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5 Ways Libraries Support Disaster Relief and Recovery

Tech Soup

The school system had one of the worst high school dropout rates in the nation and a high level of crime per capita. She saw a tremendous need for literacy and outreach services, particularly to the Lower Ninth Ward neighborhood, where the aftereffects of Katrina were the most devastating. Libraries as Evacuee Resource Centers.

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The 2019 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

ASAE / Colorado Springs, CO/ TBA. The Reading, Literacy and Learning Conference. The Reading, Literacy and Learning Conference. The Annual Reading, Literacy & Learning conference is a source of information for anyone affected by dyslexia and other learning based challenges. General / #SXSW / @sxsw. Mar 17 - 19.

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[VIDEO] Measure Of Success: Creating Tools And Process To Report Impact

Bloomerang

We’ll be in Wyoming, in Colorado, and Florida over the coming months to do strategic planning and development work with nonprofits of all shapes and sizes. So, if I provide 10 English as a second language or 10 computer literacy programs a year for 10 people, let’s just say that’s 100 pieces of content, that’s service.

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