NTEN

JUNE 6, 2023

Success in highly technical roles relies just as much on customer service and change management as on technical abilities. One approach to documenting skill requirements could be to create a matrix of skills and roles for your organization. Northstar Digital Literacy has some online assessments free to individuals.

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Forum One

JANUARY 26, 2023

That kind of team will have a large role to play in your data strategy, but identifying ownership and buy-in from other representatives throughout your organization is how you make it stick. Ownership: Having the right people at the table and in place to enact governance in an organization is critical.

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Nimble AMS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

In Tableau’s Building Data Literacy Guide , 80% of employees report they’d stay in their job if they were trained in technology. As your employees become more skilled, it creates time and space for them to be innovative and adventurous in their current roles. Additionally, training your staff helps them invest in your organization.

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NTEN

APRIL 29, 2021

NTEN has long advocated that every organization needs to recognize the role of digital equity in meeting its mission. Felicia Tillman, a fellow from Atlanta, formed partnerships to bring digital literacy training to uniquely sweet spaces. You can read more about past fellows’ projects (and get inspired to start your own!)

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 27, 2012

And your role (board or staff) determines how you contribute to the overall security of the nonprofit with which you are affiliated. The third section of the study addresses the role of the governing board and asks and answers the following question, "Do board function and performance affect organizational effectiveness?"

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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. Interestingly, recommended solutions point to increasing financial literacy. So, how can funders assist here?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 3, 2014

One of the joys of my role is meeting other social sector leaders: people with a powerful passion for good. book caravan books librarians literacy Marrakech Marrakesh Morocco women women''s rights' We learn from each other, and try to help each other when we can. Over time, I learned more and more about her work and background.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 31, 2022

This guide will walk you through the steps below in determining your organization’s role in achieving Sustainable Development Goals. Let’s say your organization advocates for high-speed internet access in rural areas, helping students of all ages achieve digital literacy and support quality education.

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DipJar

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Impact metrics play a crucial role in defining your nonprofit’s impact story and demonstrating your value to your donors, funders, volunteers, board members, and other key stakeholders. For example, an output metric for a literacy program might be the number of books read by program participants. Why Are Impact Metrics Important?

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NTEN

OCTOBER 19, 2012

But they have also made data literacy an essential competency for everyone in the organization. "Data Scientist" is a newly defined job that requires being part data geek, analyst, communicator, visualizer, storyteller, and interpreter. This individual works with program experts to apply what is learned from the data.

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Tech Soup Blog

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? " The Role of Libraries. The Role of Schools.

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Community Digital Literacy Build 66

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2015

Technology is playing an ever larger role in increasing respect for human rights and delivering better services, and we have two rare opportunities to lead world-class tech-for-good programs. Benetech is hiring new Vice Presidents for our Global Literacy and Human Rights programs.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

You probably know that Robin was a pioneer in the ebook industry, but you probably don't know how she applied those experiences and her extensive network to the cause of advancing global literacy. And much, much more.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 13, 2009

Betsy Beaumon, formerly of BEA Systems and numerous other high tech roles (including founding her own social enterprise in the 1990s), has joined us as our new Vice President and General Manager of Literacy Programs. Tags: literacy Benetech Beaumon Bookshare. We have a great addition to our leadership team at Benetech.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 5, 2021

Simbi’s virtual reading platform enables global literacy through the power of narration, creation, translation, and donation. In her current role at Salesforce, she leads volunteerism in Chicago, Indianapolis, Atlanta, and Dallas, and co-leads Global Volunteer Month across the company. This isn’t your usual read-a-thon! .

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Qgiv

APRIL 23, 2021

Leap for Literacy. Leap for Literacy added a video about their organization at the top of their landing page. Important takeaways: Storytelling is an important part of the donor experience and images play a crucial role in helping donors connect with your mission. Donation form and landing page best practices.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice. Global Literacy Sixth Grader and Bookshare member Kevin Leong with Jim Fruchterman at Benetech''s offices. But what about everybody else? The time has never been better to think 10X bigger!

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Literacy eBook Accessibility Library 158

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2012

It is all about the data, but data is playing a huge role in civic engagement strategies and if people or nonprofits lack the skills to use it for civic engagement goals, that poses a problem. (Lucy Bernholz, who also participated in the meeting, wrote up this great post about the space/movement that is in the center of her research).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2012

His chapter on “Data Literacy” describes what sounds a lot of good content curation skills minus the social sharing part. This is good, basic digital literacy principles that have been taught by educators and librarians taught in the early 2000′s and continue today. There is also a social change role.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Plus, you can still make your virtual opportunities hands-on by giving participants an active role in driving your mission forward. Ensure you thoroughly explain what each role involves and create fun role descriptions to get volunteers interested and prepared! Volunteers play an important role in any nonprofit organization.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

WFP USA shared their blog post of Rani’s story on Facebook for Literacy Day on September 8. It would be tough to explain its important role in his story in a brief social post that is also meant to encourage people to volunteer. It goes a long way in helping readers get to know Rani and consider donating to help kids like her.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

They achieve this through transformative digital advocacy, digital literacy, and tech certification training. There are short-term, mid-term, and long-term volunteer roles available to fit a variety of schedules. Byte Back offers numerous ways folks can get involved with the organization. community partners.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2013

As a Visiting Scholar, Bernholz will advance the Foundation’s literacy on a range of issues, particularly digital civil society, open data, and social good. She will continue in this role in addition to her work with the Packard Foundation. com. She is working on her second book, tentatively titled, The Future of Good.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2023

Create a donor persona chatbot and then have a conversation with it and test what it thinks about marketing messages in a role-playing game. Pro-tip here is to increase temperature setting to increase randomness and decrease the presence penalty. Build a model trained on your founder and then have it summarize articles with opinions.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 14, 2021

In fact, funding for digital initiatives increased more than anything else—more than increases in costs, numbers of people in technology roles, and numbers of customers. . Determine what you’ll track moving forward (e.g.,

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Of course, part of the role is the bread-and-butter work of a nonprofit GC: day-to-day transactions, reviewing our 990, providing counsel to our senior team and board. 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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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 29, 2021

Financial literacy is an area where “fake until you make it” doesn’t apply. I’m guessing you were drawn to your current role because of the mission and impact, not the business model or financial challenges. . Make sure employees are familiar with this person and their role. . The Treasurer.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 12, 2022

An example of this emerging philanthropic approach to redistribute wealth and democratize power can be seen in CRUS’ partnership with We-Care Foundation, a Liberian nonprofit organization, and support of its First Literacy Initiative (FLI) a holistic, home-based program that empowers parents and caregivers as their children’s first teachers.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 8, 2021

Businesses are made up of people, and the success of businesses relies on how those people interact, communicate, and collaborate with each other.

Mentoring 52

Mentoring Leadership Advice Teach 52

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Boston University provides in-kind space to host professional development forums, EVERFI supplies financial literacy coursework, and Boston’s Center for Teen Empowerment adds expertise in the youth development space. How did these groups come together?

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Tech Soup Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

With shrinking budgets, providing increased access to the Internet and training for computer literacy can be particularly challenging for libraries and public computing centers. read more.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2022

Consider what your technology is good at, communicate that clearly, and collaboratively explore the role your tech can play. As Jones pointed out, education around climate issues in low-income communities is fraught with constraints, like spotty internet access or literacy challenges.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 5, 2021

Businesses are made up of people, and the success of businesses relies on how those people interact, communicate, and collaborate with each other.

Mentoring 52

Mentoring Leadership Advice Teach 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

My daughter was 4 when we began the conversation about funders’ role in building the effectiveness of their grantees!) Social media literacy and facility is a 21st century core capacity. (3) The Capacity-Building Frontier(s) – guest post by Barbara Kibbe. I have watched this community grow and change for 16 years. (My

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VisionLink

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

VisionLink''s Role VisionLink customers are among those providing 2-1-1 services, from New York to Washington state, from Florida to Maine, and here in our own state of Colorado--and for many regional and metropolitan systems in between. In the basic needs category 27% of the calls were for housing and utilities and 10% for food and meals.

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Tech Soup Blog

MAY 3, 2013

Dana Abbey is the Health Information Literacy Coordinator for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, MidContinental region. In her current role, Dana works to improve the public's access to information to enable them to make informed decisions about their health. Here's advice from a pro!

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 28, 2016

Kylander and Stenzel’s book is the result of more than two years of research and collaborative effort, supported by the Rockefeller Foundation, to examine the role of brands in the nonprofit sector and recognize that nonprofits are over-relying on corporate sector practices to oversee their brands.

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