Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2012

As a parent of wired kids, I think teaching digital literacy is very important for parents to do. Three reasons kids need digital literacy and citizenship education — and three ways to provide it – Guest Post by Emily Esch. Three tips for teaching digital literacy and citizenship: Start with a clear vision.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

For those of us who also focused on training, instruction, and professional learning for nonprofits, the New Media Consortium , has been charting the landscape of emerging technologies in teaching, learning, and creative inquiry on a global scale for the past ten years.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 12, 2019

Say your organization stopped using “special education” and uses “specialized learning” instead to decrease the stigma around special education. According to SEMrush, 260 people a month searched specialized learning and 12,100 searched special education. Once they find you and are engaged, you can teach them your language.

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Tech Soup

JULY 28, 2014

Thanks to the Pi's low cost, simplicity, and extensibility, educators and do-it-yourselfers have been buying them up at times faster than the manufacturer can make them. The Raspberry Pi was designed to help educators and students understand technology better. Beyond Learning to Program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 2, 2012

After I finished teaching an intensive Networked NGO workshop for Packard family planning grantees in Delhi, I headed to Bangalore to visit my friend and colleague, Rufina Fernandes where I conducted a social media workshop for staff and teachers and got see a start up education company and its CSR program, close up.

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Forum One

MAY 14, 2009

I've just been introduced to what look like useful new online tools for reproductive health students, faculty, and professionals, produced by The Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP). Organizations can recruit students by listing program information online. User feedback welcome!

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Showing impact numbers and, more importantly, stories keep donors informed and engaged. Ask for details you might be able to use later, like demographic information, how they first learned about you, why they decided to give, and how they want to communicate with you in the future. Teaching them something.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 9, 2023

Are you targeting them with information that’s valuable and pertinent to them? Will you send them educational resources or branded merchandise? For example, consider an organization for educators focused on improving literacy rates. The more engaged members you have, the higher your retention rates will be.

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Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

We pivoted from in-person body alignment corrections and preparing for national tours and performances to ensuring all educators and students had the appropriate platforms and technology to just attend one class. teaching artists who directly interacted with students. The influx of information. It takes a team.

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Cloud 4 Good

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The objective of this second phase was to develop UVM’s use of the Salesforce platform for their Office of the Vice President of Research (OVPR) and to UVM Extension , an outreach unit helping to improve the quality of life of Vermonters through research-based educational programs and practical information.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 29, 2023

If you’re interested in learning more, explore InitLive’s full rundown of volunteer statistics for more information on the state of volunteerism today. Student Many students are required to volunteer for a certain number of hours to fulfill requirements for their classes or clubs. Teaching volunteers valuable life skills.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 6, 2023

A money-focused thank-you letter might say, “Thanks to your generous gift of $200, we’ll be able to equip two students with all the school supplies they need for their senior year of high school.” Nearly every fundraising platform around includes the option to send automated receipts that give donors a summary of their gift information.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2017

I had an exciting and busy week of teaching public workshops, facilitating informal staff workshops, and meetings at the Embassy mostly on the topic of Networked Nonprofit, digital strategy, and leading on social media. The latter may be due how children are taught in the Finnish educational system.

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Cloud 4 Good

JULY 27, 2021

Teach For America (TFA) is an education nonprofit operating in support of a vision that one day all children in the United States will have the opportunity to attain an equitable and excellent education. Changing the Technology Strategy. Creating a Constituent-First Marketing Strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2014

I love teaching (and learning) and it was a pleasure to work with students, nonprofits, and faculty. One thing I realized is that training social workers receive as part of their education is also very relevant for change makers inside of nonprofits, consultants, and trainers.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 15, 2014

As I have been completing the research phase of my doctoral project, one thing has become evident: nonprofit leadership, staff and consultants do not lack for information. We lack the time to figure out what (if anything) we need to do differently because of the information we’ve consumed.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

We also want to enable effective information sharing among agencies about what does and doesn’t work. We’re thrilled that students and other readers who have disabilities that keep them from reading standard print can now read the same books as their peers, using the same devices. with the books they need for educational success.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2013

Whether your organization is training its own staff in nonprofit management, or teaching others technical skills, TechSoup can help you get started. Combat information overload — and accomplish more in less time and with less effort and stress — with this donated three-part webinar series from People-OnTheGo.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

I read a lot of educational technology, training, and teaching blogs, follow those people on Twitter, curate on Scoop.It, etc to keep up. I usually draw from these sources to create “instructional resources” for any workshop or class I teach. Here’s an example from a recent webinar on training.

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Cloud 4 Good

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Western Michigan University (WMU) is a large, public research-intensive university that has been helping students reach their potential through a pursuit of purpose since 1903. Around 20K students find that purpose each year across a range of undergraduate and graduate programs at WMU. Solidifying Student Success.

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Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 23, 2021

Because of this, they lack a true 360-view of their students, alumni, faculty, staff, and where an individual might be in the campus’s lifecycle. In our work with our higher education clients, we have seen the value that Salesforce Marketing Cloud’s automation tools can bring to a campus in solving these sorts of problems.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 12, 2013

The answer lies in education. For the past six months I have worked with YWCA Maricopa County , expanding its Own It Financial Education program , which provides low-income women and families a free education teaching them how to become financially stable and independent. people supposed to go for information?

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

They walk dogs at your animal shelter, ask for donations on your behalf, and spend their Saturday afternoons tutoring students. Additionally, board members often have high-level connections in business, education, or even local and state government. But volunteers don’t just appear out of thin air. Going outside of the box.

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Double the Donation

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Phonathons are a tried-and-true resource for all sorts of nonprofits and higher education institutions to engage donors and raise money effectively. Keep an eye on trends in employer information. Every dollar you donate will go to scholarships for students in financial need!” Prepare for donor questions. C: Come prepared.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

Stay tuned for more information in 2017, but I will be very busy writing facilitator process guides based on my decades of experience as a trainer and sharing that on this blog. I also continued my position as Adjunct Professor teaching a graduate course at Middlebury College/Monterrey Institute for International Education.

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AFP Blog

APRIL 1, 2013

6 Tips for Successful Mobile Video Assignments in the Classroom - ProfHacker - The Chronicle of Higher Education : However, in the three years I’ve been teaching mobile video in a course titled “Information 3.0,” even those students who initially say they are very familiar with video later admit that they learned a lot from repeated practice and application (..)

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

I have given to an organization that provides education and wrap-around services to teenagers in a developing country so they can have a chance at a brighter future. Mary fell in love with Nancy Drew books as a child and is excited to see her students improve their reading skills. Too often, the donation page is a missed opportunity.

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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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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 4, 2016

She has taught undergraduate and graduate courses on such diverse subjects as Program Evaluation & Information Management, International NGOs, and Philanthropy. We're thrilled to have such accomplished faculty on board to help our nonprofit management students reach their full potential! Lili Wang, Ph.D., Meet Dr. Wang.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

Tip: Figure out how your donors prefer to get information and then share your stories that way. 8 Ways College Students Can Save the Environment Every Day. People are bombarded with information, so it’s increasingly difficult to cut through the clutter and be heard. Music Lessons and Activities for Your Digital Classroom.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 28, 2019

Over 40% of Americans who attended college —30% of all adult Americans—are carrying at least some debt from their college education. The typical amount of education debt for Americans in 2017 was between $20,000 and $25,000. How are colleges and universities addressing student loan debt?

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

Our theme this month is educational nonprofits like The Luciano Bareto Júnior Institute in Brazil. Education Is a Major Nonprofit Activity. Education is a major focus for nonprofits and NGOs, accounting for 9% of NGO activity worldwide. Even in the U.S., Back to School in Brazil.

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Gyrus

JULY 12, 2016

As we become increasingly dependent on our technology, it only makes sense that it teach us as well. However, their effectiveness is often debated in the educational software community, as not all eLearnings are made with the same attention to detail. Learning Styles. With new media comes challenges.

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Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2021

And these emotions likely informed how you made decisions navigating the novel landscape. And it’s likely their behaviors were similarly informed. For example, if you’re a theater program that offers tickets to children, you might include education and youth services as options. Your donors have experienced strong emotions too.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2012

Shim shared a case study at the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference on how his organization uses social media to communicate with youth participants in the Pathways to Education program. Pathways to Education's Story. For Pathways to Education, social media turned out to be the right tool. The program was a success.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 5, 2019

The latest 2018 Charitable Giving Report with a spotlight on higher education can help institutions get a handle on the trends. I recently spoke with Sue Cunningham, president and CEO of CASE, to get her take on trends in higher education advancement. The higher education sector brought in 32% of Giving Tuesday revenue. .

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Qgiv

AUGUST 29, 2022

However, with a read-a-thon fundraiser, you can give your supporters the opportunity to slow down and crack open a book while also teaching young students the value of reading and escaping into exciting stories. Send them home with students so parents are aware of the fundraiser and can provide support. Final thoughts.

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