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How to Engage Employees in National (Virtual) Volunteer Month

Saleforce Nonprofit

By: Bose’ Akadiri , Program Manager, Employee Volunteerism at Salesforce, and Cécile Poyet, Director, Product Marketing, Philanthropy Cloud at Salesforce.org. Simbi’s virtual reading platform enables global literacy through the power of narration, creation, translation, and donation. This isn’t your usual read-a-thon! .

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Member Round Up: A busy September with new research, a cure for website obesity, and world literacy day

NTEN

On September 8, Unesco observed its 40th International Literacy Day, from which Care2 highlights some shocking statistics on literacy around the globe and reminds us that the ability to read and write is a human right. When you hear the term obesity, you normally don''t think about your website.

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Social Networking and Web Tools for Chicago Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Social Networking and Web Tools for Chicago Nonprofits. Paul Baker, Webitects; Kara Carell, 501 Tech Club Chicago/Interfaith Youth Core; Todd McMeen, CitizenPowered.org. How do increase internet literacy with communities? What are the specific social networking sites in Chicago? All live blogging disclaimers apply.

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Matt Groch to Offer Keynote on Measuring Impact at #14LCS

NTEN

Today we’re excited to share that Matt Groch , Director of Solution Delivery at Mission Measurement , will offer a keynote called Moneyball for Social Impact, Or how I learned to stop worrying and embrace the implications of a discrete closed-loop factor analysis framework for social impact. How do we measure social change?

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The 2019 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

Attendees include approximately 200 Directors and senior staff from Service and Conservation Corps across the country; officials from federal agencies; representatives from philanthropic foundations; and friends and supporters of the Corps movement. Engage for Good / Chicago, IL / TBD. The Reading, Literacy and Learning Conference.

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Free In-Person Events for Nonprofit Techies

Tech Soup

Toronto, Canada: Toronto Net Tuesday: Digital Literacy for Nonprofits. Seattle, Washington: King County Executive Director's Forum. Chicago, Illinois: " Weeving"­ Nonprofits, People, and Companies. Mukono, Uganda: Improved Skills and Competencies for Productive Web Literacy in Mayuge.

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MacArthur Foundation Digital Learning Briefing

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Henry Jenkins , Director of the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program and author of Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide and Fans, Bloggers and Gamers: Exploring Participatory Culture. Eric Zimmerman , CEO and founder, gameLab, working to develop new games to support media literacy and design skills in young people