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2019 Cause Awareness & Giving Day Calendar for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

In addition to the days listed below, see also public holidays by country , Days of the Year , and Wikipedia’s List of Commemorative Months. 28: Digital Learning Day — #DLDay. 28: Digital Learning Day — #DLDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. 21: Martin Luther King, Jr.

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2018 Cause Awareness & Giving Day Calendar

Nonprofit Tech for Good

In addition to the days listed below, see also public holidays by country , Days of the Year , and Wikipedia’s List of Commemorative Months. 22: Digital Learning Day — #DLDay. 22: Digital Learning Day — #DLDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. 15: Martin Luther King, Jr.

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2017 Cause Awareness & Giving Day Calendar

Nonprofit Tech for Good

That said, please also see public holidays by country , Days of the Year , and Wikipedia’s List of Commemorative Months when planning your campaigns. 23: Digital Learning Day — #DLDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. 15: World Religion Day — #WorldReligionDay. September.

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2016 Cause Awareness & Giving Day Calendar

Nonprofit Tech for Good

In addition to those listed below, see also international public holidays by country , Days of the Year , and Wikipedia’s List of Commemorative Days. 17: Digital Learning Day — #DLDay. 17: Digital Learning Day — #DLDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. 18: Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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. Today, more than 15 years after the creation of Bookshare, we’re now the largest digital library dedicated to serving people with disabilities.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

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. The first example of direct content is the use of Wikipedia during the 7/7 bombings in London. Direct Content. What’s so important or interesting about this?

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Interesting Uses of Technology: Virtual Libraries in Second Life

Tech Soup

"The digital revolution is changing the hierarchy of information," said Dr. Valerie Hill in her recent visit to the Nonprofit Commons. YouTube and Wikipedia are usually first choices for information seekers. In fact, accessibility is the biggest pull for the digitization of anything these days, right?