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Going Virtual – An Alternative Volunteer Event Guide

Connection Cafe

Often virtual events don’t elicit the same emotional connection as when a team come s together for in-person service. Turn your employees into content creators. H osting a virtual or local day of service? virtual program connecting volunteers to organizations worldwide. . Skills-Based Volunteering.

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"This Is My Friend": How the Kosch-Westerman Foundation Connects Terminally Ill Children to the Outside World

Tech Soup

Brian Westerman and his wife Pepper created the Kosch-Westerman Foundation over two decades ago with the mission of connecting terminally ill children to their classrooms through technology. Their project began with just one or two kids attending classes with the help of a camera and a clunky laptop. A Sickening Discovery.

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"This Is My Friend": How the Kosch-Westerman Foundation Connects Terminally Ill Children to the Outside World

Tech Soup

Brian Westerman and his wife Pepper created the Kosch-Westerman Foundation over two decades ago with the mission of connecting terminally ill children to their classrooms through technology. Their project began with just one or two kids attending classes with the help of a camera and a clunky laptop. A Sickening Discovery.

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Remote Technology in the Pandemic: Rebalancing Toward Equity and Access

Non Profit Quarterly

One person we spoke with described the sudden adjustments at her food bank: We had never used a platform virtually before. We held 33 virtual focus groups (via Zoom) with 181 CVAs in the United States and Canada. CVAs described how transitioning to virtual and remote service removed the barriers of distance and lack of transportation.

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"This Is My Friend": How the Kosch-Westerman Foundation Connects Terminally Ill Children to the Outside World

Tech Soup

Brian Westerman and his wife Pepper created the Kosch-Westerman Foundation over two decades ago with the mission of connecting terminally ill children to their classrooms through technology. Their project began with just one or two kids attending classes with the help of a camera and a clunky laptop. A Sickening Discovery.

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New Models for Children's Museums: Wired Classrooms?

Museum 2.0

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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How To Make A Back Channel Light Up Like Clark Griswald's House

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I blogged about the content last week. It integrates online community discussion forums, structured learning like webinars, content, with participants' social profiles. However, some webinar platforms have a real-time polling feature, the virtual equivalent of asking people to raise their hands if. Know of any?

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