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Three Reasons Kids Need Digital Literacy and Citizenship Education

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As a parent of wired kids, I think teaching digital literacy is very important for parents to do. Three reasons kids need digital literacy and citizenship education — and three ways to provide it – Guest Post by Emily Esch. Three tips for teaching digital literacy and citizenship: Start with a clear vision.

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3 decisions every nonprofit should make before writing an organizational plan 

Candid

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. A Seattle-based agency supporting foster youth, Treehouses stated mission was giving foster children a childhood and a future.

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Growing Readers: Free Webinars for Early Childhood Orgs

Tech Soup

The Early Learning Lab , Frontiers of Innovation , and New Profit , along with partners Joan Ganz Cooney Center and TechSoup, are working together to build the technology capacity of the early childhood education field. Media Mentors: Building Literacy Skills for the Digital Age. In short, young children need media mentors.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Education

Kindful

The educational goals for the funders in this list include increasing postsecondary and higher learning opportunities, advancing innovation inside the classroom, engaging more students in the arts, and enhancing early childhood development, just to name a few. They provide education tailored to girls’ needs. State Street Foundation.

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Non-Traditional Giving Days for Your Next Fundraiser

The Modern Nonprofit

April = International Guitar Month, Autism Awareness Month, Parkinson’s Awareness Month, Financial Literacy Month, Jazz Appreciation Month, National Poetry Month, National Volunteer Month, Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month, Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Stress Awareness Month, National Fair Housing Month.

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Reporting for Grantmakers: Charts vs. Lists to Make Sense of Your Data

sgEngage

When you have two or more metrics, such as grants given to different impact areas over time, you can pull that information into a bar chart and see in an instant that your organization, for example, gave more to food insecurity programs than early childhood literacy programs over the past two years.

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Spring Forward into Tech with Free TechSoup Webinars

Tech Soup

The Early Learning Lab , Frontiers of Innovation , and New Profit , along with partners Joan Ganz Cooney Center and TechSoup , are working together to build the technology capacity of the early childhood education field. Sprout Your Digital Literacy Training Program. Register now.