Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Mulligan tackles in, Hire Purpose , education, training, the classroom, the workplace and workers. Many, many of these people have had a hard time finding new employment. Mulligan : The first step is to invest the time and money in workers. Invest in their continuing education, and their value and loyalty will only grow.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Mulligan tackles in, Hire Purpose , education, training, the classroom, the workplace and workers. Many, many of these people have had a hard time finding new employment. Mulligan : The first step is to invest the time and money in workers. Invest in their continuing education, and their value and loyalty will only grow.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 12, 2013

Working with an intelligent and experienced staff of a Phoenix-based nonprofit involved focused on global issues, I was encouraged to ask questions of development organizations and to think through a lens of international aid. This particular bench resides in a classroom in a small school in Moshi. Local problems, local solutions.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 26, 2020

In light of that trend and all the recent travel upheaval due to COVID – 19, with increasing restrictions being placed on companies and their global workforce, we wanted to address creative alternatives to traditional volunteer events. . Skills-Based Volunteering.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

Video games are big — bigger than Hollywood in terms of revenue, as a $66 billion global industry. In Education. GlassLab ( [link] ) explores the potential for existing, commercially successful digital games to serve both as potent learning environments and real-time assessments of student learning. You can register here.

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AccelEvents

APRIL 23, 2021

When building your event marketing strategy, keep in mind that there are several advantages to hosting an online component at your physical event, including: Greater reach by tapping into potentially global markets. Also, prepare educational materials depending on the event needs. Better digitization of virtual attendee data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2015

The current population of Gen Z is estimated to be about 2 billion, or 27 percent of the global population. While there are larger numbers of Gen Z in India, China, and Nigeria compared to UK or US, they are truly a global organization. Be Prepared to Be Blown Away by Gen Z. Be Prepared to Be Blown Away by Gen Z.

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AccelEvents

APRIL 23, 2021

When building your event marketing strategy, keep in mind that there are several advantages to hosting an online component at your physical event, including: Greater reach by tapping into potentially global markets. Also, prepare educational materials depending on the event needs. Better digitization of virtual attendee data.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 6, 2013

NetSquared holds free or low cost educational events for people and organizations who want to learn more about using technology for social good. Our events are powered by a global network of volunteers dedicated to building strong, self sufficient local communities of nonprofit technology practitioners. Raleigh, NC: Time to get social!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2011

At SXSW and facilitating a panel called A Global Discussion About Networked Nonprofits and Free Agents , I introduced myself with this photo of me and Lena, the master trainer from Yemen for the E-Mediat Project. I first heard the phrase ten years ago from a long-time nonprofit technology colleague, Andrew Gianni.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Our Time (Facebook) is a nonprofit dedicated to youth empowerment through the voting process. As more tablets and smartphones are making their way into the classroom, it makes sense that there are a number of apps aimed at helping young people with their education and job preparedness. School and Job Preparedness. iStudiez Pro.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2015

The current population of Gen Z is estimated to be about 2 billion, or 27 percent of the global population. While there are larger numbers of Gen Z in India, China and Nigeria compared to UK or US, they are truly a global organization. Be Prepared to Be Blown Away by Gen Z. Be Prepared to Be Blown Away by Gen Z.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 24, 2015

Homework time is less of a struggle for both parents and kids, and teachers do not have to constantly decipher the pupils' handwriting or prepare special material. " Improving the Education Experience. " Connecting Through Technology: The Work of ADB Solidatech and TechSoup Global. Video: Microsoft Ideas.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Council for Advancement & Support of Education (CASE) / Fort Meyers, FL/ $445. USD School of Leadership and Education Sciences / San Diego, CA / TBD. Nonprofit organizations have moved well past the time when technology and data were treated as standalone entities. Nonprofit Management / #AMI2019 / @NPL_Alliance. Mar 8 - 17.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2006

I am fascinated by the possibilities of blogging in the foreign language classroom. Since then Langwitches Blog has turned into a Professional Development tool for me as well as for other foreign language educators. t feel I can ever balance my online life with being a parent and working full time the way I would like to.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

I remember in 2005 the Global Voices Summit used IRC as a backchannel -- no so much for people in the room, but for remote participation. to come out of 2008's SXSW Conference was for moderators of panels to use Twitter (or back channel tool) to poll the audience upfront and monitor it in real time. One of the reflections.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 14, 2009

Lina points out the marketing benefits of this approach for nonprofits and activists - namely that it not only engages and educates people about the social cause itself, but as part of the process they spread the story by creating content and sharing it through different platforms. It’s likely time to add storytelling to the task list.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 15, 2016

She is Vice President of Training at Pursuant where she transforms individuals into confident, successful fundraisers through classroom, custom and online training. Even if you’ve already seen his “Loverizing Your Donor” presentation before, there are new guaranteed pearls of wisdom every time. Monday, March 21, 9:30 am.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Although it is a slow time of year and the busy fundraising season is still several months away, there's been lots of activity in the social fundraising judging by these roundups of links from Peter Deitz and Tom Watson (not to mention all the items tagged in the nptech tag stream ). possibly related classroom projects???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

From my office in the Boston, I teleported myself into the Virtual World of Second Life and headed straight for the New Media Consortium virtual campus where I joined about 65 other avatars representing educators from all over the world (even Austrailia where it was 3:00 a.m. local time). Media isn't just happening to kids.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2006

Ever since, our paths have crossed several times in nonprofit technology circles online, most recently via the Digital Divide Network listserv and the online forums at TechSoup. These programs involved cultural, educational and training efforts that used interactive theater and storytelling. Congratulations on completing your PH.D!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

He could no longer keep up with his peers in the classroom. One of their main challenges is that they do not have adequate access to educational materials that are necessary to learn and succeed in school. The good news is that major changes in technology are reforming education.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

They offer a chance to dress up, get together with others, and have a good time — while also raising money for a good cause. Maybe you could even send out dinner packages to all of your guests ahead of time so they get the full dining experience as well. Events are many people’s favorite thing about charity fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2007

" There was an acknowledgment from a panelist about the tensions between the need to look at results and the need for experimentation and pressures of timing. Grantees - like Global Kids - found the right group to fund. This is a time pressure question! Each funder gave an overview gave an overview of their program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

I rounded up some other resources here and the Shaping Youth Blog did a roundup post with huge pile of green geek, recyclying, and youth education links. NpTech Tools Sounds like Gavin of Gavin's Digital Diner had a great time sipping Burgundy wines in France, but even better wrote a detailed description of his damn DAM system.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

You should have it by dinner time, that’s my promise to you. We’re going to try to save a little bit of time for Q&A at the end, but don’t be shy about that. We love doing them, bring on great guest, speakers, totally free, totally educational. There’s a chat box and a questions box.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Or suppose you were leading a program to educate young people about violent behavior in dating relationships. When you take the time to comment on a post, you become part of the blogger's community and if you are writing a blog, they will most definitely read your post and perhaps become a reader of your blog. " Think through why.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 4, 2011

Program Associate, New Global Citizens. About eighteen months ago, I was standing outside a Thai classroom in the open courtyard of an elementary school in Bangkok, watching from a second-story perch as Thai children "marched" in the center recreation area. Dianna Schwartz , Public Allies Arizona Alumna /. on their own. Even our U.S.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 3, 2021

The social connections made while cleaning parks and playgrounds, working with students in classrooms, or serving at food pantries have stalled due to the pandemic. Here are four questions to guide that process: In the last year, how did you identify the priority issues on which to focus your philanthropy (money, product, or time)?

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Museum 2.0

MAY 9, 2007

The environment of Second Life is the canvass on which it is 10 times more efficient than any other to (collaboratively) design interactive 3D experiences and share them with other people who can explore together in real-time. The Globally Accessible Museum. So what does this mean for museums?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2012

Transparency is crucial because tracking, profiling, and behavioral marketing to users has become a widespread, global practice that often leaves us befuddled. This applies both in building friendships and in building business, and the learning starts right at home and in the classroom. As leaders, we have to respect our audience.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Department of Education gave us a major award on September 28, 2007. We want to ensure that every student with a disability no longer has the handicap of lacking textbooks or other important educational material. She came to us with some very well-developed ideas on how to reach out to our educational users.

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Byte Technology

MARCH 23, 2016

There was a time in the very recent past that having a room of electric typewriters, a handful of televisions or even (gasp!) But the times how they have changed. Consider some of these facts: • In 1996 only 14 percent of classrooms had Internet access; 13 years later 93 percent were wired into the World Wide Web.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Advancing students would be granted a paid summer internship at the Department of State ensuring that the reward is linked to both their educational and professional development. The community would be serviced by select USAID ambassadors, which may include acting foreign service officers, as well as USAID approved educators.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 19, 2008

Some interactions, like educational programs, may be quite expensive per visitor but are considered very high value; others, like retail, are only worthwhile if the interactions are cheap and return financial value to the institution. How much do we value bringing global cultures and opinions into our institution?

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Candid

APRIL 21, 2021

Some 20 years ago, when working as vice president for peace and social justice at the Ford Foundation , I was approached by the Vera Institute of Justice about a global initiative focused on prosecuting the police. This is a fraction of what philanthropy spends each year in support of education, for example, but it is something to build on.

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Non Profit Quarterly

MARCH 2, 2022

Yet, because of their designation as independent contractors—that is, because they are not defined as full-time employees of a company—platform workers have very few protections or benefits. Similarly, there has been a global rise of worker-managed platform cooperatives in response to the rise of platform companies.

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