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Healthy Fear, Healthy Habit: Teaching Privacy to New Internet Users

Tech Soup

Scott Pinkelman, digital literacy innovation specialist at the Free Library of Philadelphia , recently presented on this important topic at the Digital Shift online conference. " This Slate article (also written by Seeta) does a good job of defining what data-driven discrimination is. Simple Steps for Teaching Privacy.

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4 Best Professional Development Practices for Nonprofits

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Explore these four best practices when creating great professional development programs: . 87% of millennials say that development opportunities are important to them in a job. Therefore, they use a specific LMS system to teach and train volunteers. . Understand why development is important. . Increased employee engagement.

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Corporate Citizenship and Digital Inclusion: Empowering Communities, Nonprofits, and Public Libraries

Tech Soup

At TechSoup, we support the efforts of nonprofits and public libraries working to build digitally inclusive and literate communities through donated technology from our corporate partners. project is focused on teaching digital literacy to young people so they can be prepared for 21 st. century jobs. Microsoft's YouthSpark.

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Doing Museum Work: Your Thoughts

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Training, reading, and practicing are three key elements in becoming a better leader. As someone texted me recently, Art History grad school didn't teach us anything about working with others in museums. Jenn Edgington said: Help build skills in their employees not only to do their current job but also to prepare for next steps.

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Recruiting Geeks for Human Rights!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Familiarity with python, R, and JavaScript libraries for charting, mapping, and vis is helpful. Teach good programming practice and provide general programming and tech support (everything beyond basic IT stuff) to the rest of the team, who are experts in statistics and social science with varying degrees of techiness.

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Back to School at TechSoup

Tech Soup

For nonprofits, libraries, and their constituents, education is essential to keep knowledge and skills up to date. I think of nerves when my first day of high school was coupled with my first day of football practice. And, organizations that provide workforce and job skills training can share easyLearning courses with constituents.

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4 Steps Nonprofits Can Take to Keep Data Private

Tech Soup

Educating your staff about best security practices is also important for protecting your organization and constituents' privacy. TechSoup's Safer Online Guide provides some basic security best practices for your staff to follow. Educate Your Constituents. In a paper called Joining the Surveillance Society?

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