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Want to stay healthier and fulfilled later in life? Try volunteering

Fast Company Tech

Children and teens who volunteer tend to have better health and lower levels of anxiety and fewer behavioral problems than those who dont volunteer. There are also health benefits for those who start volunteering much earlier in life. Changing demographics The number of U.S. Changing demographics The number of U.S.

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Five Creative (and Smart) Uses of Social Media Icons on Nonprofit Homepages

Nonprofit Tech for Good

National Parks Foundation :: nationalparks.org. Stay Teen :: stayteen.org. That said, I am big believer in the power upper right-hand corner of your homepage, and seemingly so are the five nonprofits listed below: Defenders of Wildlife :: defenders.org. National Peace Corps Association :: peacecorpsconnect.org.

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11 Responsively Designed Nonprofit Websites to Study and Learn From

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Gates Foundation. National Campaign to Prevent Teen. Be sure to experience each of them on a desktop, tablet, and smartphone – and if possible, on two new screens we’ll be paying more attention to and designing for in the coming years – a smartwatch and smart TV. Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM). gatesfoundation.org.

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How Gen Z uses the internet to self diagnose and get help

Mashable Tech

A new survey and report from the Made of Millions Foundation, a nonprofit mental health advocacy organization, found that only a small fraction of Gen Z youth relies solely on the internet to interpret their symptoms and make their own conclusions about a diagnosis or disorder.

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The Future Today: Empowering youth via social media

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). headspace : The National Youth Mental Health Foundation in Australia. www.marketmakeovers.org.

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Teens and Twitter: A Mini Focus Group with Teens

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Earlier this week, I had an opportunity to run the social media strategy game with senior program staff at the Packard Foundation. Yesterday, I had an opportunity to ask about 100 teens attending the Asian Liver Center's Youth Leadership Conference on Asian and Pacific Islander Health this question directly.

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50 Nonprofits Every U.S. Politican Should Follow on Twitter

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Electronic Frontier Foundation :: @ EFF. National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy :: @ TheNC. Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children (CASA) :: @NationalCASA. Crisis Group :: @ CrisisGroup. DoSomething.org :: @ DoSomething. Education Week :: @ EducationWeek. Feeding America :: @ FeedingAmerica.

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