Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 31, 2020

If you had a time machine and could go back to before coronavirus (COVID-19) impacted the world, how would you prepare? When you’re busy working towards fulfilling your nonprofit’s mission, it can be easy to forgo the time needed to invest in “auxiliary” tasks that build your skills and fuel your mission.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

When you work at a nonprofit or public library, it might feel like you constantly need to learn new skills to stay on top of emerging technology and adoption. Thankfully, there are many free or inexpensive training programs that can help you polish your technology skills. Digital Literacy Resources.

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AUGUST 8, 2022

Whether you’re a parental figure blocking out time in your schedule for school supply shopping or someone who isn’t in school anymore, there are plenty of ways to observe National Back to School Month and support students and teachers in your community. How to celebrate National Back to School Month. Junior Achievement.

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Tech Soup

JULY 22, 2014

When you work for an active and dynamic nonprofit or charity, it might feel like you're constantly learning new skills or building knowledge in different areas. Thankfully, there are many free or inexpensive training programs that can help you polish your technology skills. Basic Computer and Digital Literacy Skills.

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Forum One

JUNE 8, 2022

Forum One received 11 awards in seven categories in this year’s awards for excellence and distinction in website design, development, and digital strategy across the categories of government, DEI, education, arts, health, cultural institutions, and annual reports for corporate communications. Distinction – Website for Education.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

As we spring further into a new year, it’s time for your fundraising efforts to pick up speed! Yard sale Spring is often associated with cleaning and decluttering your home, making it the perfect time of year to host a yard sale. Spring fundraisers are a great way to bring your community together while gaining support for your cause.

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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. with the books they need for educational success. and James L. We passed this milestone in less than 3.5 years, and continue to expand rapidly.

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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. Where would they have learned about money management?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2012

I’ve been curating resources and teaching workshops on the topic of information coping skills for a couple of years. His chapter on “Data Literacy” describes what sounds a lot of good content curation skills minus the social sharing part. 8-10pm: Entertainment time – television, social media.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 10, 2015

And one in five, or 23 percent of the adult American population , is functionally illiterate or lacks basic skills past a fourth-grade reading level. Taking Education to New Heights. Pamela Clark began New Heights Educational Group in 2006, as part of a lifelong commitment to education. Inspiring Optimism Through Results.

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sgEngage

MARCH 4, 2024

Universities across the globe face challenges with successful digital transformation and what it means for their fundraising and alumni data, legacy systems, data literacy, and access to skills. Educational institutions have an abundance of data, but they are often challenged by making sense of it in the most effective ways possible.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 14, 2011

Technology has revolutionized business, but bringing those breakthrough developments to government, education and the nonprofit sectors can take 5, 10, even 15 years. To create these breakthrough solutions, our team uses its skills to build upon the incredible talents and productivity of the larger tech community.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 3, 2016

The Early Learning Lab , Frontiers of Innovation , and New Profit , along with partners Joan Ganz Cooney Center and TechSoup, are working together to build the technology capacity of the early childhood education field. Media Mentors: Building Literacy Skills for the Digital Age. In short, young children need media mentors.

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NTEN

JULY 3, 2014

Free Geek is a technology reuse, recycle, and education nonprofit based in Portland, Oregon. Several NTEN staff have been long-time supporters, and NTEN has always donated its old electronics to Free Geek. There is no skill requirement for getting involved. Free Geek also has a strong program for Spanish-speaking volunteers.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2016

Spring is a time of renewal and an opportunity to grow. Nurture Your Photoshop Skills. Fertilize your fundamental Adobe Photoshop skills at Wes Holing's 60-minute webinar for advanced Photoshop beginners on Thursday, March 10. Attend this webinar and help your Photoshop skills bloom this spring. Sign up today.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Last week I was got to work on a week-long service trip in Cusco, Peru as part of Wake: Women’s Alliance for Knowledge Exchange #Tech2empower program where womwn in who work in technology volunteer to share their professional skills and knowledge with women-run business owners. She walked up the steep climb with a the baby on her back.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Council for Advancement & Support of Education (CASE) / Fort Meyers, FL/ $445. USD School of Leadership and Education Sciences / San Diego, CA / TBD. Our institute is designed to advance the skills and knowledge of nonprofit professionals, volunteers, board members, and community leaders. Nonprofit Management. Jan 24 - 25.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 29, 2013

Although the challenges differ by region, the outcome is the same everywhere: young people are simply not gaining the 21 st century skills and experience required for today's workforce. "There's a need to grow a highly educated workforce from within," Mendoza said. century tech or business skills?

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 29, 2021

Financial literacy is an area where “fake until you make it” doesn’t apply. The unfortunate truth is that many nonprofit leaders never receive the education or have the experience necessary to handle executive-level accounting. This one reflects a moment in time rather than a period of time. . Properties/Locations.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

We like to think that most nonprofits are concerned about their reach toward individuals who might struggle to connect with their offerings, at least in the best of times. If the pandemic forced us onto new and unfamiliar ground, now is the time to assess and balance how technologies have affected our reach, for better and for worse.

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AUGUST 12, 2021

This took a month and two staff members’ time to complete altogether. Allow employees to go through the process on their own time and at their own pace. If you don’t already have learning opportunities and internal training to upskill your existing workforce, now is the time to really dive in.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2011

As far as geekery topics, I’m particularly excited to explore some of the new tools for coping with the ever expanding information on social networks and mobile. Sense: Sensing is making sense of the information.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 11, 2006

This school is run by an NGO (a nonprofit) and provides free education to children who come from disadvantaged backgrounds. They are very focused on education linked to vocational outcomes: the goal is to help these children move up the economic ladder with real job skills. The school is in its third year of the DE program.

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Candid

JANUARY 13, 2023

It’s that time again—Words to Avoid, 2023. It’s similar to how calling someone “a natural” can inadvertently undermine the years of training and education people have gone through to achieve their skillset. When communicating about literacy, we should always strive to avoid the term “illiterate.” Not as catchy? Illiterate.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

Full-time volunteer and board member Mercedes Pellet told us, "We could not have afforded the Desktop Office Suite for 50 employees — Office 365 is a real blessing. " New Heights Educational Group. " Inward Bound Mindfulness Education. Image 8: New Heights Educational Group. Image 7: St.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Symantec offers a generous Matching Gift Program — up to $1,000 per employee per year — and also rewards sustained volunteerism by making a contribution to organizations where employees volunteer their time through their Dollars for Doers Program. Education received approximately 50 percent of Symantec’s dollars.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2006

Attending this press briefing will grant you access to a panel discussion and one-on-one time with some of the greatest minds and most influential s in the fields of technology, digital media, education and learning. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The John D.

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Tech Soup

MAY 31, 2013

The program helps Vietnamese nonprofits to build staff capacity, apply for grants, and recruit skilled volunteers. The LIN mission is to foster a culture of philanthropy and social responsibility by providing support services to local nonprofits, skilled volunteers, and donors who are committed to building strong communities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

From my office in the Boston, I teleported myself into the Virtual World of Second Life and headed straight for the New Media Consortium virtual campus where I joined about 65 other avatars representing educators from all over the world (even Austrailia where it was 3:00 a.m. local time). Media isn't just happening to kids.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Remember the last time someone said to you, "this is entirely your choice?" Each time the students decide what to do, the young Reagan picks up a red phone and presses either A or B. Each time they choose to do what he did, a bell goes off like they've won a tropical vacation to Grenada, instead of an invasion.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2016

There are digital literacy trainings for women springing up in Bangladesh, Internet cafés for women opening doors in Argentina, and women leaders in Kenya prototyping mobile apps that send out alerts if a woman’s safety is threatened. Hundreds of submissions poured in from 70+ countries as part of our Women Weave the Web Campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

Here's the key takeaways for me: * The capacity to be successful is an investment in time. "While none of these approaches cost a lot of money, they certainly require staff time to support. Some argue that young people acquire these key skills by interacting with popular culture. The skill set: Play ??? Go read it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2005

" She asks: "As a web designer, I am very interested in the future of educational websites. However, I would not want to create an educational website unless I knew it would be helpful. I am curious what types of websites educators are interested in. At least for artists/arts educators.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Now seems like a good time for nonprofits to educate their constituents about the privacy issues surrounding these and other smart objects. The nonprofit Feedback Labs maintains that mobile phone surveys are 100 times cheaper and much, much times faster than conventional online surveys. Another is surveys.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2007

" There was an acknowledgment from a panelist about the tensions between the need to look at results and the need for experimentation and pressures of timing. It is a new form of teaching, not just skill-based learning. Emphasis is on digital literacy. This is a time pressure question! MacArthur Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2006

Since then Langwitches Blog has turned into a Professional Development tool for me as well as for other foreign language educators. I use it as a basis for my own understanding of the technology I discover while being online and hopefully as a starting point to meet other educators who feel as inspired by technology as I do.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2005

for Educators. Will work with the instructors or lab volunteers on these areas: Step 1: Identify Useful, High Quality Internet Resources Tech Skills: Internet Search Skills, Information Literacy. Step 3: Discovering additional resources through the social tagging experience Skills: How to find other related resources.

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