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Libraries pivot to survive pandemic

Candid

Libraries store the energy that fuels the Imagination. During COVID-19, libraries across the country have had to re-imagine themselves so they can continue fueling imaginations and serving communities. Libraries have helped fill the void by providing hot spot access and in some cases laptops computers to students.

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Bookshare Creates Opportunities For Gifted Students

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

As part of my holiday greetings this year, I would like to introduce you to two young people who have used Benetech’s Bookshare library to reach academic excellence and find the books that keep them engaged in their off hours. Cerebral palsy makes it difficult for Jessica to hold a book.

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Nancy Jo Craig’s Lifetime Achievement Award In Nonprofit Computer Refurbishment

Tech Soup

Volunteer techies had set up an online people finder database, and relief agencies desperately needed computers so refugees in shelters could search for their loved ones. Places like TechSoup and the National Cristina Foundation put out the word that donated computers were badly needed in Louisiana, and they came by the truckload.

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Interview with Carolyn Appleton: How to Launch Your Grant Writing Career

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I often recommend you look to your local community for grant writing courses offered by community foundations and libraries and those available in the continuing education offices of universities and community colleges. You will also have the chance to network with nonprofit staff who can be helpful in your future job search.

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New Program! Award-Winning Bitdefender Security

Tech Soup

Now available to nonprofits, charities, and libraries through TechSoup, Bitdefender security products protect individual PCs and Macs as well as enterprise networks. Banking and shopping pages automatically open in a secure browser, plus Bitdefender includes antispam, antiphishing, and a web page search advisor. Drum roll, please!

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The Tech That Will Change 2016

Tech Soup

Forty percent find charities through plain old web searches. In 2016, doing traditional search engine optimization on our websites will be good for fundraising — just like it was 10 years ago. But with so many charities and libraries working with children, the weird new security threat in 2016 will be smart toys.

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111 Low-Cost or Free OnlineTools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

For example, here are the results for a search of the word “nonprofit.” ” Nonprofits should at the very least search their organization’s name and Twitter username to see what kind of response (if any) your nonprofit’s twittering is gaining on Twitter. Storify :: storify.com. Quoto :: quoto.com.

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