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Healthy Fear, Healthy Habit: Teaching Privacy to New Internet Users

Tech Soup

Privacy has always been an important topic in digital literacy. Scott Pinkelman, digital literacy innovation specialist at the Free Library of Philadelphia , recently presented on this important topic at the Digital Shift online conference. Simple Steps for Teaching Privacy. Teaching Online Safety: Building Curriculum.

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Teaching Online Safety: Building Curriculum

Tech Soup

Last week, TechSoup for Libraries held a webinar called Public Tech Instruction: Teaching the Public on Internet Safety. This was one of the best webinars I've attended (not just because I helped co-produce it) because there was so much resource sharing happening in the comments. Log in and tell us in the comments.

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Does Your Nonprofit Need Some Data Therapy?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And while I haven’t done an in-depth map of this space, I keep thinking that a network of intermediaries (people who teach skills, connect skilled volunteers, generate discussion — those data nerds ) is missing. (I I may be wrong, let me know in the comments).

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Microsoft's YouthSpark Initiative Seeks to Close the Opportunity Divide

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Year Up is just one of the five nonprofit organizations Microsoft has partnered with along with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, City Year, Junior Achievement USA (JA), and Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship. Share your story with us in the comments. More Resources. Microsoft YouthSpark Hub. century tech or business skills?

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Top 10 Spreadsheet Secrets From A Nonprofit Data Nerd

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Tweet questions to me at @annkemery , comment on Excel for Evaluation to request tutorials, or email me to request in-person training. You won’t become a data ninja overnight. It’s okay if you have to re-watch the videos a few times. Finally, ask for help. Ann Emery works for Innovation Network in Washington, D.C.

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#GivingTuesday Champions

Tech Soup

Since 1993, GRuB has been using its farming programs to reduce high school drop-out rates b y teach low-income youth about proper nutrition and sustainability. As a strong advocate of children literacy for the past 24 years, Reach out and Read has established a network of 5,000 partners in 50 states and distributes 6.5

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Share Files and Collaborate Online with Box

Tech Soup

Use Box’s collaboration features like commenting and task management to manage the completion of a grant application. Operation Hope : This financial literacy nonprofit uses Box as its primary content management system for all employees. See these examples of what nonprofits can do with Box.

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