Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 8, 2006

Today, I'd like to honor Matthew Devcich, a high school student and aspiring Eagle Scout, who chose to focus his major Scout project on Bookshare.org. He pulled together volunteers from his community, involved the local public library in Chantilly, Virginia, and scanned and proofread 24 books.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

As summer winds down, and the intense heat we have been experiencing here in Virginia starts to subside, it can only mean one thing. Let the students interact with each other on what they have learned. When in a coaching environment, do not be afraid to figuratively pat your students on the back.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 11, 2007

This is crucial as we continue to rapidly expand into serving students. My tradition is to make smoked lobster for my wife, Virginia, and the local newspaper, the San Jose Mercury News, was kind enough to print this fact in an article titled: What notable business leaders are doing for Mom. What does this have to do with lobster?

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FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington raised $2,017,196 with 17,838 donations for over 1,000 nonprofits in the DC, suburban Maryland, and northern Virginia areas. Citizen archivists, staff archivists, students and researchers together share insights and manpower to make the records and America’s history more accessible to all.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

In the US, I gave workshops at nonprofit conferences in North Carolina, Virginia, Florida, Missouri, California and at SXSW. I also continued my position as Adjunct Professor teaching a graduate course at Middlebury College/Monterrey Institute for International Education.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 6, 2010

Yes, it has reality show moments (really, did the high school students have to cook a meal for 80 people after a week of training?), The show takes place in Huntington, West Virginia, one of the country's "fattest" and "unhealthiest" cities.

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NTEN

AUGUST 18, 2009

Here are some examples: William Reynolds of the University of Virginia is going to teach his student council how to use social media to better communicate with students. Create your own: Reach out to a local school, organization or people near you to find out what sort of technology help they need.

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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. Virginia Nonprofit Institute. Virginia Nonprofit Institute. Alliance Management Institute (AMI). Nonprofit Leadership Alliance / Orlando, FL/ $625. Feb 21 - 24. Be prepared to be inspired!

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 27, 2011

With keynote speakers Travis Manzione (Director of Assessment Tools for The Center for Effective Philanthropy ) and Charles Best (Founder and CEO of DonorsChoose.org ), and a panel representing local nonprofits and funders (including Ear Candy , Phoenix Youth at Risk , SRP , and Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust 5comments: Kayla said.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 11, 2012

continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. In March of this year, The Virginia G. Carlton Yoshioka, Ph.D. Professor and Director. of Academic Programs. ASU Lodestar Center. Welcome to Research Friday ! As part of a. inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2013

A good example is the Milwaukee Bar Association’s pro bono directory and also the Virginia Bar Association’s Pro Bono Resource Center. It is a nonprofit online network connecting organizations in need of legal assistance with lawyers and also law students. In the U.S., Charities register as well and become members.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 4, 2012

The UCSF Library and the University of Virginia's Claude Moore Health Sciences Library. both offer their students a detailed list of mobile resources, including downloadable apps for specific devices and mobile-friendly. a fun, interactive app for searching the library catalog. Increasing Library Visibility.

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NTEN

JUNE 19, 2014

. • Big goals in addition to iterating on the products and getting them adopted widely: By 2016, they will solidify their business strategy, aggregate a mentorship program of 100,000 students around the world, and plant a million trees. Example: Story of Ashley Jackson, an admissions counselor from a small college in Danville, Virginia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

The class of 27 students have been collecting pennies and donated $100 to Ohio Nature Education, a nonprofit offering environmental education programs, and secured $150 for the organization. Says Angela, "Stacy is a self-proclaimed techno-phobe, but has waded into blogging with her students, who are very excited about their project."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

I was really happy because I immediately thought this would be terrific personal fundraising campaign to get a couple of laptops for the Sharing Foundation college students (like Leng Sopharath) and for the computer school. Virginia Debolt who covers the technology beat at BlogHer has a great roundup of the reactions.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

A participant from Virginia working in education explained: Because of COVID and the lockdown, our population of 18-to-24-year-olds exploded in the last six months… We’ve never had this many young adults in our program before. School districts scrambled to get Chromebooks to students. The Big Theme and Conclusion.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 5, 2011

In Alexandria and Herndon, Virginia, Symantec employees, together with Team Business , Girls in Technology , and the Women in Technology Education Foundation , organized and facilitated a business simulation for young women to highlight the impact of technology on business and help them build leadership and communication skills.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 28, 2007

Before I started blogging, podcasting, and consulting for nonprofits, I worked for six years at an arts education nonprofit teaching autobiographical writing to San Francisco public middle school students using storytelling and theater. Frankweiler and the biographies of Virginia Dare and Sacajewea.

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is a capstone experience for students seeking the Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) credential. Virginia Nonprofit Institute. Virginia Nonprofit Institute. Alliance Management Institute (AMI). Nonprofit Leadership Alliance / Kansan City, KA/ $625. State/Local / #NPSummit18 / @SCANPO.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

VTVigils VT Vigils VTvigils.org is a project of a diverse group of national campaigns and organizations not affiliated with Virginia Tech. This month, the Horizon Wikispace , where teams of students and teachers from around the globe are discusisng and creating what impact of these six emerging technologies in the classrooms.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 22, 2012

John Pastorius I am from Smithfield, Virginia. I attend Lynchburg College in Lynchburg, Virginia where I am studying music performance. I worked with students with visual impairments as well as other teachers, focusing on needs and training to use assistive technology.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Roughly once a year when I travel overseas, my wife Virginia puts up her hand and says “that’s the one!” An unexpected bonus of this trip was how often Virginia and I came across social enterprises in our travels. All of the staff have name badges identifying them either as students or teachers.

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sgEngage

MAY 17, 2021

A: We saw urgency around three key areas in 2020: 1) work related to the pandemic—research, support of healthcare training, and delivery 2) direct support of students in need as a result of the pandemic, and 3) support for activities that involve direct service delivery to communities. The full picture is what is most helpful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

ll be inviting all kinds of people, including designers, artists, young people, families, students and Tate staff, to share their ideas. Tate's Mobile Blog is collecting audience input on the new building design at the Tate - via mobile phones to blog - or mob blogging. Over the next six months we???ll on Facebook.

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Everyaction

MAY 16, 2018

In addition to their commitment to providing comprehensive mental health services to residents of Ocean County, OMHS also offers a unique educational offering in the form of Ocean Academy, a small therapeutic school that supports students who need mental health support in order to succeed academically. The Village Network.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 22, 2011

This is a question our faculty, staff, and student team asks frequently in our quest to meet our Center's mission to help build the capacity of the social sector for those who lead, manage, and support nonprofits. The Virginia G.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

In one day, more than 20 students from 6 universities and five AIDS organizations hit the streets with only cellphone video cameras to produce 8 short video messages to encourage youth to be tested for HIV. As a result, over 44,000 student applied in 1.5 Centers for Disease Control and the University of Georgia’s New Media Institute.

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Forum One

APRIL 27, 2009

And Dr. Colleen Kraft, who recently served as President of the Virginia Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, spoke about a unique online ?remote He also encouraged the audience--comprised largely of Yale students--to travel to places that make you uncomfortable as a way to experience the world. remote prescriptive learning?

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Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

We focused on bringing local appeals in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (the federal court covering Maryland, Virginia, the Carolinas, and West Virginia) and in local federal courts. How It’s Going When we launched the Lab, we started small. You should team up with a nonprofit that is already handling this type of litigation.

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See3

OCTOBER 17, 2009

I am the only Jew in Richmond County Virginia…one of 9 000…I usually do my own services as I live over 1 hour away from a shul…I am so glad you are doing this…such a mitzvah…Thank you. – This has brought me happiness and peace. Thank you Jewish TV Network. Fred Garver. Moving, powerful, relevant, beautiful!!!

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 16, 2007

You can even be a student, or anybody who frequents cafes, or you can work from home. I think that's a really important aspect to it because even if you're in, for example DC, you might find that there's a space being started up in Virginia that's close enough by, or you can cross the border and work there.

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