Amy Sample Ward

JULY 20, 2009

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2010

This week (April 18th to 25th) is National Volunteer Week in the US. 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. Many of these encourage folks to work with kids and teens ( ) and share their life experiences!

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

SEE ALSO: Why teens are telling strangers their secrets online In fact, of the 970 people between ages of 13 and 28 surveyed for the Made of Millions report, 431 of them were in some phase of what the researchers described as a mental health "journey."

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Engadget

MARCH 26, 2025

The legislation is intended to protect children and teens, according to bill sponsor Todd Weiler, a Republican state senator. However, it has also raised questions about privacy and where the burden of responsibility falls to ensure that underage users don't see inappropriate content. Meta, Snap and X have supported the measure. "We

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The Verge

OCTOBER 25, 2021

They predicted that, if “increasingly fewer teens are choosing Facebook as they grow older,” the company would face a more “severe” decline in young users than it already projected. And while Instagram remains incredibly popular with teens, Facebook’s own data shows that they are starting to engage with the app less. Declining numbers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 18, 2012

When I saw DoSomething.org CEO Nancy Lublin’s TED talk about creating a national Crisis Text Line for teens, I knew I wanted to be a part of this effort to reach teens using the medium they now love most – SMS. In other words, we needed to do some serious coalition building. Get together in person.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2014

Charlotte, A Young Teen, Helping To Save Horse Farm Through A Kick Starter Campaign. GivingTuesday is ramping up for its 2014 campaign and it looks like children and teens will be a part of the movement. One example is Emily Barr from Maryland is a clever 5th grader who wants to help her best friend who has Cystic Fibrosis.

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TechSpot

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) announced this week that it's collaborating with a few online platforms on a tool to help teens and others stop their intimate pictures from being shared. The measure intends to take a more preventative approach versus typical reporting systems. Read Entire Article

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Teens As Free Agents. One of things immediately struck me – the crowd was filled with younger people – teens, college students, and millennials who want to use the technology and do social change on their own terms. Now, I can’t wait for my international projects in 2013! ” Philantroteens.

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Bloomerang

JULY 28, 2023

Our nonprofit focuses on the mental health of teens and young adults and we would like to fund expeditions in some of the national parks in our state. One of the ways you’d like to do this is through expeditions in national parks in your state. Any advice on where to look for grants that fit our mission or other funding sources?”

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 26, 2021

By: Sara Leutzinger, National Director, External Communications & Content Strategy for Boys & Girls Club of America. For more than a century, Boys & Girls Clubs around the country opened their doors each day to millions of kids and teens, literally and symbolically. Opening doors. About the Author. Sara Leutzinger.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 16, 2011

Hand2Paw's mission is to connect homeless teens and shelter animals in a mutually beneficial way. They provide homeless teens with professional skills training and therapeutic experiences. ." - Rachel Cohen Twenty-year-old Rachel Cohen is the Founder and Executive Director of Hand2Paw.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 8, 2022

to plan a monthlong peer-to-peer fundraising campaign: February = Black History Month, American Heart Month, Oral Hygiene Awareness Month, Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, Eating Disorder Awareness Month. July = National Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness & Prevention Month, National Black Family Month.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Teens under 14 will be able to access Douyin between 6AM and 10PM, but won’t be able to use the app outside of that window, the company said. The app’s youth mode keeps it in line with the Chinese government’s new restrictions on access to video games for younger children.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

The initiative seeks to support ordinary people in accomplishing extraordinary things by helping them to tackle national and global challenges. Today's teens also plan to be generous when they get older. Today's teens also plan to be generous when they get older.

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The Verge

JULY 19, 2020

Activists have worked with the National Alliance of Multicultural Disabled Advocates to push for the #BlackDisabledLivesMatter efforts, to spotlight these challenges, as Teen Vogue columnist Sarah Kim reported. They also seek to call attention to the number of police violence victims who had disabilities.

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M+R

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Community stories trickled up to national attention. What’s more, of the top 20 national stories on voting rights shared on Facebook, more than a quarter were dedicated to looking at voter-related issues in our communities. . Voting rights issues affect the whole nation, but first and foremost, they start in our communities.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 11, 2012

Lane Sutton , Social Media from a Teen. Until now, it was very tough to have a great idea stand out — your product might shine in a local market, but rarely nationally without big marketing spend. Boloco had a customer who got a $65 parking ticket while getting a free burrito. He tweeted about it and Boloco paid the ticket!

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See3

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Change the world, one video at a time.Adoption: The Hamster | 0:31 Adopt Us Kids To mark National Adoption Month we are highlighting The Adoption Campaign, which aims to significantly increase the awareness of the urgent need for parents to provide loving, permanent homes for children and teens in foster care.

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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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The Verge

OCTOBER 5, 2021

One senator, Edward Markey of Massachusetts, has already called Haugen “a 21st-century American hero,” adding that “our nation owes you a huge debt of gratitude.”. Zuckerberg started Facebook as a Hot-or-Not clone — which almost certainly would negatively affect teen girls’ self-esteem. (At It probably won’t work here, either.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

What''s interesting is that ChronicleMe has partnerships with two nonprofits: the GLBT National Help Center, which works with gay and lesbian teens, and RAINN, the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network. Anonymity is a potentially dangerous road, and can remove the person from behind the message.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2014

Forty-two percent of Pottsboro’s school children are eligible for the National School Lunch Program. Here’s Dianne’s winning submission in its entirety: “The Pottsboro Library has made bridging the digital divide for teens a priority. Now the teens are branching out to other area nonprofits.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

It also says it’ll “facilitat[e] independent external research” with organizations like the University of Hong Kong and the National University of Singapore, though it didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on how the research will stay independent if Facebook is involved with it.

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Tableau

APRIL 21, 2021

In Zambia’s North Luangwa National Park, rangers study the map on their screen to see if there are any places they haven’t checked. They’re searching for six-year-old “teen” Chilunda, a critically endangered black rhino, missing for five months in the park’s rhino sanctuary. Empowering local communities and improving quality of life.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

s National Heath Service and was even distributed by Unilever. Describing itself as an “evidence-based gamified mental health game for teens and young adults”, eQuoo is now aiming its platform at the 50% of teens and tweens who self-report struggling with one or more issues of mental health.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 14, 2022

National Nail Polish Day (June 1). Set a fundraising goal to sponsor a nail color on National Nail Polish Day (June 1) in the spirit of Movember. National Repeat Day (June 3). National Repeat Day (June 3). National Oceans Month (June, US) World Oceans Day (June 8). National Selfie Day (June 21). Enroll Now.

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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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TechNode

JANUARY 20, 2025

The FTC’s complaint claims Genshin Impact misled players, especially children and teens, by promoting rare five-star loot boxes (gacha) that required large amounts of real money but came with a low chance of winning. Context: ByteDances TikTok temporarily halted its service in the US due to a government ban, which took effect on Jan.

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Candid

JULY 27, 2023

Data collection focused on the largest 800 funders nationally plus the top 25 grantmakers in each state and Washington, D.C., 2015 – Teens As Candid’s grants data approached its teenage years, many changes began to take place. private and community foundations. as measured by total giving. government agencies ii.

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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. Earlier this month, the Ad Council hosted a webinar on the topic of social media ROI with three great social media minds to help us navigate these and other thorny online issues.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 13, 2017

As champions of National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM), we're kicking off our first week with a focus on email. Read on for facts and tips on email security from the National Cyber Security Alliance. According to the National Cyber Security Alliance, 85 percent of U.S. Image: National Cyber Security Alliance.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 15, 2021

It’s a move informed by two trends: passive data collection, and a burgeoning mental health crisis in teens and young adults. . In some sense, Ksana Health is somewhat reminiscent of a cadre of software betting that improving mental health is partially a factor of increased vigilance of digital life, particularly among teens.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

When I was a young teen, for example, my twin sister and a girlfriend would pass around a football during lunch hour. Now, as a middle-aged woman working in the nonprofit sector, I clearly see millions of people working peacefully and tirelessly at local, national, and international levels to make the world a better place for everyone.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 14, 2009

If you use the advanced search option on VolunteerMatch.com , you can find volunteer opportunities that are good for kids and/or teens. Talk about local, national and international current events. Here are a few ideas: 1. Volunteer with them. Write letters to your government officials (federal, state and local) together.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

ServiceNation , a national campaign to increase service opportunities and elevate the importance of service in America, has received a $500,000 grant from Facebook as part of its expanded partnership. Twitter Demographics: Last month, we learned that Teens Don't Tweet. You can even add a good deed widget for your site.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

During the school year, federal programs like the National School Lunch Program help close this nutrition gap by providing free or reduced cost meals to low-income students. Unfortunately, only one in six youth who are eligible for the National School Lunch Program take advantage of the Summer Food Service Program. That's 3.9

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