Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2014

Gen X and gen Y both came of age during the rise mass Internet communications and increasingly shun print communications and fundraising while adapting quickly to new trends in mobile and social giving. Eighty-three percent of millennials ages 18–29 use social networking sites on a regular basis as do 73 percent of teens.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 18, 2022

TikTok Videos: Not Just for Dancing Teens. While you might not have access to an internet goldmine of cute animals, there’s likely something unique or special about your cause that TikTok users will engage with. Users with under 1,000 followers have an average engagement rate of 51.1%. The majority of U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2012

This is a terrific presentation from Lee Raine from the Pew Internet and American Life Project that looks at the issue being “hyperconnected” or “over connected” to the web, mobile technologies and social media. Some 95% of teens ages 12-17 are online, 76% use social networking sites, and 77% have cell phones.

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TechSpot

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Eighteen-year-old Arion Kurtaj from Oxford, UK, was one of two teens behind the hack on Rockstar Games last year that led to a flood of GTA VI content hitting the internet. Kurtaj carried out the attack while on bail for hacking Nvidia and British telecom provider BT/EE. Despite staying in. Read Entire Article

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The Verge

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Facebook’s internal research about Instagram’s negative effects on teens—the main topic of Tuesday’s hearing—has particularly stoked anger towards the company and led for calls to publish more research for independent experts to evaluate. That’s why we have advocated for updated internet regulations for several years now.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 18, 2013

These teen YouTube stars, like iJustine , Bethany Mota , the Janoskians , Hunter March and others, create content on a daily, weekly or monthly basis that resonates with teen audiences across subject areas covering everything from gaming to beauty.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

The concept of Internet anonymity has received considerable debate in recent years. Internet anonymity means any interaction a user has on the Internet is shielded, so that his or her identity is not shared with another user or any third party on the Internet. Here some good reasons why Internet anonymity is important.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 6, 2021

There’s fun stuff too, like TikTok teens solving a mysterious car crash, but the overall message is clear: it’s rough out there, and you’ll need every trick you’ve got. Should abuse survivors have to disappear from the internet? Still, it’s not all bad news. Stay safe out there. By Nicole Froio. By Ryan Broderick. By Mitchell Clark.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Facebook PR: “Despite all this, we agree on one thing; it’s time to begin to create standard rules for the internet. It’s been 25 years since the rules for the internet have been updated, and instead of expecting the industry to make societal decisions that belong to legislators, it is time for Congress to act.”.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Internet Fame and the True Impact of Influence — SocialFish – "You may be aware that there is a big debate going on in the social media blogosphere about “influence&#. Today's teens also plan to be generous when they get older. But that doesn't mean everyone else sees the world, and words, the way I do.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

Personal computers, cell phones, digital assistants, and the Internet have fundamentally changed how we communicate. But with the Internet now accessible from public libraries, cyber cafés and cell phones, getting online is easier than ever for nearly anyone. Both age groups also view the Internet as an important source of information.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 14, 2021

Gen Z grew up with the internet and has much more exposure to social causes and advertising. DoSomething Strategic conducted a study that showed 67% of teens and young adults have stopped purchasing, or would consider doing so, if a company stood for something or behaved in a way that didn’t align with their values.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2014

Here’s Dianne’s winning submission in its entirety: “The Pottsboro Library has made bridging the digital divide for teens a priority. A local TV station employee was hired to work with the teens in a 6-week course where they created a promotional video for the library. The teens also have access to GoPro and Nikon.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 11, 2012

Ten startup owners shared which businesses are using the Internet to make a positive difference for others in real life: 1. Lane Sutton , Social Media from a Teen. IFTTT and Belkin Both Help. IFTTT provides a ton of different ways to automate online tasks we all deal with every day. He tweeted about it and Boloco paid the ticket!

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The Verge

MAY 14, 2021

If you, like me, had never heard of this corner of the internet, be prepared to read about TikTok teens and even some Starbucks employees on the platform coming up with drink recipes that can become so popular that some employees estimate they take up 20 percent of orders they fill in a shift. Wait, what? Starbucks influencers?

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 3, 2013

The process of choosing a domain name is not unlike that moment in your teens or early 20s when you decided to get a tattoo. Yes, we’re going there, but stick with this for a moment. Those of you who’re inked, think back to the process leading up to that decision. You labored for hours about what exactly to get. What best defines you?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

million in a new financing round as it looks to scale its platform in the world’s second-largest internet market. Students going to the top colleges is just 10% of the potential audience,” explained Chaturvedi, who spent his teen years attending talks from startup founders and also made money by bringing more people to those talks.

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The Verge

JULY 28, 2021

Hide teens’ accounts from adults who have engaged in suspicious behavior, such as being repeatedly blocked by other children. There was evidence that ads for smoking, weight loss and gambling were all being shown to teens ). And people don’t necessarily want to give their IDs to internet services.”.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

According to the Pew Research Center''s Internet Project , 59% of internet users do not believe it is possible to be completely anonymous online. Will this allow for trolls to have more spaces to attack people around hot button issues? And is anything online ever truly anonymous?

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Forum One

JULY 5, 2006

Read More » Entrepreneurship and Internet Diplomacy in the Muslim and Arab World Sarah Hassaine in Influence 17 May 2010 When President Obama took the stage in Cairo, Egypt last year, millions tuned in to hear his approach for improved U.S. In this case.

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Forum One

JULY 5, 2006

Read More » Entrepreneurship and Internet Diplomacy in the Muslim and Arab World Sarah Hassaine in Influence 17 May 2010 When President Obama took the stage in Cairo, Egypt last year, millions tuned in to hear his approach for improved U.S. In this case.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Qwerty Monsters are teens, age 13-17, who have gone mad for texting on their mobile phones. A summary of this report from AFP points to statistics from Pew Internet and American Life Millennial Study : Ninety-three percent of Millennials regularly go online, with 50 percent of this population using mobile Internet.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

With the ubiquity of tablets and phones, kids are getting on the internet as young as six years old. As Instagram head Adam Mosseri notes in a statement included in The Journal ’s reporting: It’s not new and it’s not a secret that social-media companies try to understand how teens and preteens use technology.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 7, 2014

Last week, TechSoup for Libraries held a webinar called Public Tech Instruction: Teaching the Public on Internet Safety. The Cleveland Public Library put together this fantastic activity/handout on tracing your digital footprint on the Internet. AT&T designed an Internet Safety game. Learning Resources for Adults.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 20, 2021

And like a Zoom conference, it assumes that your interviewee can easily access the Internet. Email is a distant third choice because people tend to respond more formally in writing. Finally, some folks will try to write appeals based on a video transcript.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2006

Last week I wrote about a virtual homeless teenager in Second Life who raising awareness of the plight of homeless teens in Spain. Nick Booth from the UK is asking for help in promoting an internet UK-based fundraiser. Participants who enter here can win a Playstation 3 from Dixons and have their ??1

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AFP Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Millennials will benefit and suffer due to their hyperconnected lives | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project : Overview Teens and young adults brought up from childhood with a continuous connection to each other and to information will be nimble, quick-acting multitaskers who count on the Internet as their external brain and who (..)

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The Verge

MAY 27, 2020

Just like nearly everything else on the internet, streaming services are ruled by recommendation algorithms that are designed to predetermine what people want before they ask for it. But is seeing what Zac Efron’s favorite teen movies really any more personal? WarnerMedia is trying to accomplish the opposite with HBO Max.

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Engadget

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Child online safety has been the issue du jour since the Children and Teen's Online Privacy Protection Act ( COPPA ) and Kids Online Safety Act ( KOSA ) started making their way through Congress, even though both failed to pass in the House.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Pew Internet, in their report on " Social Media and Young Adults ", reveals that the number of teen bloggers has plummeted since 2006. Move the car to see two guys in snorkling attire chase it down the street. Maybe they had privacy concerns.). Mouse pointer track. Have they discovered Japan's mobile phone novels fad ?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

Do you think that people on social networking and media are just teens and college students? "Older people aren't shy of using the internet - they have a verve for life that applies online as well as offline," said Paul Green, a Saga spokesman. Source: Karl Kapp presentation.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

YMCA of Greater Seattle's Kirkland Teen program was one of our test sites. It serves an estimated 84,000 children and teens, so we hoped that this lab would be a serious test of a MultiPoint Server lab's resilience. The Kirkland Teen program in Bellevue, Washington is run by Emily Smith who is their Youth Development Director.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2009

These themes of race and class were not lost on ethnographer danah boyd , who gave one of the most provocative presentations of the conference – quoting both Habermas and inner-city teens! As an example of this new approach he highlighted how Obama’s speech in Cairo was translated live and broadcast on TV, the Internet, and mobile phones.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2006

I set it up so I could help some friends with teens who are it and hopefully by the time my kids are teens there will be a different technology use pattern to master.) Much of the advice is transferable to other social networking spaces. (I I have a myspace site but I haven't done any deep experimination.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2008

In reflection, I've been thinking about how much richer it is being social - how you don't have to know all the answers when you have a good network (and a decent Internet connection.) It made me think about another digital divide - for those who don't have the Internet connection or haven't yet engaged on Twitter - the knowledge divide.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2022

Meanwhile, Sarah leans into a report that TikTok has overtaken YouTube as the place where all the kids and teens are spending their time. Finally, Manish covered the Internet and Mobile Association of India, a technology advocacy group that decided to drop cryptocurrency over regulatory uncertainty. Alrighty, now on with the show.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Research firm Quorus Consulting Group polled 2,003 teens and adults in April 2011. Jim has over 25 years of experience in developing international markets for technology based companies, advocating the advancement of wireless technology and promoting the mobile Internet on a global scale.

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