Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

To celebrate all of the good going on around us, they’ve created a huge, global image gallery of people, organizations and businesses doing good this holiday on their Facebook page – because they believe that #GoodSpotting is everywhere, and something everyone can do. With $250, you can make room for a student in a classroom.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2012

The app was a finalist in Microsoft's 2011 Imagine Cup, a student technology competition. As more tablets and smartphones are making their way into the classroom, it makes sense that there are a number of apps aimed at helping young people with their education and job preparedness. School and Job Preparedness. iStudiez Pro.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

The Kosch-Westerman Foundation connects terminally ill children to their classrooms through technology. " New Heights Educational Group. New Heights Educational Group is an educational support and literacy center for families with children who are struggling in school. " Inward Bound Mindfulness Education.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2015

I think Adora Svitak, a 16 year-old education activist, whose 2012 Ted Talk, “ What Adults Can Learn from Kids , has almost 4 million views said it best when describing the impact that these “kids” will have and why we should pay attention to them: “New generations grow and develop and become better than the previous ones.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2011

They hired me and it turned into a decade of learning and teaching others (artists, arts organizations, and arts educators) how to integrate this technology into their work and organizations. I had a chance to collaborate with every type of art form, arts management programs, arts education, and individual artists.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2015

I think Adora Svitak, a 16 year-old education activist, whose 2012 Ted Talk, “ What Adults Can Learn from Kids , has almost 4 million views said it best when describing the impact that these “kids” will have and why we should pay attention to them: “New generations grow and develop and become better than the previous ones.

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NTEN

AUGUST 16, 2011

For the first time, this year's Games for Change Festival created an opportunity for producers of games in development to get live feedback from leading game designers, educators, and funders on the main stage. Ludwig is a game aimed at educators and students alike. JURY FEEDBACK. JURY FEEDBACK. THE BOTTOM LINE.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

When they arrive at the location, players see an image of a Pokémon overlaid onto the real world that they can then collect. Imagine asking a question and being able to experience the answer in 3D or, using augmented reality to let an archaeology student participate in a dig in the classroom. How does the game work?

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 18, 2008

And so today we look at an educational facility (not a museum) that swabs the deck with these barriers. By doing so, it doesn't just widen the audience for a specific educational experience--it also offers a new model for how we might design and deliver interactive, varied content experiences. It makes them walk the plank.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2007

There is so much I'm learning from educators about this, including some of the comments I culled from the Chat from yesterday's Extension webinar: In our 4H Youth Development work, copyright has been a big issue, but this step 8 opens up some things. What is required for this promise to come through in education?

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Kindful

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

For example, it’s much more compelling to say that making a $25 monthly donation would allow your nonprofit to provide school supplies to 50 students than just asking your supporters to sign up to donate $25 every month. Think about images, colors, or themes that are associated with your branding. Think about your organization’s work.

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 8, 2024

This could be environmental issues, education, or arts. Images are incredibly effective at capturing our attention quickly, much more so than text alone. Simply adding a high-quality image or video can enhance your nonprofit’s content, whether it be a website page , flyer, or annual report. Incorporate compelling visuals.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 8, 2010

This guest post was written by Rebecca Lawrence, Museum Educator, Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center in Pennsylvania. These young students submitted illustrated storybooks to a student art exhibit at the SLHC last year. This is the second installment of a book discussion about Ray Oldenburg’s book The Great Good Place.

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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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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

In partnership with HHMI, Forum One developed the HHMI Biointeractive Online Community, which is a multi-lingual, logged-in experience offering a wide range of tools for science educators vetted through a verification process. This work won a silver Davey Award for Education! This work won a silver Davey Award for Education!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Guide your students to conversations and resources. Collaboration on student projects or other ways. Or suppose you were leading a program to educate young people about violent behavior in dating relationships. Do this before before a classroom blogging project or external organizational blog which is more visible.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

In partnership with HHMI, Forum One developed the HHMI Biointeractive Online Community, which is a multi-lingual, logged-in experience offering a wide range of tools for science educators vetted through a verification process. This work won a silver Davey Award for Education! This work won a silver Davey Award for Education!

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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. Maybe I am teaching computer classes, or English as a second language classes, maybe I’m teaching those and I have 10 students. Why is it important?”

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Students and teachers excel in classrooms that have all the resources they need to keep learning and teaching. A school supply drive can help your local schools provide quality education to all children, especially those from underserved communities for whom school supplies are a major expense. Donation images.

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Byte Technology

MARCH 23, 2016

Institutions of teaching still wholly relied on the skill and effectiveness of the individual standing in front of a chalkboard to impart information to a hopefully wide-eyed audience—no matter if they were first graders learning their multiplication tables or medical students delving into the maze of human anatomy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

As I think about my own children getting to the age when they will use the web, I'm trying not to get too depressed about what educators have said about this growing problem of cyberbullies over at the Stop CyberBullying site. Here's her advice for educators, students, and parents on how to stop Cyberbullying Today!:

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 13, 2009

Because it was my first time meeting the students, part of the half hour was spent getting to know each other. I highly recommend volunteering with young people, whether they are as little as a kindergartner, or as old as a college student. public school volunteer education donation I find it helps keep life in perspective.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

The Department of State should develop a Young Diplomats Program which would provide students with the opportunity to advance their understanding of the core topics and issues relevant to the foreign service. The program would run for the entire academic school year and rely on long-term engagement with students. Vote for this Idea].

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 19, 2008

Some interactions, like educational programs, may be quite expensive per visitor but are considered very high value; others, like retail, are only worthwhile if the interactions are cheap and return financial value to the institution. Some museums only engage with students who show up at the museum. Let's look at these one by one.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 28, 2014

When Touch Press was doing their planning, they identified the target audience for the book as "educated and lefty." My hope is that we can find a way to get it into the science and humanities classrooms in colleges and universities, and I am working on that. It hasn''t. What are you ultimately hoping to achieve with this project?

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