Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

But what if kids learned basic tech skills along with reading storybooks and taking spelling tests? 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. Defining Digital Literacy.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 27, 2012

When those who are responsible for an organization's overall fiscal management responded to a study by The Moody Foundation, it was found that nonprofits need to "fortify their financial skills to better forecast future needs, navigate economic instability, and manage risk." Patricia Lewis' role as Sr.

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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. Excellence – Website for Government.

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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. CityOptions is an environmental initiative to help local governments—particularly small and mid-sized ones—plan and execute effective sustainability initiatives.

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NTEN

JANUARY 26, 2021

Specifically, nonprofits will need to consider these efforts’ potential repercussions, exploring their implications for staff with different skills, abilities, tenures, and responsibilities. Time and expense tracking can help identify potential spending reductions that minimize the impact on operational capacity. Conclusion.

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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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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Have you interacted with your local government, or spoken to your peers about their programs? Boston University provides in-kind space to host professional development forums, EVERFI supplies financial literacy coursework, and Boston’s Center for Teen Empowerment adds expertise in the youth development space.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

In fact, his reading skills are above average and he is on track to be an honor roll student. To do so, we definitely need your help. To help now, please use the Donate Form on Benetech''s website and give whatever you can. His disability, however, does not stop him from flying through his homework assignments.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The 36th Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute will feature nationally recognized experts from private foundations, public charities, law, finance, and government discussing the latest tax, legislative and governance issues affecting nonprofit organizations. 15th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. Jan 24 - 25.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Although reports of the massacre appeared in the United States, Salvadoran army and government leaders denied them and, all too soon, El Mozote was forgotten. The tough question that ran through my mind was: How can we as technologists in Silicon Valley help prevent this kind of atrocity?

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 29, 2021

Financial literacy is an area where “fake until you make it” doesn’t apply. Income types that are unique to nonprofits include grants, donations, endowment funds, and government funding. . Creating a separate budget for this event and measuring performance against this budget helps you predict what will happen in future years.

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Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2015

They will create and promote digital literacy programs. It is a Scotland-based charity that has to date helped more than 20,000 people to gain digital skills. federal government action toward broadband adoption , like the proposed Lifeline broadband expansion. The new NTEN fellows have just started their training.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 18, 2010

Martus is used around the world by human rights workers, attorneys, journalists, government officials and others who need to protect their data and the people they work with. The MacArthur Foundation provided key support for the project by not only financing our work, but also funding computer literacy training for NHRC staff.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

For nonprofits, libraries, and their constituents, education is essential to keep knowledge and skills up to date. Whether you're educating yourself or your staff, or teaching others technical skills, we can help you stay up-to-date on the latest technology, fundraising tools, or development strategies. Board Governance.

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Candid

JANUARY 13, 2023

When either is misappropriated or used casually to refer to someone who is skilled at any random thing, their importance and significance are greatly diminished. When communicating about literacy, we should always strive to avoid the term “illiterate.” This is because literacy is not a binary descriptor, as it is often made to seem.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2016

Today, she is using technology to help fellow trafficking victims. 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. That’s just the beginning.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

Get your data governance practices together – now. Data literacy will become one of the most important skills for a nonprofit professional to possess. Build these skills and hire for them too. Artificial Intelligence will help sequence the giving genome. Get supporter consent – now. Add to that agility and empathy.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2007

It is a new form of teaching, not just skill-based learning. How do we think about virtual worlds and help us study human behavior. Emphasis is on digital literacy. Government funders have a congressional mandate for evaluation of anything that is funded and to use quantitative methods and research analysis.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

This helps to address the problem that 100 million Americans do not have a broadband connection. government initiative that aims to bring accessible broadband access to residents of low-income housing throughout the U.S. It is being developed at the University of Southern California to help victims of stroke and traumatic brain injury.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

Whether you are teaching a community about sustainable agriculture in Colorado or organizing a hack-a-thon in Romania, we want to help you tell your story. Use the “Story” section of the form to tell us the great things your organization has been able to do with the help of TechSoup. Alright you got me, I’m in.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

Whether you are teaching a community about sustainable agriculture in Colorado or organizing a hack-a-thon in Romania, we want to help you tell your story. We want you to tell us how you are using TechSoup product donations to promote digital literacy. Dispute Resolution/Governing Law/Waiver of Jury Trial. That sounds great.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

So often, government control, or just lack of access to information and media, prevents people from really being able to be educated and informed about serious issues that are going on around them. We go on our gut instinct from people's answer to that one question, and then there is literacy testing involved as well.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

With those factors in mind, we’ve put together a list of 52 nonprofit event ideas to help serve as a “vision board” for your organization’s next event. If there are any amateur sporting leagues in your area, a tournament will help you tap into that network and potentially expand your donor pool.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 20, 2008

I heard from CEOs whose center is the only one in their entire country (Chile), educators who work with students who have never encountered a computer before entering the science center (South Africa), and web managers whose sites are locked behind federal government firewalls and draconian restrictions (Australia).

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 2, 2014

They need access to sign up for a healthcare plan and enroll in other government benefits. knowledge to enroll in government programs and receive benefits. There are three main barriers: cost, relevancy, and skills. ” Another reason for low Internet adoption is a lack of digital literacy skills.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

When I started in the nonprofit field, over 20 years ago, you know, all of the annual appeals said, “Please help us keep our lights on,” or, “please help us keep our doors open.” That’s going to help you determine what information do we need to track in order to get that engagement we’re looking for.

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Forum One

JANUARY 26, 2023

Define your data vision Mission-driven organizations—nonprofits and government agencies like yours—are under ever-increasing pressure to demonstrate their impact. Successful data governance makes managing your data repeatable and can provide an organization with the support they need to grow sustainably.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

We hope OneWEbDay can change that and help to build a global constituency of people who care about the health of our 21st century communications environment. OneWebDay organizers will call attention to efforts that work to ensure that anyone who wants it has access to the Internet and the skills they need to engage, powerfully.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 19, 2007

In small groups, the women learned basic business and marketing skills. They enrolled in special job skills classes designed to meet the market needs of their community. They talked about the economic value of housework, and the importance of education and literacy in gaining economic independence."

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 6, 2007

government tells them, or what the corporate media tells them. It's a 250,000 square foot building that they are tenanting with green companies, and we are helping them in that process, helping them recruit companies to be there. We do that in a number of ways. There is no shortage of things people can do.

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