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Three Reasons Kids Need Digital Literacy and Citizenship Education

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As a parent of wired kids, I think teaching digital literacy is very important for parents to do. Three reasons kids need digital literacy and citizenship education — and three ways to provide it – Guest Post by Emily Esch. Three tips for teaching digital literacy and citizenship: Start with a clear vision.

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Membership Retention Rate: How Associations Can Retain More Members

Neon CRM

The biggest benefit they provide is more than financial—it’s continued support that drives awareness and outreach activities for your cause. For example, consider an organization for educators focused on improving literacy rates. Membership has an impact because it can help uplift other educators and improve overall literacy rates.

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Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources

Bloomerang

Similar to the funders in my previous post on education , the organizations listed below focus their efforts on activities inside and outside of the classroom. Their priorities range from facilitating book donation drives to supporting arts education to funding playground construction and family literacy programs. . Areas served: US.

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60+ Spring Fundraising Ideas for Every Nonprofit

Qgiv

Scavenger hunt Scavenger hunts are fun family activities that can really excite your supporters! Students can raise money by selling products from a selected catalog that they can hand out to potential buyers. You can also raise funds simultaneously by offering tickets to different activities and concessions.

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Changing lives through financial empowerment

ASU Lodestar Center

For the past six months I have worked with YWCA Maricopa County , expanding its Own It Financial Education program , which provides low-income women and families a free education teaching them how to become financially stable and independent. There are no courses in our public school systems that teach students how to use a.

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Building a Digitally Literate Community

Tech Soup

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. Access to technology is important, but teaching computer and information technology skills is just as vital. Defining Digital Literacy.

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How to Write Effective Web Copy (Part 1): Make It Readable

Connection Cafe

American Literacy is Iffy. I’m going to give you all the same facts, and I want each of you to write the ‘lede’ of the story if it was going to appear in the student paper.”. In this case, students care far more about getting a day off school than a teaching conference. Use the Active Voice.

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