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New Media Literacy Site from MIT - and check out the great Vlog Tutorial!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The new media literacies web site is working to integrate new media materials into compelling activities for K-12 students for use in or out of school. There is a fantastic how video blogging tutorial from Steve Garfield , John Barth , Jason Crow and Four Eyed Monsters. From Steve Garfield's Flickr Stream.

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Listening Literacy Skills: What keywords or phrases have brought you some insights?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The most important listening literacy skills are. Reiteracy is Social Media Listening Literacy. This is probably where you're wondering about how to manage the work without getting information overload. What else makes up listening literacy skills? Keywords Are King: Composing and refining keywords. What should they say?

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How to Make This Your Most Successful Library Giving Day

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Host a tutorial about the campaign page for your team to prepare them to answer questions about giving online. Connect the dots and remind supporters that libraries promote literacy by offering free access to literature for all community members. They believe in your work and want to see you succeed.

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Top 10 Spreadsheet Secrets From A Nonprofit Data Nerd

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I created Excel for Evaluation , a series of more than 25 video tutorials with real examples from nonprofits, to share my favorite techniques with nonprofit leaders like you. Collecting and using data is hard work! If you click something and it doesn’t work, simply click “undo.” First, you won’t break Excel.

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Celebrating Free Agents: Mark Horvath Launches WeAreVisible

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. The content is fantastic — particularly the tutorials.

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Are You Sending an E-Card to Mom or Dad This Holiday?

Tech Soup

"You can't sit someone down at a computer who has never used a computer before, and expect them to do a self-paced tutorial, it just doesn't work," said Griffiths. Security symantec digital inclusion tssymantec digital literacy tscommunity org'

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Writing and Speech Assistance Tools Are Now Available at TechSoup

Tech Soup

These tools can help organizations that work with individuals who have general writing concerns, English language learners, people with learning disabilities or physical handicaps in typing, people with dyslexia or recovering from strokes, and even those learning literacy and spelling.

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