Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2022

Their priorities range from facilitating book donation drives to supporting arts education to funding playground construction and family literacy programs. . First Book. They focus funding on organizations that work on financial literacy for elementary and high school students (established programs only). First Book.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2013

This post originally appeared on Arabella Advisors'' Greater Good blog as part of the series Impact 2014. Bookshare today is part of a broader effort by Benetech’s Global Literacy Program to improve the lives and learning of students with the biggest challenges. Isn’t that where good ideas go to die?” Fast-forward six years.

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Greater Giving

MARCH 12, 2024

Elevate Your Impact: Crafting a Winning Fundraising Plan for Your Next Charity Event As a nonprofit professional, you understand the importance of effective fundraising. This blog post outlines the key elements for creating a successful fundraising plan for your next charity event, empowering you to maximize your impact.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 3, 2011

Of course, accessibility is right up Benetech’s alley and the focus of our Literacy program. This last September, Benetech won a 3 million dollar award over one year from OSEP for a project we call Leveraging Impact through Technology, or, very appropriately, LIT. In the U.S.,

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

On February 16th in Los Altos, California, I shared these thoughts on Robin Seaman’s impact on the world with her family and friends at her Celebration of Life. However, I'm here to spotlight the impact Robin had on millions of people who never had the pleasure of meeting her personally. The sister, the aunt, the friend, the mentor.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2012

Click Through to Amazon and Get This Book! The second part of the book takes us from theory into practice where he offers his recommendations for the Information Diet. His chapter on “Data Literacy” describes what sounds a lot of good content curation skills minus the social sharing part. 10-11 pm: Book Reading.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Black-owned businesses often face unique challenges and they’ve also been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. You can do this by visiting a Black history museum or African American heritage site, by reading and sharing books written by Black authors, and by exploring Black music history. Donate to support their mission here.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, VP and General Manager, Benetech’s Global Literacy Program. With the goal of promoting braille literacy, this landmark meeting brought together braille experts from around the world to Perkins’ campus in Watertown, Massachusetts.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Our team has been thinking hard about scaling positive social impact of technology work. I want to unveil several of these new initiatives, as well as sneaking in some of the incredible things happening in our core programs in literacy and human rights. with the books they need for educational success. and James L. and James L.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2018

23: World Book Day — #WorldBookDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. The report also examines the impact of gender, generation, ideology, religion, and donor size upon giving and volunteerism. 2: World Autism Awareness Day — #WorldAustismDay. 7: World Health Day — #WorldHealthDay.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

If we had known the full consequences of Steve Jobs showing us that first iPhone on stage in 2007 and its impacts on our lives, attention, interactions, children, environment, physical and mental health, what hard questions would we have asked? We didn’t ask.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 24, 2023

More engaged supporters, increased donations, and a wider impact on the community.  Participants track the number of pages they’ve read or books they’ve completed on a leaderboard to support literacy and education. The result? Read-A-Thon   Combine the love of reading with friendly competition.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2017

23: World Book Day — #WorldBookDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. Based upon the survey results of 4,084 donors worldwide, the 2017 Global Trends in Giving Report explores the impact of gender, generation, and ideology upon giving and volunteerism. 7: World Health Day — #WorldHealthDay.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

10X: ten times the impact. Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice. Global Literacy Sixth Grader and Bookshare member Kevin Leong with Jim Fruchterman at Benetech''s offices. Our Bookshare online library is continuing to multiply its impact.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

This latest Member Round Up features lots of goodies, from tips on social media and email campaigns, to new research on impact investing and Idealist''s funny obsession drawing a famous actor. The Case Foundation crunched some numbers on impact investing, read the full story and see what they found. Register now!

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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. copyright law. In the U.S.,

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Highlights of this Update: Global Literacy Human Rights Benetech Labs Communications Global Literacy Bookshare celebrated a double milestone this summer, reaching over 200,000 available titles in our collection and serving over 250,000 members with disabilities! While the majority of our members are U.S.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 5, 2021

Additionally, Salesforce provides specific volunteering opportunities that align with its citizen philanthropy and strategic programs to maximize impact in the local communities. . Simbi’s virtual reading platform enables global literacy through the power of narration, creation, translation, and donation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

I discovered it because of a charity challenge they're running on Twitter to raise awareness of their book, plus raise some money to help Room To Read. The Cause: Room To Read a not-for-profit organization that transforms the lives of millions of children by focusing on literacy. x (Total Retweets). 11 cents = $32.78

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2009

Yesterday, Twitter announced its first corporate social responsibility effort on its blog: We're just getting started as a company, but we believe thinking long term about making a positive impact will allow us to grow in the right direction to make a difference as both a technology and a business.

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sgEngage

MARCH 8, 2023

Show the Impact of All Libraries You know all the great things libraries bring to communities—now make sure potential donors do, too. Connect the dots and remind supporters that libraries promote literacy by offering free access to literature for all community members. And keep your momentum!

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 11, 2016

Denise McMahan is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub, and is the founder and publisher of CausePlanet.org where nonprofit leaders devour Page to Practice™ book summaries, author interviews and sticky applications from the must-read books they recommend. _. However, counseling also was considered a low-impact program.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2014

We were shocked when we saw the 25 winners of the big $100,000 to $500,000 Google Impact Challenge Awards. Google Global Impact Award competitions have been held in India and the UK, and most recently in the San Francisco Bay Area. Of course find the full roster of Bay Area Google Impact Challenge Award winners here.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 14, 2011

Our work to date repeatedly demonstrates bridging this market failure gap: Our Literacy team has reinvented the traditional library for the blind, reducing the cost of producing an accessible book by a factor of 100 and ending the book famine that people who are blind or print disabled have faced for years.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

It featured a ten minute video by journalist Manoush Zomorodi sharing some ideas and tips on new digital literacy skills of managing information overload and overwhelmed. The challenge was to focus solely on listening to the video and not multi-task and reflect on the experience.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 2, 2021

Through speaking, training, and consulting, she shows social purpose organizations how to use social media and storytelling to build communities, showcase impact, and advance their causes. “I believe Cause Camp is going to be incredibly impactful this year. ” BILL MCKENDRY : Doing More with Less.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

The Marrakesh Treaty was signed last year, and now the efforts are ramping up to ratify and implement the Treaty, with the goal of helping overcome the book famine faced by people with print disabilities. WIPO has a mandate from its member states, and is working to address the need to change laws and get more accessible books flowing.

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Neon CRM

MAY 3, 2023

Reinforce the Positive Impact of One-Time Donors If you want to move your one-time donor into a repeat supporter, you need to show your appreciation for their donation right away. You should also try to tie that figure to organizational impact. On top of that, people tend to trust traditional mail more than email.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 16, 2022

Other organizations bring in $3,000 to $5,000 each month to support their operations and make a bigger impact in communities. . Without them, young people on our waitlist continue to face the challenges that low levels of literacy create in their lives. Remind them that their donation doesn’t have to be large to have an impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2012

They work in partnership with DoSomething’s program staff to collect, analyze, and make sense of data to improve impact of DoSomething’s programs. Building infrastructure, in-house expertise, and data literacy of all staff is critical to their success so they have invested. DoSomething.org does not consider this overhead.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2008

Over the past week though, there have been little glimpses of happiness amid the disasters, scandals and economic bad news - stories about the CNN Heroes: Ordinary People Extraordinary Impact. The Panel included luminaries like Queen Rania Al Abdullah, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, Jeffrey Sachs and Jane Goodall.

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Achieve

MAY 21, 2017

As nonprofit and cause leaders, we wish every individual had the opportunity, interest, and time to meet the people we serve and see the impact of our work in real time. As nonprofit leaders, we want our donors and supporters to meet the people we serve and see the impact of our work firsthand. Be honest.). Because people are busy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

I’ve been busy interviewing people who work for nonprofits for my next book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout , with Aliza Sherman. Interfaith literacy events and interesting learning opportunities. Flickr Photo by AstridWestvang. 5 floating holidays and 7 fixed holidays per year.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 28, 2016

Second, The Brand IDEA by Nathalie Laidler-Kylander and Julia Shepard Stenzel argues today’s brands must uphold mission impact by building trust, cohesion, capacity and impact, not necessarily qualities for which corporate brands strive. Brandraising: How Nonprofits Raise Visibility and Money Through Smart Communications.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Our breakthrough in the conception of Martus came in 2000, when I was looking to expand Benetech to new frontiers of social good beyond our origins—helping disabled people access books in what is now our Global Literacy program. Here, we realized, was an opportunity to create real, lasting social impact.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Our winners represent a little glamour from the Russian River Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, plus some creativity from Yerba Buena Gardens Festival and Literacy Services of Wisconsin. Our third place, bronze prize goes to Literacy Services of Wisconsin (LSW). Our last round closed with more amazing submissions. spanhidden.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 14, 2021

“Very soon technology will improve donor participation and retention by making it ridiculously easy to give…Technology will allow donors to do what they want to do anyway…We’re two decades into the internet era; why is it still easier to buy a book about hurricanes than help a storm’s victims?

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