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Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources

Bloomerang

Similar to the funders in my previous post on education , the organizations listed below focus their efforts on activities inside and outside of the classroom. Their priorities range from facilitating book donation drives to supporting arts education to funding playground construction and family literacy programs. . Areas served: US.

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Make Your Nonprofit Board Meetings Magical

BoardAssist

An environment of trust, transparency, respect…and humor. Ideas include financial literacy training, fundraising discussions, or a presentation about a political or economic issue that affects your organization. Chances are, they share these traits: Convenient, agreed-upon meeting time and location. Prompt start and end times.

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The Birth of a Field: Digital Media and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The environment for learning is no longer in the classroom and its online, and outside of school. These are complex learning environments where young people are making decisions, learning and collaborating with peers, etc. He noted that media literacy has to be integrated as a skill set in all places.

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Games for Change 2007: Funders Perspective Panel

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Mentioned recent studies about taking laptops out of the classroom and there is a problem with using old metrics and it is important to look for new metrics and rethink learning environments in general. New learning environment puts games at the center. It is a new form of teaching, not just skill-based learning.

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Solutionary Women: Viet-Ly Nguyen

Have Fun - Do Good

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. So, I decided that I want to be a classroom teacher, and I've applied to school.

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Abby Rosenheck, Urban Sprouts, Interview Transcript

Have Fun - Do Good

Urban Sprouts teaches youth to grow, harvest, prepare, and eat vegetables from the school garden in order to help them to become more engaged in school, eat better, exercise more, and connect with the environment and each other. Britt Bravo: What does a typical class day look like? And some of them had gardened before.

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52 Nonprofit Event Ideas That People Will Love

Neon CRM

Gather a group of volunteers to pick up litter, plant trees, clean public spaces, and create a cleaner, more beautiful environment for everyone. In this image, a group of adults sit in a classroom watching a teacher’s presentation. Save your spot. In this image, a bartender pours wine at a wine tasting.

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