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Three Reasons Kids Need Digital Literacy and Citizenship Education

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As a parent of wired kids, I think teaching digital literacy is very important for parents to do. Three reasons kids need digital literacy and citizenship education — and three ways to provide it – Guest Post by Emily Esch. Here’s some great advice from my colleagues at CommonSense Media.

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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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14+ Excellent Nonprofit Annual Reports

Whole Whale

DREAM also hosts its annual report on Issu, a great third-party platform for a well-designed digital reading experience. A unique element to this report that we don’t see very often: video. Full disclosure: This is from our founder George, who also co-founded PowerPoetry.org , the largest teen poetry platform in the US.

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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. The ability to concentrate.

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HOW TO: Engage 5 Generations of Donors and Supporters

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Generation Z is being born into digital technology and will be highly connected throughout their lifetime. Currently, more than 50 percent of children ages 0–8 spend an average of 43 minutes daily on smartphones and tablets watching videos, reading, and playing games. Generation Z (Born 2001–Present, Currently Ages 13 and Younger).

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Building Better Relationships Through Data & Insight

Saleforce Nonprofit

Oranje Fonds offers both financial and non-financial support that includes training, awareness building, and volunteer mobilisation on a massive scale, assisted by one of the most sophisticated digital marketing platforms out there. Building Better Relationships Through Insight.

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HOW TO: Get Your Nonprofit Started on Snapchat

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Launched in 2011, Snapchat is an image and video messaging app that is very popular with tweens and teens and increasingly Millennials and Gen Xers. Empowered by Square Cash , you can easily send digital payments to Snapchat Friends provided both of you have entered your debit card information in Shapchat Settings.

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