Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

Libraries, nonprofits, and schools are already working hard to teach digital skills and competency, but they need support of the entire community to help people thrive in the technology age. Defining Digital Literacy. But first, what exactly is digital literacy? Additionally, some students don't have digital access at home.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Note from Beth: As a supporter of the work that the Sharing Foundation does for children in Cambodia, I’ve seen first hand the value of literacy programs in developing countries. This week, nearly a year after first beginning to work with Room to Read, we’re proud to be taking part in promoting Literacy Day.

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Kindful

AUGUST 9, 2021

The educational goals for the funders in this list include increasing postsecondary and higher learning opportunities, advancing innovation inside the classroom, engaging more students in the arts, and enhancing early childhood development, just to name a few. California Community Foundation. Oregon Community Foundation.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 8, 2022

For students, teachers, parents, and guardians across the nation, the arrival of August signals the end of summer vacation and the arrival of back-to-school season. From tissue boxes and hand sanitizer to markers and notebook paper, every classroom needs resources to support their students and that’s where you can help.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Spring fundraisers are a great way to bring your community together while gaining support for your cause. You can recruit volunteers from your community to bring in different homemade goods and sell them. Offer tickets for your community to come watch the event and bring in a judging panel to determine the prize winners.

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EveryAction

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Children's Literacy Initiative. The Children’s Literacy Initiative (CLI) began as a way to provide collections of excellent children’s books & trainings in reading-aloud to teachers in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods. Star Wars: Force for Change. Union of Concerned Scientists.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

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. Accordingly, U.S. federal law supports braille instruction.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 31, 2022

When measuring your impact, you probably do so in relation to the specific needs of the community you serve, but you are also just one in a broader network of organizations working collectively to create a sustainable future for all. Each step you take to maximize your impact creates a ripple that carries through to create global change.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 11, 2021

For many students, these school closures could mean the end of their formal education. From creating digital learning opportunities and initiatives to protect girls’ mental well-being to securing national funding for education — the Champions we support are driving solutions to girls’ education challenges in their communities. .

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

The nonprofit Benetech team built the revolutionary Bookshare library for this community, all online, and based on the powerfully flexible ebook. We had just won the national contract to supply ALL disabled students in the United States, with ALL the books they needed to read to succeed in school, for free. Make it bigger.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

I want to unveil several of these new initiatives, as well as sneaking in some of the incredible things happening in our core programs in literacy and human rights. We’re thrilled that students and other readers who have disabilities that keep them from reading standard print can now read the same books as their peers, using the same devices.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice. This year, it’s been especially worrisome to see the rising tide of violence against the lesbian and gay communities around the world. But what about everybody else?

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Glenn Stein, a community organizer who wound up as “the guy in charge of computers” before founding Byte Back, started the organization in collaboration with his friend Barbara Altman. Glenn Stein became became the go-to guy for computer setup and issues while he was working as a community organizer. community partners.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

My personal goal is to channel the aspirations of the technology community to do more social good. From people in Latin America who face severe water scarcity to at-risk human rights defenders and students with disabilities, our users and their families are the ones who best convey the impact of our work.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 12, 2013

It has been amazing to see the impact financial literacy can have on a person, and just how crucial financial literacy is on the future of our young people. There are no courses in our public school systems that teach students how to use a. integrate financial literacy into our school systems, or at least make.

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Qgiv

APRIL 23, 2021

An impact statement is your organization’s story about your influence on the community. It’s an important part of the storytelling journey and is how your organization communicates what’s happening. Minds Matter of Los Angeles added a background image of the students that benefit from their programs. Paz De Cristo Community.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 2, 2012

They also demoed Read2Go, the accessible ebook application for the Apple OS and Route 66 Literacy, Benetech’s online literacy instructional program. This summer, we will have three students working on Bookshare software for our users underwritten by Google’s Summer of Code program. and that risk paid off. and that risk paid off.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Fundraising events are a perfect opportunity for your nonprofit to further build connections with your community. Junior Achievement USA is an organization with over 100 local Areas that empowers the next generation by providing lessons in financial literacy, work and career readiness, and entrepreneurship.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 3, 2011

The Day aims to raise awareness of disability issues with a focus on the rights of persons with disabilities and the benefits derived from their integration in the social, economic, cultural and political life of their communities. Of course, accessibility is right up Benetech’s alley and the focus of our Literacy program.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2015

One finalist's pitch was: "We have buy-in from the community, we have rich networks on the ground, and we are building on pre-existing technologies." Empowering Marginalized Communities Using Technology. Dd's mission is "to empower marginalized communities to use technology to defend their rights."

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 29, 2023

For example, “Thank you for your generous gift of 10 cases of bottled water for our community event. If the donor’s gift was used to buy laptops, a photo of students on the new laptops will hit the right note. Dear Ellen, Your gift could not have come at a better time to guarantee a seat in our program to a deserving student!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

The tools we develop for that purpose span a range of fields—from human rights , to global literacy , to the environment —but no matter what area we work in, we depend on an IP system that’s friendly to technological advances and to positive social impact. copyright law. In the U.S.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2008

I think it was point 3 that connects: Community learning, so that is what you call it! Dave Cormier has been my critical friend as I write personal reflections on the community as curriculum process we're using to develop the content through the WeAreMedia Project. Another point about goals: Community Literacies esp.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2007

The new media literacies web site is working to integrate new media materials into compelling activities for K-12 students for use in or out of school. Community and Conversation 5. From Steve Garfield's Flickr Stream. Henry Jenkins is the Team Leader. There are tons of excellent resources here! Welcome to Videoblogging 2.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is a capstone experience for students seeking the Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) credential. The premise is that governing well is essential for strong nonprofits working efficiently and effectively to address critical needs in our communities. Alliance Management Institute (AMI).

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Our winners represent a little glamour from the Russian River Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, plus some creativity from Yerba Buena Gardens Festival and Literacy Services of Wisconsin. Our third place, bronze prize goes to Literacy Services of Wisconsin (LSW). Our last round closed with more amazing submissions. spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Today marks the second annual GivingT uesday , and i n the same way that retail stores take part in Black Friday, we are excited to see the nonprofit community to come together for # GivingTuesday. PEC has partnered with local supermarkets to drive food donations and has directed the Philadelphia community to their donation site s.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 12, 2014

This fair use victory is crucial not only for our present work, but also for our social mission at large and for the future of our work under our Global Literacy program. In particular, we’re excited about the promise that the appeal court’s ruling holds for the expansion of our efforts to improve access to images.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 16, 2022

Other organizations bring in $3,000 to $5,000 each month to support their operations and make a bigger impact in communities. . Without them, young people on our waitlist continue to face the challenges that low levels of literacy create in their lives. Monthly donors make this work possible!

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2014

A panel of community advisors reviewed the submissions, and chose 25 finalists – all of whom won significant grants. Bring Me a Book is creating a "literacy ecosystem" via social media in Alameda and Santa Clara Counties. Students develop and run a business, gain confidence, academic support, and mentorship.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2011

Assistant Professor, ASU School of Community Resources & Development Welcome to Research Friday! NMI students agree; however, they additionally rank high their interest in learning about strategic planning, board governance, grant writing, marketing, program evaluation, and social entrepreneurship. Bush, Ph.D. Stay tuned.

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Tech Soup

JULY 25, 2012

She came to the Nonprofit Commons to share her areas of expertise in media literacy, human-computer interaction, and the impact of the digital revolution on education and libraries. Valerie Hill is an adjunct instructor at Texas Woman's University School of Library and Information Science and is also a librarian herself.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 28, 2016

Kylander and Stenzel’s brand philosophy further brings to light that corporations often look at alignment between their image and selling a product, whereas the nonprofit brand aims to move a community and achieve social impact. Brandraising: How Nonprofits Raise Visibility and Money Through Smart Communications.

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NTEN

AUGUST 5, 2014

The last time I was in Baltimore was in 2007, with Amnesty International at their regional conference, attending as a bright-eyed student organizer trying to learn how to more effectively spread the good word of social justice and human rights (the story of how I got involved in nonprofit marketing!).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 27, 2007

Michele Martin has graciously agreed to lead the charge and created this widget (Thanks Michele) Not only that she invited her blog community to participate. If you are a regular reader of this blog, you may remember that my family and I sponsor a college student, Leng Sopharath, with the help of many of you. s poorest families.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

We need hands on deck, so having to close our volunteer program was a challenge for us—emotionally, losing such a large part of our community—but we also had to find a way to keep them connected so that they would come back when our doors reopened. And so, we kind of scrambled to learn things like Zoom. Talking with Volunteer Administrators.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Ken is currently working as the Worldview Literacy Project Manager at The Institute of Noetic Sciences. A student of various dialogue approaches, he was an integral member of the team that developed the World Cafe dialogue process and was director of community outreach from 1997 to 2007 for The World Café Community Foundation.

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