Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Schools are back in session, and with them millions of American children who struggle daily to learn using traditional printed books. This includes accessible educational materials, such as e-books that can be used with computers, or mobile devices that display enlarged text or read the book aloud while also highlighting text.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 26, 2021

Hundreds of Clubs nationwide transformed their operations to focus on critical areas like food insecurity, education, mental wellbeing. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Boys & Girls Clubs across the country adapted services to meet the evolving needs of the children, families, and communities they serve.

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Candid

AUGUST 8, 2022

In my opinion these sessions to “educate” individuals and organizations, stirred up Black trauma and reinforced stereotypes. also known as SEM Link, in 2005 because of my desire to ensure that Black children are integrated into the pipeline for the future Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) workforce.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

In early education, children learn the fundamentals of reading and writing in order to communicate, collaborate, and contribute in the world. Libraries, nonprofits, and schools are already working hard to teach digital skills and competency, but they need support of the entire community to help people thrive in the technology age.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

One of the biggest reasons is that among people who are blind, braille literacy has been linked with higher education levels, higher likelihood of employment and higher income. And today, braille is not being taught to most blind children. Accordingly, U.S. federal law supports braille instruction.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 12, 2021

The kind of food that nourishes the mind and body, and is foundational to growth and many other critical human needs, like education, housing, jobs, and transportation. OUSD is Focused on Holistic Student Support. But technology alone isn’t the answer. With nearly 200 food banks nationwide and offices in Washington D.C.

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Cloud 4 Good

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Pencils of Promise (PoP) was founded in October 2008 to help build safe and healthy learning environments for young children worldwide. Founder Adam Braun started the organization with a dream of creating educational infrastructure in the communities that need it most and a deposit of just $25.

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AFP Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Press Release Austin Nonprofit Bridges Digital and Education Divide in Cambodia - PR.com : That’s something that Austin’s Windows of Wonder Institute, or WOWi, wants to end. The Tchey school has a new computer lab and students eager to learn.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Today marks 2017’s Digital Learning Day, a day where we celebrate technology’s role in how we learn. It is this intersection of volunteer service, especially skills-based service, and the desire to give back that inspired me to write this blog on Digital Learning Day. Camp Blackbaud, at its core, brings STEM education to life.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

For example, imagine you host an “ask me anything” session and learn that your supporters are deeply interested in your new summertime lunch program for students. Your donors have already proven they care about your cause—take advantage of that interest and educate them about important topics!

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2014

section of TechSoup.org we launched a contest last month for great digital inclusion stories. We called it the TechSoup ‘Digital Connector’ Story Challenge. Forty-two percent of Pottsboro’s school children are eligible for the National School Lunch Program. We've created a digital media lab.

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Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2021

Brian Solis , Global Innovation Evangelist and Digital Anthropologist, calls this Generation Novel, or Gen N. The digital revolution created hyper-connection. Gen C’s digitally-connected consumers were heavily influenced by the very nature of these experiences. The pandemic hastened digital interactions; the experience evolved.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2017

I had an exciting and busy week of teaching public workshops, facilitating informal staff workshops, and meetings at the Embassy mostly on the topic of Networked Nonprofit, digital strategy, and leading on social media. The latter may be due how children are taught in the Finnish educational system.

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Twenty Hats

APRIL 6, 2021

Fast forward to 2020 and I’m working with an incredible education non-profit in New York City which provides programming to and through college for underrepresented students. I came in as a consultant with a focus on Salesforce, but addressing data & tech in all aspects at the organization. Many of us know and love Salesforce.

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Cloud 4 Good

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Some who finish have found that there is very little applicability of their education to a good career. So, even if a student is attending a lower-priced college, such as a community college, all that time being put in could have been used towards earning money, so that comes at a cost to the learner.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 25, 2013

Published on SANGONeT's content portal, NGOPulse, the organizations profiled range from education, social outreach, poverty relief, environment, and more. Big Fish School of Digital Filmmaking provides video and broadcast training to young people. The organization focuses particularly on women and students in rural areas.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

From standard digital donation forms to peer-to-peer fundraisers , there are a wide variety of ways that nonprofits can fundraise virtually. Partner with your local museums to offer virtual tours to your donors, complete with fun, educational facts and some behind-the-scenes action. Student art show. Silent disco.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

I have given to an organization that provides education and wrap-around services to teenagers in a developing country so they can have a chance at a brighter future. If you provide opportunities for children, show children getting opportunities they might not otherwise have. Don’t lead with a photo from your latest fundraiser.

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Forum One

JULY 13, 2022

Increasingly, organizations of all sizes have access to digital tools that provide data, but data storytelling—making facts relatable and actionable—takes additional effort to transform data into tangible stories. Meaningful data is a tremendous asset to advocates, policymakers, and mission-driven organizations.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 30, 2021

Is your Ideal Volunteer a college student with a lot of enthusiasm for staffing pet adoption events or tutoring middle-schoolers? For high school and college students, where are the nearby schools? For families with school-age children, where do parents get their news about community opportunities?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2012

Peeragogy comes from Howard Rheingold via his Social Media Classroom and he explains it here: When I participated in the Change: Education, Learning, and Technology MOOC , I grew even more interested in the intersection of digital media/networks with self-directed learners and collaborative learning methods.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2015

In some ways, Generation Z are extreme versions of Millennials, particularly because they are the first generation to be born into a digital lifestyle. They have also been described as the first tribe of digital natives, screenagers, and digital integrators. Gen Z Uses Digital Tools for Social Good, Not Social Currency.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 11, 2006

The one I was most interested in is the Digital Equalizer Program. Digital divide programs are notoriously difficult to run successfully. The AIF team in New Delhi took me to visit a school that was part of the Digital Equalizer program. Students get at least two computer sessions a week.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2014

The landscape of communication is evolving at an exponential rate, and digital media creation is riding at the head of the wave. But what remains constant underneath all the change in this digital age is the steady pulse of community storytelling. The world is changing.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 25, 2022

Even as more reports illustrate the harms of biased tech, nonprofit organizations are also strategically using digital technology’s power to fight inequality and racial injustice at scale. “Tech nonprofit” is an emerging term that refers to a tech startup that is building software or web applications using a nonprofit model for social impact.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 22, 2014

For the past fifteen years, MOH Founders Brad and Vanessa Johnson have indeed been changing the world, dedicating their lives to save tens of thousands of children in poverty-stricken Haiti. Mission of Hope currently has 7,700 students enrolled in its network of schools across Haiti, 2,000 more than they had the year before.

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Cloud 4 Good

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Riley Children’s Foundation serves as the fundraising arm of Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health and the founding organization that opened Riley Hospital in 1924. Integration of Classy to boost online fundraising and bolster online event registration added yet another upgrade to the Foundation’s digital marketing strategy.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 11, 2020

From full on role playing games to scavenger hunts, games can be digital or analog. And now, as a father, the museum has become a place where my children can now experience the same wonders, using our cellphones to take extreme close-ups of exhibits and challenge each other to find the original. Okay, so the hardest part?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 5, 2022

With four patents pending, life-like movement and emotions, and a Bluetooth-enabled app, the duck uses interactive technology and play to help children on their cancer journey. A student works on a coding challenge at Computer Science Education Week with Salesforce employees in Dublin, Ireland.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

Our theme this month is educational nonprofits like The Luciano Bareto Júnior Institute in Brazil. Education Is a Major Nonprofit Activity. Education is a major focus for nonprofits and NGOs, accounting for 9% of NGO activity worldwide. Even in the U.S., Back to School in Brazil.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

But last year, over Thanksgiving, I sat next to a man who was working on his laptop (not an activity that invites conversation), creating a presentation on elementary education and technology. Curiosity got the better of me, and that’s how I met Bob Whicker, a K-12 Education Development Executive for Apple.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Others have started incorporating hybrid events in their calendar where there are both digital and in-person elements to the event in order to keep everyone engaged. . For example, an education foundation may want to invite parents of current students to an event differently than community members who do not have children in the district. .

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Others have started incorporating hybrid events in their calendar where there are both digital and in-person elements to the event in order to keep everyone engaged. . For example, an education foundation may want to invite parents of current students to an event differently than community members who do not have children in the district. .

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Whole Whale

MARCH 29, 2022

It’s also a time for gifts and new clothes, making this a great chance to raise funds or donations of new clothing, especially for children. They can be your point person for crafting customized poems for supporters who donate $5.75, $57.50, or $575 in this one-day digital fundraiser. National Haiku Day is April 17. No poets on staff?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Our theme this month is educational nonprofits like The Luciano Bareto Júnior Institute in Brazil. Education Is a Major Nonprofit Activity. Education is a major focus for nonprofits and NGOs, accounting for 9% of NGO activity worldwide. Even in the U.S., Back to School in Brazil.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2015

In some ways, Generation Z are extreme versions of Millennials, particularly because they are the first generation to be born into a digital lifestyle. They have also been described as the first tribe of digital natives, screenagers and digital integrators. Gen Z Uses Digital Tools for Social Good, Not Social Currency.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

MacArthur Foundation, in collaboration with the University of California, Irvine, Duke University and the virtual network of HASTAC, announced its second annual open-call competition that will provide $2 million in awards to innovators shaping the field of digital media and learning. Tell me about you Education is my passion.

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