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Member Round Up: A busy September with new research, a cure for website obesity, and world literacy day

NTEN

On September 8, Unesco observed its 40th International Literacy Day, from which Care2 highlights some shocking statistics on literacy around the globe and reminds us that the ability to read and write is a human right.

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Research Friday: Financial literacy: understanding money for today’s activities and tomorrow’s security

ASU Lodestar Center

1 This study, Financial Literacy and Knowledge in the Nonprofit Sector (PDF) , "engaged a random sample of primarily human service nonprofits, as well as health, civic, environmental, arts, and education nonprofits." Sources: ^ [1] " Financial Literacy for the Long Term ," Philanthropy Matters, Vol. The Moody’s Foundation, 2011.

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How to Make This Your Most Successful Library Giving Day

sgEngage

This includes those event-specific logos to use in all your marketing as well as guidelines and samples of donor engagement strategies. Connect the dots and remind supporters that libraries promote literacy by offering free access to literature for all community members.

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Technology Training Resources for Nonprofits

Tech Soup

Here's a sampling of the online courses TechSoup offers through its donation program: Atomic Training. Basic Computer and Digital Literacy Skills. GCF Learn Free is a great resource for training others in computer literacy as well as personal training. QuickBooks Made Easy for Nonprofits. Citrix GoToTraining.

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Embrace the Data, Change the World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’ve been thinking a lot about this idea of ”data literacy” lately. What resonated with the crowd (based on a quick sample of tweets), was the idea of using a failfest to share what didn’t work and look at ways to improve results.

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Route 66 Goes Public

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We just launched the Route 66 Literacy web site. It has information about the Route 66 concept and includes a pointer to a public demo site with free sample content. I think Karen Erickson's creation has terrific potential for expanding literacy!

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Resources to Sharpen Your Technology Training Skills

Tech Soup

Access short how-tos, microlearning videos, online resources, live events featuring training experts, training plan samples, and more on TechSoup's new Learning Management System (LMS). Digital Literacy Resources. GCFLearnFree.org is a great resource for training others in computer literacy as well as personal skills development.

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