Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The comfort level that younger generations have with technology is not lost on volunteer managers. As younger generations continue to age into the civic sphere, reaching them will require organizations to enter digital spaces. As one CVA with a medical nonprofit explained: Our volunteer workforce demographic is changing.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Millennials have been the face of this change-maker movement (although that’s not to exclude the other generations of do-gooders). Katherine Stephans is the partnerships and communications manager at Library For All. Library For All co-founder and CEO Rebecca McDonald was living in Australia when tragedy struck Haiti in 2010.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

A call went out over a combination of listservs and social media channels asking local nonprofits and libraries to share their most pressing needs and dirtiest jobs with TechSoup via video or text. While social media as a volunteer recruitment tool has been a popular topic recently, TechSoup flipped the equation on its head a bit.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Spring Fling dance A fun spring fundraising idea that can help you get younger generations involved is to host a Spring Fling dance. Reading challenge Issue a community-wide reading challenge this spring to encourage literacy in your community. Encourage participants to take advantage of your local public library and get reading!

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

But with so many charities and libraries working with children, the weird new security threat in 2016 will be smart toys. " I have to add that one of my favorite and most prescient predictions from 2006 was by TechSoup for Libraries contributor, Phil Shapiro. This is about as certain a prediction as you'll find in this post.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 10, 2015

" In this spirit, New Heights provides everything from tutoring services to curriculums, a library with more than 3,000 books, field trips, and online classes. New Heights, by promoting literacy through a wide range of programs, has produced radical results. Inspiring Optimism Through Results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

Young people have access to computers in schools and libraries, but there is a difference in the quality of experience. There is a gap in social skills, experience, and knowledge when you only have 10-15 minutes of access in library versus 24/7 access at home. " Media literacy is a paradigm shift - not an add-in subject.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2007

What does the next generation of learning environments look like? What do libraries look like in the future? Emphasis is on digital literacy. New learning environment puts games at the center. It is a new form of teaching, not just skill-based learning. How do those learning environments impact institutions?

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 14, 2009

In the end, this generated a substandard product for the client, and disappointment for the teens. There is a preponderance of reports about the value of new media literacies towards educating productive citizens of the 21st century. There are several good resources on evaluating participation.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The apps are typically designed around the needs of the cause, like creating a pet-finding app for an animal shelter or a library app for an English literature association. This is an excellent option for getting young people involved in their community while encouraging literacy.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 20, 2015

For example, a "voting tools" session facilitated by WeVote generated discussion among participants on the barriers to voting and how to reduce them. There were 36 participant-generated sessions on topics as varied as: Addressing sex trafficking in the city. " I saw this principle in practice in the sessions I attended.

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Tech Soup

MAY 13, 2015

These days, people often share images that communicate a wealth of nuanced information (rather than relying on words), and visual literacy is becoming a requirement. Infographic generators — Meggan likes Easel.ly Given this new reality, how can we communicate with and engage our communities? and Piktochart.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 13, 2011

Bookshare Hits 100,000 Members Boy reading at a computer with teacher in the background.Since the beginning of 2009, we’ve tripled the number of people with disabilities Bookshare is serving with our accessible library of ebooks. Literacy, human rights and the environment are critically important to the future of humanity.

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