Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

And so, we kind of scrambled to learn things like Zoom. And…they know technology, so they’re also an asset to help teach other volunteers. Between language barriers and economic barriers…we’ve learned a lot about the inequities when it comes to the digital world these last months.”. English as a second language.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 26, 2011

TechSoup has partnered with goQ Software to make their writing assistance and speech recognition software, WordQ + SpeakQ , available to eligible nonprofits and libraries. According to Proliteracy , low literacy's effects cost the U.S. SpeakQ also learns to better recognize your voice over time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

In ongoing conversations with John Gautam on Twitter, I've learned more about how their overall social publishing strategy which balances their curated content or "branded" content with community conversations to co-create social content. He offered to write a guest post sharing more about how their social publishing strategy.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

For nonprofits, libraries, and their constituents, education is essential to keep knowledge and skills up to date. Whether you're educating yourself or your staff, or teaching others technical skills, we can help you stay up-to-date on the latest technology, fundraising tools, or development strategies. September's here.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2015

Gentle Carousel also has a literacy program called Reading Is Magic that brings the horses into schools, libraries, and at-risk youth programs. What Nonprofits Can Learn from Gentle Carousel. And if your image happens to go viral, there will be a whole lot of folks learning about your organization. Helena Library).

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

To learn more, read Box's summary of how nonprofits can use its services. Its employees use Box to share digital asset libraries and collaborate with third-party vendors. Operation Hope : This financial literacy nonprofit uses Box as its primary content management system for all employees. What's Available? spanhidden.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

This morning I attended the MacArthur Foundation Digital Learning briefing that was taking place at the Natural History Museum in NYC. The MacArthur Foundation announced that it will be funding a five-year $50 million initiative, mostly for research, to try to understand how young people are using digital media and its impact learning.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 10, 2015

In a country that generally prides itself on offering the opportunity for everyone to succeed, one in four children grow up without learning to read. It was there that she discovered her passion for teaching others: "When I was working with kids with autism or ADHD, something happened within me where I identified with their experiences.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Last month, the radio show This American Life ran a fascinating episode called " Kid Politics ," which starts with a long segment about the Air Force One Discovery Center immersive experience at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. Instead, they get a lecture on what really happened in 1983.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 4, 2007

For the past five years, the Mercantile Library in Cincinnati has honored Harriet Beecher Stowe's birthday by asking a writer to give the annual Harriet Beecher Stowe Lecture about, "Writing to Change the World." Anya Achtenberg will be teaching an online workshop, Writing for Social Change: Re-Dream a Just World, later this year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2007

The key takeaway for me is the whole point about the need for new metrics to measure learning from games. Mentioned recent studies about taking laptops out of the classroom and there is a problem with using old metrics and it is important to look for new metrics and rethink learning environments in general. Photo by Rikomatic.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 28, 2012

Universities have programs on learning how to run social enterprises. The widespread use of the term “social enterprise” to describe business undertakings that have a socially beneficial component makes the term manifestly generic.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

If you want to learn a bit more about hosting a silent auction, check out our blog post on the eight steps to running a stellar event. Painting or Cooking Class Live streaming tools make it easy to hold online classes in real time, allowing participants to learn from the knowledge of your supporters in exchange for a small fee.

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Tech Soup

MAY 13, 2015

These days, people often share images that communicate a wealth of nuanced information (rather than relying on words), and visual literacy is becoming a requirement. In addition to teaching these four fabulous fundamentals of graphic design, Meggan provided three great shortcuts (tools you can use to up the caliber of your designs).

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Museum 2.0

JULY 14, 2008

What’s in the crystal ball for museums and libraries? The IMLS (Institute for Museum and Library Services) has commissioned a preliminary proposal for an NAS (National Academy of Sciences) report on museums and libraries in the 21st century. What are the essential differences and similarities between libraries and museums?

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