Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Do you have a pulse on what the most pressing local needs are at this moment? 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. How did these groups come together?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2006

Attending this press briefing will grant you access to a panel discussion and one-on-one time with some of the greatest minds and most influential s in the fields of technology, digital media, education and learning. "Digital Learning" Press Briefing and Panel Discussion. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

The Press Institute for Women in the Developing World is an international nonprofit organization and citizen journalism initiative. When women have access to specific skills, training, and education, all of a sudden their survival and livelihood statistics shoot way up, not only their own, but entire communities. I said, "You write it.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

The students are each given roles on one of three teams--the Oval Office, a military command center, and a press room. Each time the students decide what to do, the young Reagan picks up a red phone and presses either A or B. The topic is the invasion of Grenada. Then more information, then another binary choice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

There is a gap in social skills, experience, and knowledge when you only have 10-15 minutes of access in library versus 24/7 access at home. The young people who don't have pervasive access will fall behind in terms of skills. He noted that media literacy has to be integrated as a skill set in all places.

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

According to Theirworld, if the annual funding gap is not met—and there are no plans or proposals to address the gap currently—more than half the world’s children are at risk of failing to attain basic literacy skills by 2030. Current aid is a drop in the ocean—currently at just $16 billion a year—so innovative finance is crucial.”

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Educational events hosted by nonprofits are powerful tools for sharing knowledge, developing skills, and empowering communities. Classes Nonprofit organizations often offer classes that cover a wide array of topics, from literacy and language skills to financial literacy and job training.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

The project has been so successful at raising student reading skills that they hope to provide similar services to their non-disabled students as well. Route 66 Literacy was put on the back burner last year because it ran out of funding. Department of Education gave us a major award on September 28, 2007.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 13, 2006

But, we have only scratched the surface of what we could be doing to help solve the pressing social problems that confront us. The same skills and sophistication we use to build great companies can and must be applied to the world's biggest problems. Increasing literacy for women? What's your issue? Stopping domestic violence?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

So, if I provide 10 English as a second language or 10 computer literacy programs a year for 10 people, let’s just say that’s 100 pieces of content, that’s service. So earlier I mentioned maybe a parent who took English as a second language classes or maybe they got their GED or they took those computer literacy programs.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 6, 2007

We have reality tours where we take people out to other parts of the world, kind of reverse Club Med, "get your butt off the beach and meet real people," see the development projects, the literacy campaigns, the women's groups, the political opposition parties, the trade unions, but focused on positive, build the next system kind of things.

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