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[Breaking News] An Extraordinary Funding Opportunity For Nonprofits To Preserve Local Journalism

Bloomerang

Digital disruption : The rise of digital platforms and online advertising has disrupted traditional revenue models for local news, making it difficult for many outlets to adapt. Nonprofits are being asked to address these challenges and find sustainable models for local journalism.

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How Cross-Sector Collaboration is Helping Fight Youth Unemployment in Boston

Connection Cafe

Inspiration can come from an assortment of places, but to be connected to collaborative opportunities you need to have relationships across different organizations in your community. John Hancock was approached by the mayor of Boston in 2008 with a collaborative opportunity that falls in the latter category.

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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, VP and General Manager, Benetech’s Global Literacy Program. With the goal of promoting braille literacy, this landmark meeting brought together braille experts from around the world to Perkins’ campus in Watertown, Massachusetts. How can we make tactiles easier to produce, use and share?

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10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice. We are also doing far more to spread the word about technology for rights activists, often in close collaboration with major partners in the human rights field such as Human Rights Watch and WITNESS.

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Cause Camp 2021 Speaker Line-Up

NonProfit Hub

Her experience includes 8+ years of Marketing, Communication, and Program Management for organizations working on issues such as poverty, financial literacy, voter engagement, health research, and the public arts. Cierra believes effective internal communications are essential to nonprofit success. Are you excited yet?

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The Capacity-Building Frontier(s)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Social media literacy and facility is a 21st century core capacity. (3) 3) If we want to collaborate; if we see the advantages of shared knowledge and collective action, then technology can help us make it real. 4) The organizational frame is not the only frame and it is inadequate. 5) There is reason to be hopeful.

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Net Smart: How To Thrive Online

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NetSmart is Howard Rheingold’s latest book. It synthesizes his 30 years of experience if being a model digital citizen and what he has learned from asking other this simple question: How to use social media intelligently and mindfully? They include: attention, crap detection, collaboration, networks, and participation.

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