Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Note from Beth: As a supporter of the work that the Sharing Foundation does for children in Cambodia, I’ve seen first hand the value of literacy programs in developing countries. This week, nearly a year after first beginning to work with Room to Read, we’re proud to be taking part in promoting Literacy Day.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Reading Eggs is an online reading education program for children aged 3 to 13. Reading Eggs is ideal for organizations that work with literacy among children and want to motivate them through games. Check out how educators are using Reading Eggs for more ideas on how it can help your organization. How Does It Work?

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MARCH 12, 2024

Example: “To raise critical funds through a community gala to support our after-school literacy program for underprivileged children.” Example: “Raise $10,000 to purchase new books and educational materials for the program. These goals should be both financial (e.g., raising $10,000) and non-financial (e.g.,

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, VP and General Manager, Benetech’s Global Literacy Program. With the goal of promoting braille literacy, this landmark meeting brought together braille experts from around the world to Perkins’ campus in Watertown, Massachusetts. And today, braille is not being taught to most blind children.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 3, 2014

She would bring books especially for children and women, and conduct a couple of days of workshops on wide-ranging topics about enterprise, culture, history, poetry and books. And, she wants to improve access to education, economic opportunity and of course, books, for all Moroccans, but most especially women!

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OCTOBER 31, 2016

Children's Literacy Initiative. The Children’s Literacy Initiative (CLI) began as a way to provide collections of excellent children’s books & trainings in reading-aloud to teachers in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods. Star Wars: Force for Change.

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AUGUST 8, 2022

This schedule was created with the intention of allowing children in farming families to be home to help out during the planting and harvesting seasons in our primarily agricultural society. The back-to-school season is a busy time, so if you don’t have the time to volunteer, consider donating to educational charities.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 10, 2015

In a country that generally prides itself on offering the opportunity for everyone to succeed, one in four children grow up without learning to read. Taking Education to New Heights. Pamela Clark began New Heights Educational Group in 2006, as part of a lifelong commitment to education. Inspiring Optimism Through Results.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 27, 2012

1 This study, Financial Literacy and Knowledge in the Nonprofit Sector (PDF) , "engaged a random sample of primarily human service nonprofits, as well as health, civic, environmental, arts, and education nonprofits." Sources: ^ [1] " Financial Literacy for the Long Term ," Philanthropy Matters, Vol. The Moody’s Foundation, 2011.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 3, 2016

The Early Learning Lab , Frontiers of Innovation , and New Profit , along with partners Joan Ganz Cooney Center and TechSoup, are working together to build the technology capacity of the early childhood education field. If you work with young children at a nonprofit or library, this free webinar series is for you. Register now.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 12, 2013

The answer lies in education. For the past six months I have worked with YWCA Maricopa County , expanding its Own It Financial Education program , which provides low-income women and families a free education teaching them how to become financially stable and independent. credit card or budget their money. Like this article?

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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. A few months ago, I attended Microsoft Citizenship's YouthSpark Connection event and heard first-hand from recent high school graduates about how dire the need for digital literacy is.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2012

His chapter on “Data Literacy” describes what sounds a lot of good content curation skills minus the social sharing part. This is good, basic digital literacy principles that have been taught by educators and librarians taught in the early 2000′s and continue today. He suggests these goals: 1.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 29, 2023

These seven children are receiving a quality education, three meals a day, mentoring, and medical care. In Haiti, a typical adult has just five years of schooling, and the literacy rate is just 53 percent. One in five Whitfield children experiences food insecurity at least once a month. And your gift made it happen.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 7, 2014

The Northstar Digital Literacy Project has 33 questions, but only a few touch on safety and security. Common Sense Media offers online safety assessments for educators. Learning Resources for Children and Families. also has a section especially for children and families. The quizzes are divided by grade level.

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Also, don’t miss out on my lists for Education and Arts & Culture funders. The Highland Street Foundation is committed to addressing the most pressing needs and concerns for children and families in Massachusetts and California. See if any of these funders serve your community and if you qualify for funding. Cleveland Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

Note from Beth: During my trip to India in February, I was introduced to a nonprofit children's book publisher in India, Pratham Books. “It was set up to fill a gap in the market for good quality, reasonably priced children’s books in a variety of Indian languages. India has a reading problem and the problem is two fold.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

But, I expect that 75% of the job will be about analyzing the legal issues from our programs, especially in our Global Literacy Program, which includes Bookshare, the largest digital library for the blind and dyslexic in the U.S., Digital signatures for parents/guardians wanting to sign up their children with disabilities for Bookshare.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2009

Room to Read , a San Francisco based non-profit, will help us make that happen by bringing libraries and literacy to the world's poorest regions. Based on my experience with the Sharing Foundation in Cambodia, I know how important it is for children in developing countries to have books to read in their own language.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Sell tickets to your tax tips event to raise money for your cause while helping your community stay educated on important financial strategies. Reading challenge Issue a community-wide reading challenge this spring to encourage literacy in your community. You can also include activities for the children of the community.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 10, 2012

Human Rights 30% Volunteering 30% Children and Youth 26.7% Education and Literacy 23.3% The issues you're the most passionate about are (you chose your top 3): Arts and Culture 40% Women 36.7% Animals 23.3% Environment 23.3% Community Development 23.3% Economic Justice 23.3% Sustainable Food 23.3% Health and Healing 23.3%

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

In the neighborhood of West Philadelphia, People’s Emergency Cente r (PEC) has invested over $57 million into community development programs that seek to change the lives of women and children and inspire families. We also cheer on and highlight the following six organizations out of the many that are participat ing in Giving Tuesday.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 24, 2018

Most “inspirational” quotes sound nice, but often lack substance or educational value. – John Wood , Founder of Room to Read, a nonprofit promoting literacy in children. Gain some inspiration with these motivational quotes from top nonprofit thought leaders and learn how you can apply them to your own organization!

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

Legacy of Hope Austin is a Texas-based arts charity that's created the 2dance2dream program , providing a way for children with special needs to express themselves through movement and music. The program offers year-round dance lessons and an annual event in which 80 children are joined by volunteers from professional dance schools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 27, 2007

I can't do this alone and that's why I'm asking my blogger friends to join me and in helping to raise money to help the many children who are touched by the Sharing Foundation's programs. My husband and I adopted two beautiful children, Harry and Sara, from Cambodia. Sign up here. Why am I doing this? It's a route out of poverty.

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Tech Soup

JULY 15, 2015

In part 1 of this series, we introduced MathAndCoding , a nonprofit that offers teen-led programming classes for children in public libraries in the Silicon Valley area. "The library is a place for lifelong education, and needs to resonate with the community. The concept of] family literacy is also very important in our community.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 11, 2006

This school is run by an NGO (a nonprofit) and provides free education to children who come from disadvantaged backgrounds. They are very focused on education linked to vocational outcomes: the goal is to help these children move up the economic ladder with real job skills. The children were simply delightful.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2011

This new program is rolling out this month in 39 states offering $10 per month broadband Internet program to low-income families with children who are eligible to receive free school meals. Subscribers will also be given access to free digital literacy training. One of the big pieces of digital divide news in the U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2008

Making media together is another way to teach your children about various causes. Here's a few stories about some children mentioned in the video: Sina, age 15, is an orphan and head of her family, two younger sisters aged 12 and 9. Sina helps makes school uniforms that the Foundation provides to over 1,000 street children in Cambodia.

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NTEN

JUNE 13, 2014

increase access to college education for disadvantage inner city populations) and “sellers” of social impact (e.g., Second, align your measurement efforts to your outcomes as much as possible; ideally, measure the outcomes directly, and when direct measurements aren’t possible due to practical reasons (e.g.,

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NTEN

JULY 24, 2012

Let’s assume you plan to start an educational program to help children with literacy. These items should be part of every one of your proposals. When you prepare your budget, include technology-related expenses that you will incur to carry out the project. If you stop there, you’re missing an opportunity.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2014

Bring Me a Book is creating a "literacy ecosystem" via social media in Alameda and Santa Clara Counties. Pogo Park is transforming three neglected parks in Richmond California into magical play spaces for 8,000 at-risk children. " Program is creating new distribution channels for affordable produce to low-income people.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

While there, McDonald noticed that many classrooms had only a stack of books to share between hundreds of children. “It This was McDonald’s solution to the lack of educational resources. It hit her like a lightning bolt that this could be a solution for Haiti…that she could build a digital content platform,” Stephans said.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2015

Educating the Public on Disaster Preparedness. She saw a tremendous need for literacy and outreach services, particularly to the Lower Ninth Ward neighborhood, where the aftereffects of Katrina were the most devastating. She also started a community garden that holds events with food and literacy programs.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 29, 2008

The Sharing Foundation's mission is to help meet the physical, emotional, educational and medical needs of orphaned and seriously disadvantaged children in Cambodia. Beth is on the Board of the Foundation, and she and her husband have two children, Harry and Sara, who were adopted as orphans from Cambodia.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2007

During Arkenstone's 11 years, Benetech sold literacy products under the Arkenstone brand in more than a dozen languages to over 35,000 individuals in 60 countries. She truly is one of the great, quiet humanitarians who carry on Matilda Ziegler's legacy of literacy for those of us who are blind." Matilda Ziegler Foundation.

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

An additional $59 billion a year in funding is needed to meet the United Nations’ goal of quality education for every child by 2030, a report from Theirworld finds. billion children, including 767 million girls, out of school, putting them at greater risk of sexual exploitation, child marriage, and domestic abuse.

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