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Three Reasons Kids Need Digital Literacy and Citizenship Education

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As a parent of wired kids, I think teaching digital literacy is very important for parents to do. Three reasons kids need digital literacy and citizenship education — and three ways to provide it – Guest Post by Emily Esch. Three tips for teaching digital literacy and citizenship: Start with a clear vision.

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Building A Nonprofit Board That Understands Financial Stewardship

Kindful

But some general knowledge about financial literacy will bode well. Take advantage of National Literacy Month. Simply getting new members to understand how to read a finance statement is another first step to financial literacy for board members. Take advantage of National Literacy Month. Hold monthly meetings.

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Research Friday: Financial literacy: understanding money for today’s activities and tomorrow’s security

ASU Lodestar Center

1 This study, Financial Literacy and Knowledge in the Nonprofit Sector (PDF) , "engaged a random sample of primarily human service nonprofits, as well as health, civic, environmental, arts, and education nonprofits." Sources: ^ [1] " Financial Literacy for the Long Term ," Philanthropy Matters, Vol. The Moody’s Foundation, 2011.

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Understanding Impact Metrics for Your Nonprofit: A Guide

DipJar

For example, do you want to increase participant knowledge or improve their economic conditions? For example, an output metric for a literacy program might be the number of books read by program participants. For example, a quality metric for a literacy program might be the number and length of activities. . Assessments.

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Social Media Basic Literacy Skills In the Nonprofit Workplace

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Michele Martin and Tony Karer have been blogging at the Work Literacy blog for several months now. Work Literacy is a network of individuals, companies and organizations who are interested in learning, defining, mentoring, teaching and consulting on the frameworks, skills, methods and tools of modern knowledge work.

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Developing staff technology skills in your nonprofit

NTEN

Outlook) and video conferencing platforms, use a spreadsheet, create slides, and use tools that are specific to your organization, such as a timekeeping system or an expense reporting system. If you don’t wish to pay for an assessment tool, see if you can borrow one. Or take advantage of free tools.

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5 Things That Nonprofits Wish They Knew Three Months Ago

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Not only are they incredibly knowledgeable, but they were working remotely immediately as soon as the crisis hit. Every chat, call, or email is responded to almost immediately, with courtesy, professionalism, and best of all, knowledgeable solutions.”. How can you get an ROI in the digital literacy skills we are all developing?”.

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