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Big Data Means More Than Big Profits

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The more we use technology in our education and health systems, the more data we collect about how people learn and what keeps us healthy or makes us sick. million downloads of accessible books through its online library, to over 200,000 people with disabilities such as blindness and severe dyslexia.

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Upcoming Webinar on October 27: A Cooperative Approach to Web Design

Tech Soup

In this hour long webinar, Techsoup's Elliot Harmon and Pepsi Refresh project grantee Jim Walker will explore web design concerns common to many nonprofit organizations and libraries. Content management systems. The webinar is built around the following four key concepts: Your website's purpose. Setting goals for your website.

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How To Focus When You Work in An Open Office Space

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It is large space with a kitchen, library, and enough chairs and technology to accommodate an all-staff meeting including remote staff. The organization also instituted time and project management systems and tools to help staff avoid stressful work flows and commitments.

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Nonprofits & Gaming: Playing Your Way to More Funds, More Volunteers, and Solving the World's Problems

NTEN

Priebatsch even proposed how school could be improved by adding better game mechanics than those that already exist: for example, having a points system that allows you to "level up" rather than our current grading-average system, and building in an honor system to eliminate cheating ( as Princeton has done , with huge success).

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4 Best Professional Development Practices for Nonprofits

NonProfit Hub

For example, the Leaderosity Learning Library by the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance has courses that utilize engaging learning elements such as text, video, images, and interactive features. For instance, let’s say you read a chapter of a book that is highly relevant to your organization’s mission statement.

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Grantseeking Basics: Researching Suitable Funders Part Three – Corporate Funding

Tech Soup

This is the fourth and final installment in a series of grantseeking pointers inspired by fundraising consultant, Stephanie Gerding ’s great basic grantseeking information on TechSoup For Libraries that came out a few years ago. They usually have local chapters. Big Book of Library Grant Money. Clubs and Organizations.

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NCVS: Mission-Driven Technology Planning

Tech Soup

On Tuesday, I'll be talking about technology planning for nonprofits and public libraries at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service as a part of the Interactive Strategy Forum. Disaster Planning and Recovery Toolkit (See Chapter 2, "Documentation and Your Master Key," and Chapter 3, "Remote and Local Backup."