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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I believe in the power of books to change the world. That is not a particularly radical belief among librarians, but I hope to make you believe even more in the power of books. Today, we are poised at a moment in time where we can transcend the limitations of past book technologies and bring the power of books to all humans.

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Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources

Bloomerang

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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Literacy for a billion: PlanetRead

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

One of the most exciting literacy social enterprises that I've run into is PlanetRead. Planet Read added subtitles to Bollywood music videos. They have also done extensive measurements of their impact and see real progress on advancing literacy. Another example of scale, South Asian style!

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February Cause Awareness: Black History Month

Qgiv

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.

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60+ Spring Fundraising Ideas for Every Nonprofit

Qgiv

Host a pub-style quiz for your community and include some questions about your mission as a fun way to share your organization’s impact. Reading challenge Issue a community-wide reading challenge this spring to encourage literacy in your community. Host a Holi festival with music, dance, and colored powders to cover everyone in.

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Why Creating Space for Creative Time in the Nonprofit Workplace Improves Productivity

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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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Wisdom 2.0: Balance in A Hyper Connected World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The conference was created by Soren Gordhamer in 2010, author of the book, Wisdom 2.0. You know a conference is going to be a different experience when you walk into the conference area and there is harpist playing beautiful meditative music that melts away as the chimes and bells ring to signal the beginning of the conference.

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