Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 2, 2012

After I finished teaching an intensive Networked NGO workshop for Packard family planning grantees in Delhi, I headed to Bangalore to visit my friend and colleague, Rufina Fernandes where I conducted a social media workshop for staff and teachers and got see a start up education company and its CSR program, close up.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Business is booming in Latin America: Startups raised $9.3 The growth has caught the eyes and pockets of foreign investors, too, with SoftBank announcing its Latin America Fund II, committing $3 billion to tech companies there. AI companies have garnered some of the most attention in Latin America this past year, raising a total $862.6

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

Source: Pew Internet and America Life Project: " Networked Workers " Study. Work Literacy is a network of individuals, companies and organizations who are interested in learning, defining, mentoring, teaching and consulting on the frameworks, skills, methods and tools of modern knowledge work.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2021

The capital will be used to expand ELSA’s operations in Latin America and build a scalable B2B platform, allowing companies and educational organizations to offers the app’s coaching services to employees or students. to teach English through short videos. Its last round of funding was a $7 million Series A announced in 2019.

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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. To my delight, the Akshay Pratishthan school had a focus on teaching students with disabilities: roughly half the students had disabilities and were mainstreamed with students without disabilities. She's very sharp!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2007

The Sew Project is a four-month course, enrolling two new female students every two months, teaches young women a skill that enables them to support their families substantially better than they can by farming. s garment industry. The selected students are paid from their first day in sewing school.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 17, 2023

When it comes to education, mathematics has long been considered one of the most challenging of subjects both to learn and to teach. It has been around since 2017, operating initially in Spain before expanding to Italy and several countries in Latin America (Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Brazil and Peru). in New Jersey.

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Allegiance Group

MARCH 14, 2024

We recently spoke to Albert Vasquez, Head of Sales and Operations for Rosterfy North America, about the challenges of managing volunteers. With a tool like Rosterfy, organizations can create custom registration forms that help them screen candidates and recruit those with the specific skills and credentials they need.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2012

Yesterday, I had the honor of participating in the 4th annual Women Who Tech TeleSummit that brings together women breaking new ground in technology who use their tech savvy skills to transform the world and inspire change. This is an important employment skill for them. Originally from Kenya, she earned a B.A.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

The thesis of the book is that as technology becomes more pervasive in our work and personal lives, interpersonal skills become more essential. This year was honored to be the keynote for the Washington State Nonprofit Conference and teach a workshop at University of Washington. Here’s an article by Dan about his new book.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The seminar presenters don’t necessarily come with advanced degrees, or any degree at all, but they are usually well-vetted by the sponsor organization for their practical experience in what they’re teaching. Take advantage of that experience by getting to know them, too. . Live Webinars and Online Conferences. Online conferences and.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Last week I was got to work on a week-long service trip in Cusco, Peru as part of Wake: Women’s Alliance for Knowledge Exchange #Tech2empower program where womwn in who work in technology volunteer to share their professional skills and knowledge with women-run business owners. Training in breeding is part of the program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Teaching in an international context. When teaching in different contexts, especially outside of the US, you need to make some adjustments to your context. Finally, when you are delivering the training, you need improvisation skills. Geoff talks about three different approaches used in America (Mission, Problem, and Family).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

For this project, participants were carefully vetted, avoiding organizations that were in a leadership transition, had other organizational priorities to address or did not have the capacity to apply the skills or knowledge. Peer Learning Exchange: Theory of Change. We even localized and mixed up our energizers and icebreakers.

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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.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in. Central and South America. TARGET END LINKS. ## Central and South America. ## North America. ## Africa. ## Europe. ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> North America. Central and South America.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 8, 2022

JA teaches students financial literacy, professional skills, and everything else they need to become independent adults in both in-school and after-school programs. They believe that “every child in America deserves equal opportunity and access to a quality education.” Teach for America. Junior Achievement.

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Cloud 4 Good

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

So how do we close the skills gap in the Salesforce ecosystem? Success Story: Creating Equity in Education With Teach For America + Salesforce Marketing Cloud. Indeed a report by Mason Frank showed most candidates don’t find that Trailhead badges increase their chances of gaining future employment.

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Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 29, 2022

Trailblazers are invited to sharpen their skills with 1,000+ sessions and workshops. Reimagining Engagement with Omni-Channel Personalization – Learn how Teach For America is using real-time, personalized experiences across marketing channels to drive conversion, increase efficiency, and provide a better supporter experience. .

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Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 5, 2021

Now that you know how to place the right people in the right positions based on their skills to succeed, it is also important to ensure that you have implemented a governance model. Success Story: Creating Equity in Education With Teach For America + Salesforce Marketing Cloud. Blog: What Can Salesforce Do For Education?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

At the age of 13, my grandfather left his country and ended up as a refugee in America. Despite harsh conditions, he made a new life in a new country, but never forgot his homeland. Now, almost 100 years later, I have an opportunity to give back to my ancestral homeland.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2015

I just returned from doing two days of facilitating a Networked Nonprofit training in Mexico City with Oxfam Mexico and participants from offices throughout Latin America, South America, and Caribbean. The use of personal brand on social media was a concept that we needed to adapt for Latin America. I do not speak Spanish.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

While credit cards are commonplace in the United States, they are far less ubiquitous in many other countries, particularly those in Latin America. In Mexico in particular, cash remains the dominant method of payment with an estimated 86% of all payments being in the form of cash. Now the company has raised a $32.5

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Tech Soup

MAY 15, 2012

The kids go there after school to either learn construction design in the computer lab or learn construction job skills on the job site. EPA and also engaging funder company volunteers, as in the case of Bank of America. The program renovates lots of old Boston buildings and, in doing so, teaches job skills.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2021

In the Broadway musical “Hamilton,” the lead character of Alexander sings about who he and America are meant to be. There are ways to take the wonderful work you’re doing and expand your reach to teach more people, heal more people and enrich more people’s lives. Who Are You Meant to Be? you can still go deeper.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 9, 2014

First up was Joseph Tanigawa from Code for San Francisco (our local chapter of Code for America), who presented a nifty tool for bridging the digital divide. Jason Lally presented Ohana on behalf of Code for San Francisco, Code for America, and San Francisco's Open Data Initiative. Let's dive in. Identifying Nearby Resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2008

Robin Yap left a comment that he was leaving for Manila to teach social media to educational technology students, so I decided to part with my cherished copy of Dave Warlock 's Classroom Blogging. Computer classes are very popular, and these skills are a real help as students look towards future employment. Chas was the 7th comment.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 15, 2020

These programs help your staff members develop skills that can be applied at your organization for more efficient processes and a productive work environment. . We’ve written this guide on professional development programs to help nonprofit executives like you empower employees to develop skills and hone their craft.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The percentage of adults who believe college is not worth the cost has surged from 42% to 56% in the last decade, and a striking 62% say they prefer short-term skills training and non-degree credentials over traditional degree programs." Some of the best programs are aimed at lower-income learners, such as YearUp and Merit America.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2008

I launched a bloggers campaign and Twitter Wall of Fame as part of the Sharing Foundation's America's Giving Challenge. (To I observed Mam Sari, our head English teacher (and computer geek) teach a Google search lesson and captured video above. Computer education groups repeat on a rotating basis.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2012

While promoting the Lodestar Center's Nonprofit Management Institute at a Teach for America event, I met a gentleman who said, "I'm not interested. or seven), and focus on what skills we could improve; not only for our own sake, but for the sake of those we serve. Our thirst for knowledge should be unquenchable.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

But typically, the job someone had at the end of 2019 or the person doing it will have changed just enough that with some education and training in new skills, the organization and the person can thrive. Step 3: Make a training plan.

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Cloud 4 Good

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Managed Services not only implements solutions but makes sure that we understand what they did so that we can independently maintain it and learn new skills.”. Success Story: Creating Equity in Education With Teach For America + Salesforce Marketing Cloud.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 29, 2013

Although the challenges differ by region, the outcome is the same everywhere: young people are simply not gaining the 21 st century skills and experience required for today's workforce. Through the program, the native San Franciscan learned valuable business skills, received tech training, and made job connections.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 26, 2010

He recently shared his findings from his latest book, " Re-Engage: How Americas Best Places To Work Inspire Extra Effort In Extraordinary Times." How To Improve Your Internal Communication Skills This Week's Book Recommendation 3 Things Your Mission Statement Must Have Is Your Crisis Management Program In Place?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 31, 2020

Previous generations of small businesses simply did not have the resources and skills to do such things with the low-tech options available. Some, at least, seem to be moving into supplemental part-time teaching. VCs raised too, with the three of us talking about The Engine and Impact America raising fresh new funds.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2015

TechHire spans the corporate, nonprofit, government, and educational sectors and has the ambitious goal to "give Americans the opportunity they deserve, and the skills they need to be competitive in a global economy." "It's not just about training the young adults; it's about making them relevant to corporate America."

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