NTEN

JULY 22, 2021

Last year, as jobs, schools, government services, social gatherings, and everyday tasks moved online, there blossomed a growing recognition that digital access and skills are critical in our society and should be a universal human right. I’m especially proud of our sixth cohort of Digital Inclusion Fellows.

Digital 123

Digital Utah Literacy Alabama 123

Nimble AMS

APRIL 29, 2023

Does your organization offer technology training? According to Forrester , 80% of employees say they’d stay in their job if they were trained in technology. However, only 47% of employees report receiving any data training from their employer. Look for an AMS that offers easy data and skills training options for all your staff.

ROI 106

ROI Technology Time Associations 106

Kindful

JUNE 8, 2021

But some general knowledge about financial literacy will bode well. Take advantage of National Literacy Month. Their role isn’t to get bogged down in the day-to-day minutia about the cost of tablecloths or small equipment if the budget can support it. Beware the true cost of ignorance. Make sure members understand Duty of Care.

Build 109

Build Literacy Nonprofit Exercise 109

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 31, 2020

Your supporters often engage with your organization using more than one channel. Pair your website, emails, and social media campaigns with a variety of ways for donors to support your cause that is quick and easy, not only for your donors to engage but also for you to manage. DonorPerfect has the best support in the industry.

Survey 337

Survey Virtual Nonprofit Sponsor 337

Qgiv

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

There is so much to learn about Black history and culture and how it has shaped our world, and there are several ways you can support Black businesses and organizations in celebration of Black History Month. About Black History Month Black History Month began when Harvard-trained historian Carter G.

History 98

History Awareness Causes Celebrate 98

NTEN

APRIL 29, 2021

They create and implement ambitious projects to increase opportunities for adults in their communities to learn essential digital skills and receive grants to help launch their programs. Felicia Tillman, a fellow from Atlanta, formed partnerships to bring digital literacy training to uniquely sweet spaces. Learn more.

Digital 130

Digital San Antonio Cleveland Kansas City 130

Neon CRM

JUNE 9, 2023

Members represent the most engaged supporters of your organization. The biggest benefit they provide is more than financial—it’s continued support that drives awareness and outreach activities for your cause. For example, consider an organization for educators focused on improving literacy rates.

Retention 52

Retention Rate Associations Literacy 52

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 18, 2010

We told the NHRC staff and the MacArthur Foundation, a long-time supporter of the Benetech Human Rights Program, that we would be happy to return for more training when the NHRC was ready. On my second trip to Abuja last October, we conducted a two week intensive training for the NHRC’s own instructors.

Nigeria 138

Nigeria Training Train San Francisco 138

Qgiv

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Byte Back is a nonprofit computer skills and career training center located in Washington, D.C. Glenn taught himself the skills needed to maintain and repair computers. In the mid-1990s, Glenn met with his friend Barbara Altman to share his idea of opening a computer and career training center in Honduras.

Baltimore 52

Baltimore Honduras Classes Washington 52

EveryAction

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Launched in 2012 by music legend Lady Gaga and her mother, Cynthia Germanotta, the Born This Way Foundation develops programs that support its mission to connect young people in safe ways and empowering them with the skills and opportunities that will inspire them to create a kinder and braver world. Children's Literacy Initiative.

Literacy 100

Literacy United States Adopt Boston 100

Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2011

Access to the Internet and computer training are key services. their computer skills. their computer skills. How to Evaluate Your Digital Literacy Program Thursday, June 30, 11 a.m. computer-related programs, those who support digital literacy programs, or BTOP. public libraries and some nonprofits provide.

Literacy 50

Literacy Evaluation Digital Program 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2011

Here are six fantastic books that I read this year that help you gain 21st century skills like learning from failure, reflection, visualization, and more. I’ve been curating resources on training techniques and capacity building over at scoop.it Brilliant Mistakes by Paul H.J. Schoemaker. This book will help.

Skills 105

Skills Network Technique Evaluation 105

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

In case you haven''t already grabbed a copy of Kivi Leroux Miller ''s new book, A Communications Map for Engaging Your Community, Becoming a Favorite Cause, and Raising More Money , it will guide you through designing and implementing a content marketing strategy that will bring in supporters. Trying to connect with folks worldwide?

Literacy 58

Literacy Research Websites Business 58

Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2023

Grant Proposals : AI writers can help nonprofits create persuasive grant proposals that secure funding and support for their initiatives. Newsletters : AI writers can help nonprofits design and write newsletters that keep donors and supporters up-to-date on their latest activities and achievements.

Ideas 52

Ideas Model API Language 52

Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

But what if kids learned basic tech skills along with reading storybooks and taking spelling tests? Libraries, nonprofits, and schools are already working hard to teach digital skills and competency, but they need support of the entire community to help people thrive in the technology age. Defining Digital Literacy.

Digital 66

Digital Literacy Community Build 66

Kindful

AUGUST 9, 2021

Their grantmaking aims to ensure that American public education prepares all students with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions they need to fully participate in democracy and thrive in the global economy. They support strategic partners that focus on helping children succeed via a comprehensive approach to education. Daniels Fund.

Education 111

Education Grant Fund Resource 111

Forj

AUGUST 12, 2021

Here are four tips we recommend for the rest of 2021 and beyond: Revisit your training and onboarding process. Revisit your training and onboarding process. You take them through the entire training and onboarding process consisting of one-on-one coaching and tons of documents and paperwork. Frightened by these statistics?

Retention 36

Retention Tips Training Train 36

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Our breakthrough in the conception of Martus came in 2000, when I was looking to expand Benetech to new frontiers of social good beyond our origins—helping disabled people access books in what is now our Global Literacy program.

Burma 168

Burma Analysis Guatemala Law 168

.orgSource

MAY 6, 2024

It’s also a chance to adjust processes, staff skill sets, and align with the future road maps of your technology partners.” You may discover that some staffers aren’t benefiting from the data at their fingertips because they need additional training. Ensure that everyone has the resources they need for success.

Technology 221

Technology Evaluation Attitude System 221

Tech Soup

APRIL 29, 2013

A lively discussion took place regarding how to prepare young people for the jobs of the 21 st century and what nonprofits and corporations can do to support the initiative. Through the program, the native San Franciscan learned valuable business skills, received tech training, and made job connections. More Resources.

San Francisco 36

San Francisco Library Colorado Literacy 36

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Youth in the program work at local nonprofits, but program organizers know that to truly achieve their goal of reducing youth unemployment, participants need additional support and training. How did these groups come together?

Boston 27

Boston Collaboration Help Literacy 27

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Council for Advancement & Support of Education (CASE) / Fort Meyers, FL/ $445. Our institute is designed to advance the skills and knowledge of nonprofit professionals, volunteers, board members, and community leaders. Council for Advancement & Support of Education (CASE) / Indianapolis, IN / $695. Nonprofit Management.

Calendar 111

Calendar Conference Las Vegas San Diego 111

Care2

OCTOBER 29, 2012

The prize honors social innovators under age 40 who “show creativity, commitment, and extraordinary accomplishment in advancing positive social change” and awards $100,000 to each prize winner split in half between the winner and the organization they are supporting. Winning Combinations.

Award 62

Award Change Social Journal 62

ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2011

[2] To better understand the skills and knowledge needed by nonprofit professionals, we conducted a needs-assessment study based on surveys of NMI instructors, advisory board members, alumni, and participants in NMI courses since 2007. We too dersire more instruction on financial literacy.

Research 67

Research Arizona Literacy Studies 67

Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2011

This raises some interesting questions for how nonprofits and libraries talk about the digital divide and how they advocate for public access technology and technology skills development. I think this has interesting implications for how organizations talk about and advocate for public access technology and skills development.

Digital 44

Digital Library Government Skills 44

Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2014

Bring Me a Book is creating a "literacy ecosystem" via social media in Alameda and Santa Clara Counties. Students develop and run a business, gain confidence, academic support, and mentorship. They specialize in providing both hard and soft job skills. 250,000 Grant Winners.

San Francisco 61

San Francisco Award Google Challenge 61

ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

A Cone/Roper report supports the Walker conclusions, noting that two-thirds of Americans claim to be more likely to support a company that aligns with a social issue (Phillips Business Information Inc., She previously served a term for AmeriCorps with an adult literacy program in Flagstaff. Sources: Brudney, J. and Meijs, L.

Research 85

Research Volunteer Program Business 85

Tech Soup

MARCH 1, 2016

A privacy policy can help your nonprofit gain your constituents' trust and shows that you care about protecting those who support your cause. Skillsoft's Information Security Essentials online training can help your IT staff and end users implement security best practices. Educate Your Constituents.

Data 36

Data Policy Nonprofit Literacy 36

Tech Soup

MARCH 1, 2016

A privacy policy can help your nonprofit gain your constituents' trust and shows that you care about protecting those who support your cause. " 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.

Data 36

Data Policy Literacy Nonprofit 36

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

ARC already has a training lab there that provides lifelong learning opportunities for older adults, many of whom speak languages other than English. We worked with Young Pham, ARC’s technology support person. Young Pham, who regards his tech skills as medium, set up the MultiPoint Server system. One USB hub.

Seattle 36

Seattle Case Study Associations Studies 36

Tech Soup

MAY 31, 2013

In addition to providing direct support to local nonprofits, LIN also serves as a vehicle through which donors can effectively contribute their knowledge, energy, and resources to support these nonprofits. The program helps Vietnamese nonprofits to build staff capacity, apply for grants, and recruit skilled volunteers.

Indonesia 54

Indonesia Vietnam Papua New Guinea Asia 54

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Our NetSquared leaders are currently holding free events in 24 countries and meet with their local TechSoup partners to collaborate on how to best support nonprofits in their country. NetSquared's direct on-the-ground support of nonprofits gives us a unique insight into the technology needs of small grassroots nonprofits.

Netsquared 36

Netsquared Benin San Francisco United Kingdom 36

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 11, 2006

They are very focused on education linked to vocational outcomes: the goal is to help these children move up the economic ladder with real job skills. The school has almost a dozen different social enterprises that provide access to these job skills. One of those areas is of course computers, and that's where AIF comes in.

India 100

India Foundation Student Children 100

Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

Veterans Organic Garden is a visionary job training and rehabilitation program for disabled veterans developed by Lovay Wallace-Singleton. The project provides paid internships and organic gardening job skills training for unemployed and low-income veterans, as well as rehabilitation therapy through gardening.

Share 36

Share Organization Cisco Tech 36

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2016

There are digital literacy trainings for women springing up in Bangladesh, Internet cafés for women opening doors in Argentina, and women leaders in Kenya prototyping mobile apps that send out alerts if a woman’s safety is threatened. Today, she is using technology to help fellow trafficking victims. That’s just the beginning.

Digital 20

Digital Empowerment Argentina Literacy 20

Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2015

Gentle Carousel also has a literacy program called Reading Is Magic that brings the horses into schools, libraries, and at-risk youth programs. These unreasonably adorable miniature horses go through a two-year training program to be therapy horses. " Use Images That Support Your Mission. and 2x, respectively."

Facebook 36

Facebook Meme Library Images 36

Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

If Friday the 13th was your lucky day, and you won the lottery, what organizations and causes would you support? I Love Libraries Mission: "Friends of I Love Libraries was created to provide a means for library advocates to strengthen grassroots efforts in support of America’s libraries. People's Grocery blog, Brahm's Blog.

Causes 40

Causes Giving Library Meme 40