Bloomerang

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Mobile banking programs, financial literacy workshops, and partnerships with credit unions demonstrate practical solutions that donors can directly support. Without reliable banking services, rural residents may rely on high-fee check cashing services or struggle to build the credit history needed for rental applications.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

I want to unveil several of these new initiatives, as well as sneaking in some of the incredible things happening in our core programs in literacy and human rights. So, we’re creating a new place where techies can find social tech applications that resonate with their personal passion for change! and James L.

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Guatemala Literacy Qatar Teach 159

DataRobot

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Data literacy is a key component for any organization to be able to scale responsible and trusted artificial intelligence technology. Individuals interacting with AI systems should possess a baseline data literacy, especially in high-risk use cases that require human collaboration at the final decision-making stage.

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Literacy Data Evaluation Government 52

Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

There are three awards: $15,000 for Three Heroes One Hero with a Heart from each of the three categories of Health and Human Social Service, Animal Rights and Environmental Protection and Arts and Literacy will be awarded $5,000 USD and a professionally produced video about their affiliated nonprofit for use in public awareness or education.

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Award Blogger Grant Literacy 136

Tableau

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Zen Master selections are made from nominations and applications from you, members of the Tableau Community! The 2020 Zen Masters brought their passion and expertise to a new generation, creating content for our Data Literacy for All eLearning program that provides data skills fundamentals, regardless of skill level.

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Charity Village

MARCH 10, 2022

The post Applications now open for HelpAge Canada’s new digital literacy program Dig-IT appeared first on CharityVillage. The program provides tablets, data, education and technical support for low-income Canadian seniors to join the digital world.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 14, 2011

We’re convinced that there are many innovative social applications of technology could make a 5X or a 10X or even a 15X improvement over status quo solutions. Technology has revolutionized business, but bringing those breakthrough developments to government, education and the nonprofit sectors can take 5, 10, even 15 years.

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Technology Social Change Literacy 150

NTEN

APRIL 29, 2021

We are thrilled to open applications today for fellows in the following cities: Atlanta, GA: 1 position (sponsored by Google Fiber). Felicia Tillman, a fellow from Atlanta, formed partnerships to bring digital literacy training to uniquely sweet spaces. Read full details about the application process and the required commitment.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice. The application allows any user to send information—including photos, videos, audio, or text—simply and securely to a Martus account. But what about everybody else?

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Literacy eBook Accessibility Library 158

Tableau

OCTOBER 6, 2021

In fact, Tableau recently commissioned Forrester to investigate the data literacy gap, and according to The Great Data Literacy Gap: Demand for Data Skills Exceeds Supply , only 66% of surveyed academic decision-makers rated data literacy and skills as important for students to learn to graduate, compared to 81% of recruiters.

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Tableau

OCTOBER 6, 2021

In fact, Tableau recently commissioned Forrester to investigate the data literacy gap, and according to The Great Data Literacy Gap: Demand for Data Skills Exceeds Supply , only 66% of surveyed academic decision-makers rated data literacy and skills as important for students to learn to graduate, compared to 81% of recruiters.

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Lesson Data Literacy Skills 98

The Verge

JUNE 29, 2020

Even to work at McDonald’s, you’ll get a 30-page online application, and if you’re not comfortable with the drop-down menu, this is really going to be a challenge,” said Kate Eppler, manager of The Bridge at Main, a literacy and learning center in the San Francisco Public Library system.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2022

Their priorities range from facilitating book donation drives to supporting arts education to funding playground construction and family literacy programs. . They focus funding on organizations that work on financial literacy for elementary and high school students (established programs only). They accept applications at any time.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

The tools we develop for that purpose span a range of fields—from human rights , to global literacy , to the environment —but no matter what area we work in, we depend on an IP system that’s friendly to technological advances and to positive social impact. copyright law. However, I don’t want to understate the challenges we face.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 2, 2012

They also demoed Read2Go, the accessible ebook application for the Apple OS and Route 66 Literacy, Benetech’s online literacy instructional program.

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Celebrate Google Library eBook 145

TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2021

The actual tech we used was very simple compared to Amira — the big challenge was trying to figure out how to make applications work with the teacher workflow, or make them friendly and resilient when 6-year-olds are your users,” he told me. . “A lot of the Amira team came from Renaissance Learning.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

On September 8, Unesco observed its 40th International Literacy Day, from which Care2 highlights some shocking statistics on literacy around the globe and reminds us that the ability to read and write is a human right. Register now!

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2022

This lack of literacy, too, hinders ex-prisoners’ ability to take advantage of government services, which often require online applications. ” Studies have shown that digital literacy can reduce recidivism , or relapse into crime. That’s what we’re trying to facilitate here.” ”

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2023

The company also posted a job that was soliciting a freelance music composition and curricular consultant, but the company is no longer accepting applications for that position. The company also launched Duolingo ABC during the pandemic, which is a free app focused on English literacy for kids ages 3 to 6.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2022

Coding is the new literacy — for years, people have been calling programming the X-factor that guarantees future success. Coding is “A” new literacy, not “THE” new literacy and is only one of many ways to achieve great outcomes. Magnus Grimeland. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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Build Literacy Knowledge Articulate 89

TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2021

APIs provide a way for developers to connect their applications to other internal and external applications. The startup also plans to invest in supporting students through API literacy programs and contribute toward open-source projects. But it’s a space that until the past decade not many firms have attempted to streamline.

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NTEN

AUGUST 6, 2014

They are keys to web literacy and innovation. Certainly, people coding applications and websites are creating the web, but that is merely the tip of the iceberg. There are many organizations fueling the maker movement and teaching web literacy. What do words and phrases like Webmaker, Maker Parties, and Thimble have in common?

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Web Literacy Open Source Teach 63

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Problems were that many survivors had no internet access, let alone electrical power, let alone computers or even computer literacy. Those not in Haiti can also use the application as it aggregates news and actions to take. Yet, 90 percent of respondents also felt that the public expects some action based on social media applications.

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Social Media Disaster Media Haiti 206

sgEngage

OCTOBER 19, 2022

You have data on your grantees flowing into your grant management system (GMS) through applications and their updates. When you are looking at the grants your organization made in a given year or what application reviews pending, you can easily sort your list to get your answer. That’s where a list format would be more valuable.

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Tableau

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Help your teams take action in the context of their business processes: Incorporate data assets into employees’ existing workflows and applications by setting up email subscriptions, chat alerts, and @ mentions , or embedding analytics where employees are already spending their time—like internal portals and your CRM.

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Analytics Culture Roles Community 105

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

A free, open source software application that allows users anywhere in the world to securely gather and organize information about human rights violations, Martus enables human rights defenders on the front lines of fighting abuse to stay safe and protects the identities of those who would face violence and repression for telling their stories.

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Burma Technology Analysis Group 168

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 20, 2010

What about literacy and education? Benetech's recommendation is to apply intellectual property to unmet social needs, by encouraging WEF stakeholders to think beyond solely profitable applications. Like companies, university tech transfer offices are encouraged solely to find commercially valuable applications of inventions.

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Tableau

JANUARY 31, 2022

AI and AI-driven technologies have been more center stage in recent years, but this year we will see adoption and new applications advance faster than ever. To meet the growing demand, data literacy will become a required curriculum for classrooms and companies. Vidya Setlur, Director, Tableau Research.

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Trend Impact Data Literacy 102

Tableau

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Help your teams take action in the context of their business processes: Incorporate data assets into employees’ existing workflows and applications by setting up email subscriptions, chat alerts, and @ mentions , or embedding analytics where employees are already spending their time—like internal portals and your CRM.

Analytics 98

Analytics Culture Roles Community 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Applications for all Heroes with a Heart grant awards open on Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 and close Wednesday, February 29th, 2012 at midnight. Blogger’s Choice Award Lastly, there will be a Blogger’s Choice Award of $1,000 (USD).

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Acho turns a company’s data assets into business applications, like a performance dashboard, project management or web app, without the help of IT resources or any existing data infrastructure. The biggest issue facing data teams today is literacy,” Jiang told TechCrunch. “If Acho dashboard example. Image Credits: Acho.

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Tableau

JANUARY 31, 2022

AI and AI-driven technologies have been more center stage in recent years, but this year we will see adoption and new applications advance faster than ever. To meet the growing demand, data literacy will become a required curriculum for classrooms and companies. Vidya Setlur, Director, Tableau Research.

Trend 98

Trend Impact Data Literacy 98

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 1, 2012

Harkin’s work, especially his efforts to guarantee that every child has the opportunity to pursue quality education, infuses everything we at Benetech do through our Literacy Program to transform the lives and outcomes of individuals with disabilities.

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Hosting Education San Francisco Law 140

Tableau

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Zen Master selections are made from nominations and applications from you, members of the Tableau Community! The 2020 Zen Masters brought their passion and expertise to a new generation, creating content for our Data Literacy for All eLearning program that provides data skills fundamentals, regardless of skill level.

Application 52

Application Open Community Collaboration 52

TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2022

Yesterday, I covered the startups at AARP Innovation Labs’ virtual presentation , which ran the gamut from a financial literacy platform to a D2C startup creating products to address menopause. As our hardware editor Brian Heater noted, “it could have some potentially useful applications for eldercare, including fall detection.”.

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Tech Help Alexa Literacy 95

NTEN

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Applications for all Heroes with a Heart grant awards close Wednesday, February 29th, 2012 at midnight. Blogger's Choice Award: Lastly, there will be a Blogger's Choice Award of $1,000 (USD). The CTK Foundation will choose a blogger (hopefully me) who will hand-pick one winner from any category.

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Award Blogger Foundation Grant 70

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 18, 2010

A Guest Beneblog by Vijaya Tripathi As outreach coordinator for Martus , Benetech’s secure software application, I travel to many countries where human rights defenders need tools to gather, organize and back up information about human rights violations. We were thrilled to work with the NHRC as a new Martus partner.

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Nigeria Train Training San Francisco 138