Bloomerang

DECEMBER 2, 2021

In my days working for the Meningitis Trust , we gave out handouts that shared the symptoms for meningitis in children. Think about adding stickers , a peel off-calling card, or some detachable element that can be put on the fridge or stuck on a laptop. Below I’ll cover how to improve the effectiveness of your nonprofit’s handouts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

Almost exactly two years ago, the One Laptop Per Child launched. So, the Sharing Foundation has continued to use our method of getting donated laptops in the US, refurbishing them, and getting them to Cambodia. So, maybe they will make it easier for people who want to support specific schools and children.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 13, 2016

Toyama on that issue: If a private company is failing to make a profit, no one expects that state-of-the-art data centers, better productivity software, and new laptops for all of the employees will turn things around. A great teacher is going to be better than a software program on a laptop or tablet.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 20, 2010

The library also hosts after school programs and summer camps for children in the neighborhood of Carrefour-feuilles. Our own Tim Suttle was there only a couple of weeks ago volunteering for a local organization: Just last week I was in [Haiti] to setup a computer lab at a library (Bibliotheque du Soleil).

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 3, 2014

With only a two-person IT department serving more than 200 employees and 600 volunteers, Daniel Yu, IT director for Arizona Baptist Children's Services (ABCS), has his work cut out for him. The organization works in a variety of areas, supporting the neediest children and families in its community. Transitional Program BBQ.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2012

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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Get Fully Funded

MAY 29, 2023

If the donor’s gift was used to buy laptops, a photo of students on the new laptops will hit the right note. These seven children are receiving a quality education, three meals a day, mentoring, and medical care. One in five Whitfield children experiences food insecurity at least once a month.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2013

My work is online and increasingly I rely on the Internet for many parts of my home, personal, and family life.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 14, 2007

Photo Credit: Mini Laptop Club Thanks to Sibley for sending me this fascinating article about "the laptop club"--a group of second and third graders in an afterschool program who designed their own (non-functional) laptops using construction paper, pencils, and a lot of imagination.

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AFP Blog

MAY 19, 2008

One Laptop, two systems - The Boston Globe: "THE GOAL of the nonprofit One Laptop per Child project has always been exciting: build a cheap, sturdy laptop and give it to poor children in developing countries to improve their educations.".

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AFP Blog

JULY 27, 2009

Slum children go digital in Johannesburg - Passport - Boston.com: "JOHANNESBURG -- With the help of a little green-and-white plastic laptop, two Boston sisters are changing the way a handful of South African slum kids think about their future -- and the world around them.The Kliptown squatter camp, occupying a small corner of Johannesburg’s Soweto, (..)

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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. A former superintendent of such a district, he explained the basic premise to me: each student, from kindergarten on, has a personal laptop.

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AFP Blog

JUNE 12, 2009

Hopefully, my children will become.

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 4, 2008

The Associated Press: Intel Quits One Laptop Per Child Program: "Intel Quits One Laptop Per Child ProgramBy MAY WONG – 10 hours agoSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) said Thursday it has abandoned the One Laptop Per Child program, dealing a big blow to the ambitious project seeking to bring millions of low-cost laptops to children in developing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Nate Ritter gives a brilliant example of how Twitter could help save the lives of missing children. This post shows you how to jury rig a DIY periscope for your webcam if it is built into your laptop screen. This is useful if you want both broadcast AND use your laptop to take notes (or answer email).

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

10 Ways to Change the World Through Social Media - Max Gladwell has a guest post at Mashable: "Our children will inherit a world profoundly changed by the combination of technology and humanity that is social media. They’ll take for granted that their voices can be heard and that a social movement can be launched from their laptop.

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AFP Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

Nonprofit group starts making low-cost laptops | Technology | Reuters: "A nonprofit group said on Tuesday production of a new laptop computer for children in developing countries had begun, a milestone that could shake up the PC industry by ushering in a new era of low-cost computing.".

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 7, 2008

OLPC fires back at Intel, children learn nothing | One More Thing - CNET News.com: "OLPC fires back at Intel, children learn nothingPosted by Tom KrazitNick Negroponte, founder and chairman of the One Laptop Per Child project, came out swinging at Intel on Friday, one day after the chipmaker decided to leave the group.The OLPC's goal of bringing low-cost (..)

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Qgiv

JANUARY 19, 2022

Qgiv also offers web-based bidding for people who are participating from their laptops and mobile bidding for those who prefer to place bids from an app on their smartphones. Jude Children’s Research Hospital’s “Joy of Life” Ball. Bloomerang – Constituent Relationship Manager. Include multiple bidding options.

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AFP Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2007

The Larger Challenge (and Opportunity) for One Laptop Per Child - Bits - Technology - New York Times Blog: "The One Laptop Per Child project is starting a “Give 1 Get 1? campaign to try to jumpstart its drive to bring computers to children in the developing world.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 5, 2017

They've provided access to computers, to the Internet, to productivity software, to children's software, to Wi-Fi hotspots that patrons can use at home, to laptops they can check out, and to so much more. By participating in the TechSoup donation program, 9,521 public libraries have accomplished a lot.

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AFP Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

First '$100 Laptops' Sold to Uruguay - Switched: Gadgets, Tech, Digital Stuff for the Rest of Us: "he tiny green and white, $100 XO notebook has been in development by the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) foundation for years, but the device, intended to bring computing to children around the world, has only now received its first official order.

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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. In part 2, we offer a librarian's perspective as the host for this program.

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AFP Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2007

Scotsman.com News - Latest News - Developing nations to test new $150 laptops: "Developing nations to test new $150 laptopsBy Jason SzepBOSTON (Reuters) - From Brazil to Pakistan, some of the world's poorest children will peer across the digital divide this month -- reading electronic books, shooting digital video, creating music and chatting with (..)

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

If you provide opportunities for children, show children getting opportunities they might not otherwise have. Many of your visitors will find you on their mobile phone, not their laptop. Here are some ways to create a strong anchor story: Identify a story that demonstrates what your nonprofit is all about. I sure don’t!)

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Tech Soup

JULY 14, 2015

And they're doing this using the programming language Java on their laptops. With lines of code projected on a screen, these children listen intently in a conference room at the Mountain View Public Library, as part of a four-week course on programming. There's no real money involved, nor is it a real lemonade stand.

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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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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Keep the items affordable: Requesting new computers might be necessary, but if you are asking one person to donate $1000 for a new laptop might not be realistic. Other items are specific to the needs and likes of certain apes, so it allows the donors to make a more personal connection. As with any donation, follow-up is important.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

And, between phones, tablets, e-readers, laptops, desktops, servers, routers … it’s an incredible amount of resource consumption and waste. For instance, it take 500 pounds of fossil fuel, 50 pounds of metal, and an enormous 1.5 tons of water to make the average computer. That is a staggering amount of resources. So what to do?

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AFP Blog

APRIL 17, 2006

Kids in developing nations need basic necessities not 100 dollars laptops : Culture : Features : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri) : "Kids in developing nations need basic necessities not 100 dollars laptops The Yomiuri Shimbun Here's the vision.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

There were also children's t-shirts contributed, so I distributed these to the kids in the orphanage and some of the extra t-shirts to the college students being sponsored by the Sharing Foundation. The college students and the orphanage children had never heard the word "blog" before! Click To Play.

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NTEN

MAY 18, 2009

Lou is the Director of Technology Projects for Save the Children, formerly worked for the American Red Cross, and founded the Wilderness Technology Alliance. We voted him Most Likely to Show Up at Your Conference With Laptops for All because, well, he came through for the 09NTC. And back to my 2009 NTENnies Highlights: Lou August.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

The mission statement of One Laptop per Child is artfully constructed: "To create educational opportunities for the world's poorest children by providing each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop with content and software designed for collaborative, joyful, self-empowered learning.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 17, 2015

Caring Partners has a powerful goal: to keep children and young adults in their homes, at their schools, and out of trouble. The dedicated Caring Partners staff members who attended additional Office 365 trainings, helped users set up laptops and tablets, and provided extra support during in-house trainings.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

They also have a homework help program for school children and offer a variety of digital literacy computer classes. Patrons can also bring their own laptops and tablets and use the library's free WiFi. Like most libraries, La Conner Library provides public access computers to patrons to use however they wish.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

They also have a homework help program for school children and offer a variety of digital literacy computer classes. Patrons can also bring their own laptops and tablets and use the library's free WiFi. Like most libraries, La Conner Library provides public access computers to patrons to use however they wish.

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