Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 27, 2007

The America's Giving Challenge will award $50,000 to the project that gets the most unique donors. I can't do this alone and that's why I'm asking my blogger friends to join me and in helping to raise money to help the many children who are touched by the Sharing Foundation's programs. Sign up here. Why am I doing this?

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OCTOBER 11, 2021

Remote learning for refugee children in Lebanon: Malala Fund Education Champion Nayla Fahed created Tabshoura, an award-winning e-learning platform that helps Syrian refugees and girls in vulnerable communities in Lebanon learn for free. The broadcasts air weekly and deliver multilingual lessons on literacy, numeracy, and STEM.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2015

12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 3: Give Local America Day — #GiveLocal16. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. 20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

In early education, children learn the fundamentals of reading and writing in order to communicate, collaborate, and contribute in the world. 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.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Keep America Beautiful. The Conservation, Food and Health Foundation seeks to protect natural resources, improve the production and distribution of food, and promote public health in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East. Areas served: Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East. PADI AWARE Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2008

Making media together is another way to teach your children about various causes. Here's a few stories about some children mentioned in the video: Sina, age 15, is an orphan and head of her family, two younger sisters aged 12 and 9. Sina helps makes school uniforms that the Foundation provides to over 1,000 street children in Cambodia.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2011

This new program is rolling out this month in 39 states offering $10 per month broadband Internet program to low-income families with children who are eligible to receive free school meals. Subscribers will also be given access to free digital literacy training. One of the big pieces of digital divide news in the U.S.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 29, 2008

My friend Beth Kanter, of Beth's Blog , is working hard to win $50,000 for the Sharing Foundation by January 31, 2008 as part of the Case Foundation's America's Giving Challenge. The Sharing Foundation's mission is to help meet the physical, emotional, educational and medical needs of orphaned and seriously disadvantaged children in Cambodia.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

million people through national media outreach, including an appearance on "Good Morning America." Legacy of Hope Austin is a Texas-based arts charity that's created the 2dance2dream program , providing a way for children with special needs to express themselves through movement and music.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 11, 2006

I had just read a paper about the LINCOS project in Central America, so this was fresh in my mind. This school is run by an NGO (a nonprofit) and provides free education to children who come from disadvantaged backgrounds. The children were simply delightful. Even an engineer like me softens around masses of enthusiastic kids.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 10, 2015

In a country that generally prides itself on offering the opportunity for everyone to succeed, one in four children grow up without learning to read. Pamela began by homeschooling her own children, and then transitioning into a leadership role in the charter schools of northern Ohio. population. Inspiring Optimism Through Results.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

But with so many charities and libraries working with children, the weird new security threat in 2016 will be smart toys. Children love it. The intruder was able to get names, addresses, genders, birth dates, and even photos of children — more than six million children. Privacy and Security.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2011

On September 11, despite having reunited several families, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children had a list of 1,600 children listed as missing by their parents, or who were seeking their families. http ://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/21/world/americas/21text.html?_r= link] Hurricane_Katrina_disaster_relief.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 30, 2011

There is a surprising number of nonprofit computer refurbishers in North America that now supply accessible technology equipped computers, and lately iPads and iPods to disabled people at no or low cost. That's where nonprofit computer refurbishers come in. How Accessible Technology Computer Refurbishment Came About. Touch the Future.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2009

It takes time, but does show results as the comments on the original Mashable post seem to indicate: Two years ago The Children's Wish Foundation of Canada established a presence on Facebook and incorporated guidelines for our Chapters to establish their local groups. I used a cli.gs link [link] so I could track traffic to the link.

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MARCH 5, 2021

This foundation supports children, families, and communities as they strengthen and create conditions that propel vulnerable children to achieve success as individuals and as contributors to the larger community and society. Areas served: US. Kellogg Foundation. Areas served: Baltimore, Chicago, Hawai?i, Vermont Women’s Fund.

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APRIL 7, 2022

This foundation supports children, families, and communities as they strengthen and create conditions that propel vulnerable children to achieve success as individuals and as contributors to the larger community and society. Areas served: US. Kellogg Foundation. Areas served: Baltimore, Chicago, Hawai?i, Vermont Women’s Fund.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2011

We’re the Safe America Foundation. The Women’s Center of Tarrant County has a name problem, as we serve women, men and children…about 82,000 a year. We are Rape Crisis and Victim Services, Employment (80% placement rate for women and men), Adult Literacy, general counseling for women and families, legal clinic…and on and on.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2008

The America's Giving Challenge will be over in another ten days. If we win, we can help many children like Mon Channy have a better life. Frequently, children in very poor families work in order to bolster the family??? Frequently, children in very poor families work in order to bolster the family???s Mon Chany's Story.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 13, 2006

We now realize that taking social action is in our direct interest and that of our children, whether it addresses human rights or the likely impacts of global warming. Increasing literacy for women? The world wants to know that Silicon Valley (and America) really cares about them beyond extracting money for our businesses.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 2, 2012

Prevent children from dying from lack of access to clean water or medical care: @ Water , @ AlexsLemonade. Educate about the reality of rampant childhood sexual abuse in America: @ Darkness2Light. Prevent students from dropping out of high school and increase literacy: @ CISNational , @ FirstBook.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 6, 2007

Kevin Danaher is the co-founder of the nonprofit Global Exchange which co-sponsors the Green Festivals with Co-op America. The Green Festival is a big green economy event that we co-produce with Co-op America. Below is a transcript of my interview with him for the Big Vision Podcast. We have stores where we sell Third World crafts.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

They wanted to create a literacy program for themselves because now there was a school where their children could go to school, but they felt embarrassed that they couldn't support their children because they themselves were illiterate. Women and their children are disproportionately victims of outside violence as well.

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