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Eminem Charity Ties With Nike
(US) Global sports brand Nike are partnering with bad-boy rapper Eminem for charity. The limited-edition collection of Air Max sneakers will be signed and auctioned for Eminem's Marshall Mathers Foundation, which provides funds for organizations working with troubled youth in southeast Michigan, and ninemillion.org, a global campaign to bring…
Filed August 31 2006 | READ IT
Phatgnat Bulletin #49
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Filed August 29 2006 | READ IT
The Phatgnat Challenge #37
'The Phatgnat Challenge' has been developed to demonstrate the services of Phatgnat and to illustrate how businesses can create high-profile youth projects which also satisfies public sectors aims and objectives. Brand: Office Max Potential Partners: Local/national art organisations Project: Promote and host art and design drop-in sessions in their…
Filed August 29 2006 | READ IT
Global Youth Leaders Awards
(WORLD) Nokia and International Youth Federation (IYF) has announced the winners of the YouthActionNet Awards, going to twenty youth leaders who create positive change. YouthActionNet Manager Ashok Regmi sid: Each of the twenty winners has developed creative solutions to urgent social challenges. Their efforts reflect a growing global youth…
Filed August 28 2006 | READ IT
Missing Tricks
(US) Massachusetts-based EdTech Networks Inc. runs a little project called Ednets which enables schools to have slick and professional websites for their schools without paying a dime. Basically, the company sells 'advertising' which appears on the site which also pays for their involvement. I'm not going to comment on…
Filed August 28 2006 | READ IT
The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston's Teen Council
(US) Came across this video whilst trawling YouTube—the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston's Teen Council enables the venue to develop and deliver youth-specific events/shows, whilst giving the members valuable experience and a little money for their time. Watch the video below for the whole story but I was just thinking how…
Filed August 27 2006 | READ IT
Oprah Establishes School
(WORLD) Nothing short than pure philanthropy but worthy of a mention—Oprah Winfrey has opened up a £15m girls school for 450 students in South Africa. The curriculum will be focussed on leaderships as well as traditional academic subjects and Oprah herself has been involved in interviewing potential students. I…
Filed August 25 2006 | READ IT
Apple Scholars
(WORLD) Apple has announced the ten winners of its Apple Scholars programme. The winners were chosen through their 'innovative use of technology in academics' and each receives an iPod nano, a MacBook Pro, and $2000. Wish there was more information on the winners and how they used the Apple…
Filed August 24 2006 | READ IT
Online Spare Change Donations
(WORLD) As e-commerce grows and grows a new company called Change Round Up has developed an innovative way to to get online purchasers to donate to good causes. Daniel Quigley, President of Change Round-Up: The Change Round-Up service is easily installed on most shopping cart platforms and is flexible…
Filed August 23 2006 | READ IT
Get A (Second) Life
(WORLD) I covered in a previous post about how one non-profit has raised $11,000 in the virtual world of Second Life. Well it seems another has had similar results. The American Cancer Society raised over $40,000 through a Second Life Relay for Life. With brands like American Apparel opening…
Filed August 22 2006 | READ IT
Vocation. Vocation. Vocation.
(UK) 30,000 young people will leave school this year with no qualifications. To tackle this issue, the Princes Trust has developed a 12 week vocational course which will give attendees relevant skills for employment, accredited by the City and Guilds awarding body. The Prince's Trust has a huge number…
Filed August 22 2006 | READ IT
MyCause
(US) Youth Noise, an online social networking site for social change in partnership with another networking site focussing on connecting high school students, Sconex , is launching MyCause—an online space and tools to pursue social causes. YouthNoise CEO Ginger Thomson: Most young people want to take an active role…
Filed August 21 2006 | READ IT
Youth Good Practices Booklet
(WORLD) Wanting some ideas for youth projects which inspire young people and has them at its heart? Then check out this FREE pdf entitled 'Youth Good Practices Booklet' from Amnesty International. Chapterised into the three big themes of Engagement, Activism and Participation, it's a valuable resource and inspiring reminder…
Filed August 20 2006 | READ IT
Fresh Films Winners
(US) I covered the Fresh Films initiative here but got news today of the winners. They had over 1.5million votes in 36 days and the winners are San Francisco with Austin as runners up. The two teams get a trip to LA and their films screened at the LA…
Filed August 18 2006 | READ IT
Computer Clubhouse
(US) The Intel Computer Clubhouse is a national after-school programme in the US, 'providing young people with access to high-tech equipment, professional software and adult mentors to help them develop the self-confidence and enthusiasm for learning skills needed to create new opportunities.' Check out the MediaSnackers podcast interview with…
Filed August 17 2006 | READ IT
Online Service Directory
(WORLD) Ethical Corporation has launched a free online Service Directory for CSR professonals and practitioners. Would've been good if you could add yourself in a number of categories because when it comes to Phatgnat, it doesn't fit neatly in just one. Plus, my profile got rejected because I refused…
Filed August 17 2006 | READ IT
Intern Newbie
Phatgnat would like to formally welcome Emily as our intern for the next couple of months. You can read her little bio here. Emily wil be posting here and also developing some other stuff as well. She won't be doing any filing, tea-making or picking up of dry-cleaning—we have…
Filed August 16 2006 | READ IT
Phatgnat Bulletin #48
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Filed August 15 2006 | READ IT
The Phatgnat Challenge #36
'The Phatgnat Challenge' has been developed to demonstrate the services of Phatgnat and to illustrate how businesses can create high-profile youth projects which also satisfies public sectors aims and objectives. Brand: Samsung. Potential Partners: University Summer Schools Project: Create 'hubs' where participants get to try out the latest 'gadgets'…
Filed August 15 2006 | READ IT
Things Are Going To Change
(WORLD) At the end of next month Phatgnat will be 2 years old. The Phatgnat Youth Report 2005 has currently been downloaded 3,000+ times—wow. The Phatgnat (web)log gets 1,000+ unique visitors a day—hello! The Phatgnat Fortnightly Bulletin mailing list has 700+ subscribers—nice. Things are about to change… This year,…
Filed August 14 2006 | READ IT
Lego Builds
(US) Another Phatgnat friend, Christian over at think:lab comes across this story—Lego partnering with a university to encourage science and maths take-up. Robin Shoop, director of the Robotics Academy at Carnegie Mellon: The goal here is using the motivational effects of robots to excite more children to pursue careers…
Filed August 14 2006 | READ IT
Philanthro-tainment
(WORLD) Philanthro-what? Phatgnat friend and fellow blogger Joe over on Selfish Giving is attempting to coin and develop the term Philanthro-tainment as an explanation of how he works. Here's what he means: It's not straight philanthropy because giving isn't the only goal. But it's also not just entertainment because…
Filed August 14 2006 | READ IT
Youth Enterprise
(UK) Young Enterprise is hosting a summer school pilot project for 'enterprising teenagers'—(which I blogged about back in June 2005?). Michael Savory, chief executive of Young Enterprise, says: We hope we can persuade the government to give, but we can't rely only on [that] - I hope business will…
Filed August 14 2006 | READ IT
The Same Old Question
(WORLD) Mallen Baker takes on the age-old question of 'what is the business case for CSR'?…
Filed August 14 2006 | READ IT
MTV Film Competition
(WORLD) I wrote about this last year—MTV creating a video compeition to raise awareness of HIV and AIDS as part of their Staying Alive campaign. However, this year they are doing it differently. They have a new partner in UNESCO and have developed a specific programme entitled forty |…
Filed August 11 2006 | READ IT
Talk To Me
(UK/WORLD) Over at my other venture I'm really getting into podcasting and would love to introduce it here. Now from my experience in trying to develop the Phatgnat Spotlight and the total lack of response I have had, I know this is going to be a extremely hard—it seems…
CSR Reporting With A Twist
(US/WORLD) Came across this blog post on how Timberland are sending out their CSR report (which has been produced only using recycled materials) but also with a t-shirt wrapped up in it. Bit 'gimmicky' but nonetheless, different than most. I've tried to make contact with Timberland several times through…
Small Change, Big Difference
(UK) Here's a nice post about a sports club linking in with a health campaign run by the UK government. Small change, big difference, 'encourages people to make minor changes in their lifestyles to give them a better chance of living longer, healthier lives'. In this project, players from…
Apprentice Ecologist Initiative™
(US) Sponsored by the Intel Corporation, the Apprentice Ecologist Initiative™ creates youth leaders in programmes relating to environmental clean-ups and social well-being issues in the Albuquerque community. Yih-Ming Hsu, Volunteer Program Manager said: One of Albuquerque's gems is the beautiful natural environment that surrounds the city. Local mountains, mesas,…
MediaSnackers Films #2—Rhubarb & Custard
(UK) 1day, 6 young volunteers, 3 weblogs, and several podcasts… Related post: Rhubarb & Custard, UPDATE: Rhubarb & Custard & Turn On, Tune In, Get Out!…
Record Breaking Donations
(US) Founder of Nike, Philip H. Knight, has pledged a whopping $105 million to help build a new campus for the Stanford University Graduate School of Business—making it the biggest ever cash donation to a school. Here's what he has to say about his reasons: Stanford Business School was…
State Farm
(US) State Farm (US based insurers) have created a 'Youth Advisory Board' who gets to decide where $5 million worth of grants goes. The money is for student-led community projects across the country but it doesn't stop there. The young people who sit on the board receive generous remuneration…
UPDATE: Rhubarb & Custard
(UK) Yesterday, I delivered a days training enabling a group of six young people (17-20 years) to become webloggerss and podcasters. The morning session focussed on inspiring and setting clear aims for the young participants to create their weblogs and also complete three posts (which included pictures taken on…
Phatgnat Bulletin #47
Check out the latest one here and sign up here….
The Phatgnat Challenge #35
'The Phatgnat Challenge' has been developed to demonstrate the services of Phatgnat and to illustrate how businesses can create high-profile youth projects which also satisfies public sectors aims and objectives. Brand: Motorola. Potential Partners: Youth Action Network Project: Create an online toolkit for young people wanting to blog about…
Open Your Eyes…
(WORLD) — and then your ears! Just finished listening to this podcast/audio offering (only 4 mins long) from the good people of American Public Media. Here's the blurb: Too many kids, not enough of those tiny little chairs. That's the math problem stumping school districts in some fast-growing communities….
Partycp8
(AUS) Imagine being a young person with dreams and desires to attend film school and make films. Well, PartyCp8 is a programme which not only teaches kids the tricks of the trade but also gives them a cut of the profits. Starting in September, students will be making short…
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