ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 6, 2021

You kindly ask for assistance in Spanish, but are told they do not have anyone who speaks your language; you are worried and in need of assistance, but are just not comfortable speaking in English. Upon entering, you are greeted by an individual who does not speak Spanish.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

This was part of the national conversation when schools pivoted to online classrooms, which catered to families with reliable internet, ample supply of modern devices, and space to use them. English as a second language. School districts scrambled to get Chromebooks to students. The Big Theme and Conclusion.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

What began as a small online library, with a collection built in large part by its users, is now the primary national supplier of electronic accessible educational materials for students with print disabilities. At the close of 2012, we are five years into our work in education and are serving over 230,000 students.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

We’re thrilled that students and other readers who have disabilities that keep them from reading standard print can now read the same books as their peers, using the same devices. With our Read2Go app, Bookshare members can now search, download and read Bookshare books and periodicals on their iPad, iPhone and iPod touch devices.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 5, 2008

Japan is the biggest source of tourists for Guam, with growing numbers from other Asian nations like South Korea. The native people of Guam are called Chamorros, and the language is resurgent. Although some of the island states are independent nations, they all implement U.S. The presence is growing: the U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 12, 2009

Why shouldn’t visually impaired and disabled students in the United States have easy access to the study of the languages? Why shouldn’t students in Puerto Rico benefit from our technology and services? One of the teachers enjoyed the training so much that he gave me his Puerto Rican national baseball cap!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 18, 2008

The main reason for my visit to South India was the National Seminar on Print Access For All, which was organized by the dynamic Mr. Krishnaswamy. C-DAC does a great deal of Indian language technology among all of its wide-spread projects, and I was delighted to know of their strong interest in helping people with disabilities.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

The Bookshare promise to American students with disabilities is that if they need a book for education, Bookshare will ensure that they have it. We now have volunteers throughout India adding local language titles such as Tamil into Bookshare. Bookshare was created under the Section 121 U.S.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

The website templates include social media integration and fees are as little as a $8US a month for a website absent of advertising and some templates are offered in multiple languages. NGOs can also use WordPress.org as a CMS for your website and download a free or low-cost theme to design a mobile-optimized website.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

The print book doesn’t work for people who are blind, partially sighted, dyslexic, have physical limitations, people who haven’t learned to read, or people who can’t read the particular language of a specific book is written in. All students around the world have access to rich and varied educational content. • We can do better!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

students, we also serve adults, seniors, veterans, and international subscribers in over 40 countries. It was exciting to be an active player in global diplomacy: Bookshare was the most-cited model of what other countries hope to have, both in terms of accessing our 200,000+ books and having their own national version of Bookshare.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

posted by Kelly Proulx , MNpS Student & Research Technician, Arizona State University. Their skills may encompass fields such as accounting, fundraising, or foreign languages, and they often will need little training in these areas. 108. ^ [3] Corporation for National and Community Service. Welcome to Research Friday !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

It was the first speaking engagement that I was able to scale delivery of my interactive keynote to 1,000 people in fixed seating and in two languages using a translator. I had a lot of fun with my keynote. Teens As Free Agents. Together they discussed their personal challenges and accomplishments as leaders in their fields.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 26, 2011

These tools can help organizations that work with individuals who have general writing concerns, English language learners, people with learning disabilities or physical handicaps in typing, people with dyslexia or recovering from strokes, and even those learning literacy and spelling.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 26, 2020

InvestWrite is the innovative writing competition that complements SMG and integrates critical thinking and language arts components to reinforce the financial decision-making skills that students learn in the classroom. . United Nations : The UN runs a?virtual There’s an app for that! Global Volunteer Programs.

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

Switch Up Your Fundraising Language. Your donors have probably seen the same type of language from nonprofit organizations and businesses alike regarding COVID-19. At this point, all the language around “these trying times” and “unprecedented needs” and how you’ve had to “pivot” to adjust are white noise.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

How to use language to represent your organization’s style and mission. A life-long activist, she had volunteered with the Progressive Student Alliance, Amnesty International and Sierra Club. In this webinar you will learn: Why early communication with a new supporter is so important. Which images will make the biggest impact.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

The National Commission on writing stated that 80 percent of grade school students are not proficient at writing. This motivational program lets you, your students, staff, or volunteers learn typing from a range of tutorials using voice response, 3D animation, video, and virtual reality.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

In addition to the United Nations Volunteers Online Volunteering Service that I posted about last week , you can also search for virtual opportunities on VolunteerMatch , ChristianVolunteering.org , Idealist.org , and DoSomething.org. TheSite.org also has a long list of virtual volunteer ideas in its article, What Can a Virtual Volunteer Do?

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Other Examples: An Annual Giving Campaign, like National Center for Youth Law did $10k for a new Alzheimer’s research project Raise $25,000 to fill a new school library. Let’s look at an example from Fiver: Once upon a time, there were students in New York. Because of that, students know it’s ok to be different.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Even if your success doesn’t make national news headlines, you can execute a great giving day that propels your annual giving program forward. Be sure to connect nostalgia and fun social sharing activities with messaging that demonstrates the impact of their gift on students today. Want even more tips? Day of the Campaign.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 29, 2011

That's why it's painful to hear about disputes over denying students with very real print disabilities access to these resources. We’ve already made a huge difference in the area of software for students with disabilities and for human rights and environmental organizations. serving students with print disabilities.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

There are plenty of ordinary happenings that can grab a headline, such as your nonprofit’s annual student art contest or upcoming 5K. Reach out to the media with a local angle on a national story. After-school violin program receives six new violins, will expand to include younger students . Keep your letter to about 150 words.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2007

During Arkenstone's 11 years, Benetech sold literacy products under the Arkenstone brand in more than a dozen languages to over 35,000 individuals in 60 countries. She brings the printed word to students, teachers, other professionals and avid readers." During this time, 99 percent of the nonprofit's budget came from product sales.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2007

National Science Foundation. Solicitation on the streets for programs at the k-12 level to train students to use cyber tools for science. Funded a project to work with state of Michigan - requirement for high school graduation is that all students have an online learning experience. Two years ago. Program is world-wide.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 5, 2009

Through its Education and Community Outreach programs, the Symphony helps bring music into the lives of over 14,000 school children each year - students who may not otherwise have access to a symphony. We also have another musician working with a brand new first nations school in Shubenacadie.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

World Food Program USA (WFP USA), the US affiliate of the 2020 Nobel Prize-winning United Nations World Food Programme, has beautifully adapted the story of Rani—a precocious student in India who receives meals fortified with micronutrients—for their blog, Facebook, and Instagram. World Food Program USA: Rani’s Story.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

We are proud to see how this work continues to make an impact on communities, the nation, and the world. The AARP Livability Index: 5 Awards AARP is the nation’s largest nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to empowering Americans 50 and older to choose how they live as they age.

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sgEngage

MAY 6, 2021

196 0s – Anti Vietnam War protests and the push for peace in the United States is well-known for the actions taken by University students and protesters, but also involved outspoken members of the business community. 2000 – The United National Global Compact is launched. Two years later Congress passed the Clean Water Act.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

While making an impact always comes first, each of these awards is a great honor for the fantastic teams of clients and Forum One staff that work every day to make an impact on their communities, the nation, and the world. Forum One worked with the National Rural Health Resource Center to design their new website in Drupal 9.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

When Alyssa Jones, a student at City Community College, must choose between eating breakfast and paying the rent, she skips breakfast. She’s not alone—over 75% of low-income students in our city skip breakfast for financial reasons. Effective writing uses clear, precise language. What makes the second opening so effective?

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Qgiv

JUNE 12, 2023

When done well, these statements breathe the essence of your organization into language that can reach diverse audiences. Well-crafted statements give them the language and the confidence to make the important asks! We work with local and national brand nonprofits like Big Brothers Big Sisters and Habitat for Humanity.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

So, for example, if I provide an after-school program, I just use that a lot because I ran an after-school program for over a decade, but if I’m delivering academic programs, then I’m going to be looking at the number of students served. ” So maybe it’s our diverse, our national, our local partners coordinate.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Here are some of their stories: Aleda Schaf fer A student at Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management, Aleda Schaffer has worked as an American Sign Language Interpreter in Washington, DC, Alaska and Boston. Stan, who recently completed his MBA from Duke, is now the interim education program manager for Bookshare.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Although the Public Allies program is also a nonprofit leadership program just like the degree and certificate program and is all under the ASU Lodestar Center, Public Allies is a national program under AmeriCorps first. I have come to believe that culture is a language that you speak with your actions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

Objective : Get the word out about National HIV Testing Day. In one day, more than 20 students from 6 universities and five AIDS organizations hit the streets with only cellphone video cameras to produce 8 short video messages to encourage youth to be tested for HIV. As a result, over 44,000 student applied in 1.5

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

They also learn professional and language skills in order to enable them to find meaningful employment. Instead of spending months or years developing a program, SamaUSA launched with a Minimum Viable program (MVP): a 10-week training program and a first cohort of 20 students.

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