Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2023

Give Context : Make your style clear by using descriptive language about your audience and flex that thesaurus for tone. When building through the API For more advanced users, there are ways to better tune models with more variables beyond language. This helps the AI understand your requirements better and provide a relevant response.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

We need hands on deck, so having to close our volunteer program was a challenge for us—emotionally, losing such a large part of our community—but we also had to find a way to keep them connected so that they would come back when our doors reopened. And so, we kind of scrambled to learn things like Zoom. Talking with Volunteer Administrators.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 29, 2023

Hero language: When you tell a donor that your nonprofit wouldn’t exist without them, you are speaking the truth. Hero languages reinforces the idea that they made the right choice and increases the possibility that they will give again. But the rules are a bit different around IRS language. So why be shy about saying it?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

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. Knight Foundation, our SocialCoding4Good initiative will kick off later this year. with the books they need for educational success.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2015

One finalist's pitch was: "We have buy-in from the community, we have rich networks on the ground, and we are building on pre-existing technologies." Empowering Marginalized Communities Using Technology. Dd's mission is "to empower marginalized communities to use technology to defend their rights."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

Note from Beth: During my trip to India in February, I was introduced to a nonprofit children's book publisher in India, Pratham Books. “It was set up to fill a gap in the market for good quality, reasonably priced children’s books in a variety of Indian languages. Its] mission is to make books affordable for every child in India.”

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NTEN

AUGUST 5, 2014

On day 2, I was part of the Visual Communications panel with four panelists (some you might recognize from the NTEN Community!): Toms Aguilar , Progressive Technology Project; Yee Won Chong , Fundraising Consultant; Nadia Khastagir , Design Action Collective; and Chris Tuttle , Tuttle Communications.

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Tech Soup

MAY 31, 2013

VietNet-ICT also actively participates in policy discussions to formulate laws and policies relating to information, technology, and communication towards sustainable development and equity. L — Listen and understand the challenges faced by individuals and organizations working to strengthen our community.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 16, 2022

Other organizations bring in $3,000 to $5,000 each month to support their operations and make a bigger impact in communities. . As with all Asks, center your language around the things you’ll be able to do with the donor’s money – like the lives they’ll be able to change. Very good question. Monthly donors make this work possible!

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Tech Soup

JULY 15, 2015

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 library is a place for lifelong education, and needs to resonate with the community. " Library-Specific Curriculum.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 26, 2011

These tools can help organizations that work with individuals who have general writing concerns, English language learners, people with learning disabilities or physical handicaps in typing, people with dyslexia or recovering from strokes, and even those learning literacy and spelling.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

"Thursday was wonderful," says William Rames, an account management specialist at TechSoup, who spent four hours sorting donated art supplies at SCRAP (Scroungers Center for Reusable Art Parts), a nonprofit that diverts waste from landfills while making creative supplies available to teachers, parents, and community organizers.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. However, as a technology, printed books come with serious challenges for some communities (like blind people) that technology can unlock.

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Candid

JANUARY 13, 2023

It can be as simple as something like “we partner with people working at the community level” or “we have staff/volunteers/partners who are in [x location] doing…”. Bring back the human element and shift the focus to the people who live where you’re communicating. Instead of the euphemism, let’s start saying what we mean. Illiterate.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

One of ARC’s RecTech Coalition programs wanted a Multipoint Server lab in their Chinatown International District Community Center. ARC already has a training lab there that provides lifelong learning opportunities for older adults, many of whom speak languages other than English.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 27, 2007

Michele Martin has graciously agreed to lead the charge and created this widget (Thanks Michele) Not only that she invited her blog community to participate. Our project on Global Giving focuses on literacy which is key to education and jobs for poor children. It's a route out of poverty. s poorest families.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2007

In addition, we received lots of support and help from the Cambodian adoptive parent community and their families, churches, synagogues, fellow employees, golf buddies, quilting clubs, book clubs, parents of their children's school mates, high school and college friends, and beyond. The Cambodian American community also rallied for us too!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2007

Veale Humanitarian Award for service to the blind community. Benetech melds the mission and heart of social activism with the powerful methods and tools of the technology community. She truly is one of the great, quiet humanitarians who carry on Matilda Ziegler's legacy of literacy for those of us who are blind."

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

goQ Software 's writing assistance and speech recognition software, WordQ + SpeakQ (admin fees: $10-$15) can help nonprofits and libraries that work with individuals who need general writing assistance, English language learners, and even those learning literacy and spelling. Learning Resources from TechSoup. Don't forget!

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Problems were that many survivors had no internet access, let alone electrical power, let alone computers or even computer literacy. This proved to the Ushahidi team that their tool would be valuable to communities around the world. It eventually garnered 45,000 users who took advantage of the easy-to-access tool to place reports.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2008

Rolling out widgets in next few weeks so community members can use them. How do increase internet literacy with communities? What type of language should i use? User policies - a standard policy of user/community conduct is useful. Every community group should have a site like Obama. Who am I talking to?

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Social media's still pretty great, though, for raising awareness about your nonprofit, communicating with existing supporters, and listening to your community.). Microsoft is developing a Mandarin-language version of something like that for the Chinese market called Xiaolce. My Prediction: The U.S.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Even though there aren’t as many people today reading actual newspapers or watching the 6 o’clock news these days, your local media still reaches a large audience of people in your community who need to know about your nonprofit’s work. Emphasize what you will do with the gift and how it will impact the community.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The best event for your nonprofit is one that serves your mission, delights your community, and doesn’t totally burn out your staff. Charity Races like marathons, 5Ks, fun runs, or walkathons invite participants to register with your nonprofit and collect donations from their community, making every step count for your cause.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

This is going to be a real treat for the community. Most of our nonprofits have a human or community interest in mind, that purpose, and they exist to create impact, positive impact on the communities that we serve. And finally, you know, what do we want the community to do when they see and read this impact report?

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

She went from being somebody's servant to somebody who when she walks down the street of her community, people stop her and shake her hand and thank her for the stories that she is telling, or ask, 'When are you going to interview me? "Now, 18 months later, all of Juana's children are in school. I have a story that you have to hear.'"

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

The man behind Cabbages and Condoms is Mechai Viravaidya , founder of Thailand’s Population and Community Development Association (“PDA”). The gift shop features wonderful products created by disadvantaged communities that PDA works with, since poverty is a huge factor in procreation and vulnerability to disease.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 14, 2009

When you speak in the language of the institutional mission, executives will understand you better and be attentive to the new connections you draw from the mission to proposed projects. There is a preponderance of reports about the value of new media literacies towards educating productive citizens of the 21st century.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 10, 2006

I was at that time working at a wonderful organization called Streetside Stories , which is a literacy arts organization with programming in various Title 1 middle schools in San Francisco. It’s really exciting to be in community with people in this way. It’s actually in three different languages, Chinese, Spanish and English.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 20, 2015

What happens when community members, technologists, city officials, and librarians join forces at City Hall to talk about how to improve their community? It's not just technologists or data experts, but also community members, activists, and government officials. How to Create Solutions with Community Members, Not for Them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2011

We work all over the world, and our Martus software has been translated into Spanish, French, Russian, Arabic, Khmer and other languages. Department of State just funded us to help LGBT groups in Uganda securely capture documentation of abuses against those communities (again, our funders are not responsible for this post).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2009

He also defines it as the formation of communities of interest can form around particular behaviors, or "clouds" potential. I think this is connected to what Rheingold's Attention Literacy piece, but I have go back and read it again. Authority in the cloud is drawn from dedication, or, to use rather more precise language, love.

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Forum One

JANUARY 26, 2023

Drive data literacy Defining your data vision and developing a strong framework for data governance are foundational elements of a data strategy, but increasing data literacy and maturity across your organization will make it stick.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

Therefore, we are the only foundation I know of that will accept requests in any language, and in any format. I think that is an area in which in our new strategic plan we are really committed to strengthening that understanding of how do all these efforts collectively contribute to stronger, more sustainable, more democratic communities.

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