Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice. The application allows any user to send information—including photos, videos, audio, or text—simply and securely to a Martus account. But what about everybody else?

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Gyrus

MAY 12, 2016

Today’s tech-savvy, social and mobile learners are no longer interested in traditional classroom training and demand learning techniques that blends best with their current working style and outlook. Analytics tools help an organization to know about their learners and how they are digesting the information. Mobile learning.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

I would say that we made the best use that we could of the tools that we had,” she said, “but I’d say about 10% of our volunteers are not tech savvy and so they got left behind.”. So, on one hand, involuntary reliance on video platforms and social media paid new dividends in accessibility for volunteers and clients.

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NTEN

AUGUST 16, 2011

For the first time, this year's Games for Change Festival created an opportunity for producers of games in development to get live feedback from leading game designers, educators, and funders on the main stage. Ludwig is a game aimed at educators and students alike. JURY FEEDBACK. JURY FEEDBACK. BOTTOM LINE & FUNDING.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

required for jobs, but our collective approach to educating and. than ever have access to education, but too many drop out of school or. In Brazil, approximately 40% of firms have difficulty finding qualified staff to fill vacancies due to low quality education. It means empowering youth by transforming education and.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2015

I think Adora Svitak, a 16 year-old education activist, whose 2012 Ted Talk, “ What Adults Can Learn from Kids , has almost 4 million views said it best when describing the impact that these “kids” will have and why we should pay attention to them: “New generations grow and develop and become better than the previous ones.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

The tool of choice has changed from IRC or Meebo to Twitter and the use of hashtags. Kristiansen captured the drama on this video clip of Mena Trott's Keynote calling for more civility in blog commenting. While this advice is more appropriate for the classroom, Vicky Davis shares how she manages the back channel.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2015

I think Adora Svitak, a 16 year-old education activist, whose 2012 Ted Talk, “ What Adults Can Learn from Kids , has almost 4 million views said it best when describing the impact that these “kids” will have and why we should pay attention to them: “New generations grow and develop and become better than the previous ones.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2007

" which is an introduction to social media concepts and tools for nonprofit use. It also incorporates cc licensed materials from others, including videos and flickr photos. where derivative work is allowed is a great tool for the. What is required for this promise to come through in education? to Change The World.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

At first glance, it may seem impossible to recreate some of these types of events in a virtual format, but with a little creativity and the right fundraising event tools, you might be surprised at the high-quality experiences you can offer for your donors virtually. However, that doesn’t mean you have to miss out on the fun.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Within the organization, the AARP Public Policy Institute maintains the AARP Livability Index , a key tool in their mission to promote the development of sound policies to address common needs for economic security, health care, and quality of life. This work won a silver Davey Award for Education!

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Showing a lawmaker a photo slideshow, short video, animation, or visualization will feel more natural on a panel than on a laptop. 4) Training Tool: Educators and trainers are already incorporating new technology into the classroom. It's similar to an MP3 format but it is for books.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

So if that is of interest to you, maybe you’re thinking of switching software or you’re just kind of curious about us, check out our website, all kinds of videos and stuff you can watch and, you know, we’d love for you to learn more. So we’ll have some tools to help you manage the process as well.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

The Case Foundation blog also has a section called " Tech4Good " TechSoup blog posts about an online tool and forum discussion about green policies. 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. Global NpTech.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Small Change blog points to First Giving Digg Contest which was one of four social media promotional ideas using social media tools. possibly related classroom projects??? from DonorsChoose.org at the bottom of posts, so that readers can find opportunities to take action to help classrooms around the world.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Within the organization, the AARP Public Policy Institute maintains the AARP Livability Index , a key tool in their mission to promote the development of sound policies to address common needs for economic security, health care, and quality of life. This work won a silver Davey Award for Education!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

With video conferencing, broadband, and Second Life, well, we can all safely stay ensconced in our own virtual-reality-sensory-deprivation-tanks and just digitally dance the salsa at the next NTEN gathering.??? Adopt a classroom project from DonorsChoose and lead a blog fundraising campaign. He notes with a trace of sarcasm, "???With

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Machine Is US/ing Us (video) ( transcript ). Extension programs use wikis, flickr, blogs, tagging, and other tools to share information and content. Technorati tracks these links, and thus the relative relevance of blogs, photos, videos etc. The session outline is as follows: Introduction. This can inform. An example?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

shows us how to screencast with Linux and other open source tools! Trish Perkins offers up a list "cool free tech tools." This month, the Horizon Wikispace , where teams of students and teachers from around the globe are discusisng and creating what impact of these six emerging technologies in the classrooms.

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Kindful

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

If you have photos or videos that tell your nonprofit’s story, this would be a great place to include them! The organization uses this page to educate the donor on their history and mission while talking about how the giving program ties into the organization’s work. The Basics + Top Tools. Source: Doctors Without Borders.

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 8, 2024

This could be environmental issues, education, or arts. Simply adding a high-quality image or video can enhance your nonprofit’s content, whether it be a website page , flyer, or annual report. Video clips from past auctions. Identify what your donors are passionate about outside of their support for your cause. Social media.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 9, 2007

The wysiwyg tools in Second Life for making interactive content, while crude by the standards of the video game, animation, or industrial design industries, allow for a much more efficient and social design process. Tags: Technology Tools Worth Checking Out web2.0 So what does this mean for museums? virtual worlds interview.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Students and teachers excel in classrooms that have all the resources they need to keep learning and teaching. A school supply drive can help your local schools provide quality education to all children, especially those from underserved communities for whom school supplies are a major expense. Donation Drive Ideas. How Qgiv can help.

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NTEN

AUGUST 11, 2011

During my study and practice of elementary education, there was a drive to create experiences where learning was driven intrinsically. As educators we strive to facilitate experiences where the content is so rich, the activity so engaging, and/or the skill so problem solving that students are motivated internally to continue to learn.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

First off, I want to thank Andy Carvin for organizing this day and the ning site and leading by example - showing us how to take an issue and integrate the use of new social media tools! He hasn't neglected the traditional tools either - yesterday he and I as well as Elisa Camahort were interviewed on the BBC about this issue.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Redefining Philanthropy - Dwayne Rice Build a Salesforce application to facilitate a culture of philanthropy around education reform by providing a platform to track constituent engagement to lead people up the engagement ladder. Includes computer labs, classrooms, video recording studio, and current technology accessible to the community.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 28, 2014

When Touch Press was doing their planning, they identified the target audience for the book as "educated and lefty." My hope is that we can find a way to get it into the science and humanities classrooms in colleges and universities, and I am working on that. We didn''t want people wandering through youtube videos, etc.,

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