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Raise the Board’s Financial IQ

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If you’ve paired new members with a mentor, make sure financial topics are included in their post-orientation meetings. Financial literacy workshops. Provide an opportunity for board members to get personal training in reading statements and financial reports from a staff member or other expert. Presentations from experts.

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Betsy Beaumon on Benetech's Literacy Program

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The Year That Was and the New Year Ahead Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, Benetech's VP and General Manager of the Literacy Program 2012 was a year of titanic shifts in the fields of consumer technology, education, and publishing, along with the requisite challenges brought about by such rapid change.

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Three Reasons Kids Need Digital Literacy and Citizenship Education

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: By the time you read this post, I’ll be in the air enroute to Rwanda for a training project. As a parent of wired kids, I think teaching digital literacy is very important for parents to do. Three tips for teaching digital literacy and citizenship: Start with a clear vision. Shameless plug alert!]

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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. . Educational Assistance and Training Programs. The Lisa Libraries. First Book. Digitunity. Webb Family Foundation. The Victor C. Clark Youth Incentive Program. Heim Foundation.

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Elevating Latino Voices: How Nonprofits Can Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

The Modern Nonprofit

This could range from financial literacy workshops to mentoring programs. This might mean diversity training or celebrating the achievements of Latino staff members. It streamlines operational tasks, from setting up fundraising campaigns for financial literacy workshops to handling registrations for mentoring programs.

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Client Spotlight: Byte Back

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Byte Back is a nonprofit computer skills and career training center located in Washington, D.C. In the mid-1990s, Glenn met with his friend Barbara Altman to share his idea of opening a computer and career training center in Honduras. Glenn taught himself the skills needed to maintain and repair computers. DC needs you and this.

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Microsoft's YouthSpark Initiative Seeks to Close the Opportunity Divide

Tech Soup

Through the program, the native San Franciscan learned valuable business skills, received tech training, and made job connections. While her internship could be tough at times, Mackey's mentors at Year Up pushed her to move forward in her career. More Resources. Microsoft YouthSpark Hub.