Candid

JANUARY 2, 2024

As the saying goes, “knowledge is power.” Candid’s Issue Lab is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and sharing social sector knowledge. This vast library contains more than 34,000 freely available philanthropic resources authored by organizations in our sector—including reports, case studies, surveys, toolkits, and more.

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Candid

MARCH 9, 2022

Q&A with a Toledo-based library on building community capacity. Toledo-Lucas County Public Library (TLCPL) has been part of Candid’s Funding Information Network since 1980, providing local nonprofits and the public with access to Candid’s resources, including Foundation Directory, for free.

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

Consider how you can support more robust knowledge sharing. By providing your stakeholders with a dedicated place to share knowledge with one another, community building happens naturally. What is a knowledge sharing network? Knowledge is a lofty word. What are some examples of knowledge sharing networks?

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

If you haven’t already, we hope you’ll check out this free library of resources that are designed to help nonprofit professionals establish and champion diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusivity (DEAI) initiatives within their organizations. You can reach our team at dei@bloomerang.co.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

As smartphones and tablets grow in popularity, mobile optimization is something libraries and nonprofits should pay close attention to in the coming year. Why should mobile be part of libraries and nonprofits' game plan? It begs the question: Why aren't more patrons accessing library sites on their mobile devices?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 21, 2021

TechSoup supports nonprofits, charities, and libraries in part by teaming up with corporations to connect organizations around the world to the technology tools, resources, and knowledge they need to serve their communities.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 8, 2012

Sponsored by Microsoft Corporate Citizenship and presented by Heather Mansfield of Nonprofit Tech 2.0 , attendees will gain practical knowledge about how to successfully integrate your nonprofit’s Web 1.0 This 90-minute social media how-to webinar is ideal for nonprofit communications and fundraising staff.

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Tech Soup

JULY 15, 2015

In part 1 of this series, we introduced MathAndCoding , a nonprofit that offers teen-led programming classes for children in public libraries in the Silicon Valley area. As the first librarian to host it, Karin Bricker, library manager for youth and outreach services at Mountain View Public Library, had to overcome some initial skepticism.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 28, 2013

It is our hope that Benetech’s Bookshare library, the authorized entity which we believe has the world’s largest accessible online collection with its 198,000 titles, becomes a major source of books for all people who are blind or otherwise print disabled. Together, we can provide equal access to humankind’s knowledge.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Nonprofits and libraries are consistently challenged to collaborate with their staffs, boards, and other supporters in efficient and effective ways. Organizational history, content, knowledge, and files may live with different people, in various email inboxes, or on different computers or file servers. Pacific time. read more.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. Lack of access to the knowledge in books perpetuates ignorance, generates poverty and squanders human potential. We can do better!

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2012

However, 60 percent of nonprofits also told us that lack of knowledge is their greatest barrier to greater adoption of cloud technologies. They will share our survey findings and the primary motivations and barriers that nonprofits, libraries, and NGOs have for moving their IT to the cloud. Dawn Krause.

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Candid

MAY 31, 2023

We’ve scoured our online library to find you our best quick reads and easy listens that will inspire you and help you recharge. If you’d rather listen… Did you know that Candid’s online library also includes audiobooks ? Please visit this knowledge base article, How can I access Candid’s eBook collection? , Happy reading!

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Tech Soup

JUNE 14, 2010

TechSoup's product donation program includes easy-to-use Flip Video cameras that allow you to share your library and community stories. Pacific time and find out how public libraries are using this technology as a tool for making connections, recording library events, and sharing knowledge.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 15, 2014

How would you like to write a check to your favorite nonprofit, library, or charitable religious organization for $12,000 this holiday season? techsoup religiousorgs nonprofit nonprofits foundation libraries charity savings technology' I'm sure most of us would love to make this kind of generous gift. Donated dollars go further.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Libraries for people who are blind or dyslexic are the primary source of accessible books in audio, large print or braille. But, some companies want to empty the library shelves and insist that only books that can’t be purchased are allowed to be stocked in such libraries. Bookshare was created under the Section 121 U.S.

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Bonterra

MARCH 13, 2024

Advance your team's skillset and technical knowledge with up to four hours per month of training with a dedicated expert. Receive access to a library of best practices developed from Bonterra’s experience serving 20,000+ social good organizations.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

—– The Electronic Resources and Libraries Conference takes place Febrary 28-March 2 in Austin, TX, and I’m SO honored to be a keynote speaker! The keynote will focus on “Libraries: The Oldest New Frontier for Innovation”. Libraries, whether associated with a school, government, agency or geography, serve a community.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 8, 2010

Last month, I got a chance to talk with Nell Taylor, founder of the Chicago Underground Library. This combination of technical ability, neutrality, and fierce belief in freedom of expression is undervalued in society and by many existing library systems. Nell will be responding to comments on this blog and can also be reached here.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

This blog is sponsored by Wild Apricot membership software : a set of tools for membership administration , event registration , website management , online fundraising - with friendly and knowledgeable tech support. 5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits. Effective communication â??

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 11, 2013

Creating the World’s Largest Collection of Accessible Arabic eBooks Access to knowledge is the critical first step on the path to economic, educational, and social development. In the first installment of this series, I described the Bookshare International library and where we hope to take it next.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

I’m in Austin, TX, today engaging with librarians, digital curators, and technologists working at the nexus of communities and knowledge at the Electronic Resources and Libraries annual conference. Libraries: The Oldest New Frontier for Innovation. Why Community? So, why community?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 24, 2011

Still totally inspired by Save Oakland Library. This week they had a 14-hour Read-in , presented 14,500 petition signatures to the City Council, and showed up at City Hall with shovels, rakes, and hammers to protest the potential closure of the Temescal Tool Lending Library. It is a fearful thing to fall into faith's hands."

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 7, 2013

Bookshare International Library We’re always thinking about new ways in which Benetech could go deeper and help many more people. Bookshare , our flagship literacy program, is the world’s largest accessible library and currently serves more than 230,000 members with visual and learning disabilities.

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Cloud 4 Good

MAY 26, 2022

Free resources offered by Trailhead and other platforms are accelerating theoretical knowledge but do not provide the hands-on experience employers are looking for. . Industry Knowledge: Cloud for Good trains our apprentices on nonprofit and higher education technology stacks and business.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

Bookshare: Solving the “Accessible Book Famine” Twelve years ago, we had an idea for recreating the traditional library for people with print disabilities—such as those who are blind, cannot physically turn the pages of a book, or have learning disabilities, like dyslexia—using the then-emerging technologies of digital books and crowdsourcing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

– Sharing Knowledge Wiki -This wiki was created by The ICT-KM group of the CGIAR to catalog and document processes for nonprofits that want to share knowledge across partners doing development work. The facilitation methods are participatory. Lucid Meeting Agenda Templates -Lucid Meeting is a collaboration and meeting platform.

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Candid

APRIL 16, 2021

To enter Vartan’s office was to travel back to a time when the sheer mass of books in a room made the walls vibrate with the power of knowledge and ideas. To hear him speak was to witness that knowledge come to life. I would see him several times a year, at a workshop, gala, for a drink or a meeting in his office.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

– Sharing Knowledge Wiki -This wiki was created by The ICT-KM group of the CGIAR and other partners to catalog and document processes for nonprofits that want to share knowledge across partners doing development work. The facilitation methods are participatory.

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Candid

JANUARY 11, 2023

As we enter 2023, we’ve compiled a list of nonprofit books from Candid’s free digital library that can help inspire your nonprofit’s New Year’s resolutions. Please visit this knowledge base article, How can I access Candid’s eBook collection? ,

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Among the nonprofits that do not apply segmentation , the reasons are mainly related to a lack of knowledge, technological ability, and trust. If there is a lack of knowledge and an inability to process knowledge, organizations can become vulnerable to fear, uncertainty, and doubt. What Methodology Best Serves Nonprofits?

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 1, 2022

It’s accessible for users at all different levels and doesn’t require advanced technical knowledge to use. This CMS also offers a vast library of ready-made themes to choose from, with over 11,000 themes available. Drupal offers a smaller theme library than WordPress, but it still has plenty of ready-made themes to work from.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2017

Nonprofits and libraries are consistently tapped (and drained) to leverage creative talents and produce palatable brochures, logos, web pages, presentations, and annual reports — just to name a few — with little budget. In our Design for Nondesigners 201: Applying Best Practices for Design course, you will learn to.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Access to information and knowledge is a basic human right and a necessary first step towards personal, economic, and social development. Yet around the world, over 100 million individuals are denied this basic right. There is still much to do, however, before the treaty takes full effect. It is politically popular.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 2, 2012

Then head on over to TechSoup for Libraries and check out their blog series on interesting uses of technology. Get inspired by other organizations using social media in intriguing ways, from sharing local knowledge to managing volunteers and events. Social media : See how your organization can get started with social media.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 15, 2014

I hope you join us as we advance this global right and work towards making the Marrakesh Treaty as successful as possible, so that it can empower people with print disabilities—particularly those in developing countries—to live fuller lives based on equal access to knowledge.

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Byte Technology

MAY 11, 2017

However, up to now users with no knowledge of writing HTML code weren’t able to add links or even use basic formatting in their text. will introduce a widget that lets users add images quickly and easily directly from the widget or from their media library. That’s set to change with 4.8, And speaking of widgets, 4.8

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