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The Information Diet: Not Just A Book, A Movement For Conscious Consumption of Information

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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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Tweets to Bring in the Money

Care2

These are verbatim as they appeared in the Twitter stream. Please donate today to raise literacy of deaf children! link] #nonprofit #literacy #deaf. And if you’re a membership or trade association, just substitute “member&# for “donor&# and essentially the same holds true for you. Want to make a gift?

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Donor Recognition Strategies for All Supporter Tiers

Neon CRM

For example, if someone gave $50 to a literacy group, the email could say, “Your donation of $50 helped us give 100 books to 50 children.” Live-streaming events can also be a great way to engage with your recurring donors in real time. You should also try to tie that figure to organizational impact.

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10 Ways to Find Monthly Donors for Your Small Nonprofit

Get Fully Funded

Illuminate India and Clubhouse Guatemala both completely cover the cost of many of the children in their programs with monthly sponsors. Without them, young people on our waitlist continue to face the challenges that low levels of literacy create in their lives. Monthly donors make this work possible!

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TechSoup Volunteers During Data Center Move

Tech Soup

Members of the Online Community and Social Media team also captured impressions of the day, keeping a running stream of photos and videos on Facebook and Twitter in real time. Although the community couldn't visit their usual haunts on techsoup.org, they could still keep up with TechSoup online. TechSoup Sweat Equity.

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The Birth of a Field: Digital Media and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo from public photos tagged with macarthur in NMC flickr stream. MacArthur wants to know: How is digital media changing the way that children learn and develop and what are the implications? He noted that media literacy has to be integrated as a skill set in all places. That's my avatar, I'm live blogging from Second Life.

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52 Nonprofit Event Ideas That People Will Love

Neon CRM

Classes Nonprofit organizations often offer classes that cover a wide array of topics, from literacy and language skills to financial literacy and job training. Depending on your costs and the needs of the community, classes can be an important revenue stream while also operating as the tip of your new donor acquisition spear.

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