Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice. We want to help lead the charge into a future where the advantages of digital information touch the lives of all people, not just of the richest and most able five percent of humanity.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2016

Spring forward into technology for your nonprofit or library during March! This workshop builds on our previous presentation, Adobe Photoshop for Beginners , and Wes' hands-on Introduction to Photoshop series. Sprout Your Digital Literacy Training Program. Spring is a time of renewal and an opportunity to grow.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

How does your library address questions about Internet safety? essential skill to include in basic digital literacy instruction, but. determining what content to include and how to teach it can present many challenges. individual settings to patrons in public libraries and nonprofit. Pacific time (2 p.m.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 7, 2014

Last week, TechSoup for Libraries held a webinar called Public Tech Instruction: Teaching the Public on Internet Safety. The presenters, Austin Stroud of the Monroe County Public Library and Crystal Schimpf of TechSoup for Libraries, shared resources for teaching online safety and security. Assessments/Quizzes.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2023

These models are presently built on snapshots of internet data and aren’t designed to be research assistants. Solution : The final part of the framework is to present the solution. This can also be a good place to add your brand voice or donor personas to describe who you are talking to.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Its employees use Box to share digital asset libraries and collaborate with third-party vendors. When raising funds at events in the field, employees use Box on iPads to share videos, PDFs, and presentations with potential donors. It has integrated Box content with its Salesforce implementation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

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. MacArthur wants to know: How is digital media changing the way that children learn and develop and what are the implications?

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Elsewhere in the session, I was incredibly impressed by: The new Dialogue in Silence exhibition, presented by the same group (Dialogue Social Enterprise) that created the incredibly successful Dialogue in the Dark exhibition. Download my slides here.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 9, 2014

First up was Joseph Tanigawa from Code for San Francisco (our local chapter of Code for America), who presented a nifty tool for bridging the digital divide. This project is a great resource for libraries to share with patrons. San Francisco libraries have varying hours and might not always be open. Let's dive in.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

I put together a hot presentation (this is KEY!) Include a brief presentation and invite guests to sign up for your newsletter and make a donation. If your organization promotes literacy, partner with a bookstore. Build a story library and add to it every time you hear or experience a story that grabs your heart.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 20, 2015

I was especially thrilled to see that the Oakland Public Library was present. McKellar said that it was important to make government more accessible to the entire community, including those with "varying literacy or languages or degrees of digital literacy" and that the library should be involved in those conversations.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 14, 2008

What’s in the crystal ball for museums and libraries? The IMLS (Institute for Museum and Library Services) has commissioned a preliminary proposal for an NAS (National Academy of Sciences) report on museums and libraries in the 21st century. What are the essential differences and similarities between libraries and museums?

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