Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

The tools we develop for that purpose span a range of fields—from human rights , to global literacy , to the environment —but no matter what area we work in, we depend on an IP system that’s friendly to technological advances and to positive social impact. copyright law.

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Candid

JANUARY 13, 2023

And while we are with you in moving away from words such as empower , we’ll stick to providing a few alternatives here rather than a full entry (maybe try out inspire , encourage , or some form of partnering with ). While not as succinct, a potential alternative to “brainstorming session” could simply be an “idea generation session.”.

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Literacy Alternative Language Culture 126

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

The first part of the problem is that India still has low literacy rates - the 2009 Annual Status of Education Report shows that between classes 1 to 8 only around 40% of children can read a class 2 level text in their own language and an even lower 23% of children can ready easy sentences in English - sentences of the kind "What is your name?"

India 99

India Strategy Skype Remix 99

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2016

Olutosin has created an alternative: a women-only center that allows Nigerian women to connect online safely and freely. Her country is known for the hostile men who conduct online scams from Internet cafés across the region, men who make these cafés unsafe for women. Today, she is using technology to help fellow trafficking victims.

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Digital Empowerment Argentina Literacy 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

Another point of intersection here for me is Henry Jenkins recently published 72-page white paper " Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century." He also identifies the new literacies and skills -- and while he is talking about this in the context of children and education.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2006

Gaming is a literacy of transgression. Subvert the rules explore the limits of system propose alternate responses Great skills for social change. Education is a context for a change. Gaming is literacy. That's where dancing takes place. Gaming is testing ideas, proposing solutions, and moving through the system.

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Game Change Conference India 50

Museum 2.0

MARCH 9, 2007

She is an expert in alternate reality gaming (ARGs), the first woman to keynote at the Game Developers Conference, and she’s thrown down the gauntlet for a game designer to win a Nobel Prize in the sciences by 2032. But what if the goal was to band together to save the world from a real threat—like global warming, AIDS, or mass genocide?

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Game Museum Alternative Storytelling 20

Neon CRM

JULY 20, 2023

You might see these in educational or family-focused nonprofits as they expand their services to help people in need. Those individuals also suggested an alternative area where prices are a bit more stable. You might see these in educational or family-focused nonprofits as they expand their services to help people in need.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Peer-to-Peer Events Arts & Culture Events Community Events Educational Events Events for Grown-Ups Events for Kids & Families Nonprofit Peer-to-Peer Events Peer-to-peer events raise funds and generate buzz by having your supporters and participants get their networks involved in your event.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 10, 2006

We focus on political education and organizer skills trainings, and we definitely think it is critical to see the fusion of those two things. Our political education starts on a very basic level by identifying the systems of oppression that we live under here in the United States. How did you get involved with this kind of work?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

We love doing them, bring on great guest, speakers, totally free, totally educational. But if not, this is a great way for us to connect in a safe and educational space. So earlier I mentioned maybe a parent who took English as a second language classes or maybe they got their GED or they took those computer literacy programs.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Alternately, you can sponsor a trip to a local pumpkin patch with entry fees going towards your nonprofit. Regardless of the organization they support, they focus on education and the academic community. This is an excellent option for getting young people involved in their community while encouraging literacy.

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Ideas Fundraising Movie Classes 98

Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

They were college-educated and had professional jobs. If your organization promotes literacy, partner with a bookstore. Push your stories out to your audiences through all your channels, alternating with graphics emphasizing your key messages. I heard about this exercise at a conference and thought “I want to try this.”

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Museum 2.0

JULY 14, 2008

Some leaders are more conservative than I feared, and these people are alternately smug and desperate about maintaining their power. Both libraries and museums are (somewhat frustratingly) lumped with the K-12 public education system. Meetings about the future end up being about the present.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 6, 2007

Kevin talks about the Global Citizen Center, a large mixed use building in downtown San Francisco that will serve as a hub for ecologically and socially responsible enterprise, education and economic development. Our main goal is to educate the American people about what is really going on in the world, not what the U.S.

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