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What Is Volunteerism? A Guide to the History & Benefits

Bloomerang

We’ll cover: Volunteerism definition History of volunteerism Types of volunteerism Why is volunteerism important? Volunteerism definition Volunteerism is the act of contributing free labor to conduct community service or support a nonprofit organization. School based Schools often rely on volunteer support to care for their students.

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Forward Unto the Breach: Don’t Rest on Nonprofit Laurels

Bloomerang

Your dollars raised have stayed the same, or decreased, year over year. the numbers of students you can enroll, patients for whom you have beds, ticket buyers for whom you have seats, etc.), For example: If you’re any type of education program, you can offer learning opportunities to non-enrolled students. — Seth Godin.

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An Eco-Themed Video Game To Teach Young People about Global Warming

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Developed to teach Australian and U.K. students about environmental issues, Adventure Ecology is one example of a growing field of ???serious??? video games that raise awareness about issues like poverty and international strife, and help players assess strategies for solving them.

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Ice Bucket Challenge: Can Other Nonprofits Reproduce It?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Ice Bucket Challenge has raised over $88.5 As more kids are heading back to school, teachers and whole schools are embracing the challenge and teaching some important lessons about philanthropy. My answer: yes and no. In just seven days, donations have skyrocketed by an average of $9 million per day, now totaling $88.5

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American India Foundation

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AIF is definitely part of the social entrepreneurship movement with a results oriented culture that appeals to the tech entrepreneurs who are some of the main funders. Second, they focus on project based learning, where students use the computers to complete projects. Students get at least two computer sessions a week.

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Bay Area Teens Share the Love of Coding (Part 1)

Tech Soup

It has trained more than 470 students seventh grade and up in 13 libraries throughout Silicon Valley. It was recently recognized by the City of San Jose for raising awareness of computer science among teens. Students bring their own laptops to a public library, and receive instruction from high school-aged instructors.

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[VIDEO] 3 Steps To Closing $10K+ Gifts By December 31

Bloomerang

So she definitely knows what she’s talking about here. Definitely want to connect with her after that, and also has a new Major Gifts mastermind group kicking up as well. It is not too late to raise major gifts this year. You teach people how to relate to you. So, Steven, I think people are raising their hands.

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