Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 9, 2022

There are only so many homes that can be built, but when we’re able to help prepare people for homeownership through education, financial literacy, and sound advice, we can help even more.”. The Challenge. Massive Time Savings.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

In Tableau’s Building Data Literacy Guide , 80% of employees report they’d stay in their job if they were trained in technology. Prioritizing data literacy will empower your staff as innovators, helping staff to enact lasting change at your association. . Routine training is key to better skilled and more productive employees.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 28, 2014

Gerardo’s contributions related to the Benetech Global Literacy Program include: Overseeing the building of the tech infrastructure that has taken Bookshare from serving tens of thousands of members to over 300,000 members, with a rapidly growing collection of 280,000+ accessible ebooks.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2014

To celebrate, I've rounded up some of the latest news in green mobile technology news. As always, I'll also cover other mobile news and trends. American Mobile Phone Recycling on the Rise. The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization just published a report called Reading in the Mobile Era.

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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.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 17, 2013

8: International Literacy Day — #IntLiteracyDay or #LiteracyDay. Facebook Fundraising Google Plus LinkedIn Mobile Media Social Media Twitter YouTube' 9: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples — #IndigenousDay. 12: International Youth Day — #IntYouthDay or #YouthDay. September.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2018

8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. Based upon the survey results of 6,057 donors worldwide, the 2018 Global Trends in Giving Report summarizes donor data across six continents about how online and mobile technology effects giving. 9: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples — #IndigenousDay.

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Qgiv

APRIL 23, 2021

While load times typically aren’t an issue with desktop devices, the majority of your donors are on a mobile device with suboptimal connections to the internet. Leap for Literacy. Leap for Literacy added a video about their organization at the top of their landing page. Donation form and landing page best practices.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 7, 2013

Bookshare , our flagship literacy program, is the world’s largest accessible library and currently serves more than 230,000 members with visual and learning disabilities. But this is just the tip of the iceberg, as literacy remains an elusive dream for the majority of the world’s people with print disabilities.

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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. One major step to improving security of sensitive information was the recent development and release of Mobile Martus. But what about everybody else? The time has never been better to think 10X bigger!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Highlights of this Update: Global Literacy Human Rights Benetech Labs Communications Global Literacy Bookshare celebrated a double milestone this summer, reaching over 200,000 available titles in our collection and serving over 250,000 members with disabilities! Jim Fruchterman President and CEO, Benetech.

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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. Read2Go Bookshare goes mobile! and James L. We also want to enable effective information sharing among agencies about what does and doesn’t work.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2015

8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits. 8: International Cat Day — #CatDay. 9: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples — #IndigenousDay. 12: International Youth Day — #YouthDay. 26: International Dog Day — #DogDay.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

It seemed just another Tuesday—just Apple’s version of a mobile phone that not everyone had or even wanted. We’ll also examine the principles of responsible AI and the importance of AI literacy and dive into the need for transparency, fairness, and ethical considerations in order to foster trust and appropriate use.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 24, 2023

Participants track the number of pages they’ve read or books they’ve completed on a leaderboard to support literacy and education. For its Memorial May National Relay, the organization leveraged the power of Good Move, a free activity-tracking and fundraising mobile app offered by Blackbaud.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Reading Eggs is ideal for organizations that work with literacy among children and want to motivate them through games. mobile elearning' Reading Eggs is an online reading education program for children aged 3 to 13. See the program page for details about the subscription plans offered by TechSoup. Is It Right for My Organization?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Privacy has always been an important topic in digital literacy. Scott Pinkelman, digital literacy innovation specialist at the Free Library of Philadelphia , recently presented on this important topic at the Digital Shift online conference. Fight Back Against Mobile Data Theft and Privacy Breaches. Resources on Privacy.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

There it brought teams of Google and LinkedIn employees to contribute code fixes and key feature enhancements to the open source mobile tools of our nonprofit project partner Mifos , whose mission is to enable financial institutions to become modern and digitally connected providers of financial services to the world’s 2.5 Martus Desktop 4.5

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 30, 2013

The program aims to develop very low-cost Internet on mobile phones to bring the 4 billion souls on earth who don't yet have Internet to the information age — or is it? The project is a Facebook led coalition that includes phone-makers, Samsung, Nokia, Ericsson, and also mobile chip-maker Qualcomm. The Opportunity.

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Achieve

MAY 21, 2017

The mobile movement. When you think of “mobile” today, your first thought is probably of a smartphone or a favorite app. But while mobility has become a given in our lives, we’ve forgotten its original definition: capable of moving or being moved readily.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 21, 2014

As part of our i3 Internet Inclusion Initiative , Mobile Beacon has launched a new partnership with EveryoneOn , a. information on low-cost computers and digital literacy training brings. While EveryoneOn has partnered with many local Internet service providers, Mobile Beacon’s offer plays an important role in filling some gaps.

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Forum One

JUNE 8, 2022

The Urban Institute is a “nonprofit research organization that provides data and evidence to help advance upward mobility and equity.” Urban Institute Ed Data Portal. Distinction – Website for Education. American Council of Learned Societies.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The broadcasts air weekly and deliver multilingual lessons on literacy, numeracy, and STEM. Malala Fund is partnering with ACE Charity in Nigeria to provide children. with radio-based education during the pandemic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

A free agent is a person (many times a GenY, but not always ) who is a passionate about a social cause, but is working outside of a nonprofit organization to organize , mobilize , raise money , and engage with others. Mark is a free agent championing the cause of homelessness. The content is fantastic — particularly the tutorials.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

You can access it day or night, on your computer at work or on your mobile device. Digital Literacy Resources. Microsoft Digital Literacy has everything from basic computer courses (such as how to operate a computer) to a course on building your first app. Every class listed has handouts and a lesson plan associated with it.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Participants expressed that they thought basic coding literacy and best practice guides and manuals were assets to small teams, but Yann also made it clear that "these skills are not a must. People discussed responsive, mobile-friendly design and touched briefly on security. " Responsive Web Design.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 31, 2015

Colorado Springs, Colorado: Mobile + Desktop = Universal Apps. Toronto, Canada: Toronto Net Tuesday: Digital Literacy for Nonprofits. Denver, Colorado: Donations on the Go: Mobile Tools to Enhance Giving. Burlington, Vermont: Get Ready for #GivingTuesday: How to Mobilize a Successful Campaign. Tuesday, September 8, 2015.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

What level of technology literacy exists across your team? How these solutions are (or, are not), working for your organization, such as whether they’re adequately mobile accessible or not. What does your “dream state” look like, as far as your technology suite after the evaluation is completed?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2012

This is a terrific presentation from Lee Raine from the Pew Internet and American Life Project that looks at the issue being “hyperconnected” or “over connected” to the web, mobile technologies and social media. It is the same title of Raine’s recent book. Being strategically future-minded.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

The first part of the problem is that India still has low literacy rates - the 2009 Annual Status of Education Report shows that between classes 1 to 8 only around 40% of children can read a class 2 level text in their own language and an even lower 23% of children can ready easy sentences in English - sentences of the kind "What is your name?"

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

With technology solutions, organizations were able to reach volunteers and clients who lived too far away or had other mobility issues. Unfortunately, a lot of people who are disabled are not able to access our services in the same way because they either have a lack of mobility [or] lack of transportation.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 1, 2012

Harkin’s work, especially his efforts to guarantee that every child has the opportunity to pursue quality education, infuses everything we at Benetech do through our Literacy Program to transform the lives and outcomes of individuals with disabilities.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

Mobile is the New Normal. There are 7 billion people on Earth and 5 billion of them have a mobile phone. It should come as no surprise that giving on mobile devices has seen tremendous growth in the past few years. Since 2009, online donations made on mobile devices have grown from 9% of all transactions to 24% in 2018.

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Forum One

MARCH 23, 2021

data literacy, device preferences)? It may be difficult for low-mobility users to access the deeper levels of a megamenu. A hamburger menu, while used mainly on mobile, does find its way to desktop as well. Defining your needs and identifying past areas of success or opportunity provide a clearer direction to move forward.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 14, 2021

Is your website mobile responsive? . As you make new hires and consider ongoing employee development, keep in mind that data literacy skills will be foundational to every role at every level of an organization in 2021 and beyond and will critically shape who survives and thrives as leaders going forward. .

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Tech Soup

APRIL 29, 2013

Gadget instruction is an incredibly important component of digital literacy as more people are accessing the Internet from their mobile devices. These examples are just a fraction of all the work public libraries are doing to bridge the opportunity and digital literacy gaps. More Resources. Microsoft YouthSpark Hub.

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Kindful

AUGUST 9, 2021

International Paper Foundation (IP) makes sustainable investments to “protect and improve the lives of our employees and mobilize our people, products, and resources to address critical needs in the communities where we live and work.”

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