Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Note from Beth: As a supporter of the work that the Sharing Foundation does for children in Cambodia, I’ve seen first hand the value of literacy programs in developing countries. This week, nearly a year after first beginning to work with Room to Read, we’re proud to be taking part in promoting Literacy Day.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

My hope is that we all—individuals, teachers, students, parents, schools, and government officials—honestly wrestle with this revolutionary change and recognize it as so much more than a “cheat tool.” But things forever changed when OpenAI released version 3.5 of ChatGPT last December.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 8, 2022

For students, teachers, parents, and guardians across the nation, the arrival of August signals the end of summer vacation and the arrival of back-to-school season. From tissue boxes and hand sanitizer to markers and notebook paper, every classroom needs resources to support their students and that’s where you can help.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 11, 2021

For many students, these school closures could mean the end of their formal education. Content is available in Arabic, French, and English, and it adheres to Lebanese school curriculum to ensure students don’t get behind when in-person classes resume. Syrian refugees and Lebanese students learn for free. . .

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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? Additionally, some students don't have digital access at home.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 12, 2013

It has been amazing to see the impact financial literacy can have on a person, and just how crucial financial literacy is on the future of our young people. There are no courses in our public school systems that teach students how to use a. integrate financial literacy into our school systems, or at least make.

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Qgiv

APRIL 23, 2021

Pet Resource Center of Kansas City. Pet Resource Center of Kansas City added a banner with an image and text to highlight how each donation amount makes an impact. Minds Matter of Los Angeles added a background image of the students that benefit from their programs. Leap for Literacy. Add a background image.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

They achieve this through transformative digital advocacy, digital literacy, and tech certification training. Byte Back’s current headquarters in the NoMa neighborhood provides students access to cutting-edge technology in a clean, safe, and highly accessible environment. community partners. If you’re in the D.C.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Students can raise money by selling products from a selected catalog that they can hand out to potential buyers. Reading challenge Issue a community-wide reading challenge this spring to encourage literacy in your community. Additional resources If you want more fundraising ideas, check out these additional resources!

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Junior Achievement USA is an organization with over 100 local Areas that empowers the next generation by providing lessons in financial literacy, work and career readiness, and entrepreneurship. Each Junior Achievement Area hosts their Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame event in their own unique way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2007

The new media literacies web site is working to integrate new media materials into compelling activities for K-12 students for use in or out of school. There are tons of excellent resources here! From Steve Garfield's Flickr Stream. Henry Jenkins is the Team Leader.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 29, 2023

If the donor’s gift was used to buy laptops, a photo of students on the new laptops will hit the right note. Dear Ellen, Your gift could not have come at a better time to guarantee a seat in our program to a deserving student! You answered our call for donations so students could move off our waiting list and into classrooms.

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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. And, Benetech is committed as an organization to all of these six principles.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 16, 2022

Without them, young people on our waitlist continue to face the challenges that low levels of literacy create in their lives. For every four monthly gifts of $25, we are able to enroll one student from that list into our Learning for Literacy program – empowering them with vital knowledge and skills to change their futures!

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Neon CRM

JUNE 16, 2023

Of course, these methods will all depend on your nonprofit’s specific donor base and your resources. An example of this might be a literacy foundation raising $X to help provide tutoring to X number of students. Of course, not all nonprofits have the resources to do this.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is a capstone experience for students seeking the Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) credential. Join us at ILA to learn how to break through the challenges of shifting practices, advocate for all students, and make a difference in and out of the classroom. Feb 21 - 24. Cause Camp 2019.

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AUGUST 5, 2014

The last time I was in Baltimore was in 2007, with Amnesty International at their regional conference, attending as a bright-eyed student organizer trying to learn how to more effectively spread the good word of social justice and human rights (the story of how I got involved in nonprofit marketing!).

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Tech Soup

JULY 25, 2012

"We're moving from a 'top down' model where high quality resources were once published through peer review and traditional authority-based publishing modes to a different model," she explained. " Today, information is published from the 'bottom up' or from user-generated sources.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

A volunteer resource manager at another human service nonprofit that we talked with noted the challenge that comes with the decision to suddenly embrace information and communication technologies. It’s not equitable and we can’t provide the resources that they need.”. And so, we kind of scrambled to learn things like Zoom.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2011

Assistant Professor, ASU School of Community Resources & Development Welcome to Research Friday! NMI students agree; however, they additionally rank high their interest in learning about strategic planning, board governance, grant writing, marketing, program evaluation, and social entrepreneurship. Bush, Ph.D. Stay tuned.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Many volunteer managers cite recruitment as their greatest challenge; however, Brudney and Meijs (2009) contend that “the preoccupation with recruitment distracts attention and resources from the management and retention of volunteers” (p. Annette is a student in the Master of Nonprofit Studies program at ASU. Sources: Brudney, J.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 7, 2016

Cultural Vistas is a nonprofit cultural exchange organization that gives young professionals and students the opportunity to work in another country and develop their skills. It's also a tactic to share important resources or things that are simply fun with your subscribers. Nonprofit Example #1: Cultural Vistas.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 10, 2015

New Heights, by promoting literacy through a wide range of programs, has produced radical results. Not every student can be reached in person. For New Heights to realize its dream of fair and equal education, it must use remote work tools to connect with students directly in their homes. Inspiring Optimism Through Results.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Specifically the 1989 flame-red Ferrarri Trapper Keeper I walked into fourth grade with. --> While TechSoup may not have Trapper Keepers, we have tons of free and donated resources to keep any busy adult up to speed. The National Commission on writing stated that 80 percent of grade school students are not proficient at writing.

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sgEngage

MARCH 4, 2024

Universities across the globe face challenges with successful digital transformation and what it means for their fundraising and alumni data, legacy systems, data literacy, and access to skills. At the same time, of course, most face significant challenges around costs and must be prudent stewards of their university’s resources.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Over the next three years, Symantec is investing $900,000 in Room to Read , an international nonprofit dedicated to promoting literacy and gender equality in the developing world. Education received approximately 50 percent of Symantec’s dollars.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2005

Use of blogs for student poetry journals and for instructor "mini-lessons" 2. Use of tags to organize and bookmark Internet Resources related to subjects. Also, it is an easy step from using the browser to bookmark topic related Internet resources to using a social bookmarkiing manager such as del.ici.ous.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2007

The CC licensed work on Flickr and CCmixter are wonderful resources. discoverable resources (does not mean repositories, but does mean openness). enhanced cultural and technical literacy, not just an ability to reuse materials, but a willingness to do so. site that has photos, etc.,

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 4, 2007

Clearly, not all writers are cut out to do the kind of work Power does, but if you want your writing to have a larger purpose, here are a few resources for you: August 23-25th is the Writing for Change 2007 conference in San Francisco. The idea is that students get to put social justice-ee ideas into practice. Engage in the world.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 7, 2023

Say you’re writing an appeal that will support your summer literacy program: Imagine a character that’s similar to people who have donated to that cause in the past. Their insights can be invaluable resources as you plan your campaign. What motivated them to give last time? What might motivate them to give now? What interests them?

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

There are plenty of ordinary happenings that can grab a headline, such as your nonprofit’s annual student art contest or upcoming 5K. If you see a story in the national news that is relevant to your work in the local community, that can be a great time to be a resource to your local media, offering them a local story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2009

Howard Rheingold has an interesting post titled "Twitter Literacy ( I refuse to Make Up a Twittery Name for It ). Rheingold suggests that is an example of social media literacy: Twitter is one of a growing breed of part-technological, part-social communication media that require some skills to use productively.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 20, 2006

Abby Rosenheck: Urban sprouts is a school garden program where we support middle and high schools in San Francisco to build school gardens at their school, so the students grow, prepare, eat--the whole thing. Britt Bravo: Do you have any stories about how this work has impacted individual students' lives?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

This means new challenges ahead in scaling Bookshare.org to serve every single student with a print disability in the U.S. In essence, we're being paid to deliver – free – accessible books to all students with print disabilities in the United States for the next five years. I bet you're wondering what we must accomplish.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

I will be moving at a nice clip and I will be, at the end of the webinar, sharing some free resources. Donors and community members aren’t looking for you to be the best, they want to see that you are the best steward of resources. And we partner with them for those services, and our energy and resources are focused on the gaps.”

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The type of events that will work best for your nonprofit will depend on three major factors: Your organization’s mission, your available resources, and your supporter’s preferences. 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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Tech Soup

APRIL 22, 2013

Put the time and the resources in to bring the story to life. We had a similar experience recently here at Microsoft when we heard a story about a student who participates in our Technology Education And Literacy in Schools (TEALS) program. Please visit the site to view this video). How have you looked for great stories?

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