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Welcome to the 2021 Digital Inclusion Fellows

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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. A special thank you goes out to our founding sponsor, Google Fiber.

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Developing staff technology skills in your nonprofit

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Using adult learning principles in technology trainings — an NTEN Digital Inclusion Fellow shares a few key lessons about how to (and how not to) train adults. For example, the University of Kentucky publishes this skills checklist with a list of basic computer skills you could adapt to your context. Or take advantage of free tools.

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Member Appreciation Month: Day 30

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As we wrap up the final week of Member Appreciation Month, we want to highlight a very special NTEN Story, from a very special NTEN Member, Beth Kanter: #NTENThanks to Beth for being such a vital part of the NTEN Community. Katie Coffman, University of Kansas Endowment. Thank you all for being NTEN Members!

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Nonprofit Technology Celebrates International Women's Day

Tech Soup

That year, the United Nations declared International Women's Year , and began sponsoring International Women's Day every March 8. According to the nonprofit American Association of University Women , the U.S. Amy Sample Ward and Holly Ross from NTEN. More About International Women's Day. International NGO Leadership.

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The Rise of #Hashtags

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The hashtag could become the universal way to add metadata to a piece of online content. Imagine the ROI you could present back to a sponsor or major donor about how many times people talked about the event online and across streams. Tags: NPTech NTEN Social Media Communications. Two important things will rise out this.

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Minnesota Nonprofits: Message-Medium-Mission Conference

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm coming to Minnesota at the end of the month to give a keynote at Message+Medium+Mission Conference , nonprofit tech conference co-sponsored by the good folks at the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits and MAP for Nonprofits. If you are planning on attending, I look forward to meeting you.

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Meet Our NTC Green Sponsors!

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We''re excited to announce our Green Sponsors for the 14NTC! These sponsors are taking a sustainable approach to sponsoring the NTC and have opted out of printing their promotional materials to be more sustainable. This year''s Green Sponsors are: Confluence. Engaging Networks is proud to be an NTC Green Sponsor!

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