Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2015

Benetech is hiring new Vice Presidents for our Global Literacy and Human Rights programs. You are someone who dreams about using your management and leadership skills and love of technology for social impact, exceeding the bounds of what a regular for-profit business can do.

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DipJar

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

For example, an output metric for a literacy program might be the number of books read by program participants. For example, a quality metric for a literacy program might be the number and length of activities. . Output metrics assess the intermediate results of an intervention, action, or project.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

But what if kids learned basic tech skills along with reading storybooks and taking spelling tests? Libraries, nonprofits, and schools are already working hard to teach digital skills and competency, but they need support of the entire community to help people thrive in the technology age. Defining Digital Literacy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2012

I’ve been curating resources and teaching workshops on the topic of information coping skills for a couple of years. His chapter on “Data Literacy” describes what sounds a lot of good content curation skills minus the social sharing part. He suggests these goals: 1.

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Tech Soup

JULY 22, 2014

When you work for an active and dynamic nonprofit or charity, it might feel like you're constantly learning new skills or building knowledge in different areas. Thankfully, there are many free or inexpensive training programs that can help you polish your technology skills. Basic Computer and Digital Literacy Skills.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Scavenger hunt Scavenger hunts are fun family activities that can really excite your supporters! Your participants get the chance to showcase their unique skills–whether it’s singing, dancing, or any other talent they’d like to show off. Offer prizes for winning participants to add a little competitive spirit to the event.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 12, 2013

It has been amazing to see the impact financial literacy can have on a person, and just how crucial financial literacy is on the future of our young people. integrate financial literacy into our school systems, or at least make. the resources to financial literacy known in our communities. Moreover, many parents feel.

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NTEN

JULY 3, 2014

With 500-600 active volunteers at any given time, it’s easy to understand that, not only does the community love this organization, but volunteers are key to the success of the mission. There is no skill requirement for getting involved. Free Geek also has a strong program for Spanish-speaking volunteers. Lego Robotics!)

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2023

Newsletters : AI writers can help nonprofits design and write newsletters that keep donors and supporters up-to-date on their latest activities and achievements. They may also lack the support and resources they need to grow their skills and share their work with others.

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NTEN

JANUARY 26, 2021

Time tracking enables nonprofits to understand and report on employee activity, creating insights into where additional support may be needed with volunteers or where staff time can be prioritized to perform higher-value work. Professionalism in financial literacy & intentionality. Overhead projections. Conclusion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

The book looks at how individuals can avoid burnout through self-care and how nonprofits can support it – through activities that promote well-being, cultural cues, or an overall strategy. Activities are designed to support organizational wellness for greater productivity and morale boosts.

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.orgSource

MAY 6, 2024

But understanding where systems and related activities fall on the continuum of progress and being aware of what steps your organization might take next gives you foresight. It’s also a chance to adjust processes, staff skill sets, and align with the future road maps of your technology partners.”

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 16, 2022

Knowing where and how to find monthly donors for your nonprofit is a key skill in successful fundraising, and one you’ll certainly want to get good at! Without them, young people on our waitlist continue to face the challenges that low levels of literacy create in their lives. More on that in a moment. The Bottom Line.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

She goes on to say that there are other activities that really require moving a network - and social productivity. You could actually set up a specific gmail acocunt just for your social media activities and this would seperate it from your regular business email account and work flow. social media context?

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2018

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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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Our institute is designed to advance the skills and knowledge of nonprofit professionals, volunteers, board members, and community leaders. Our institute is designed to advance the skills and knowledge of nonprofit professionals, volunteers, board members, and community leaders. Nonprofit Management. Denver Nonprofit Institute.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 29, 2021

Financial literacy is an area where “fake until you make it” doesn’t apply. But, every person within an organization represents an activity behind those statements. Accounting is also an important piece of a strong resume and skill set. This will also help you support organizational leaders in meaningful ways. .

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Bloomerang

JUNE 14, 2021

Actively Imagine New Possibilities. 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

MAY 31, 2013

VietNet-ICT also actively participates in policy discussions to formulate laws and policies relating to information, technology, and communication towards sustainable development and equity. The program helps Vietnamese nonprofits to build staff capacity, apply for grants, and recruit skilled volunteers.

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Forj

AUGUST 12, 2021

This is because staff members who are actively trying to learn and become better are the type of employees you should prioritize for retention. When recruiting, it’s not rare for employers to have trouble finding candidates with the exact experience and skills they need.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2014

Bring Me a Book is creating a "literacy ecosystem" via social media in Alameda and Santa Clara Counties. BUILD actively works to increase high school graduation rates for at-risk youth with a four-year entrepreneurial program. They specialize in providing both hard and soft job skills. 250,000 Grant Winners.

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NTEN

JUNE 27, 2012

One 21st century work place literacy is sense-making of information together and alone. This skill is called “Transdisciplinarity,” or the ability to understand and translate concepts across multiple disciplines, another 21st century skill. Better yet, this professional development is a self-directed activity – and it’s free!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

Listening Literacy View more presentations from kanter. It doesn't need to be an all-consuming activity, but you need to decide who will do the heavy listening, who needs the know what has been said, and who is empowered on respond or act on the information. The most important listening literacy skills are.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Last month I wrote a guest post for Brian Solis titled " Listening Literacy for Nonprofits " which outlines some of the basic how-tos. Listening and engaging with the long tail - they may not be celebrities or influential bloggers - but when a crisis hits or need people to spread the world - they become activated like an army of volunteers.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

The program offers Seattle residents with a variety of recreational and lifelong learning programs, classes, and activities. Young Pham, who regards his tech skills as medium, set up the MultiPoint Server system. It took another hour to get all terminals activated. Intended Use of the New MultiPoint Server System.

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NTEN

JULY 18, 2013

It''s important to equip them to learn leadership skills and hear what they are thinking. In addition, Fifth Third Foundation decided to focus on financial literacy teaching kids in classrooms about money management. z International Foundation designed a program to spark what they call "joy activism" in employees.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

They solicit community members to volunteer, bring them into mission activities, and broadcast their work to the public. Relying too heavily on technology means that those who lack the resources, language skills, and savvy to use technology to its full potential are left behind. Talking with Volunteer Administrators.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

I couldn’t help but think about how important content curation skills, information literacy, and encouraging a movement around this as Clay Johnson suggests in his book, the Information Diet. You can read more about the concept on his site and find links to his books.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

People give to people and this is hyper-activated with social media A proliferation of digitized, socially-connected giving has followed, and it’s known by many names: Crowdfunding. People will manage, monitor, and measure their philanthropic activity primarily on a mobile device. Build these skills and hire for them too.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

blog Streetside Stories Mission: "Through the power of storytelling, Streetside values and cultivates young people’s voices, fostering educational equity and building community, literacy and arts skills."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2007

The whole of this activity should take place within Boracay, meet in the Piazza ( [link] ). The first level is the second life literacy skills - how you move around and communicate. We had a group and teams with mixed level of skills and that be a little difficult. How to break down the skills with activities?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

These teens are actively involved what Jenkins calls "participatory culture" - a culture with relatively low barriers to artistic expression and civic engagement, strong support for creating and sharing one's creations, and some type of informal mentorship whereby what is known by the most experienced is passed along to novices.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2006

While in the early early 1990's I was helping people figure out which dipswitches on their modem to push or write and send email using PINE, this later morphed into helping people learn how to build web pages or develop web literacy skills. into gaining web social (networking) skills. And, now mid-2000 this has changed again.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

"Affordable connections to the Internet are critical, but if we don't also address issues around affordable devices and, critically, the digital literacy and life skills to use those devices to go online, we will do nothing but change policy, and not impact the digital divide. Nice 10-year prediction, Phil.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Karaoke Karaoke is more than a fun bar night activity—it can be a nonprofit event with multiple revenue streams. This is a great way to give people an opportunity to support your nonprofit during a common activity—shopping online. This way, even individuals who don’t compete in the event can still support the cause.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

I participated in three sessions: a Pecha Kucha design blitz, a dialogue on bridging online/onsite connections, and a discussion of the IMLS 21st Century Skills report. Without getting too deeply in the weeds, 21st Century Skills is a phrase that has gained a lot of traction in US policy circles around education and workforce development.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Challenge Events Challenge Events encompass a wide range of activities, from weightlifting to hot dog eating to (insert second obligatory mention of the Ice Bucket Challenge). While the five events on this list speak are all about physical activity, hosting a themed trivia night makes for a slightly brainier night out.

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