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Youth Programs Featured in TechSoup Global’s Local Impact Map

Tech Soup

By far, the biggest set of stories are the ones from organizations that serve youth and children. Support for Autistic Children in the U.S. Because computers in classrooms are so important for disabled children, they make optimum use of the accessibility features in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office.

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Youth Programs Featured in TechSoup Global’s Local Impact Map

Tech Soup

By far, the biggest set of stories are the ones from organizations that serve youth and children. Support for Autistic Children in the U.S. Because computers in classrooms are so important for disabled children, they make optimum use of the accessibility features in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office.

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Captivology: The Science of Capturing People’s Attention

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What if our child had cancer? As Parr points out, empathy is powerful because our innate ability and need to understand and connect with others – even we don’t know them personally. Empathy creates a connection that makes us pay more attention to something. We can’t help but to feel for Miles Scott and his family.

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The Ultimate Guide to Volunteer Recruitment: 15+ Strategies

Qgiv

For example, an organization seeking to support those with cancer might see if local cancer care clinics are willing to post flyers advertising your program. The elementary school level: Younger children love to help out just as much as older children do. Going outside of the box. Set expectations about flexibility.

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The Young and Generous: A New Research Report from Network for Good

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Well, actually a line from the movie of the same name delivered by Kathy Bates. children,??? ???cancer,??? Bates, who plays an older woman in the film, is in a grocery store parking lot just about to pull into an empty space. A younger woman zooms into the space and says something like "I'm younger and faster. homeless.???

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Is Privacy for Everyone (Including Donors) Dead?

Bloomerang

Nick Bilton, a tech columnist for The New York Times , wrote that we could find ourselves in a situation where a medical AI that is programmed to eliminate cancer decides that the way to do it is by exterminating humans who are prone to the disease. Perhaps privacy is dead.

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13+ Lovely Valentine’s Day Fundraising Ideas and Strategies for 2022

Whole Whale

The May holiday might call to mind breast cancer awareness or newer contenders like #EveryMotherCounts. Capitalizing on both the holiday and baseball season, Father’s Day is dominated with messages of prostate cancer from the MLB. Just like at the end of a John Hughes movie. Mother’s Day. Father’s Day. Thanksgiving.

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