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3rd Annual EveryAction Nonprofit Halloween Costume Parade

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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.

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Member Round Up: A busy September with new research, a cure for website obesity, and world literacy day

NTEN

On September 8, Unesco observed its 40th International Literacy Day, from which Care2 highlights some shocking statistics on literacy around the globe and reminds us that the ability to read and write is a human right. This post by Beaconfire empowers you to assess your page weight with step-by-step instructions (and illustrations!)

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Associated Recreation Council of Seattle: Windows MultiPoint Server Case Study

Tech Soup

In most cases, we sent them the instructions, hardware, and software they’d need and then stood back and watched how the installation went. He did use instructions for that and reported that they were complete and easy to follow. It will also be used for digital literacy classes, and perhaps for ESL classes.

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The 2019 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

ACCP: The Conference features General Sessions, Learning Labs, Workshops, and The Masters’ Series. You’ll leave feeling motivated and ready to change the quality of instruction in your school district or community! The Reading, Literacy and Learning Conference. The Reading, Literacy and Learning Conference. 10/10/2019.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: What It Takes to Lead.

ASU Lodestar Center

The study reveals that current leaders in the local nonprofit sector believe the skills most needed in the nonprofit workforce are financial literacy, communication (verbal and writing skills), knowledge of laws pertaining to the nonprofit sector, information technology, volunteer management, and donor cultivation.

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Remix This Power Point!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I would love to develop more indepth training workshop or webinar on this topic, geared more for nonprofits and participatory campaigns, perhaps incorporating the Creative Commons Open Content Game. enhanced cultural and technical literacy, not just an ability to reuse materials, but a willingness to do so.

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Weaving the Web Into Teaching and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In my opinion, websites need to have more instruction on how educators can make use of the site." " Over the years, I taught many workshops for arts educators on how to integrate the web into the curriculum, although not as much recently since I have two small children. If you have, I would like to know.

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