Blog entry from Ypulse: Youth marketing to teens, tweens & Generation Y (Gen Y) – Daily news & commentary @ Ypulse (Posted by casey on 10-29-2008 )
The youth market has always been defined as tweens, teens, and sometimes college students, but Viacom’s recent “Golden Age of Youth” study reveals that marketers should begin including the [...]
From Child Trends
Students who are disengaged from school are at risk for many poor outcomes beyond poor academic achievement. They are at risk of skipping classes, sexual activity, substance use, and ultimately dropping out of school. A new Child Trends brief, Assessing School Engagement: A Guide for Out-Of-School Time Program Practitioners, provides information on why [...]
Name: Inclusion Champion Award to Honor Efforts on Behalf of Youth With Disabilities
Sponsor: Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation
Deadline: 12/1/2009
Amount: $1,000
Type: Social & Economic, Education
Description: The Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation, which works to help young people with disabilities to lead full and productive lives, is accepting nominations for the MEAF Inclusion Champion Award.
The award honors individuals who [...]
November 26; and January 28, 2009 (Phoenix)
The Arizona Community Foundation invites you to join its programs department for ACF Basics, a free workshop outlining the ACF grantmaking process. This ongoing seminar is intended to familiarize nonprofit organizations with ACF’s grantmaking procedures, and will provide valuable information about ACF’s initiatives and funding opportunities. This informal and [...]
Arts & Business Council of Greater Phoenix
October 29 (Phoenix)
Morning Workshop 9 a.m. – Noon: Understanding the Process of Research, Program Planning and Evaluation
This session will provide you with valuable information on prioritizing what you should be measuring. You will also learn how research can be integrated into your marketing and strategic plan, and how your [...]
Join us for a timely briefing on:
The Economic Crisis
How we got into this mess.
What we as a nation and as advocates can do about it.
Thursday, October 30, 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. eastern time
Register for webcast at: www.bostonconferencing.com/chn
Financial meltdown, credit crunch, the burst housing bubble, rising unemployment . . . the economic situation [...]
The Pima Community College Center for Early Childhood Studies (a community partnership with significant funding from United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona,) the Pima County Superintendent of School’s Office, the Sonoran Alliance for Youth, and the Southern Arizona Association for the Education of Young Children collaborated on the creation of this orientation material.
Meets Arizona [...]
Then here is a great project for them to help your kids register for:
Out of this World- NASA invites you to submit your name to be included on a microchip that will be rocketed into space as part of NASA’s Glory Mission, scheduled to launch in June 2009.
Glory is the first mission dedicated to understanding [...]
The Superstar Foundation 2008 Veronica Grants will be awarded to five outstanding direct service professionals, one for each of the following categories: Youth Development, Afterschool/Out-of-School Youth Services, Adult Men’s Services, Adult Women’s Services, and Family Services. Grant awards are $2000 each. Applications must be postmarked October 31, 2008.
URL: http://www.superstarfoundation.org/
“Modestly funded and often stretched to their limits, the organizations that provide out-of-school time (OST) programming face mounting demands to deliver higher quality services to more children. The Wallace Foundation recently asked several experts in the OST field to identify what they think are the key organizational, administrative and management obstacles impeding OST providers from [...]
