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Benetech: President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I want to unveil several of these new initiatives, as well as sneaking in some of the incredible things happening in our core programs in literacy and human rights. and James L. Route 66 pairs this reading content with teaching tools and learning exercises, effectively empowering any literate person to become an early reading instructor.

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MathAndCoding Turns the Library into a Coding Classroom (Part 2)

Tech Soup

MathAndCoding created a curriculum for the library based on the programming language Scratch , a language developed especially for kids by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Lab. The concept of] family literacy is also very important in our community. " Library-Specific Curriculum.

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Vietnam and Indonesia Join TechSoup Asia’s Growing Family

Tech Soup

TechSoup Asia Asia is a nonprofit collaborative venture between TechSoup Global and its local nonprofit organization partners, Connecting Up Australia and the Hong Kong Council of Social Service. Although Vietnam is regarded as a developing country, it has a literacy rate of 94 percent. Our New NGO Partners in Vietnam.

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Games for Change 2007: Funders Perspective Panel

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

How to find the right funding mechanism to facilitate collaborative teams? Emphasis is on digital literacy. Translate what gamers do into the language of "normal traditional education" and out of school time learning? There are two areas - one where applicants collaborate and one where we the funders collaborate.

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Social Networking and Web Tools for Chicago Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Long term vision: They think there are many more activists out there and the best way to connect and collaborate, but give them their own tools. Goal is getting people to connect and collaborate. How do increase internet literacy with communities? What type of language should i use? If there is what should it be?

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52 Nonprofit Event Ideas That People Will Love

Neon CRM

Have your organization collaborate with local animal shelters to host adoption drives, connecting animals in need with caring families. Classes Nonprofit organizations often offer classes that cover a wide array of topics, from literacy and language skills to financial literacy and job training.

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[VIDEO] Measure Of Success: Creating Tools And Process To Report Impact

Bloomerang

And that might involve collaboration, saying, “We acknowledge that there are others in the community that do this better or more effectively. Maybe I am teaching computer classes, or English as a second language classes, maybe I’m teaching those and I have 10 students. And the field has really shifted since then.

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