Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Relying too heavily on technology means that those who lack the resources, language skills, and savvy to use technology to its full potential are left behind. English as a second language. In addition to deepening inequities for low-income people, modern technology has a way of isolating or segmenting people by language.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

Note from Beth: During my trip to India in February, I was introduced to a nonprofit children's book publisher in India, Pratham Books. “It was set up to fill a gap in the market for good quality, reasonably priced children’s books in a variety of Indian languages. Its] mission is to make books affordable for every child in India.”

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. We can use the same ebook file to deliver the content ten different ways. I believe in the power of books to change the world. We can do better!

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NTEN

AUGUST 5, 2014

Think about goals and audience: Before you create content, first think about the ultimate goal and the target audience. While my workshop on Day 1 focused a lot on internal processes and best practices, the next question that we anticipated from attendees was, "What tools can I use to help create this compelling content?"

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 16, 2022

They’ll share your content. As with all Asks, center your language around the things you’ll be able to do with the donor’s money – like the lives they’ll be able to change. Without them, young people on our waitlist continue to face the challenges that low levels of literacy create in their lives. Very good question.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

There are two types of media we will look at here: direct and indirect content. Direct Content. The first example of direct content is the use of Wikipedia during the 7/7 bombings in London. Another direct content example is that of the number of websites that emerged post-Hurricane Katrina. Indirect Content.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2015

" Digital Democracy's approach to achieving this mission is based on the following three stages: Digital literacy: Getting individuals to understand the tools and how to use them. Local language content and locally relevant context has facilitated the transition into local ownership.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 8, 2019

More Content Every Second. Countless usability tests have shown that users don’t consume digital content the same way they consume printed content. American Literacy is Iffy. Despite the challenges you face as a content creator, there are some quick ways to improve your words and set your nonprofit apart from the herd.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2008

What is the best mix of content between social networking profiles and main web site page? What technologies do you need to encourage user-generated content on video? How do increase internet literacy with communities? Before content, you need to know your audience. Where do they access the content? How much staff?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

The blog’s vibrant design and vivid language warmly invite readers into Rani’s narrative. WFP USA shared their blog post of Rani’s story on Facebook for Literacy Day on September 8. Bottom Line: WFP USA has adapted Rani’s story for three different platforms to reach more people with their inspiring content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

As someone who has been a trainer for all these years, one of the things we're trained to do is "read the room." You watch for body language to indicate the level of engagement and whether or not people agree or disagree and encourage them to participate. So, if you're moderating a panel, think of yourself as a giant insect!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2007

Funded the infrastructure, and less well on content. Emphasis is on digital literacy. Translate what gamers do into the language of "normal traditional education" and out of school time learning? Solicitation on the streets for programs at the k-12 level to train students to use cyber tools for science.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

We sell our content to mainstream and other media organizations all over the world. I learned to speak the language fluently, and was there at a really intense time in terms of the civil war, and a lot of the political uprisings that were going on. We do sell our content to media organizations all over the U.S.,

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 14, 2009

When you speak in the language of the institutional mission, executives will understand you better and be attentive to the new connections you draw from the mission to proposed projects. There is a preponderance of reports about the value of new media literacies towards educating productive citizens of the 21st century.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

So, if you have to leave early, you just want to review the content later on, share with a friend or a colleague, don’t worry, we will get all that good stuff in your hands later on today. Maybe I am teaching computer classes, or English as a second language classes, maybe I’m teaching those and I have 10 students.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2011

We work all over the world, and our Martus software has been translated into Spanish, French, Russian, Arabic, Khmer and other languages. Unfortunately, safeguarding human rights information can’t be distinguished from piracy, if the contents are encrypted. Wonderful stuff.

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Forum One

JANUARY 26, 2023

These owners make sure to uphold the integrity of the data, that it continues to make sense from both a content and metadata perspective, and act as administrators for their relevant sources. Remember to think of data as a team sport – people with different positions and skills have to work together toward a shared goal.

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