Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2019

27: Digital Learning Day — #DLDay. 12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. 2: World Wetlands Day — #WorldWetlandsDay. 4: World Cancer Day — #WorldCancerDay. 11: Safer Internet Day — #SID20. 13: World Radio Day — #WorldRadioDay. September.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

In early education, children learn the fundamentals of reading and writing in order to communicate, collaborate, and contribute in the world. Libraries, nonprofits, and schools are already working hard to teach digital skills and competency, but they need support of the entire community to help people thrive in the technology age.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, VP and General Manager, Benetech’s Global Literacy Program. With the goal of promoting braille literacy, this landmark meeting brought together braille experts from around the world to Perkins’ campus in Watertown, Massachusetts. And today, braille is not being taught to most blind children.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2018

28: Digital Learning Day — #DLDay. 12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. 20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay. 2: World Wetlands Day — #WorldWetlandsDay. 5: Safer Internet Day — #SID19.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2017

22: Digital Learning Day — #DLDay. 12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. 20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay. 2: World Wetlands Day — #WorldWetlandsDay. 13: World Radio Day — #WorldRadioDay.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 17, 2013

5: Digital Learning Day — #DLDay. 12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #IntLiteracyDay or #LiteracyDay. 20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay. 20: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service — #MLKDay. September.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 16, 2014

13: Digital Learning Day — #DLDay. 13: Digital Learning Day — #DLDay. 12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. 20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay. 14: V-Day — #1BillionRising.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 1, 2017

23: Digital Learning Day — #DLDay. 12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. 20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay. 2: World Wetlands Day — #WorldWetlandsDay. 13: World Radio Day — #WorldRadioDay.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

If we had known the full consequences of Steve Jobs showing us that first iPhone on stage in 2007 and its impacts on our lives, attention, interactions, children, environment, physical and mental health, what hard questions would we have asked? We didn’t ask. Generative AIs have the power to transform education.

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sgEngage

MARCH 8, 2023

Connect the dots and remind supporters that libraries promote literacy by offering free access to literature for all community members. Commit to a timeline to ensure your digital efforts are in sync and to stay connected to your audience throughout the day.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 11, 2021

From creating digital learning opportunities and initiatives to protect girls’ mental well-being to securing national funding for education — the Champions we support are driving solutions to girls’ education challenges in their communities. . The broadcasts air weekly and deliver multilingual lessons on literacy, numeracy, and STEM.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 3, 2016

In partnership with these organizations, TechSoup will be hosting a series of webinars about technology and innovation for early childhood literacy organizations and researchers. If you work with young children at a nonprofit or library, this free webinar series is for you. Media Mentors: Building Literacy Skills for the Digital Age.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2012

(My favorite practical principle from Shenk was “Give A Hoot, Don’t Email Pollute” when talking about the need for developing will power in consuming and sharing digital information.). His chapter on “Data Literacy” describes what sounds a lot of good content curation skills minus the social sharing part.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2011

One of the big pieces of digital divide news in the U.S. This new program is rolling out this month in 39 states offering $10 per month broadband Internet program to low-income families with children who are eligible to receive free school meals. Subscribers will also be given access to free digital literacy training.

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Neon CRM

MAY 3, 2023

There’s no one-size-fits-all solution for recognizing your supporters; in fact, your organization will be much better off by mixing and matching your donor recognition strategies and including both digital and traditional rewards for all your supporter tiers. You should also try to tie that figure to organizational impact.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2015

17: Digital Learning Day — #DLDay. 12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. 20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay. 2: World Wetlands Day — #WorldWetlandsDay. 13: World Radio Day — #WorldRadioDay.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

But, I expect that 75% of the job will be about analyzing the legal issues from our programs, especially in our Global Literacy Program, which includes Bookshare, the largest digital library for the blind and dyslexic in the U.S., as well as our Human Rights Program, which supports activists fighting injustice around the world.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 7, 2014

The Northstar Digital Literacy Project has 33 questions, but only a few touch on safety and security. The Cleveland Public Library put together this fantastic activity/handout on tracing your digital footprint on the Internet. Learning Resources for Children and Families. The quizzes are divided by grade level.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2006

I would love to hear Howard Gardner talk about digital learning. What role do video games, cell phones and social networking websites play in the development of today's children? "Digital Learning" Press Briefing and Panel Discussion. But wait a second, I could attempt to live blog remotely. and Catherine T.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2005

and new technolgies in early literacy development. She came across my " Mommy, what's a blog " post when looking for examples of young children's involvement. young children's interest in them." " She went on to tell me, "I think it is an interesting example of how parents scaffold young children's.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

This blog originally appeared on the Huffington Post In December 1981 soldiers of the Salvadoran Army’s Atlacatl Battalion entered the village of El Mozote, where they murdered hundreds of men, women and children. I invite you to check back on our website for ongoing updates about our work. Photo credits: Rom Srinivasan and Patrick Ball.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 11, 2006

The one I was most interested in is the Digital Equalizer Program. Digital divide programs are notoriously difficult to run successfully. The AIF team in New Delhi took me to visit a school that was part of the Digital Equalizer program. The children were simply delightful.

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NTEN

JUNE 13, 2014

Upon registration, #14LCS participants choose one of three tracks—Digital Strategy, The Future of Technology, or Impact Leadership—and spend a good deal of time in track-specific sessions. time, cost), leverage the evidence-based social science research available to identify the strongest leading indicators and capture metrics on those.

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Tech Soup

MAY 31, 2013

VietNet-ICT’s vision is to narrow the digital divide by providing ICT access to poor people in Vietnam. Although Vietnam is regarded as a developing country, it has a literacy rate of 94 percent. Digital Divide nonprofits nonprofit foundations IT communications Technology tsfoundationsorg TechSoup Asia Vietnam Indonesia'

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

We also shine the light on the potential security problems of smart toys, predict the end of the digital divide, and discuss a health-related wearable that can't get here fast enough and some intriguing 10 year-old predictions that just happened to come true. Children love it. Digital Divide Will Be Bridged in 2016.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

This morning I attended the MacArthur Foundation Digital Learning briefing that was taking place at the Natural History Museum in NYC. It was the ultimate digital media multi-tasking experience. MacArthur wants to know: How is digital media changing the way that children learn and develop and what are the implications?

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2008

Today, the Los Angeles nanny funds a school in her native Malawi -- where half a million children have been orphaned by the disease." Carolyn LeCroy "After serving time in prison, Carolyn LeCroy started The Messages Project to help children stay connected with their incarcerated parents.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

While there, McDonald noticed that many classrooms had only a stack of books to share between hundreds of children. “It It hit her like a lightning bolt that this could be a solution for Haiti…that she could build a digital content platform,” Stephans said. Her purpose would be discovered while visiting classrooms.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

They also have a homework help program for school children and offer a variety of digital literacy computer classes. Like most libraries, La Conner Library provides public access computers to patrons to use however they wish. Patrons can also bring their own laptops and tablets and use the library's free WiFi.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

They also have a homework help program for school children and offer a variety of digital literacy computer classes. Like most libraries, La Conner Library provides public access computers to patrons to use however they wish. Patrons can also bring their own laptops and tablets and use the library's free WiFi.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

It found that if they needed help and couldn’t reach 9-1-1, one in five would try to contact responders through a digital means such as e-mail, websites or social media. Problems were that many survivors had no internet access, let alone electrical power, let alone computers or even computer literacy.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2005

One corporate chief executive offered extensive in-kind support for our digital literacy enterprises that provide the disabled access to talking books and teach reading to teenagers and adults who are not yet literate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

Some notes from the white paper, I'm still digesting it (not being a digital native, I had to print it out). He also identifies the new literacies and skills -- and while he is talking about this in the context of children and education. " He describes what Ian observed what happened with his youth audience.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Both of these designers presented compelling images and evidence from exhibit work and child development experts about the idea that you can make sophisticated, muted exhibits that help children slow down, focus, and enjoy themselves with interactive content.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Your fundraising campaign page is your digital storefront and your most effective tool for connecting with potential donors. Engaging Success Stories: Visual storytelling elements like images or videos of children reading, accompanied by their success stories, are placed where they’re easy to find.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

One of my business visits was to a long-standing social enterprise partner of ours, Digital Divide Data in Vientiane, Laos. I wrote about that visit in my last blog post: Digital Divide Data: our Partner in Laos. Their goal is to help protect vulnerable children.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Do they have children? If they are families with children, seek out events with activities for kids. If your organization promotes literacy, partner with a bookstore. Try this: Think about the first few people who enthusiastically donated to your nonprofit. Write down their names and everything you can think of about them.

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