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Performance Based Funding Institute to Improve Higher Education

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At the Institute, 9 Community Colleges from Florida, Ohio, and North Carolina gathered to discuss engaging stakeholders around success for all community college students. You can also download a Policy Brief created by attendees at a Performance-Based Funding Institute hosted last summer in Miami.

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Funding And Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Youth Programs

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Areas served: Cleveland/Ohio. Areas served: Columbus/Ohio. They believe that by “placing children at the center of this movement, their well-being becomes the focus of their collective work, and with it comes higher achieving students, highly-engaged young people, and a brighter future for Detroit.” The Columbus Foundation.

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Join Benetech in the Skoll Foundation’s 2014 Social Entrepreneurs Challenge!

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When our team last caught up with him, he was a busy student at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, rejoicing in his ability to read independently and reach his full potential. Hosted on the Crowdrise platform, the Challenge launched today, October 27, and runs through December 5th.

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The Best Virtual Event Use Cases

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Virtual summits are by far the biggest style of virtual events that can be hosted. Virtual summits mimic real in-person conferences as much as possible by hosting a variety of speakers and virtual offerings during a set period of time. Oftentimes a virtual event will host a keynote address that promotes the main themes of the summit.

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The Best Virtual Event Use Cases

AccelEvents

Virtual summits are by far the biggest style of virtual events that can be hosted. Virtual summits mimic real in-person conferences as much as possible by hosting a variety of speakers and virtual offerings during a set period of time. Oftentimes a virtual event will host a keynote address that promotes the main themes of the summit.

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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Betsy Beaumon I recently had the honor to speak at the first-ever Braille Summit , hosted on June 19-21, 2013 by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) and Perkins School for the Blind. Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, VP and General Manager, Benetech’s Global Literacy Program. Accordingly, U.S.

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4 Lessons in Higher Education Engagement from “Animal House”

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As our beloved alma maters like fictional Faber College from the movie continue to evolve in the 21st century, they continue to struggle with setting themselves apart and selling themselves, even to their own students. Higher education engagement is absolutely crucial because engaged students are more likely to turn around and promote you.

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