Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2019

17: National Nonprofit Day — #NationalNonprofitDay (Internationally recognized). 26: National D og Day — #DogDay (Internationally recognized). 17: National Nonprofit Day — #NationalNonprofitDay (Internationally recognized). 26: National D og Day — #DogDay (Internationally recognized). September.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Education and literacy – 5%. 12) 74% of GivingTuesday donors volunteer. Of those, 83% donate to the NPOs, NGOs, and charities that they volunteered for. 14) 96% regularly vote in local and national elections and 37% donate to political campaigns. Human and social services – 8%. Women and girls – 4%.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 8, 2022

March = Adolescent Self-Injury Awareness Month, National Athletic Training Month, International Black Women In Jazz & The Arts Month, Brain Injury Awareness Month, Irish-American Heritage Month, National Music in Our Schools Month, National Nutrition Month, National Social Work Month, Women’s History Month, Youth Art Month.

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Candid

JUNE 8, 2023

Replacing staff or volunteer counselors with bots to save money has been viewed as a quick fix for some organizations. The most recent example comes from the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA), the largest nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting individuals and families affected by eating disorders.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, VP and General Manager, Benetech’s Global Literacy Program. Betsy Beaumon I recently had the honor to speak at the first-ever Braille Summit , hosted on June 19-21, 2013 by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) and Perkins School for the Blind.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2018

17: National Nonprofit Day — #NationalNonprofitDay (Internationally recognized). 17: National Nonprofit Day — #NationalNonprofitDay (Internationally recognized). 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. 5: International Volunteer Day — #VolunteerDay. September.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2017

17: National Nonprofit Day — #NationalNonprofitDay (Internationally recognized). 17: National Nonprofit Day — #NationalNonprofitDay (Internationally recognized). 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. 5: International Volunteer Day — #VolunteerDay. September.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 16, 2014

15: National Bike to Work Day — #BikeToWorkDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. 5: International Volunteer Day — #VolunteerDay. 1: International Workers’ Day — #LaborDay and #LabourDay. 3: World Press Freedom Day — #WorldPressFreedomDay. September.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

I want to unveil several of these new initiatives, as well as sneaking in some of the incredible things happening in our core programs in literacy and human rights. and James L. We believe that having more minds working simultaneously on a problem increases the odds of solving that problem well and quickly. This is a huge legal victory!

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sgEngage

AUGUST 24, 2023

Participants track the number of pages they’ve read or books they’ve completed on a leaderboard to support literacy and education. Volunteer-A-Thon   Encourage participants to give back to the community while staying active. Supporters track time spent volunteering for local causes, such as cleaning up parks or serving at food banks.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

We named this library Bookshare because it was created with an army of crowdsourcing volunteers, many of them blind people themselves, who scan the books using optical character recognition. This results in an ebook, which can be shared by Bookshare legally with many thousands of other disabled readers. And much, much more.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The 36th Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute will feature nationally recognized experts from private foundations, public charities, law, finance, and government discussing the latest tax, legislative and governance issues affecting nonprofit organizations. National LGBTQ Task Force / Detroit, MI / $500. Fundraising & Grants.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

You can recruit volunteers from your community to bring in different homemade goods and sell them. Schedule groups of volunteers at different times to wash cars for a fixed donation amount and make sure signage pointing to the car wash is clearly visible from the road. Trash cleanup Spring cleaning shouldn’t be limited to homes!

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

We wanted to know how technology use has changed in volunteer management, especially through the pandemic. So, we assembled a research team at Arizona State University and set off on an ambitious research project to survey and interview volunteer managers across the U.S. Talking with Volunteer Administrators.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

The tools we develop for that purpose span a range of fields—from human rights , to global literacy , to the environment —but no matter what area we work in, we depend on an IP system that’s friendly to technological advances and to positive social impact. copyright law.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 14, 2014

You just need to master a few tech literacy skills, and come to grips with what most of the big challenges have in common." He's been a volunteer forum host at TechSoup for 10 years and in his current position as a network and systems administrator for a nonprofit federally qualified health center for 12 years.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 21, 2014

national level. national nonprofit focused on eliminating the digital divide. national nonprofit focused on eliminating the digital divide. information on low-cost computers and digital literacy training brings. under the National School Lunch Program. That’s why we’re excited to give our blog readers.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 7, 2014

The Northstar Digital Literacy Project has 33 questions, but only a few touch on safety and security. Stay Safe Online by National Cyber Security Alliance is a wealth of resources. is a great resource by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. Common Sense Media offers online safety assessments for educators.

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Tech Soup

MAY 31, 2013

The program helps Vietnamese nonprofits to build staff capacity, apply for grants, and recruit skilled volunteers. It also matches philanthropists with volunteer opportunities and funding recommendations. Although Vietnam is regarded as a developing country, it has a literacy rate of 94 percent.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

GivingTuesday is a movement to create a national day of giving , kicking off the giving season. And w e would like to spotlight a few in the TechSoup community who have joined us in championing this second annual national day of giving : InvestED has launched a volunteer and donation program specially designed around Giving Tuesday.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

The first part of the problem is that India still has low literacy rates - the 2009 Annual Status of Education Report shows that between classes 1 to 8 only around 40% of children can read a class 2 level text in their own language and an even lower 23% of children can ready easy sentences in English - sentences of the kind "What is your name?"

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 2, 2007

Under our new CTO, Patrick Ball (see my last President's letter), we are building a tech team to work on our incredibly varied list of projects in literacy, human rights and the environment. Route 66 Literacy Our newest project is Route 66 Literacy, and it includes a demonstration site that anyone can try out.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2011

The ASU Nonprofit Management Institute (NMI) is one of only 56 continuing education professional development programs in the nation. [2] Current nonprofit leaders say that because of the recent downturn in the local and national economy, there is increased competition for nonprofit positions. Fear not, nonprofit professionals!

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Symantec offers a generous Matching Gift Program — up to $1,000 per employee per year — and also rewards sustained volunteerism by making a contribution to organizations where employees volunteer their time through their Dollars for Doers Program. Education received approximately 50 percent of Symantec’s dollars.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2007

It's great when one of our team is honored for their work, and Carrie Karnos has been one of our top Bookshare.org volunteers for years, including being Volunteer of the Year. She wrote, "Carrie Karnos is a Bookshare.org volunteer who has given blind readers access to more than 2,000 books. Carrie just received the James H.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 15, 2016

For example, Palau, a small island nation in the Pacific, depends on tourism for most of its economy. In the US alone the effects of low literacy cost at least $225 billion annually in crime, loss of tax revenue due to unemployment, and non-productivity in the workforce. The value of natural capital. Conclusion.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

On September 11, despite having reunited several families, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children had a list of 1,600 children listed as missing by their parents, or who were seeking their families. Volunteers look at a photo of a missing person, compare it to a news image, and see if they can find a match.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

Full-time volunteer and board member Mercedes Pellet told us, "We could not have afforded the Desktop Office Suite for 50 employees — Office 365 is a real blessing. million people through national media outreach, including an appearance on "Good Morning America." " New Heights Educational Group.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

The National Commission on writing stated that 80 percent of grade school students are not proficient at writing. Volunteer Management. This motivational program lets you, your students, staff, or volunteers learn typing from a range of tutorials using voice response, 3D animation, video, and virtual reality.

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Candid

JANUARY 13, 2023

It can be as simple as something like “we partner with people working at the community level” or “we have staff/volunteers/partners who are in [x location] doing…”. When communicating about literacy, we should always strive to avoid the term “illiterate.” This is because literacy is not a binary descriptor, as it is often made to seem.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 20, 2006

We were close to next month's launch of the NIMAC, this new national textbook repository, a process which has taken two years since the passage of the updated Individuals with Disabilities Education Act by Congress in November 2004. Perhaps it's because I work in the fields of disability, literacy and human rights.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 6, 2004

I had the honor of addressing the National Federation of the Blind Convention this past week. The number one source of our books are blind people volunteering to make the books they scan available to the rest of the community of blind people. We aren't ready to release the press release, but I did get the ok to post my remarks.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

World Food Program USA (WFP USA), the US affiliate of the 2020 Nobel Prize-winning United Nations World Food Programme, has beautifully adapted the story of Rani—a precocious student in India who receives meals fortified with micronutrients—for their blog, Facebook, and Instagram. World Food Program USA: Rani’s Story.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Sometimes it’s a matter of zeroing in on a single aspect of your organization’s work or an unexpected story, such as two volunteers falling in love while serving soup side-by-side in the homeless shelter’s kitchen. Reach out to the media with a local angle on a national story. Keep your letter to about 150 words.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 10, 2006

It was during that time that I was recruited to participate in the volunteer-based program, The Teaching Collective, which actually helps to facilitate introductory level political education workshops in various high schools and youth organizing groups.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

So this is specific to donors but you may be sharing your impact with people that you want to engage as partners or clients or volunteers. 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2011

In 2010, SAF’s “Drill Down for Safety” project mobilized nearly 800,000 people with national texting drills! We are Rape Crisis and Victim Services, Employment (80% placement rate for women and men), Adult Literacy, general counseling for women and families, legal clinic…and on and on. We’re the Safe America Foundation.

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