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Storytelling in the Digital Age: Lessons from the SOCAP12 Conference

Tech Soup

The theme of this year's conference is "Making Meaning Matter" with panels and discussions on community building and digital media. The example he used was the hero myth: an underdog starts from nothing, becomes educated or stronger by way of a mentor, and then saves the world.

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Growing Readers: Free Webinars for Early Childhood Orgs

Tech Soup

Media Mentors: Building Literacy Skills for the Digital Age. With young children gaining access to a dizzying array of games, videos, and other digital media, will they ever learn to read? In short, young children need media mentors. Register now.

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An Internship Fit for B.I.G.

Community Boost

Shep was an amazing mentor and taught me a lot about social media and web design. The biggest challenge for me was Project Flite where we worked with Kearny High School mentoring a select few of their youth from their Digital Media Design division. The kids were amazing, but it was difficult to keep them motivated.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2014

Tech Soup

He doesn’t run an organization; He's the digital media manager at Pathways to Education in Toronto. Of course he does great work leading the organization's national digital strategy, and they have plenty of work to do. We worked together here at TechSoup and I regard him as one of my mentors.

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Why is multi-channel marketing important for nonprofit fundraising?

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For example, instead of simply stating that your nonprofit provides mentors for women of color who work in STEM fields, tell the story of one specific woman and where her mentoring experience has led her. Identify the beginning, middle, and end.

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Storymakers 2014 Winners — A Global Success

Tech Soup

The landscape of communication is evolving at an exponential rate, and digital media creation is riding at the head of the wave. "'Free Running in Baltimore' was created in Wide Angle Youth Media's Mentoring Video Project Program, an advanced media production program for Baltimore city youth 14 to 20 years of age.

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