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Betsy Beaumon on Benetech's Literacy Program

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The Year That Was and the New Year Ahead Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, Benetech's VP and General Manager of the Literacy Program 2012 was a year of titanic shifts in the fields of consumer technology, education, and publishing, along with the requisite challenges brought about by such rapid change. We’ve added over 1800 books since then.

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70% of US College Students Say They Aren’t Politically Engaged

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The majority of college students don’t consider themselves politically active and they rarely donate money to campaigns or causes, or volunteer for candidates or issues. How will this all play out in 2012? ?. 16% said it made less of an impact. Only 11% of 18-29 year olds donated money to a political campaign or cause.8%

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What are Effective Strategies Nonprofit Organizations Use to Improve Diversity and Inclusion?

ASU Lodestar Center

The 2012 State of the Work Report shows that “people of color make up 37 percent of program offices at foundations…21 percent of U.S. managerial/professional workforce, but only 10-17 percent of CEO and board leadership at foundations” (Ryan, 2012, p. New Mexico State University. 2017, October 5). Personal interview. Trower, C.

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Digital Analytics Basics: Free Online Academy from Google

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In the 60 minutes piece, it is referred to the flipped classroom or peer instruction a mindset that directs attention away from teachers and puts it squarely on the students and their learning. In 2012, Howard Rheingold facilitated the production of the “ Peeragogy Handbook ,” a practical how-to.

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Research Friday: Legal Structure Alternatives to Lead Social Change

ASU Lodestar Center

continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. Karina Lungo is a graduate student in the MNpS program at Arizona State University. Retrieved April 9, 2012, from Stanford Social -Innovation Review: Informing and Inspiring Leaders of Social Change: [link] [link].

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Changing lives through financial empowerment

ASU Lodestar Center

In 2012, 25 percent of Americans had more credit card debt than they had in their emergency savings. There are no courses in our public school systems that teach students how to use a. If it passes, our students could become the most financially savvy high school graduates in the country. Kristen Coco , Program Developer.

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Research Friday: Does your nonprofit have an outcome-driven culture?

ASU Lodestar Center

continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. In December 2012 Charity Navigator released the concept note for CN 3.0 – their next version of Charity Navigator. Karina Lungo is a graduate student of the Master of Nonprofit Studies degree at Arizona State University.