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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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Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources

Bloomerang

Their priorities range from facilitating book donation drives to supporting arts education to funding playground construction and family literacy programs. . They focus funding on organizations that work on financial literacy for elementary and high school students (established programs only). Areas served: Worldwide. Areas served: US.

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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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Client Spotlight: Byte Back

Qgiv

They achieve this through transformative digital advocacy, digital literacy, and tech certification training. You can volunteer as a career assistant, workshop presenter, tutor, a success coach/mentor, or a Board member. There are short-term, mid-term, and long-term volunteer roles available to fit a variety of schedules.

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Microsoft's YouthSpark Initiative Seeks to Close the Opportunity Divide

Tech Soup

While her internship could be tough at times, Mackey's mentors at Year Up pushed her to move forward in her career. Year Up is just one of the five nonprofit organizations Microsoft has partnered with along with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, City Year, Junior Achievement USA (JA), and Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship.

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#GivingTuesday Champions

Tech Soup

Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Canada is working towards providing every child in Canada who is in need of a mentor with an adult role model and friend. Since 1993, GRuB has been using its farming programs to reduce high school drop-out rates b y teach low-income youth about proper nutrition and sustainability.

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How Leaders Achieve Balance

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Successful leaders : Teach, coach, mentor, and inspire. Question: If a leader's bandwidth allows excelling in only one of these three -- teacher, coach, mentor -- which one do you recommend they choose to emphasize? Set and execute strategy (level appropriate). Create and communicate clarity. Fight entropy.