Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

In early education, children learn the fundamentals of reading and writing in order to communicate, collaborate, and contribute in the world. A few months ago, I attended Microsoft Citizenship's YouthSpark Connection event and heard first-hand from recent high school graduates about how dire the need for digital literacy is.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

March Madness bracket challenge March Madness is an exciting time for basketball lovers everywhere, and you can use that to your advantage for a March fundraising idea. Host a March Madness bracket challenge and allow your supporters to predict this season’s tournament winner for an entry fee.

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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. Educational institutions have an abundance of data, but they are often challenged by making sense of it in the most effective ways possible.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

The tools we develop for that purpose span a range of fields—from human rights , to global literacy , to the environment —but no matter what area we work in, we depend on an IP system that’s friendly to technological advances and to positive social impact. However, I don’t want to understate the challenges we face. copyright law.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 27, 2007

The America's Giving Challenge will award $50,000 to the project that gets the most unique donors. My husband and I adopted two beautiful children, Harry and Sara, from Cambodia. Our project on Global Giving focuses on literacy which is key to education and jobs for poor children. Amy Sample Ward. Want to join the fun?

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

We need hands on deck, so having to close our volunteer program was a challenge for us—emotionally, losing such a large part of our community—but we also had to find a way to keep them connected so that they would come back when our doors reopened. The challenges of remote volunteering are front-of-mind for many volunteer managers.

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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. However, as a technology, printed books come with serious challenges for some communities (like blind people) that technology can unlock.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 29, 2008

My friend Beth Kanter, of Beth's Blog , is working hard to win $50,000 for the Sharing Foundation by January 31, 2008 as part of the Case Foundation's America's Giving Challenge. The Sharing Foundation's mission is to help meet the physical, emotional, educational and medical needs of orphaned and seriously disadvantaged children in Cambodia.

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Candid

JANUARY 13, 2023

For example, while we recognize the challenge of people still being in—and expressing—a pivot/unprecedented/back to normal state of mind, we won’t be rehashing that one this year. It’s similar to how calling someone “a natural” can inadvertently undermine the years of training and education people have gone through to achieve their skillset.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2007

In addition, we received lots of support and help from the Cambodian adoptive parent community and their families, churches, synagogues, fellow employees, golf buddies, quilting clubs, book clubs, parents of their children's school mates, high school and college friends, and beyond. I will be returning to my regular blogging topics!

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Tech Soup

MAY 31, 2013

L — Listen and understand the challenges faced by individuals and organizations working to strengthen our community. I — Inspire individuals and organizations to overcome their challenges and make a difference in the community. Although Vietnam is regarded as a developing country, it has a literacy rate of 94 percent.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

Another point of intersection here for me is Henry Jenkins recently published 72-page white paper " Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century." He also identifies the new literacies and skills -- and while he is talking about this in the context of children and education.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Peer-to-Peer Events Arts & Culture Events Community Events Educational Events Events for Grown-Ups Events for Kids & Families Nonprofit Peer-to-Peer Events Peer-to-peer events raise funds and generate buzz by having your supporters and participants get their networks involved in your event. Use that to your advantage!

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2022

She cites an example from her work helping communities adopt deep energy retrofits in San Diego, California. It was through these neighborhood connections that the benefits, such as lower bills and improved indoor air quality, were truly seen and understood, allowing the technology to be adopted more widely. VP of IT, NAACP.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Of course, they’re also challenging to manage as you’re handling the donations of items on one end and funds on the other. 5Ks are a great option as they’re relatively short but still challenging enough for more seasoned runners. The more you challenge participants, the more driven they’ll be to succeed!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

This means new challenges ahead in scaling Bookshare.org to serve every single student with a print disability in the U.S. Department of Education gave us a major award on September 28, 2007. We want to ensure that every student with a disability no longer has the handicap of lacking textbooks or other important educational material.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

We love doing them, bring on great guest, speakers, totally free, totally educational. But if not, this is a great way for us to connect in a safe and educational space. 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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2011

My business supports an organisation called Entoure in Australia who stages challenging events to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for critically injured kids. Second, organize local veterinarians, municipalities and animal rescue organizations in working together to provide low-cost spay/neuter and promote adoption of the satos.’”.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 12, 2022

The COVID-19 health emergency and the ensuing global crises only continue to exacerbate these inequities and drive colossal disruptions in the provision of education across the world — highlighting massive challenges that serve as wake-up calls for the social sector and catalysts for transformational change.

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