Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2007

Earlier this month I presented the trio of nominees to the board of directors of the E. During Arkenstone's 11 years, Benetech sold literacy products under the Arkenstone brand in more than a dozen languages to over 35,000 individuals in 60 countries. In response to that request, I received three worthy nominations.

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Tableau

OCTOBER 14, 2021

As an educator both trained and at heart, Karisa Tashjian, director of programs for Digitunity , combined her early career work with adult immigrants learning English with the power of technology. It requires the continuous development of partnerships and sustainable pathways to device ownership and digital equity for today and the future. .

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Tableau

OCTOBER 14, 2021

As an educator both trained and at heart, Karisa Tashjian, director of programs for Digitunity , combined her early career work with adult immigrants learning English with the power of technology. It requires the continuous development of partnerships and sustainable pathways to device ownership and digital equity for today and the future. .

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NTEN

JUNE 13, 2014

Today we’re excited to share that Matt Groch , Director of Solution Delivery at Mission Measurement , will offer a keynote called Moneyball for Social Impact, Or how I learned to stop worrying and embrace the implications of a discrete closed-loop factor analysis framework for social impact. How do we measure social change?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2008

TSF has helped support a poor school named Beng Krom School, with 595 grammar school children on the far side of the Mekong. s children really need three latrines to expand from the two they have for all their children and teachers. Now Beng Krom???s

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2006

What role do video games, cell phones and social networking websites play in the development of today's children? Henry Jenkins , Director of the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program and author of Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide and Fans, Bloggers and Gamers: Exploring Participatory Culture. and Catherine T.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Remote learning for refugee children in Lebanon: Malala Fund Education Champion Nayla Fahed created Tabshoura, an award-winning e-learning platform that helps Syrian refugees and girls in vulnerable communities in Lebanon learn for free. The broadcasts air weekly and deliver multilingual lessons on literacy, numeracy, and STEM.

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NTEN

JULY 24, 2012

By Paula Jones, Director of Technology, The N. Let’s assume you plan to start an educational program to help children with literacy. [Editor's note: The following is an article from NTEN:Change. Read the rest of the issue when you subscribe to the journal for free! ] Center for Nonprofits In my role at the N.C.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 24, 2018

– John Wood , Founder of Room to Read, a nonprofit promoting literacy in children. Heidi Stieglitz, Founder and Director of Spectrum Fusion , a charitable organization dedicated to creating programs and communities for adults with autism. It only takes a few passionate people to make a difference.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 29, 2023

Use a real person’s name, typically your Executive Director or the person in charge of acknowledging gifts. These seven children are receiving a quality education, three meals a day, mentoring, and medical care. In Haiti, a typical adult has just five years of schooling, and the literacy rate is just 53 percent.

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Tableau

JULY 29, 2021

Director, Academic Programs. From the beginning, it has been clear that they not only recognize the magnitude of our country’s data literacy gap but also share our passion for democratizing access to high-quality education and data career pathways. Courtney Totten. Alyssa Jenson. July 29, 2021 - 11:28pm. July 30, 2021.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Anyway…speaking of Disrupt and Brex, I will be interviewing co-founder and co-CEO Henrique Dubugras and Anu Hariharan, managing director of YC’s growth fund, YC Continuity, live in a Fireside Chat on October 19! This company wants to improve your credit by gamifying financial literacy. Greenlight Infinity, priced at $14.98

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 5, 2011

They also use this to encourage employees taking part in nonprofit boards of directors — employees serving on a nonprofit's board of directors can receive their annual Dollars for Doers maximum in one lump sum without accounting for individual hours. Symantec Supports Women in Technology.

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Blue Avocado

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

For example, a pet rescue organization will conduct adoption and foster programs, and an organization founded to promote childhood literacy may conduct afterschool programs for underprivileged children. Do you need to share the 990-PF return with board members or the director before final transmission?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

Assistant director John Klima explained: "We get a ton of usage on our public PCs, and the RCI program is going to help us continue to provide this valuable service to our community." The program offers year-round dance lessons and an annual event in which 80 children are joined by volunteers from professional dance schools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2008

How do increase internet literacy with communities? Use this to communicate with your children. What do you do when you have a younger staff and you have a board or executive director who don't understand the process? Go to your executive director and figure out what motivates them. If there is what should it be?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Joy Neal (right) is the library director and Lane Fernando (below) is their tech support person. They also have a homework help program for school children and offer a variety of digital literacy computer classes. La Conner Regional Library was one of our test sites.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Joy Neal (right) is the library director and Lane Fernando (below) is their tech support person. They also have a homework help program for school children and offer a variety of digital literacy computer classes. La Conner Regional Library was one of our test sites.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 19, 2007

If not director of a school, I would like to be someone of importance, someone of value again.'"--Honorata (pictured left) about her experience with Women for Women International. There she found her five children who had survived by the kindness of strangers. Reunited, she began to rebuild their life."

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Neon CRM

JULY 20, 2023

For example, say you wanted to run a capital campaign to buy a new building for your literacy organization; your feasibility study process might look like this: Define your goal: Your project aims to raise $300,000 to purchase a new building to hold a library. They will discuss the findings and address any concerns or questions.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Book Sale Promote literacy and generate funds by selling donated books, offering the community affordable reads while contributing to your nonprofit. Any parents with children who are not so young anymore will likely have lots of kids’ books they’ll be happy to offload.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Both of these designers presented compelling images and evidence from exhibit work and child development experts about the idea that you can make sophisticated, muted exhibits that help children slow down, focus, and enjoy themselves with interactive content.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

[Cover Images: Little Brown Ink, First Second/Macmillan] Graphic novelsa term interchangeably used with comic booksare particularly popular among young children still building their literacy skills. Surveys show that in recent years, graphic novels have increased in popularity by 69% among elementary school children.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 8, 2025

He is a director at American Forests, which has toiled for 150 years to restore ecosystems nationwide. Ive been in the [community center] working with children and they ask, What is that over there? said Mylen Arias, the director of community resilience at American Forests. When Im into something, thats pretty much it.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Film Screening Screen a thought-provoking documentary related to your mission, an independent film from an up-and-coming director, or a cinema classic that both parents and kids can enjoy. In this image, children enjoy a trunk or treat Halloween event. The possibilities are endless!

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Are they wanting to fund children’s programs? So, if I provide 10 English as a second language or 10 computer literacy programs a year for 10 people, let’s just say that’s 100 pieces of content, that’s service. So the program director, their resume. Are they wanting to fund capacity-building initiatives?

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2015

"This is what a public library is all about," said Carol Cooler, the director of libraries and CEO at the Saskatoon Public Library in a press statement. Library director Scott Bonner , who had only worked at the Ferguson Municipal Library for a month, had a very difficult decision. Libraries as Evacuee Resource Centers.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 6, 2007

I am a co-founder of Global Exchange, which was founded by myself and two other people, Medea Benjamin, my wife, and Kirsten Moller who has been the Executive Director of Global Exchange since we started in 1988. Kevin Danaher: My name is Kevin Danaher. government tells them, or what the corporate media tells them. That can come about.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 6, 2021

million followers run by a film director named Michael Mc. Do you know your wife messaged me to tell me how she and her children do not agree with you? That is a lot of children learning how to doxx each other. The biggest account weighing in on the “Lambo crash” trending topic was @TizzyEnt, an account with 3.8

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 23, 2025

interviewed Devon Akmon , who is the director of the MSU Museum at Michigan State University. Anne-Imelda Radice , right, former director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, inspects Denver city records and neighborhood histories in 2008. The Conversation U.S. In 2024 alone, the agency distributed $266.7

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