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Quick Guide to Grants for Nonprofits: Tips, Resources & More

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Grants are a fundamental source of revenue for growing organizations to accomplish large projects and receive financial support outside of individual donations. These grants can be either competitive or predetermined depending on what the state determines is needed for the project. Writing proposal tips Read instructions thoroughly.

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Thank You, Gerardo!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

He oversaw the development of numerous products and services that allow us to drive social empowerment through technology across all our programs. He also championed an open source ethos so that our work can be broadly shared (you can view all our open source projects on GitHub ).

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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

federal law supports braille instruction. We are now directly participating in the DAISY Consortium’s Transforming Braille project, which seeks to dramatically lower the cost of braille cell technology, the fundamental technical building block of a braille display. Accordingly, U.S. This is important here in the U.S.,

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Survey-Backed Insights to Keep Your Nonprofit Ahead of Changing Workplace Trends

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Strategies like reducing workload and stress levels and offering mindfulness instruction can help, but they treat burnout as an individual condition. A recent Harvard Business Review article on this topic says that “empowerment, engagement, and planning are critical. Successful upskilling requires commitment on both sides.

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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. Our Born Accessible project means working closely with publishers to see that they put accessibility features in all of their mainstream ebooks.

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The Networked NGO in Pakistan

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It marked the start of a six month peer learning exchange where I, along with colleague Stephanie Rudat will work remotely with grantees as they implement an action learning project to put techniques into practice and facilitate organizational change from the inside out. organizational change, and technology. Program Design.

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Creating Learning Experiences That Connect, Inspire, and Engage

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I am very excited about upcoming peer learning projects that I’m working on in 2012, including several for Packard grantees in India, Pakistan, and Africa as well as the e-Mediat project in the Middle East. This is important for both online and offline instructional delivery. Content Delivery Is Not Learning.