Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

Many of the issues they champion have taken a backseat in people’s minds this year, as our nation’s attention has been captured by one shocking event after another. There’s still time for your organization to secure important year-end gifts—if you can capture people’s attention and motivate them to support your cause.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

For example, an organization with the primary mission of providing financial literacy courses and counseling for low-income families may add service areas such as providing housing or food. Nonprofit missions may be driven by unique values, but the economies in which they compete for attention are the same as with any other organization.

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.orgSource

MAY 6, 2024

But attention to the infrastructure’s nuts and bolts is also important. Why is this extra attention important? People/Skills/Culture How leadership, environment, professional development, and training promote digital literacy and thinking Whether there is adequate talent to achieve the desired goals 6.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2012

His chapter on “Data Literacy” describes what sounds a lot of good content curation skills minus the social sharing part. This is good, basic digital literacy principles that have been taught by educators and librarians taught in the early 2000′s and continue today. He suggests these goals: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2012

The book covers five digital literacies – each starting with an illustration by Anthony Weeks that graphically communicates the key points. They include: attention, crap detection, collaboration, networks, and participation. The attention chapter is about why and how to control your attention when you’re online.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Amira Learning is helping young students improve their reading literacy with an AI-powered tutor, while CodeSignal has built a platform for tech workers to pick up new technical skills and practice soft skills through AI-powered simulations.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2021

School closures due to the pandemic have interrupted the learning processes of millions of kids, and without individual attention from teachers, reading skills in particular are taking a hit. Amira Learning aims to address this with an app that reads along with students, intelligently correcting errors in real time.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

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. Defining Digital Literacy. But first, what exactly is digital literacy? " The Role of Libraries. The Role of Schools.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 3, 2011

This year, for the first time, IDPD is commemorated with supporting sub-themes (see the full list here ), to draw attention to key issues that come into play in the intersection of disability and development processes. Of course, accessibility is right up Benetech’s alley and the focus of our Literacy program.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 31, 2020

Many organizations we surveyed saw the value of having a solid donor stewardship plan in place and are concentrating their efforts to pay more attention to this in the future. How can you get an ROI in the digital literacy skills we are all developing?”. don’t wait for the crisis to be over.”. What new skills do you want to cultivate?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2010

In this day and age of short attention spans, it’s critical to grab attention with a short and clear message. Keep your Message Simple and Short: The beauty of Twitter is that it forces even the most verbose of us to be succinct. If you can’t summarize your organization’s mission in 140 characters, try again until you can.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 2, 2007

The great news is how much attention social entrepreneurship is getting. Under our new CTO, Patrick Ball (see my last President's letter), we are building a tech team to work on our incredibly varied list of projects in literacy, human rights and the environment. If you know someone like that, send her (or him) my way, too!

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

By Stephen Jackson From supporting a local museum to responding to climate change to aiding people in the midst of a health crisis, nonprofit staff turn time and attention to a variety of issues, working on them in creative and hyperlocal ways. Fact-checking is not enough.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

With the device, he could hear what the teacher was saying at all times, and better yet, was keener on paying attention. Students may struggle in math, but it’s because they don’t understand the building blocks which permit them to do some math programs – and so we really focus on the foundation, which oftentimes boils down to literacy.”

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

The results of the study showed that physical clutter in your surroundings competes for your attention, resulting in decreased performance and increased stress. Files on your computer, notifications from your Twitter and Facebook accounts, and a nything that goes “ping” in the night competes for your attention.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2013

Pay attention to what’s not there—your missing data. My favorite housekeeping skill is freezing panes. I like to freeze my panes so that my first column and my top row stay in view as I scroll through my data. Collecting and using data is hard work! You’re bound to run into some situations where you are missing data.

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sgEngage

APRIL 20, 2021

Whether your organization promotes literacy, shelters animals, or impacts another worthy cause, recurring donations have the power to increase your funds so long as you take a smart approach to optimizing your program. Here’s what we’ll cover: Prioritize the donor experience. Actively promote your recurring gift program.

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Qgiv

APRIL 23, 2021

That said, don’t draw too much attention from your donation form. Leap for Literacy. Leap for Literacy added a video about their organization at the top of their landing page. Again, you’ll want the focus of the image to be the people benefiting from your organization’s services. Donation form and landing page best practices.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Woodson believed that it was important to establish a theme to help focus the attention of the public. Their programs are aimed at increasing digital literacy and helping people gain valuable tech skills to funnel into successful careers. The organization champions digital equity, diversity in tech, and living-wage careers.

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Blue Fox

MARCH 17, 2021

Our philosophy at Blue Fox is that social impact organizations will thrive if they pay as much attention to financial management as they do fundraising, events, and marketing. We’ve been in those meetings and we understand that financial literacy does not always span the entire boardroom.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Many volunteer managers cite recruitment as their greatest challenge; however, Brudney and Meijs (2009) contend that “the preoccupation with recruitment distracts attention and resources from the management and retention of volunteers” (p. She previously served a term for AmeriCorps with an adult literacy program in Flagstaff.

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Tableau

MARCH 15, 2021

We’re proud to support their efforts in expanding data literacy, analysis, and stories that will reach a wider audience with greater impact. . For years, EM2030 has been committed to making data on gender-based inequalities accessible to advocates worldwide.

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 20, 2024

Unfortunately, traditional marketing tactics might no longer be as effective to capture attention. However, with the ever-changing algorithms and saturation of content, it can be challenging to cut through the noise and capture the attention of followers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Conference where I gave my full attention to the presentations and conversation. The Wisdom 2.0 Soren welcomed everyone and asked to be totally present and give full attention – which is becoming rarer and rarer at conferences. Conference where I gave my full attention to the presentations and conversation. The Wisdom 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2011

The book is a great read, a refreshing take on how to manage attention deficit and information overload caused by our connected 24/7 always on lifestyles. She points out that distraction is not the enemy. Brian Solis’s The End of Business As Usual and Brian Reich’s Shift and Reset.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2008

Sharing Foundation Khmer Literacy Program. Roger Carr has written a wonderful post about the Sharing Foundation's Khmer Literacy School. Is that cool - the literacy school is green! Personal attention and trust got me involved. I launched a bloggers campaign as part of the Sharing Foundation's America Giving Challenge.

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Achieve

MAY 3, 2024

If this occurs, try experimenting with different subject lines and injecting a sense of immediacy to ensure your email content receives the attention it deserves. A low open rate, falling below 10%, signals potential issues with the clarity or urgency of your subject line. The average nonprofit email click-through rate is about 3%.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

In the years that followed, Remix kept gaining momentum, and a total of $27 million in funding, until it garnered the attention of Via, an on-demand shuttle service. The following year, Remix joined Y Combinator, raised a $2 million seed round and brought the Oregon Department of Transportation on board as its first customer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2007

It really should say "We" There was lots of help from the Sharing Foundation family - board members, volunteers, and supporters -- especially TSF's founder, Dr. Hendrie , whose relentess attention to campaign made it successful. We now await the results of the Network for Good/Yahoo Challenge.

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Tableau

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

It's also possible to accidentally create misleading charts if one has gaps in their data literacy: these pitfalls outline ways to ensure our own charts fit to high standards. Language Matters Pay attention to words used to describe the chart. Are people buying ice cream because they bought sunglasses, or vice versa?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2012

But how will you know the answer if you don’t set up a test and use measurement and data to help you answer it. This is called “data literacy” — setting up a hypothesis and a way to measure it – and analyzing the results and deciding how to improve. What does this mean for you?

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

If we had known the full consequences of Steve Jobs showing us that first iPhone on stage in 2007 and its impacts on our lives, attention, interactions, children, environment, physical and mental health, what hard questions would we have asked? We didn’t ask.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 24, 2018

– John Wood , Founder of Room to Read, a nonprofit promoting literacy in children. Nonprofits are not the place for egos or attention seekers if you want to see powerful and authentic change in the lives of the people that you serve.”. It only takes a few passionate people to make a difference. Make positivity your fuel!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2018

Attention economy and surveillance society. Redesign media literacy: Formally educate people of all ages about the impacts of digital life on well-being and the way tech systems function, as well as encourage appropriate, healthy uses. Distractions and addiction. Family and societal challenges. Toxic social media. Future Predictions.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 7, 2023

Say you’re writing an appeal that will support your summer literacy program: Imagine a character that’s similar to people who have donated to that cause in the past. Writing a subject line that catches readers’ attention and inspires them to open and read your message is the first step toward creating great fundraising emails.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2008

s Khmer Literacy School has provided huge opportunity. His teacher, Ying So Ry, says Channy is a very attentive, hard working student, and she sees a bright future for him. Frequently, children in very poor families work in order to bolster the family???s s income, and this prevents them from attending school.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Local literacy program supporting students in Haiti raises record-breaking funds, moves 24 students off waiting list. If you are targeting a local TV station, pay attention to the field reporters who prioritize feel-good stories. But consistent attention to media relations will pay off in the long run. .

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