Tech Soup

JUNE 25, 2013

The Media and Training Centre for Health specializes in the design and development of community learning models that promote health and empowerment in marginalized communities. There's also a library at the center with a cyber café for the students and the local community at large. Children and Education. Environment.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2011

easyLearning's Course Library includes 1,500 online courses in professional development, information technology and "desktop skills" such as Microsoft Office and Windows. Nonprofits are busy, and it can be difficult to find time to learn new skills. Self-paced online courses from easyLearning.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 15, 2020

For example, the Leaderosity Learning Library by the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance has courses that utilize engaging learning elements such as text, video, images, and interactive features. With so much of our world today existing online, it makes sense to find learning opportunities there. Look for expert-created online courses.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2011

SAP is helping to make a difference in the nonprofit and library community through their donation program here at TechSoup. movement, a world of 7 billion has implications for sustainability, urbanization, access to health services, and youth empowerment.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 20, 2015

TechSoup is participating by amplifying what other agencies, collaborators, and libraries in our network are doing to raise awareness on this important issue. Empowerment, Shelter, and Support. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM). Brighter Tomorrows, Inc.: The mission of Brighter Tomorrows, Inc.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 4, 2015

I wrote The Participatory Museum for two reasons: to explore the "how" of participatory design in museums, cultural centers, libraries, and science centers to create a version of this blog that was more "shareable" with organizational leaders and trustees By many measures, the book has been a success. Empowerment? Social bridging?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Transcending "Social:" Visibility and Empowerment In An Uber-Mega-Meta Self-Conscious Age Speaker: Jianda Johnson, Business and Resource Development Specialist, Guadalupe Montessori School. Dyer, Volunteer Program Coordinator, Multnomah County Library. But they aren’t going to cure cancer, reduce hunger, or improve pre-K education.

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Tech Soup

MAY 11, 2015

When you click on a category, say Technology, you'll see a list of related services such as the Mission Bay Library or the Tenderloin Technology Lab. This app was the winner of a Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund and Capital One hackathon.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

And who needs libraries when we have Wikipedia and Kindles? Bharat Mehra claims, in New Media & Society , that "The internet has tremendous potential to achieve greater social equity and empowerment and improve everyday life for those on the margins of society."

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

Erickson founded FORGE (Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment) in 2003 when she was a 20 year-old junior studying public policy at Stanford University. The projects can range from preschools, to libraries and computer training centers, to women empowerment programs.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

If you do go the policy or guidelines route, remember to focus on empowerment rather than rigid restrictions. How socialized is social media at your nonprofit, library, or charity? Idealware explains how to do just that in a handy article that includes links to its policy templates and workbook. Are your staff tweeting up a storm?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2012

Through his nonprofit, “ Technology for People ,” he has dedicated his life to girls (and boys) empowerment through technology. He has helped developed a technology and library center in the rural school in his village and is implementing a program that is teaching kids ICT skills.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 13, 2009

Every week I get to go in and read with the same two children for a half an hour each in the school library. Organizations like these teach everything from sports, to science, to the arts, to girl empowerment. Tuesday was my first day volunteering with the "reading partners" program at my neighborhood public elementary school.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Carol’s social enterprise in Nairobi employs over 100 students working to proofread books for our Bookshare digital library. She is a University of Minnesota law school professor who was born in Africa and is a terrific advocate for the Treaty and its empowerment of the blind community. Enough said! Bookshare was there with two offers.

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