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Why Now is the Time for Boys & Girls Clubs of America to Invest in Digital

Saleforce Nonprofit

For more than a century, Boys & Girls Clubs around the country opened their doors each day to millions of kids and teens, literally and symbolically. A year later, Clubs are still providing such a stable environment for kids that school and the Club have become synonymous, especially among their youngest learners.

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Pottsboro Area Library: The Winner of TechSoup’s February Success Story Digital Connector Challenge

Tech Soup

section of TechSoup.org we launched a contest last month for great digital inclusion stories. We called it the TechSoup ‘Digital Connector’ Story Challenge. Here’s Dianne’s winning submission in its entirety: “The Pottsboro Library has made bridging the digital divide for teens a priority.

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Networked and Hyperconnected: The New Social (and work) Operating System

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The most recent Pew Internet Project Internet and technology use studies show how immersed teens and young adults are in the online environment and how tied they are to the mobile and social sides of it. Some 95% of teens ages 12-17 are online, 76% use social networking sites, and 77% have cell phones.

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The Birth of a Field: Digital Media and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This morning I attended the MacArthur Foundation Digital Learning briefing that was taking place at the Natural History Museum in NYC. It was the ultimate digital media multi-tasking experience. The environment for learning is no longer in the classroom and its online, and outside of school. local time). It isn't entertainment.

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7 LGBT Tech Projects You Need to Know

Tech Soup

The Sage Centers offer older adults a safe and comfortable space to learn tech basics and take classes to expand on their skills. LGBT Technology Partnership's Digital Inclusion Project. 's mission is to create a supportive and creative environment where people can learn, play, experiment, and sharpen their skills.

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The Participatory Nonprofit?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Some notes from the white paper, I'm still digesting it (not being a digital native, I had to print it out). According to recent study from Pew Internet and American Life project, more than one-half of teens have created media content and roughly one-third have shared ocntent. The skill set: Play ??? Appropriation ???

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[VIDEO] How To Lead And Manage In Our New Nonprofit Work Reality

Bloomerang

But I spend most of my time as a trainer and a strategist as a coach and I help organizations and the people that lead them, just like you, grow your skills, your teams, and your results. So just always have to give him props. And our conference, The Rooted Retreat is in two short weeks, and you can just head over to therootedretreat.com.