Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

One deeply entrenched problem that the pandemic laid bare was the difficulty for low-income individuals to access technology, or at least adequate technology. Yes, accessibility and equity in volunteering was a problem even before the pandemic, but as COVID swept across the globe, low-income communities bore the brunt of the consequences.

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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. Digital organizing: Once communities are digitally literate, they can use the tools to advocate for addressing the challenges and problems they are facing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2007

Mentioned recent studies about taking laptops out of the classroom and there is a problem with using old metrics and it is important to look for new metrics and rethink learning environments in general. Solicitation on the streets for programs at the k-12 level to train students to use cyber tools for science. MacArthur Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

gThe above video is one of the many social networking strategies that The Genocide Intervention Network used to transform itself from a small student group to national non-profit. "There's a mentality shift required to fully engage with social networking and community content sites: sometimes, you have to let go." Go read it.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

This means new challenges ahead in scaling Bookshare.org to serve every single student with a print disability in the U.S. In essence, we're being paid to deliver – free – accessible books to all students with print disabilities in the United States for the next five years. I bet you're wondering what we must accomplish.

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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 serve over 150,000 students with disabilities alone with free online services funded by the Department of Education (however, nothing contained in this post has anything to do with our funders). The problem is that we provide technology that allows for security, privacy and circumvention. We do it for human rights groups.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 13, 2011

For years, our extraordinary cohort of dedicated volunteer scanners has provided Bookshare with most of its new content. This past year, we’re getting most of our content directly from top publishers: high-quality digital content for free.

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