an offline space for that.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2014

We want you to tell us how you are using products donated through TechSoup to help the youth in your community develop valuable life skills that will prepare them to take full advantage of their bright futures. Interested in winning this tablet? If you answered yes to all of those questions, keep reading! Ready to enter? a) Submission Form.

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Qgiv

JUNE 1, 2021

Not only do your congregants want to come out to support you, but you can even introduce your church to others and build your community. Another great way to grow your fundraising and your community simultaneously is with a t-shirt fundraiser. Place the collection materials around your church and the community.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 16, 2013

Or that we take a group photo together at the end of the day. The group was mostly young (teens to thirties) and nerd-diverse: a little bit punk, a little bit hacker, a little bit craft grrl. As always, I learned a lot from Ze Frank's unique approach to community participation. It was pretty freaking amazing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Facebook’s grant will encourage users of the social network to learn more about service opportunities through ServiceNation’s Facebook Page and connect with MyNation, a new, online social-networking community on ServiceNation.org being launched in preparation for the first National Day of Service on September 11, 2009. Inspiration.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 8, 2013

Like a lot of organizations, my museum struggles with two conflicting goals: The museum should be for everyone in our community. We''re more successful when we target particular communities or audiences and design experiences for them. It''s still grouping. But ultimately, that''s still targeting. Why fight it?

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

They preferred sitting in folding chairs arranged in a circle (rather than in rows of pews), fabric banners hanging from the ceiling (rather than a crucifix), and singing modern hymns led by a "folk group" with guitar, bass, clarinet and drums (rather than an organ and dusty hymnals). I chose not to be confirmed.

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Greater Giving

AUGUST 6, 2024

From bake sales to alumni galas, the “best” approach depends on your school’s age group. Challenges: Shifting interests, pre-teen independence. Community Service Projects : Partner with local businesses for car washes or park cleanups, with a portion of the proceeds going to the school.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

NIH has had some great experience with its " Drug Fact Chat Day " an annual day for teens to chat online with NIH experts. A critical mass + diverse group of persons participate. communities of interest on specific topics. Drinking from the Firehose? Active agency staff + sufficient resources are committed to the process.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 6, 2009

Benetech Analyzes Human Rights Data for the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission A Guest Beneblog post by Kristen Cibelli Our team at the Benetech Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) has recently concluded a three-year project with Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission to help clarify Liberia's violent history.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 26, 2010

Community science workshops. In the past, I've highlighted a few--like 826 Valencia and the Denver Community Museum --that I think have already influenced the way many traditional cultural organization do business. The library is run in the lobby of a theater company by a group of volunteers led by Nell Taylor.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

gThe above video is one of the many social networking strategies that The Genocide Intervention Network used to transform itself from a small student group to national non-profit. "There's a mentality shift required to fully engage with social networking and community content sites: sometimes, you have to let go." Go read it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2008

This group kept me on my toes. often these bloggers discard the handcuffs of their ethnic origins to tackle subjects affecting a range of racial or ethnic groups. "In traditional civil rights groups, there's a pattern???you Pew Study on Social Media and Teens: (See page 33). Photo by MckaySavage.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 23, 2015

But what if an app could be used to help nonprofits, public libraries, and other community groups organize and solve pressing problems? She wanted to create something that teens and adults could use and that was also free. The Acres app helps support community wellness by connecting urban farmers with land for lease.

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