EveryAction

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Children's Literacy Initiative. The Children’s Literacy Initiative (CLI) began as a way to provide collections of excellent children’s books & trainings in reading-aloud to teachers in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods. Star Wars: Force for Change. Union of Concerned Scientists.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 31, 2022

It serves as a guide to navigating the information, how your mission aligns, and the attainment of each goal. Let’s say your organization advocates for high-speed internet access in rural areas, helping students of all ages achieve digital literacy and support quality education.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice. We want to help lead the charge into a future where the advantages of digital information touch the lives of all people, not just of the richest and most able five percent of humanity.

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Kindful

AUGUST 9, 2021

The educational goals for the funders in this list include increasing postsecondary and higher learning opportunities, advancing innovation inside the classroom, engaging more students in the arts, and enhancing early childhood development, just to name a few. Funding Priority: Education. Areas served: Worldwide. The Kresge Foundation.

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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. We also want to enable effective information sharing among agencies about what does and doesn’t work. and James L. with the books they need for educational success.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

Access to technology is important, but teaching computer and information technology skills is just as vital. A few months ago, I attended Microsoft Citizenship's YouthSpark Connection event and heard first-hand from recent high school graduates about how dire the need for digital literacy is. Defining Digital Literacy.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

For them, Bookshare —Benetech’s Global Literacy initiative and the world’s largest accessible digital library for people with print disabilities—opens up a lifeline to reading. For veterans with visual impairments, traumatic brain injuries or other disabilities, reading standard print is difficult, if not impossible.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 29, 2023

It might provide the necessary receipt information, but it just isn’t warm enough to meet the donor’s needs. When you send a prompt, well-written, moving, and informative receipt, you demonstrate to the donor that you are a well-organized organization that values professionalism. Information required by the IRS (US only).

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 11, 2021

For many students, these school closures could mean the end of their formal education. Content is available in Arabic, French, and English, and it adheres to Lebanese school curriculum to ensure students don’t get behind when in-person classes resume. Syrian refugees and Lebanese students learn for free. . .

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 12, 2013

It has been amazing to see the impact financial literacy can have on a person, and just how crucial financial literacy is on the future of our young people. There are no courses in our public school systems that teach students how to use a. people supposed to go for information? credit card or budget their money.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 2, 2012

They also demoed Read2Go, the accessible ebook application for the Apple OS and Route 66 Literacy, Benetech’s online literacy instructional program. This summer, we will have three students working on Bookshare software for our users underwritten by Google’s Summer of Code program. who also had print disabilities.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Junior Achievement USA is an organization with over 100 local Areas that empowers the next generation by providing lessons in financial literacy, work and career readiness, and entrepreneurship. An effective event registration page can also help you collect the right information from attendees to further your connection with your supporters.

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Qgiv

APRIL 23, 2021

Banner images are a great way to set the tone of a page and one area your organization can use to relay important information to donors. Minds Matter of Los Angeles added a background image of the students that benefit from their programs. Leap for Literacy. Let’s look at some examples: Minds Matter of Los Angeles.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

The tools we develop for that purpose span a range of fields—from human rights , to global literacy , to the environment —but no matter what area we work in, we depend on an IP system that’s friendly to technological advances and to positive social impact. copyright law. In the U.S.,

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

From people in Latin America who face severe water scarcity to at-risk human rights defenders and students with disabilities, our users and their families are the ones who best convey the impact of our work. Consider third grade student Brennan Draves. Martus is our free, open source, secure information collection and management tool.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

You may already know that I plan in earnest to provide my personal President’s Updates as quarterly informal reports, but that all too often I fall behind on this well-intended schedule—as is the case with the update you’re reading now! students, we also serve adults, seniors, veterans, and international subscribers in over 40 countries.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 20, 2012

Ahmad Naboulsi , Master's Student of. continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. Click here to read Pat Lewis's "Research Friday: Financial literacy: understanding money for today’s activities and tomorrow’s security.".

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 12, 2014

This fair use victory is crucial not only for our present work, but also for our social mission at large and for the future of our work under our Global Literacy program. These image files contain information, such as pictures, charts, diagrams, and the layout of the text on the printed page that cannot be converted to text or speech.

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Accessibility Copyright Law Library 205

Neon CRM

JUNE 16, 2023

An example of this might be a literacy foundation raising $X to help provide tutoring to X number of students. As that constituent continues to interact with your organization, you can use that information to refine your newsletter mailing list. Some of your more analytic donors may prefer hard data.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is a capstone experience for students seeking the Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) credential. Alliance Management Institute (AMI). Nonprofit Leadership Alliance / Orlando, FL/ $625. Feb 21 - 24. The IMPACT Conference / Charlottesville, VA / TBD. Fundraising & Grants / #P2PForum18 / @P2PForum.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Our winners represent a little glamour from the Russian River Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, plus some creativity from Yerba Buena Gardens Festival and Literacy Services of Wisconsin. Microsoft Office and FileMaker are essential programs we use every day in production to collect, create, and share information.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2011

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert from our academic faculty to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. Responses from NMI students and alumni reveal that 94% say NMI courses are relevant to their daily work. Bush, Ph.D.

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NTEN

AUGUST 5, 2014

The last time I was in Baltimore was in 2007, with Amnesty International at their regional conference, attending as a bright-eyed student organizer trying to learn how to more effectively spread the good word of social justice and human rights (the story of how I got involved in nonprofit marketing!).

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2014

” The Google.org sponsored project invited Bay Area nonprofits to share information about their great work to make a better world. Bring Me a Book is creating a "literacy ecosystem" via social media in Alameda and Santa Clara Counties. Google then invited the public to vote for the top winners. 250,000 Grant Winners.

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Tech Soup

JULY 25, 2012

"The digital revolution is changing the hierarchy of information," said Dr. Valerie Hill in her recent visit to the Nonprofit Commons. " Today, information is published from the 'bottom up' or from user-generated sources. YouTube and Wikipedia are usually first choices for information seekers.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

We can only hope that we later have the time, information, and bandwidth to make new, better decisions. A volunteer resource manager at another human service nonprofit that we talked with noted the challenge that comes with the decision to suddenly embrace information and communication technologies. “I

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit professional to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. Annette is a student in the Master of Nonprofit Studies program at ASU. Accessed through ABI/INFORM Complete on 25 October 2011.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2008

I'd say that our goals are similar in that we're not just building content together, but informally learning together. Another point about goals: Community Literacies esp. Maybe the most important part of the of a course like this are the community literacies that are accumulated through a community enquiry into new material.

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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. It works well for students in the United States, but we’re still not reaching American adults to the extent we would like.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 7, 2016

Cultural Vistas is a nonprofit cultural exchange organization that gives young professionals and students the opportunity to work in another country and develop their skills. what kind of people intern (high school students), and gives appreciation for their work. Share your resources or information in a fun and engaging way.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2015

Dd co-founder and executive director Emily Jacobi recently showcased some of Dd's projects at an event hosted by the Center of Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) in Berkeley, California. Six years later, it looks like Dd hasn't strayed far from its roots. Key Challenges in Working in Remote Areas.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Ken is currently working as the Worldview Literacy Project Manager at The Institute of Noetic Sciences. A student of various dialogue approaches, he was an integral member of the team that developed the World Cafe dialogue process and was director of community outreach from 1997 to 2007 for The World Café Community Foundation.

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Collaboration Online Michigan Literacy 68

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

The Discovery Center is a one-hour simulation in which groups of students (grade 5 and up) role play in a realistic, interactive environment. The students are each given roles on one of three teams--the Oval Office, a military command center, and a press room. Then more information, then another binary choice.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 29, 2008

Beth has set up a wiki with information, photos and a fundraising widget that you can include in an email or blog post. Photo Credit: Literacy Students by Beth Kanter. Beth's friend, Michele Martin, set up a page through Global Giving where you can donate as little as $10 to the Sharing Foundation.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Symantec has made corporate grants to the National Center for Women & Information Technology and Vital Voices. Over the next three years, Symantec is investing $900,000 in Room to Read , an international nonprofit dedicated to promoting literacy and gender equality in the developing world.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

There are plenty of ordinary happenings that can grab a headline, such as your nonprofit’s annual student art contest or upcoming 5K. After-school violin program receives six new violins, will expand to include younger students . Write the release in a straightforward manner, including relevant information with no sentimental language.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2005

Use of blogs for student poetry journals and for instructor "mini-lessons" 2. 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. for Educators. These can be easily blogged as mini-lessons.

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