Tech Soup

JULY 25, 2012

"The digital revolution is changing the hierarchy of information," said Dr. Valerie Hill in her recent visit to the Nonprofit Commons. " Today, information is published from the 'bottom up' or from user-generated sources. YouTube and Wikipedia are usually first choices for information seekers.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

We can only hope that we later have the time, information, and bandwidth to make new, better decisions. A volunteer resource manager at another human service nonprofit that we talked with noted the challenge that comes with the decision to suddenly embrace information and communication technologies. “I

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. A new copyright exception has been adopted nationwide just a couple of years earlier, the Chafee Amendment (also known as Section 121).

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 29, 2008

Beth is on the Board of the Foundation, and she and her husband have two children, Harry and Sara, who were adopted as orphans from Cambodia. Beth has set up a wiki with information, photos and a fundraising widget that you can include in an email or blog post. Photo Credit: Literacy Students by Beth Kanter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

gThe above video is one of the many social networking strategies that The Genocide Intervention Network used to transform itself from a small student group to national non-profit. offers personal insights in opening up to new ideas and letting go of information, hierarchy and "proprietary" thinking. Go read it. and discovery.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Pet Adoption Events Collaborate with local animal shelters for pet adoption events where a portion of adoption fees goes to your cause. Scholastic Fundraising Ideas Scholastic events can be held for K-12 students or for major alumni associations. You need a powerful, nonprofit-focused tool to handle all that information.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

This means new challenges ahead in scaling Bookshare.org to serve every single student with a print disability in the U.S. In essence, we're being paid to deliver – free – accessible books to all students with print disabilities in the United States for the next five years. I bet you're wondering what we must accomplish.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Pet Adoption Event Obviously, pet adoption events make perfect sense for animal shelters and other animal welfare-focused groups. Have your organization collaborate with local animal shelters to host adoption drives, connecting animals in need with caring families.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

And all kinds of information on our website, you can watch videos, get a really good sense of what we have to offer. So, if there was anything that piqued your interest or you said, “Oh my goodness, I would love more information about this particular area,” we can point you in the right direction for that.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

While the US is 24th worldwide in broadband adoption, the real gap is found in low-income urban households and rural areas in the US. He spoke about FCC's expansive efforts to increase "digital literacy" for both individuals and small businesses. History has taught us that information is not the domain of the wealthy," he noted.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 13, 2011

The amazing thing about serving 100,000 students right now is that our commitment to the U.S. Department of Education was to serve 100,000 students by the end of our five-year contract in late 2012. Literacy, human rights and the environment are critically important to the future of humanity. With your help, we will!

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