Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Ask your colleagues questions. Use softer, more open-ended questions to get detailed information that you will capture in writing for your plan. What questions do you want answers to from data? Process – If you have a question, what is the process to get your answers? Be sure to ask stakeholders in different departments.

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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. With the goal of promoting braille literacy, this landmark meeting brought together braille experts from around the world to Perkins’ campus in Watertown, Massachusetts. This is important here in the U.S.,

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DipJar

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

In this sense, impact metrics are the specific measures of the positive and negative effects of an intervention, action, or project on individuals, communities, or the environment. In this guide, we’ll answer the most frequently asked questions about nonprofit impact metrics, including: . Why Are Impact Metrics Important? Is it useful?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 9, 2022

In Chicago, Habitat’s commitment is to local families to achieve strength, stability, and self-reliance through housing and development projects. There are only so many homes that can be built, but when we’re able to help prepare people for homeownership through education, financial literacy, and sound advice, we can help even more.”.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 9, 2024

Using what you know about donors’ philanthropic interests and giving motivations, spread awareness of projects or initiatives that align with their values. For example, if your after-school club has a donor who is passionate about childhood literacy, they may want to volunteer to read to the kids one afternoon.

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Nucleus

MARCH 2, 2021

of firms report that the pace of investment in these projects is accelerating. Investments in data governance, data literacy, programs that build awareness of the value and impact of data within an organization, represent an important step in the right direction. There is no question that Big Data has been absorbed into the mainstream.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

Source: Pew Internet and America Life Project: " Networked Workers " Study. Michele Martin and Tony Karer have been blogging at the Work Literacy blog for several months now. The topics they look at are what I might call social media literacy skills. Mostly they are aware, but haven't experienced it.

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2023

Funders providing these types of gifts have a responsibility to trust their grantees to do what’s best for the organization while also supporting them with financial literacy. The Trust Based Philanthropy Project is a five-year funder initiative that addresses inherent power imbalances between foundations and nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2012

But how will you know the answer if you don’t set up a test and use measurement and data to help you answer it. This is called “data literacy” — setting up a hypothesis and a way to measure it – and analyzing the results and deciding how to improve. and Is That The Question?):GlobalGiving’s

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Neon CRM

JULY 20, 2023

Capital campaigns typically focus on raising large amounts of money for a specific project over a set period of time. A capital campaign is an aggressive funding push to support a large, expensive project. They will discuss the findings and address any concerns or questions. They will be less likely to participate.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 14, 2011

We use technology to create products and projects that serve humanity where the market will fail to go because they offer modest financial returns. We are database experts who help to answer the key question in human rights: who did what to whom? At Benetech, our team is committed to using technology to drive positive social change.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Many of our projects turn on legal questions, and our attorneys are a core part of figuring out solutions that will have real positive impact on society. Right now, we have multiple law school clinics that would love to tackle new projects with us, projects we actually have but lack the bandwidth to pursue.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 10, 2011

Last quarter Betsy Beaumon presented the future of our Literacy program including Bookshare. Next quarter will be our new projects meeting, where we talk about the pipeline of new ideas for Benetech social enterprises. Each of our quarterly meetings tends to focus on big strategic issues facing Benetech.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 29, 2021

Financial literacy is an area where “fake until you make it” doesn’t apply. This blog will be a great place to start, but if you find yourself praying no one asks you questions about the financials in your next board meeting, you may want to check out our Nonprofit Accounting Essentials course in partnership with The Charity CFO. .

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 13, 2007

We recently had a meeting in Silicon Valley to celebrate the progress we're making with the Route 66 Literacy program. She heads the Center of Literacy and Disability Studies of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The main reason for the meeting was that Professor Karen Erickson was in town.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

The tough question that ran through my mind was: How can we as technologists in Silicon Valley help prevent this kind of atrocity? Delivering my opening remarks at the Martus'' 10th Anniversary A decade later, in 2003, Benetech —the nonprofit tech company I founded and lead—launched our Human Rights Program to address this very question.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 30, 2013

The project is a Facebook led coalition that includes phone-makers, Samsung, Nokia, Ericsson, and also mobile chip-maker Qualcomm. " Before it launched the Internet.org project, Facebook's efforts to widen Internet access include Facebook Zero , a feature phone friendly text-only version of its services. about Internet.org.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

There was also an associated effort called the Trusted Intermediary Global Accessible Resources (TIGAR) project, to ease the exchange of accessible book files between libraries for the blind and print disabled. The Stakeholders Platform and the TIGAR project were time-limited and needed to be replaced by a new structure.

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NTEN

AUGUST 5, 2014

While my workshop on Day 1 focused a lot on internal processes and best practices, the next question that we anticipated from attendees was, "What tools can I use to help create this compelling content?" On day 2, I was part of the Visual Communications panel with four panelists (some you might recognize from the NTEN Community!):

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 2, 2007

The big question everybody asks me is what I'm going to do differently. However, the fellowship does give me much more flexibility: I don't have to justify spending Benetech's funds for something that isn't directly connected to our current projects. But, I don't feel that way!

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 12, 2011

" is a top question we hear at TechSoup from the organizations we serve. Our Nonprofits Live interactive series is designed to address such questions and find solutions for the toughest organizational issues. During the event, you will hear from our speakers and have a chance to ask them questions in the interactive chat.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

This was likely followed by testing out one or two project management systems as you tried to find a work-from-home solution that served your nonprofit well. Prepare any initial inquiries for your technology consultant to ensure you cover all pressing questions. What level of technology literacy exists across your team?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 7, 2014

Get Safe Online has 10 questions that address different aspects of online safety. The Northstar Digital Literacy Project has 33 questions, but only a few touch on safety and security. Online safety quizzes can help you assess how much your audience already knows and what topics they might need more training in.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2012

This is a terrific presentation from Lee Raine from the Pew Internet and American Life Project that looks at the issue being “hyperconnected” or “over connected” to the web, mobile technologies and social media. It is the same title of Raine’s recent book. Being strategically future-minded.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2008

Dave Cormier has been my critical friend as I write personal reflections on the community as curriculum process we're using to develop the content through the WeAreMedia Project. Dave shared his most recent observations through some reflections of his project. Another point about goals: Community Literacies esp.

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NTEN

MAY 21, 2015

Most organizations don't have the know-how or resources to address key barriers of digital literacy, awareness of affordable options for access and devices, or even availability of digital trainers. Today, more than 60 million Americans still aren't using the Internet at home.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Designing Questions Kathy Gustafon-Hilton coordinated a massive Pecha Kucha session, featuring 19 design professionals sharing 20 slides, 20 seconds apiece. I spoke about the importance of designing intentional frameworks for asking visitors questions, based on this blog post. While questions like: "Where were you last night?,"

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Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Through Messenger, you can ask questions to ascertain key information such as how to contact the supporter, how they prefer to engage in the future, and what drew them to your mission. Increase your internal team’s Facebook literacy as well as your supporters’. Collect new information about your social supporters. About Author.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2007

Shirley Williams ponders the Communities of Practice Online Collaboration Exercise "The best way for doubters to control a questionable new technology is to embrace it, lest it remain wholly in the hands of enthusiasts who think there is nothing questionable about it." We debriefed about the three levels of learning.

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Candid

JANUARY 13, 2023

The purpose of this list is to merely question what we mean when using certain words. This is one we use a ton internally and don’t question nearly enough. Monikers like “maven,” “ninja,” “wizard,” and others can sometimes diminish the real value and hard work people bring to a project, making them seem abstract and mystical.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Xperience Design Project. Xperience Design Project. The Xperience Design Project (XDP) is a two-day, business-focused experience for association professionals and partners. We know you've got questions. The Reading, Literacy and Learning Conference. The Reading, Literacy and Learning Conference. Apr 11 - 12.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 31, 2015

Nonprofit staffers will find a friendly, welcoming atmosphere for those who aren't experienced with technology, and many chances to ask questions of tech-experienced nonprofits and experts. Toronto, Canada: Toronto Net Tuesday: Digital Literacy for Nonprofits. Find your closest group or apply to start a new group.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Listening is the first step, but you do it before, during, and after the project. But now, the process of listening has changed concerns into strong interest about what people have to say." The first project was to listen to what was being said on blogs about the Red Cross. In other words, you never take your listening ears off.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Today, I had the pleasure of co-leading a deep dive on listening with practitioner, Wendy Harman, from the Red Cross for NTEN's WeAreMedia project. Last month I wrote a guest post for Brian Solis titled " Listening Literacy for Nonprofits " which outlines some of the basic how-tos. Our session covered: Why listening offers value.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2007

Benetech's origins start with its Arkenstone project. In 1989, a group of visionary Silicon Valley engineers and executives asked themselves a profound question: `Why couldn't the far-reaching power of the PC with voice synthesis be combined with scanning technology to create a usable, affordable reading machine for the blind?'

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Tech Soup

MARCH 1, 2016

When you're crafting your privacy policy, you might also assess every piece of information you collect or plan to collect for a future campaign or project. " If you do any sort of digital literacy work or job training, privacy and online security is likely already a big part of your curriculum.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2007

Both projects are engaging examples of virtual advocacy, with one creating a virtual representation of the detention center in the virtual world Second Life and the other, a flash-based web site that has a video game quality to it. This project is part of AIUSA???s Visitors to Web site can eliminate one pixel from a photo of Guant??namo

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