Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

From people in Latin America who face severe water scarcity to at-risk human rights defenders and students with disabilities, our users and their families are the ones who best convey the impact of our work. Consider third grade student Brennan Draves. Brennan Draves and his mother, Lindsay Draves, at school. billion poor and unbanked.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

The tools we develop for that purpose span a range of fields—from human rights , to global literacy , to the environment —but no matter what area we work in, we depend on an IP system that’s friendly to technological advances and to positive social impact. copyright law. In the U.S.,

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 12, 2014

we at Benetech were concerned that the Authors Guild’s arguments in their appeal would remove the legal authorization for the services that we provide, relegating people with disabilities to second-class status.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

By providing students with funds for school supplies, coats, eye care, class trips, test fees, and athletic gear, InvestED has encouraged over 16,500 youngsters to stay in school in the state of Washington. It has grown into an organization that meets the needs of over 1,500 student athletes annually. million books per year.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is a capstone experience for students seeking the Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) credential. The Conference itself includes philanthropy classes ranging from individual donors, planned giving, and marketing/social media subjects. The Reading, Literacy and Learning Conference.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 11, 2006

To my delight, the Akshay Pratishthan school had a focus on teaching students with disabilities: roughly half the students had disabilities and were mainstreamed with students without disabilities. Second, they focus on project based learning, where students use the computers to complete projects.

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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. Students develop and run a business, gain confidence, academic support, and mentorship. " Program is creating new distribution channels for affordable produce to low-income people. 250,000 Grant Winners.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 8, 2019

American Literacy is Iffy. On one of the first days of her journalism class, Nora’s teacher made a proclamation: “Class, today we’re going to practice writing ‘ledes’ for the school newspaper. He then proceeded to give the class these facts: Kenneth L. He then proceeded to give the class these facts: Kenneth L.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2008

Dave goes on to explain the concept of "Reverse Curriculum" Reverse curriculum tends to develop out of the interests that the students show during the course and they get to record and create the material as part of their daily practice. It is part creative zone, part class note record and part review space. the sense of ???competition???

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

For them it’s really easy to take a class on Zoom, shut that window down, open up another Zoom link, and volunteer. School districts scrambled to get Chromebooks to students. Parents worked from home while their kids were in online classes. The Big Theme and Conclusion. Some people worked from hallways and bathrooms.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. It works well for students in the United States, but we’re still not reaching American adults to the extent we would like.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2011

The study reveals that current leaders in the local nonprofit sector believe the skills most needed in the nonprofit workforce are financial literacy, communication (verbal and writing skills), knowledge of laws pertaining to the nonprofit sector, information technology, volunteer management, and donor cultivation. Stay tuned.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 10, 2015

" In this spirit, New Heights provides everything from tutoring services to curriculums, a library with more than 3,000 books, field trips, and online classes. New Heights, by promoting literacy through a wide range of programs, has produced radical results. Not every student can be reached in person.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2007

She pushed me for some "analytical criticisms" because it for a class/grade and asked me not to diplomatic. So, without knowing what class or the grading criteria, here's some constructive criticism. What are you trying say about the connection between blogging and literacy? The visuals are not reinforcing the idea.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

New Heights Educational Group is an educational support and literacy center for families with children who are struggling in school. New Heights provides families with tutoring services , a library with more than 3,000 books, field trips, and online classes. " Inward Bound Mindfulness Education.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Exercise Class You can hold a regular exercise class with a volunteer instructor—like a boot camp-style fitness program—for long-term fundraising. You can also offer this as a standing class instead of a one-time workshop. Or you can hold a unique one-off event and gain a lot of publicity—like goat yoga or cardio drumming!

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The DIY nature of these classes will help keep costs down, especially if you find projects where you can reasonably ask participants to bring their own craft supplies. Offer Classes Host workshops or classes in various skills, charging an admission fee for participation. Why would we lie about that?)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2005

Use of blogs for student poetry journals and for instructor "mini-lessons" 2. Will work with the instructors or lab volunteers on these areas: Step 1: Identify Useful, High Quality Internet Resources Tech Skills: Internet Search Skills, Information Literacy. for Educators. These can be easily blogged as mini-lessons.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 2, 2006

Here is a partial transcript from my interview with Viet-Ly: Viet-Ly: Streetside Stories is a nonprofit literacy arts program based in San Francisco and we work with the middle schools -- the public middle schools -- of the San Francisco Unified School District. He had gotten expelled from the other school and came to this other school.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Classes Nonprofit organizations often offer classes that cover a wide array of topics, from literacy and language skills to financial literacy and job training. Neon CRM has a bunch of great features to let nonprofits host classes and sell tickets.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 4, 2007

Kristi Gee describes the program in her post, " Everyone is a teacher and a learner ": We take classes all day Tuesdays and Thursdays. The idea is that students get to put social justice-ee ideas into practice. On the opposite days, we work for a non-profit related to our study. See how theory actually works.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 28, 2012

Our goal is to make four critical supporting points: • The term “Social enterprise” is descriptive. • “Social enterprise” is generic. • “Social enterprise” is in wide use in Trademark classes covering computer software and services to business and society. • Social enterprise is wide use in classes covering computer software and services.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 20, 2006

Abby Rosenheck: Urban sprouts is a school garden program where we support middle and high schools in San Francisco to build school gardens at their school, so the students grow, prepare, eat--the whole thing. Britt Bravo: What does a typical class day look like? I mean, their teacher is amazing.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

There are plenty of ordinary happenings that can grab a headline, such as your nonprofit’s annual student art contest or upcoming 5K. For example, if your organization provides rent and utilities assistance and you have had a steep rise in requests for help, you could pitch a story about the crisis of middle class people falling into poverty.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

This means new challenges ahead in scaling Bookshare.org to serve every single student with a print disability in the U.S. In essence, we're being paid to deliver – free – accessible books to all students with print disabilities in the United States for the next five years. I bet you're wondering what we must accomplish.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

So, for example, if I provide an after-school program, I just use that a lot because I ran an after-school program for over a decade, but if I’m delivering academic programs, then I’m going to be looking at the number of students served. “We are serving X number of students right now.” And for a good reason.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 22, 2013

We had a similar experience recently here at Microsoft when we heard a story about a student who participates in our Technology Education And Literacy in Schools (TEALS) program. A TEALS teaching assistant for a classroom in rural Kentucky noticed the transformation of a young man involved in the program.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

He spoke about FCC's expansive efforts to increase "digital literacy" for both individuals and small businesses. He also teaches classes on podcasting and social media. While the US is 24th worldwide in broadband adoption, the real gap is found in low-income urban households and rural areas in the US.

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