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. Third, the print book is not universally accessible. I believe in the power of books to change the world. And, the U.S.

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Kindful

AUGUST 9, 2021

They work with colleges, universities, and other organizations that embrace equity in higher learning, with a focus on historically underserved populations, including nontraditional and incarcerated students. . The Denver Foundation’s first Community Grants cycle is now open to applications. Areas served: Colorado, Wyoming.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2018

As partnership openings arise, you’ll be set up to respond quickly if those relationships already exist. 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

JANUARY 20, 2010

What about literacy and education? Universities and government labs encouraging their technology transfer offices to make social licenses of new technology. Like companies, university tech transfer offices are encouraged solely to find commercially valuable applications of inventions. Regulation is helpful, but not enough.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

So, we assembled a research team at Arizona State University and set off on an ambitious research project to survey and interview volunteer managers across the U.S. We’re open, but a lot of the volunteers just have not returned yet.”. and Canada about their technology use. But now we are limping along.

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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. The goal is to make it easier to act upon the vast amounts of data these institutions have.

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Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Conversational messaging in-platform (directly through Messenger), has up to 10x higher open and engagement rates, 40x higher event participation rate, and 40x higher advocate response when compared to communications sent via email. Increase your internal team’s Facebook literacy as well as your supporters’. Share This Post!

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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. Africa Open Data Conference. Mukono, Uganda: Improved Skills and Competencies for Productive Web Literacy in Mayuge. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night.

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Tech Soup

JULY 25, 2012

" Dr. Valerie Hill is an adjunct instructor at Texas Woman's University School of Library and Information Science and is also a librarian herself. She came to the Nonprofit Commons to share her areas of expertise in media literacy, human-computer interaction, and the impact of the digital revolution on education and libraries.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2006

Youth Connection, Part I: Field Building with University Students Moderated by Katie Salen (Parsons, the New School of Design) Description: Aside from creating "future leaders," let's talk about what University students are already contributing to social change gaming by creating a new kind of gaming environment.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted in June to expand the Universal Lifeline program to include broadband, following a public comment period. The Obama administration means to make universal broadband happen, and it has just one year left to do it. is doing more down-to-earth things to close the digital divide.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2007

Yesterday, I presented this seminar to University Extension Professionals. 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. transparent open licensing, such as Creative Commons.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2007

Talked about the openness to games and the need for research. Emphasis is on digital literacy. There is more open dialog. It will be different for universities than smaller nonprofits. Each funder gave an overview gave an overview of their program. MacArthur Foundation. Microsoft Corporation. Program is world-wide.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 7, 2023

Paint a Picture of Your Donor When you send a fundraising email, you’re not lobbing a story into the universe and hoping donors will give as a result. Say you’re writing an appeal that will support your summer literacy program: Imagine a character that’s similar to people who have donated to that cause in the past. Here’s how to do it.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 28, 2012

Universities have programs on learning how to run social enterprises. Once universities have courses in a subject area, it would seem clear that the term is quite generic. The widespread use of the term “social enterprise” to describe business undertakings that have a socially beneficial component makes the term manifestly generic.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

It is open source software, but we're experimenting with a revenue model to sustain the project over the long term. Route 66 Literacy was put on the back burner last year because it ran out of funding. I'm looking forward to reporting on the latest from Route 66 Literacy on my blog and in future updates.

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EveryAction

MARCH 16, 2017

Organizations like Room to Read , the Poetry Foundation , and Books in Homes USA work to promote literacy and the significance of literary works in our society - support their work today, bookworms! Nonprofits like the Nature Conservancy , Union of Concerned Scientists , American Association of University Women , and NRDC do, too.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

KR: The Global Fund for Women has an extraordinary commitment to keeping our doors open so that as many organizations working to advance women's human rights internationally can really gain access to resources that they so desperately need. This year, 2008, is the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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