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Salesforce.org CEO Rob Acker’s Year-End Reflections

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We partnered with organizations like UNICEF in their critical work to prevent depression and anxiety in children. And we helped equip educators to better engage with thousands of students when classrooms had to become virtual. It may sound simple, and it is. It has been a year of challenge and change.

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New Models for Children's Museums: Wired Classrooms?

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I was fascinated by our discussion, and Bob came to mind last month, when I was asked to write an article for the Association of Children's Museums quarterly journal, Hand to Hand , about children's museums and Web 2.0. To many of these folks, Bob's wired classrooms seem threatening. in her book, Civilizing the Museum.

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7 “Must Do’s” When Thanking Donors To Win Their Heart and Set Up Future Gifts

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and her children into an apartment, provide furnishings in partnership with our local furniture bank, and enroll her in a certification program so she can increase her income. “I Your thank-you letter should touch the reader’s heart, not sound like an academic paper. Thanks to generous supporters like you, we were able to move S.

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Create an Online Donation Receipt that Leads to More Donations

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Try reading your letter aloud and see if it sounds like you are chatting with your donor. You answered our call for donations so students could move off our waiting list and into classrooms. These seven children are receiving a quality education, three meals a day, mentoring, and medical care. And your gift made it happen.

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Microsoft OneNote Gives Dyslexic Kids a New Learning Experience

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More than 2,000 donated and refurbished tablet PCs with Microsoft OneNote have helped Ordyslexie to create a cost-effective way to provide dyslexic children an easier way to learn. Imagine that organizing your thoughts and writing were laborious tasks and identifying letters and sounds was a daily struggle for you.

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The Art of Relevance Sneak Peek: Part Ex-Con, Part Farmer, Part Queen

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Today, there are thirty kids fidgeting in a classroom, talking to their friends, messing with their phones. And especially for those kids who know that their job prospects may be shaky, that sounds really good and useful. After offering up these four keys, Doron energizes the classroom with a challenge.

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The Birth of a Field: Digital Media and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The environment for learning is no longer in the classroom and its online, and outside of school. MacArthur wants to know: How is digital media changing the way that children learn and develop and what are the implications? "We know very little about the learning that is happening outside of classrooms."

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