VisionLink

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

VisionLink’s unique Strategic Advantage consulting department is proud to be supporting the Complete College America Strategic Planning Academy (CCA). This is the 15th CCA-affiliated Academy that Lois Ann Porter, Visionlink’s Sr. Vice President, has helped design and implement. The Academy format is based on Lois Ann’s Institute design.

America 100

America Consultant West Virginia Support 100

The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 4, 2024

This year Benin, Bolivia, Denmark, Panama, and Sri Lanka launched national GivingTuesday movements, and GivingTuesday launched its Europe Hub, which joins the Africa, India, Latin America & the Caribbean, and U.S. & & Canada Hubs in providing on-the-ground support to regional GivingTuesday leaders.

Digital 130

Digital Sri Lanka Pledge Donation 130

Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 5, 2021

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is an internationally-renowned, public doctoral research university and academic health center dedicated to transforming the student experience. Thrailkill elaborates, stating, “We see with students that text messaging is how they want to receive communications, especially since COVID.

Alabama 113

Alabama Student University Application 113

Fast Company Tech

MARCH 31, 2025

Volunteers views on social issues may change through their work, too: More than 4 in 5 adults over 55 who tutored public school students to strengthen their reading skills in the national Experience Corps program, for example, stated that their views on public education evolved as a result. More recently, former U.S.

Volunteer 118

Volunteer Life Americorp Intergenerational 118

CauseVox

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Core Fund Page Features Scouting America’s Camp Maintenance Fund Page on CauseVox Fund pages enable organizations to create a fully integrated and dynamic fundraising experience, helping donors connect deeply with your cause. These are ideal for organizations focused on planned giving and legacy-building efforts.

Fund 93

Fund Design Product Module 93

Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 26, 2021

By: Sara Leutzinger, National Director, External Communications & Content Strategy for Boys & Girls Club of America. Boys & Girls Clubs across America immediately sprang into action—quickly changing service delivery models to uniquely assist the needs of communities they serve during the pandemic. Opening doors.

America 111

America Digital Time Houston 111

VisionLink

JUNE 14, 2012

VisionLink''s Lois Ann Porter and myself are participating in the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation''s gathering of their grantees and contractors focused on improving postsecondary success for students. Worse: only 15% of these students actually successfully complete their remediation sequence in the first year.

Student 168

Student Articulate Foundation Award 168

Futurism

MARCH 3, 2025

High school shop classes are back in a big way as students and educators prepare for a future in which AI could take over many of what we today think of as " white-collar " jobs. It's true that AI ispoisedto radically change the face of education and labor but we've got to admit, we didn't expect it to result in the return of shop class.

Student 88

Student Job Train Training 88

Cloud 4 Good

MARCH 29, 2022

Teach For America (TFA) is an education nonprofit that recruits and develops a diverse corps of outstanding leaders who make an initial two-year commitment to teach in high-need schools and become lifelong leaders in the effort to end educational inequity. Increasing Marketing Efficiency. Written by Blake Becker.

Teach 91

Teach Interaction America Experiment 91

Futurism

MARCH 8, 2025

In October of last year, for example, a militant dockworker strike delayed the automation of America's ports, a development which would have destroyed thousands of well-paying jobs. Earlier in April, hundreds of members of the California Nurses Association successfully stopped slapdash AI tech from being rushed out by hospital administration.

Job 94

Job Law Boston Environment 94

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

If something happened that caused a student (or many students!) Pitched as an “all-in-one information hub” for students, parents, teachers and admins, Schoolytics is an analytics dashboard (School + Analytics = Schoolytics, yeah?) Much of that, it seems, holds true today. Image Credits: Schoolytics.

Student 87

Student Classroom Metrics Classes 87

VisionLink

MARCH 13, 2014

We’ve made progress in giving students from all backgrounds access to college – but we haven’t finished the all-important job of helping them achieve a degree. Counting the success of all students is an essential first step.

National 140

National District of Columbia Idaho Illinois 140

Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

Photo: Gravity Water] Wright first started thinking about the potential for rainwater harvesting on a trip to Central America in college. The organization also covers the cost of replacing the filters for schools who can’t afford it (maintenance costs roughly 25 cents a student per year at a typical school).

Nepal 100

Nepal Vietnam Taiwan Massachusetts 100

TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2022

Tier Mobility, the Berlin-based micromobility operator that has been steadily taking over Europe, is making a sweeping entry into North America by acquiring Spin from automaker Ford. Tier will acquire all of Spin’s 50,000 e-scooters and e-bikes, bringing the German company’s total fleet to 300,000.

North America 84

North America America Mobile Europe 84

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 12, 2023

It’s never been more expensive to be an American, with certain measures of consumer prices having gone up around 400% over the past 40 years, while real wages have increased only 4% during the same inflation-adjusted interval–that’s not to mention the cost of student loans, housing, and other major purchases. It’s that easy.

Donation 354

Donation Giving Nonprofit Donor 354

Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

Yellow Tail, the budget-friendly Australian wine brand known to college students everywhere, has barely touched its branding since its debut in 2001. in 2024, wine sales to retailers declined by 8%, based on data from Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America (WSWA). And in the U.S. The decreasing interest in wine in the U.S.

Change 95

Change Time Global Australia 95

TechSpot

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

In America, the average cost of attendance for a student living on campus at a public four-year university is $25,707 per year or $102,828 over four years, according to Education Data Initiative. The college route isn't for everyone: it's eye-wateringly expensive, for one thing. Read Entire Article

Job 111

Job America Student Tech 111

The Nerdy NonProfit

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Students with limited resources can benefit tremendously from remote classroom access by educational nonprofits. A mere nine percent of children from America’s most low-income families graduate – this is compared to 77 percent from the wealthiest families. Interactive games. Affordable resource for interaction.

Classroom 130

Classroom Education Nonprofit Student 130

The Next Web

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Founded in Philadelphia in 2007 as CityRyde and now headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Zagster helps property managers, hotels, businesses and universities across North America offer bike sharing programs to tenants, employees, guests and students.

Story 118

Story North America Share Philadelphia 118

Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 23, 2021

Because of this, they lack a true 360-view of their students, alumni, faculty, staff, and where an individual might be in the campus’s lifecycle. Prospective students have plenty of options when it comes to where to pursue their education. Sometimes, prospective students just need a little nudge to complete their applications.

Education 127

Education Marketing Student email 127

Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

And there are more than 500,000 people in America experiencing housing instability on any given night. California State University, East Bay Supports Students Through the Pandemic. In her role as program assistant for student support services, Darice Ingram uniquely understands the challenges students face.

Podcast 105

Podcast San Francisco Student Homeless 105

TechImpact

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Each student enrolled in the highly competitive, free program works a 5 week internship, generally in the nonprofit sector. Here, the students get to flaunt their new skills in a professional environment. While working this mandatory internship, approximately 25% of the students are retained by their internship host.

Grant 114

Grant Impact Tech Liberia 114

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 2, 2013

MomsRising is a nonprofit grassroots movement working to build a more family-friendly America. The Alliance for Climate Education’s mission is to educate high school students on the science behind climate change and inspire them to take action to curb global warming. MomsRising :: @ MomsRising.

Nonprofit 279

Nonprofit Conservancy Social Media National 279

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Australian edtech start-up Vivi has raised $20 million from education investor Quad Partners, funds that it intends to use to improve its platform, upgrade its operational infrastructure, and hire more sales and marketing teams in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. This latest round sees Vivi reach $24.3

Classroom 89

Classroom Raise Student Asia 89

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

From people in Latin America who face severe water scarcity to at-risk human rights defenders and students with disabilities, our users and their families are the ones who best convey the impact of our work. Consider third grade student Brennan Draves. Brennan Draves and his mother, Lindsay Draves, at school.

Open Source 183

Open Source Linkedin Africa Student 183

TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2021

The Rise Fund led a $20 million Series B for Digital House in December 2017, marking the San Francisco-based firm’s investment in Latin America. Nelson Duboscq, CEO and co-founder of Digital House, said that accelerating demand for tech talent in Latin America has fueled demand for the startup’s online courses.

Digital 90

Digital San Francisco Tech Brazil 90

Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Then there's the desire of Meta's Mark Zuckerberg for more "masculine energy" in corporate America, which only added to the feeling that Silicon Valley was growing ever more hostile to women and People of Color. There's the current war on DEI, with companies like Google and Meta killing their diversity programs.

Tech 114

Tech Job Skills Industry 114

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

which get Bookshare at no cost when serving students with qualifying disabilities (thanks to funding from the Office of Special Education Programs at the U.S. The most common error is a school signing up all of their students with visual impairments and all learning disabilities. Department of Education). We also met with the authors.

Copyright 158

Copyright Social Authoring Student 158

TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2021

Ironhack , a company offering programming bootcamps across Europe and North and South America, has raised $20 million in its latest round of funding. Since its launch in 2013, the company has graduated more than 8,000 students, with a job placement rate of 89%, according to data collected as of July 2020.

Miami 116

Miami South America Raise Mexico 116

Tableau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Since the launch of the Racial Equity Data Hub in February 2021, the Tableau Foundation and its partners have empowered a connected community of advocates committed to helping everyone see and understand the intersection of race and equity in America. Feeding America identified racism in the drivers of food insecurity. Economic Power.

Data 102

Data Homeless Report America 102

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Human rights activist and Mos founder Amira Yahyaoui couldn’t afford to go to college, so when she first launched a platform to connect students to scholarships, the innovation felt full circle. Yahyaoui said, starting with students. Mos, meanwhile, has helped students unlock more than $1.5 That’s the goal.”.

Student 99

Student Money Accessibility Challenge 99

VisionLink

JULY 20, 2011

Yet of Boulder''s 100,000 people, about 30,000 are students, some 99.9% These are often accompanied by Boulder''s year-round go-to accessory, the wheatgrass shot (sometimes paired with an unidentifiable vegan "cookie"). are blonde, and all of them in better shape than you.

America 100

America National Award Student 100

Candid

AUGUST 8, 2022

According to the 2020 Smithsonian Magazine article, The Storied History of Giving in America , the practice of philanthropy can reflect and reinforce inequity. My goal was for students at one middle school in Atlanta to believe that it was possible for them to pursue STEM careers through culturally relevant STEM programming.

Voice 128

Voice Philanthropy Atlanta Student 128

TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2021

As Latin America attracts record-breaking venture capital totals, education technology startups in the region are given new opportunities to grow. Now, with formal backing, the founders are focused on growing that total by offering more services in Latin America. Why Latin American venture capital is breaking records this year.

Platform 121

Platform Raise Student Skills 121

Tableau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Since the launch of the Racial Equity Data Hub in February 2021, the Tableau Foundation and its partners have empowered a connected community of advocates committed to helping everyone see and understand the intersection of race and equity in America. Feeding America identified racism in the drivers of food insecurity. Economic Power.

Data 98

Data Homeless Report America 98

TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2022

UBITS, a B2B online learning platform for upskilling employees in Latin America, has raised $25 million in funding led by Riverwood Capital. Today, we have over 750 courses, which we believe is the largest catalog of corporate training available in Spanish today, as well as great features that help students apply what they learn.”.

Train 111

Train Training Create Colombia 111

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The Ukraine-based startup will now enter new markets and strengthen its positions in Poland, Russia, Spain and Latin America. Since its launch in 2017, AllRight has launched Spanish-English, Polish-English and Russian-English language pairs and garnered 9,000 students, who take 50,000 lessons per month. There are approximately 1.5

Children 109

Children Language Learning Raise 109