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Funding to address Canada’s digital divide

Charity Village

If you are reading this, you probably have stable internet access, a laptop, smartphone, or tablet, and the skills required to use the internet effectively and safely. But many Canadians are not as fortunate.

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6 Strategies to Boost Donation Revenue for Your Nonprofit

Get Fully Funded

For example, compare the impact of the following statements: “Because of our nonprofit’s tireless efforts, we were able to provide 100 laptops for local students interested in pursuing computer science careers.” As you can see, just a few subtle wording changes turn a nonprofit-centric statement into a supporter-centric one.

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Curtis Memorial Library: A Tradition of Local Support

DipJar

Joyce is the development and marketing manager for the library, which serves both Brunswick and the smaller community of Harpswell. Brunswick is a community of readers, and before the pandemic, the library was seeing more than 1,000 people per day – not bad for a community of just 21,000 people. The solution?

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Of Mice and Men and Laptops (A Kind of Buyer's Guide)

NTEN

I was trying to count the number of laptop models for sale at Best Buy, all the while avoiding the glance of any of the eleven sales associates (AKA "Blue Shirts") that hovered around the computer displays. That's how many different laptops there were on display at my local Best Buy (not counting the Pommes de Cher ).

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Association 4.0—A Playbook for Success

.orgSource

But I was reading about how these things called personal computers and laptops were going to change the industry. We’ve seen several associations exporting data from their online communities and analyzing it with artificial intelligence tools to extract member sentiments and find fresh solutions to problems.

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Community Tools Based on Community Listening

Tech Soup

A big part of our work with Caravan Studios is understanding a particular community's needs. At the event we talked to some very smart and committed ham radio experts to understand new technologies useful for converting ham radio signals to readable messages on a laptop. What this means in practice is we listen.

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5 Community Needs That Companies Can Impact Now

Connection Cafe

Since the crisis began, the Association of Corporation Citizenship Professionals (ACCP) has supported hundreds of companies in their effort to effectively deploy their human and financial resources to help those that are most vulnerable in communities. The massive shifts in the food supply chain are further devastating communities.