Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 28, 2006

One of our dreams for the Route 66 technology is that it could be used to teach reading to people all over the world, in English as well as other languages. This is an example of why I like my job so much: top people are especially excited to share their knowledge when the topic is doing something socially beneficial.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 29, 2023

The Cycle of Giving Your receipt/thank you has a job to do. Hero language: When you tell a donor that your nonprofit wouldn’t exist without them, you are speaking the truth. Hero languages reinforces the idea that they made the right choice and increases the possibility that they will give again. So why be shy about saying it?

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Relying too heavily on technology means that those who lack the resources, language skills, and savvy to use technology to its full potential are left behind. English as a second language. In addition to deepening inequities for low-income people, modern technology has a way of isolating or segmenting people by language.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Highlights of this Update: Global Literacy Human Rights Benetech Labs Communications Global Literacy Bookshare celebrated a double milestone this summer, reaching over 200,000 available titles in our collection and serving over 250,000 members with disabilities! As a result, my job as an engineer for good is a blast.

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MAY 16, 2022

As with all Asks, center your language around the things you’ll be able to do with the donor’s money – like the lives they’ll be able to change. Without them, young people on our waitlist continue to face the challenges that low levels of literacy create in their lives. Very good question. Monthly donors make this work possible!

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Bloomerang

JUNE 14, 2021

A/B testing can help determine which language resonates and which does not. . What do you need to do a more effective job of eliminating obstacles to engagement? . You can’t build meaningful connections with folks unless you know what matters to them. How are you measuring commitment and ROI? .

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Tech Soup

MAY 31, 2013

Although Vietnam is regarded as a developing country, it has a literacy rate of 94 percent. English is increasingly favored as a second language. The organization promotes ASEAN awareness through language training, mass media, and youth exchange activities (such as volunteer programs and youth camps).

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Candid

JANUARY 13, 2023

In creative fields, “brainstorming” is not just a requirement of the job, it’s also seen as a very positive thing—it’s an uninhibited way to get your ideas flowing and come up with creative solutions to problems. Chances are, even if you have, that’s not your actual title (although we recognize some job descriptions do use this language).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 27, 2007

Our project on Global Giving focuses on literacy which is key to education and jobs for poor children. The Sharing Foundation's Khmer Literacy program helps farm children learn their native alphabet and numbers well enough to attend elementary school. It's a route out of poverty. s poorest families.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

ARC already has a training lab there that provides lifelong learning opportunities for older adults, many of whom speak languages other than English. It will also be used for digital literacy classes, and perhaps for ESL classes. The new MultiPoint Server system will mainly be used for open public access, primarily Internet use.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Ever helpful, the team got on board to roll up their sleeves and pitch in at San Francisco Bay Area nonprofits that had big volunteer jobs. 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.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

And, organizations that provide workforce and job skills training can share easyLearning courses with constituents. Online courses from easyLearning by Serebra provide busy nonprofiters with access to more than 1,500 technical and professional courses. About 75 percent of unemployed adults have reading or writing difficulties.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 8, 2019

American Literacy is Iffy. a fundraising email, new homepage message, event invitation, poster for your upcoming gala, annual report—your first job is to just get the ideas out of your head. We couldn’t have a language without them. In either case, your job as a digital communicator is to make it easy for them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2006

I immediately saw the potential of being able to connect to my friends and family across distances and being able to read news and research in my other languages and from different perspectives than the media in the US provided. I wanted to combine my two passions in teaching: Foreign Languages and Technology. The tools of Web 2.0

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

While many nonprofit professionals are digital immigrants , we’ve had 20 years now to learn the language and customs of the digital native world. Yes, we are seeing some parts of the nonprofit sector doing a much better job of engaging, communicating, optimizing, and acknowledging donors through digital channels. Time is up.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

To attract good applicants, nonprofits may well need to go mobile with their job application process. Microsoft is developing a Mandarin-language version of something like that for the Chinese market called Xiaolce. Here are a few new things we could be doing with our phones and tablets in 2016. One is hiring. Another is surveys.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

A number of nonprofits are already doing an incredible job of this—and you can easily follow their lead. The blog’s vibrant design and vivid language warmly invite readers into Rani’s narrative. WFP USA shared their blog post of Rani’s story on Facebook for Literacy Day on September 8.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

I learned to speak the language fluently, and was there at a really intense time in terms of the civil war, and a lot of the political uprisings that were going on. I came back to the States after working in Nepal, and I took a job as a feature writer in San Francisco. It was what I thought would be my dream job.

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DECEMBER 4, 2022

Why did they take the job, and what is their vision for the organization and the people you serve? Local literacy program supporting students in Haiti raises record-breaking funds, moves 24 students off waiting list. Write the release in a straightforward manner, including relevant information with no sentimental language.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Classes Nonprofit organizations often offer classes that cover a wide array of topics, from literacy and language skills to financial literacy and job training. Let’s run through eight types of educational events that nonprofits can use to serve their local community.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Maybe I am teaching computer classes, or English as a second language classes, maybe I’m teaching those and I have 10 students. So, if I provide 10 English as a second language or 10 computer literacy programs a year for 10 people, let’s just say that’s 100 pieces of content, that’s service.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 10, 2006

I was at that time working at a wonderful organization called Streetside Stories , which is a literacy arts organization with programming in various Title 1 middle schools in San Francisco. After the school year ended, I ended up taking the job with SOUL and I’ve been here almost three years now.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2011

We work all over the world, and our Martus software has been translated into Spanish, French, Russian, Arabic, Khmer and other languages. Most tech companies think this is the most counter-productive job and innovation killing bill they’ve seen in years. Wonderful stuff. starting to act more like China than the home of the free.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

As a feminist, and as a feminine feminist, I truly believe that we don't do a very good job in the United States of believing that you can lead by serving, and I think the United States needs to think deeply about being in service of the rest of the world." "I think there are many different ways in which you define leadership.

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