Texting and driving—it’s something we all know we shouldn’t do, but it’s not always a rule everyone follows. That’s why the Ad Council has partnered with a competition called Project […]
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Teens and Facebook, It’s Complicated
If you read the results from the latest Piper Jaffray teen survey, you may believe that teens have completely abandoned Facebook for Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat. According to the survey, […]
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It’s Complicated: danah boyd on the Social Lives of Networked Teens
If your organization is trying to reach teens, you should buy this book. Really. I have known danah boyd for about 10 years and she is the number one expert […]
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Why Teen Pregnancies Are Down a Whopping 52 Percent
The National Campaign to Prevent Teenage and Unplanned Pregnancy has good news to share: since peaking in the 1990s, teen pregnancy rates and births have declined dramatically in all […]
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Tips on Viral Marketing from the Creator of Mortified
I first saw “Mortified” (the show where real people read writing from their most awkward years) at the Make-Out Room in San Francisco years ago. I loved the show so […]
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Top Five Things to Remember When You’re Trying to Hook Young People
For 20 years, DoSomething.org has been providing exciting ways for young people (25 and under) to take action on the social issues they care about. We have built up 1.7 […]
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No More Drama: The Latest On Teens And Social Media
Teens are abandoning Facebook! They are flocking to Twitter! If you read the latest headlines inspired by the recent Pew Internet and American Life Project report on teens and social […]
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