Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2012

I’ve been curating resources and teaching workshops on the topic of information coping skills for a couple of years. My favorite practical principle from Shenk was “Give A Hoot, Don’t Email Pollute” when talking about the need for developing will power in consuming and sharing digital information.).

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 12, 2013

Kristen Coco , Program Developer. For the past six months I have worked with YWCA Maricopa County , expanding its Own It Financial Education program , which provides low-income women and families a free education teaching them how to become financially stable and independent. credit card or budget their money. We need to find a way to.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 28, 2006

One of our dreams for the Route 66 technology is that it could be used to teach reading to people all over the world, in English as well as other languages. Jenny manages the China operations for a global cell phone technology company.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2022

They achieve this through transformative digital advocacy, digital literacy, and tech certification training. Community partners can host classes at their computer labs, collaborate on events or fundraisers, teach workshops, and share or develop resources. In addition, Byte Back works with (and is always looking for more!)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

The Llama Pack Project partners with indigenous families like Mr. Luis’s family to create an economic development model that allows these families to earn an income through their llamas. They teach local families healthy llama breeding practices, tourism services and environmental literacy.

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Tech Soup

JULY 24, 2014

Bringing mobile devices into adult library programs can be an excellent way to promote library e-media and teach digital literacy skills. Join us next Wednesday, July 30 at 11 a.m. Pacific time (2 p.m. Come to this free webinar to gain ideas for integrating mobile-devices into new and existing adult programs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

.” This week, the Poynter Institute Katie Hawkins-Gaar and Ren LaForme joined forces to host a series called #40 Better Hours , a project to improve newsroom culture by looking at things that cause stress like workflow and communication and teaching journalist skills to combat information overload, part of a technology wellness routine.

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JUNE 14, 2021

What kind of digital touchpoints did you incorporate into your development strategies? Survey results suggest a seven-year increase, on average, in the rate at which companies are developing digital products and services. Think about what changed for you, your nonprofit, and your constituencies. . Did you host virtual events ? .

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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. Areas served: Worldwide. Global Fund For Children. Kars4Kids Foundation.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 12, 2006

We discussed literacy and access for the blind, and I learned about one of Mr. Kohli's passions, which is adult literacy. Citing a lack of trained teachers, TCS had built a PC-based curriculum for teaching reading in 40 hours. Since pattern recognition was my career prior to Benetech, I was fascinated.

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AUGUST 12, 2021

In the broadest sense, employee retention depends on a combination of factors, including work-life balance, benefits, compensation, development and learning opportunities , and more. Offer professional development and continued learning opportunities. Offer professional development and continued learning opportunities.

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JUNE 7, 2016

These are among the most substantive elements of any good board agenda: Board development. Ideas include financial literacy training, fundraising discussions, or a presentation about a political or economic issue that affects your organization. Yet, it’s one worth investing some time.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

It also provides tools that facilitate program management, funding development, and global collaboration. Foundations can streamline funding development and partnerships by creating a grant submission and approval process with Box. Embed your quarterly or annual reports stored in Box on an external website or intranet page.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

In the neighborhood of West Philadelphia, People’s Emergency Cente r (PEC) has invested over $57 million into community development programs that seek to change the lives of women and children and inspire families. million books per year.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 18, 2010

But the NHRC is developing an information management system that uses our Martus software to keep their data more secure. The MacArthur Foundation provided key support for the project by not only financing our work, but also funding computer literacy training for NHRC staff. Human rights monitors in Nigeria continue to be harassed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2008

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. For the past two weeks, he has been teaching ??? Another point about goals: Community Literacies esp. educational technology and the adult learner."

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 15, 2016

If your nonprofit works to teach adults to read, for example, you are definitely working on a natural capital issue. In the US alone the effects of low literacy cost at least $225 billion annually in crime, loss of tax revenue due to unemployment, and non-productivity in the workforce.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 2, 2007

Under our new CTO, Patrick Ball (see my last President's letter), we are building a tech team to work on our incredibly varied list of projects in literacy, human rights and the environment. If you know some brilliant developers who want to actually get paid to change the world, put them in touch with us.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Whether you're educating yourself or your staff, or teaching others technical skills, we can help you stay up-to-date on the latest technology, fundraising tools, or development strategies. Resource Development. Enroll in Online Courses from easyLearning. Take just the individual courses you want (admin fee: $77.50

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2012

This area, content curation , is a social media competency that I’m focusing in my own learning and teaching. One 21 century work place literacy is sense-making of information together and alone. The other is a collection of content curation for nonprofit resources that I have to used to develop workshops and trainings.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2011

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! We too dersire more instruction on financial literacy. Bush, Ph.D.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 1, 2016

" If you do any sort of digital literacy work or job training, privacy and online security is likely already a big part of your curriculum. " Gangadharan suggests that educators need to develop expertise to handle questions on this sensitive subject.

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JULY 18, 2013

Programs and individuals should be continually innovating Millennial leaders need to be leading the development. In addition, Fifth Third Foundation decided to focus on financial literacy teaching kids in classrooms about money management. It''s crucial to develop sensitivity to different communication styles.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 1, 2016

" If you do any sort of digital literacy work or job training, privacy and online security is likely already a big part of your curriculum. " Gangadharan suggests that educators need to develop expertise to handle questions on this sensitive subject.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

" Braided River's director of development and communications, Lace Thornberg, told us, "We work really hard with a very little budget to have the highest impact possible. Veterans Organic Garden is a visionary job training and rehabilitation program for disabled veterans developed by Lovay Wallace-Singleton.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 8, 2019

American Literacy is Iffy. But marketers and development professionals stray from this idea constantly. Peters, principal of Beverly Hills High School, announced today that the entire school faculty will travel to Sacramento next Thursday for a colloquium in new teaching methods. Put their needs front and center.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

The Cause: Room To Read a not-for-profit organization that transforms the lives of millions of children by focusing on literacy. I got some of the back story form Julio Vasconcellos , VP for Business Development, for the Experience Project which operates TwitCause. "I x (Total Retweets).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2006

The past five years I have been teaching Spanish at an Elementary School and serve as the school???s I wanted to combine my two passions in teaching: Foreign Languages and Technology. Since then Langwitches Blog has turned into a Professional Development tool for me as well as for other foreign language educators. s webmaster.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

MacArthur wants to know: How is digital media changing the way that children learn and develop and what are the implications? He noted that media literacy has to be integrated as a skill set in all places. He suggests developing a dialogue with your child about media. It starts in the home. Parents are facing challenges.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

If the point of the Discovery Center is to teach students the facts of the Grenada invasion, it's reasonable to create a program in which there's a right and wrong answer about what happened in history. This time, the onscreen actors and educator don't say "good job" or reward the students for their desire to avoid invasion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2007

It is a new form of teaching, not just skill-based learning. The core thrust: high performance computing, data visualization, virtual organizations, and learning and work force development. Emphasis is on digital literacy. For our interest, less interest in games for skill development. National Science Foundation.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 9, 2014

Last week, Caravan Studios , a division of TechSoup, and Twilio co-hosted a breakfast for nonprofits and app developers. But in order to make that happen, they need to align with developers who can make that technology work. But in order to make that happen, they need to align with developers who can make that technology work.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

Whether you are teaching a community about sustainable agriculture in Colorado or organizing a hack-a-thon in Romania, we want to help you tell your story. We want you to tell us how you are using TechSoup product donations to promote digital literacy. Interested? Alright you got me, I’m in. What’s next?

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

Whether you are teaching a community about sustainable agriculture in Colorado or organizing a hack-a-thon in Romania, we want to help you tell your story. We want you to tell us how you are using TechSoup product donations to promote digital literacy. That sounds great. How do you plan on doing that?

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Educational events hosted by nonprofits are powerful tools for sharing knowledge, developing skills, and empowering communities. Classes Nonprofit organizations often offer classes that cover a wide array of topics, from literacy and language skills to financial literacy and job training.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 20, 2006

Urban Sprouts teaches youth to grow, harvest, prepare, and eat vegetables from the school garden in order to help them to become more engaged in school, eat better, exercise more, and connect with the environment and each other. And some of them had gardened before. So there's a pretty good amount in the Bay Area.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 10, 2006

And in terms of how I got involved with SOUL, I was actually teaching for a very brief period in the Oakland middle schools. I was at that time working at a wonderful organization called Streetside Stories , which is a literacy arts organization with programming in various Title 1 middle schools in San Francisco. So I’m only 26.

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