Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

A few months ago, I attended Microsoft Citizenship's YouthSpark Connection event and heard first-hand from recent high school graduates about how dire the need for digital literacy is. Defining Digital Literacy. But first, what exactly is digital literacy? " The Role of Libraries. The Role of Schools. A United Front.

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sgEngage

MARCH 8, 2023

Develop a standard Library Giving Day pitch and train your staff and volunteers to share it. Connect the dots and remind supporters that libraries promote literacy by offering free access to literature for all community members. Encourage staff, volunteers, and supporters to create buzz about the event.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice. This is one reason why our Human Rights Field Team is supporting LGBTI rights groups from the Caribbean to the African regions with targeted Martus and capacity building trainings. But what about everybody else?

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Kindful

AUGUST 9, 2021

Literacy, particularly from birth through 3rd grade, is their primary focus because reading skills form the foundation for all childhood learning. The education program’s developmental target is the first eight years of life. Areas served: Worldwide ( only communities where IP has operations/employees). Kars4Kids Foundation.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Nayla’s organization, Lebanese Alternative Learning (LAL), will also develop teacher training courses on the platform aimed at strengthening remote instruction. Nayla plans to make Tabshoura accessible to more students across Lebanon by training and distributing it to other education-related NGOs in the country.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

" Griefing can be a problem in Second Life, although it does not happen at every location all the time. For example, at the BlogHer in Second Life panels and social events no problems were report as indicated by this report by VintFalken and the Information Literacy Weblog. it's easier to destroy than to create ???

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Forj

AUGUST 12, 2021

In the broadest sense, employee retention depends on a combination of factors, including work-life balance, benefits, compensation, development and learning opportunities , and more. Here are four tips we recommend for the rest of 2021 and beyond: Revisit your training and onboarding process. Frightened by these statistics? Don’t fret!

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

They work to create regional, place-based solutions to preserve and protect natural places, quality of life, and economies at risk from environmental impacts due to changing climate. Oregon Community Foundation’s mission is to improve the lives of all Oregonians through the power of philanthropy. Areas served: Oregon. Areas served: Tennessee.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2011

Subscribers will also be given access to free digital literacy training. According to the Pew Internet and American Life Project , the digital divide still affects about a third of Americans, particularly low-income Latinos, African-Americans, Native Americans, disabled people, and the elderly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2012

Improve staff expertise: It used to be that we could be trained to do our work and we wouldn’t need to update and synthesize new information on a daily basis. One 21 century work place literacy is sense-making of information together and alone. There are benefits for both nonprofit organizations and the people who work for them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2011

Each of these life-changing innovations was the result of many missteps and an occasional brilliant insight that turned a mistake into a surprising portal of discovery. I’ve been curating resources on training techniques and capacity building over at scoop.it Schoemaker. This book will help. Brilliance by Design by Vicki Halsey.

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Care2

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Cristi Hegranes, Global Press Institute – Global Press Institute (GPI) advances both responsible global journalism and community empowerment by offering journalism training to women around the world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2013

Pivot tables will change your life. Tweet questions to me at @annkemery , comment on Excel for Evaluation to request tutorials, or email me to request in-person training. Here’s an example where I created data bars —miniature within-cell bar charts—to quickly compare each youth’s pretest score and posttest score. Finally, ask for help.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 29, 2013

Through the program, the native San Franciscan learned valuable business skills, received tech training, and made job connections. Gadget instruction is an incredibly important component of digital literacy as more people are accessing the Internet from their mobile devices. More Resources. Microsoft YouthSpark Hub.

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NTEN

JULY 18, 2013

Nicole related the experience and observations she had about millennials from five-day leadership trainings at Deloitte. To them, there isn''t a distinction between work and life and this is a lesson that Nicole has taken in her own approach to work. Trainings need to be tailored to the learner not meet individual needs.

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NTEN

JUNE 27, 2012

In addition, there are benefits for both nonprofit organizations and the people who work for them: Improve staff expertise: It used to be that we could be trained to do our work and we wouldn’t need to update and synthesize new information on a daily basis. That’s less true. It’s about curation, creativity, and coordination across channels.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2014

Bring Me a Book is creating a "literacy ecosystem" via social media in Alameda and Santa Clara Counties. They also carry on the work of visionary founder and board member, Van Jones, especially in the area of developing green jobs training programs for low-income youth. 250,000 Grant Winners.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2011

In 2010, my three words were Networked, Generosity, and Full of Life. networks, training and capacity building approaches, and culture change. I’ve been doing this for two years now. In 2009, my three words were: Streamline, Weave, and Einstein.

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BoardAssist

JUNE 7, 2016

Take any regular group meetings that have gone smoothly in your life. Ideas include financial literacy training, fundraising discussions, or a presentation about a political or economic issue that affects your organization. Make Your Nonprofit Board Meetings Magical. What Makes a Great Meeting? Let’s begin with the ideal.

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Tech Soup

MAY 31, 2013

Although Vietnam is regarded as a developing country, it has a literacy rate of 94 percent. The organization promotes ASEAN awareness through language training, mass media, and youth exchange activities (such as volunteer programs and youth camps). Vietnam is an S-shaped country that is slightly larger than New Mexico.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

Cristi Hegranes: My name is Cristi Hegranes and I am the President and Founder of The Press Institute for Women in the Developing World which is an international nonprofit organization that was founded in order to train women in developing countries to become investigative reporters to report their own news. We are pushing an envelope there.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 20, 2006

Abby Rosenheck: Well in San Francisco, people are pretty lucky because there is a good amount of training and resources out here: there's a compost educator gardening training that you can do. So you could actually learn, it's one of the few non-profits that trains people in how to teach others about gardening and composting.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 10, 2006

SOUL is a training center based here in Oakland. We place ourselves in the social justice work here in the Bay Area as a training center. We focus on political education and organizer skills trainings, and we definitely think it is critical to see the fusion of those two things. I like novels, Julia Alvarez, different people.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Dance-a-Thon You and your staff work tirelessly to bring your nonprofit’s mission to life. Classes Nonprofit organizations often offer classes that cover a wide array of topics, from literacy and language skills to financial literacy and job training.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

The basic idea is that there is a set of skills that need to be emphasized for kids today to be good citizens, workers, and leaders in the 21st century--skills like collaboration, global awareness, and media literacy. Download our slides here. The REFLECTS project blends practical institutional demands with deep research.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

So, if I provide 10 English as a second language or 10 computer literacy programs a year for 10 people, let’s just say that’s 100 pieces of content, that’s service. So earlier I mentioned maybe a parent who took English as a second language classes or maybe they got their GED or they took those computer literacy programs.

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Kindful

MARCH 5, 2021

This foundation is committed to expanding economic opportunities for women and girls through education, vocational training, and entrepreneurship with the goal of sustainable financial independence. They support activities and movements that are global or national in scope.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

This foundation is committed to expanding economic opportunities for women and girls through education, vocational training, and entrepreneurship with the goal of sustainable financial independence. They support activities and movements that are global or national in scope.

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Qgiv

APRIL 26, 2021

To bring your virtual event to life and provide an experience that’s just as enriching as an in-person one, you need the right fundraising event software. This is an example of a peer-to-peer event page by BEACON for Adult Literacy.]. Offer training and orientation online. Track hours and compensation (if needed).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 13, 2011

Men being trained to use Martus to enter testimonies.Our human rights team is active all over the world. The human rights team trains groups how to use their number one asset, information about human rights violations, as a strategic tool to advance their social justice mission.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

The Internet and the Web are changing every institution and impacting every aspect of life. For All. -- is all about digital inclusion, digital literacy, and working to close the many digital divides we face in our global society. Unfortunately, these issues rarely break through the noise barrier. This year's theme -- One Web.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 19, 2007

Here is a small excerpt from Honorata's story from the Women for Women International site : "It was in 2002 that the world turned upside down and Honorata lost the signs of a "true and nice life" that she and her husband had built. Reunited, she began to rebuild their life." She was captured and tortured by the armed militias.

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