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Developing staff technology skills in your nonprofit

NTEN

How do you go about developing the technology skills of your staff? In this post, I will briefly explain how to pinpoint which technology skills folks need, assess current skill levels, provide training that doesn’t stink, and nurture a technology-positive culture where tech skills are a priority.

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Building A Nonprofit Board That Understands Financial Stewardship

Kindful

But some general knowledge about financial literacy will bode well. Take advantage of National Literacy Month. Teach them about fundraising. Simply getting new members to understand how to read a finance statement is another first step to financial literacy for board members. Take advantage of National Literacy Month.

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Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources

Bloomerang

Their priorities range from facilitating book donation drives to supporting arts education to funding playground construction and family literacy programs. . They focus funding on organizations that work on financial literacy for elementary and high school students (established programs only). Areas served: Worldwide. Areas served: US.

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Client Spotlight: Byte Back

Qgiv

Byte Back is a nonprofit computer skills and career training center located in Washington, D.C. Glenn taught himself the skills needed to maintain and repair computers. They achieve this through transformative digital advocacy, digital literacy, and tech certification training. They simply had to prove they could fix a computer.

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Employee Recruitment and Retention: 4 Engagement Tips

Forj

This was initially a struggle, as the lack of face-to-face interaction makes it much harder to teach concepts and learn about a new role. When recruiting, it’s not rare for employers to have trouble finding candidates with the exact experience and skills they need. Courses that are recommended based on your learners and past data.

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Human Rights Trainings in Nigeria

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The MacArthur Foundation provided key support for the project by not only financing our work, but also funding computer literacy training for NHRC staff. For five days, we focused on teaching the NHRC staff to use the Martus software. We were thrilled to work with the NHRC as a new Martus partner.

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The Birth of a Field: Digital Media and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The environment for learning is no longer in the classroom and its online, and outside of school. These are complex learning environments where young people are making decisions, learning and collaborating with peers, etc. The young people who don't have pervasive access will fall behind in terms of skills.

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