Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2018

The Pew Research Center has released a research report called “ The Future of Digital Life and Well-Being.” ” Pew interviewed technology experts and scholars (including me) about the benefits and drawbacks of our digital lives. Positive Personal Impact of Digital. 11, 2017, and Jan. Glorious connectedness.

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NTEN

JUNE 6, 2023

A tech-savvy team is essential for nonprofit organizations that want to thrive in the digital age. Digital Marketing, Outreach, & Fundraising Tech Skills Map — an interactive diagram of digital competencies for nonprofit roles (free but requires you to provide contact info). Or take advantage of free tools.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 20, 2013

Since 2007, San Francisco has been striving toward becoming a digitally inclusive city. The San Francisco Digital Inclusion Strategy (SFDIS) was part of former Mayor Gavin Newsom's campaign promise to provide all San Franciscans with free Wi-Fi. Other Corporate Digital Inclusion Projects. Powering Communities with Tech.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2013

I had the opportunity to participate in the launch of the new Kansas City Digital Inclusion Fund. Department of Commerce Broadband Technology Opportunities Program to address the digital divide, one in five American adults still do not use the Internet. So why is Kansas City investing more money on digital inclusion?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2012

I’ve been curating resources and teaching workshops on the topic of information coping skills for a couple of years. His chapter on “Data Literacy” describes what sounds a lot of good content curation skills minus the social sharing part. Click Through to Amazon and Get This Book!

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FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Byte Back’s mission is to close the digital divide by providing historically excluded communities an equitable pathway into the digital economy. They achieve this through transformative digital advocacy, digital literacy, and tech certification training. community partners. If you’re in the D.C.

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NTEN

AUGUST 6, 2014

Director of Digital Strategy. They are keys to web literacy and innovation. There are many organizations fueling the maker movement and teaching web literacy. Alan Rosenblatt. What do words and phrases like Webmaker, Maker Parties, and Thimble have in common? Almost everyone contributes to it in some manner.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 28, 2012

My organization, Benetech, alone has products and services touching on all of these areas: • We write the leading software package used for managing conservation projects: Miradi, a standalone software program usable on PCs and Macs, and our Read2Go software is the leading Special Education Literacy software for the iOS platform (for iPhones and iPads) (..)

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2012

Learn more about e-reader teaching tips during TechSoup's free 30-minute webinar. Yet 48 percent of all owners of e-book reading devices such as Kindles and NOOKs say they don't know if their library lends e-books. And 47 percent of those who read an e-book in the past year say they don't know.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

.” This week, the Poynter Institute Katie Hawkins-Gaar and Ren LaForme joined forces to host a series called #40 Better Hours , a project to improve newsroom culture by looking at things that cause stress like workflow and communication and teaching journalist skills to combat information overload, part of a technology wellness routine.

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Tech Soup

JULY 24, 2014

Bringing mobile devices into adult library programs can be an excellent way to promote library e-media and teach digital literacy skills. mobile training webinars Community Tech Centers tsevent library mobile phones libraries event tsevents Accessible Technology digital divide community' Pacific time (2 p.m.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

We are offering a Dell Latitude 10 tablet refurbished by our friends at CDI to the best “ Digital Connector ” story lead. Whether you are teaching a community about sustainable agriculture in Colorado or organizing a hack-a-thon in Romania, we want to help you tell your story. Interested? Interesting proposition.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

Whether you are teaching a community about sustainable agriculture in Colorado or organizing a hack-a-thon in Romania, we want to help you tell your story. We are offering a Dell Latitude 10 tablet refurbished by our friends at CDI to the best “ Digital Connector ” story lead. That sounds great. Eligibility.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

Internet safety can be a tricky subject to teach. essential skill to include in basic digital literacy instruction, but. determining what content to include and how to teach it can present many challenges. design curriculum and teach classes without a fear of becoming outdated. organizations. and up to date.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 29, 2013

Year Up is just one of the five nonprofit organizations Microsoft has partnered with along with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, City Year, Junior Achievement USA (JA), and Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship. Pew Research Internet and American Life Project: Digital Divide. Digital Divide Microsoft libraries youth education'

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NTEN

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Virtual advocacy opportunities — Teach volunteers to be strong advocates for your cause. For example, if your nonprofit specializes in teaching financial literacy, you can set up an advice line for community members to call in with their financial questions.

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Charity Village

AUGUST 5, 2022

The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Government of Canada, launched the second phase of the Digital Literacy Exchange Program and announced a $17.6 million federal investment to help ensure that everyone has the knowledge to fully participate in the digital economy.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 22, 2013

We had a similar experience recently here at Microsoft when we heard a story about a student who participates in our Technology Education And Literacy in Schools (TEALS) program. A TEALS teaching assistant for a classroom in rural Kentucky noticed the transformation of a young man involved in the program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2012

At Common Sense Media , we believe that treating others’ information carefully, and teaching others to do the same, is a key factor in building and maintaining trust. We guide parents through raising kids in this digital age, and provide digital literacy curriculum to educators at no cost.

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AUGUST 12, 2021

This was initially a struggle, as the lack of face-to-face interaction makes it much harder to teach concepts and learn about a new role. However, with the use of digital tools, like a performance management system and an online learning platform, training and onboarding became much easier.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Virtual events are much easier to run as they create a complete digital footprint in real-time. Hybrid Supply/Food Drives The hybrid supply/food drive is one that’s emerged thanks to the digital space, and it’s particularly useful during times of high need. Numbers 32 through 39 can help you raise funds in the digital world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Listening for Nonprofits in a Digital World View more presentations from kanter. For the past five years, I’ve been teaching social media workshops for nonprofits and lately doing deeper dives on the techniques of listening both for nonprofits and in my role as Visiting Scholar in Residence at the Packard Foundation.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 1, 2016

Another interesting finding from the Pew report is that "some 86% of Internet users have taken steps online to remove or mask their digital footprints, but many say they would like to do more or are unaware of the tools they could use."

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 9, 2014

First up was Joseph Tanigawa from Code for San Francisco (our local chapter of Code for America), who presented a nifty tool for bridging the digital divide. What I like most about this app is that it teaches financial literacy skills by letting users drill down into their expenses and easily keep track of what they're spending.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Its employees use Box to share digital asset libraries and collaborate with third-party vendors. Operation Hope : This financial literacy nonprofit uses Box as its primary content management system for all employees. These organizations are using Box to more effectively carry out their missions.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 1, 2016

Another interesting finding from the Pew report is that "some 86% of Internet users have taken steps online to remove or mask their digital footprints, but many say they would like to do more or are unaware of the tools they could use."

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 11, 2006

The one I was most interested in is the Digital Equalizer Program. Digital divide programs are notoriously difficult to run successfully. The AIF team in New Delhi took me to visit a school that was part of the Digital Equalizer program. Founded in 2001 in response to the Gujarat earthquake, AIF now runs multiple programs.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 26, 2011

These tools can help organizations that work with individuals who have general writing concerns, English language learners, people with learning disabilities or physical handicaps in typing, people with dyslexia or recovering from strokes, and even those learning literacy and spelling.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

They also have a homework help program for school children and offer a variety of digital literacy computer classes. Lane is planning to do a game design class and is excited about using the MultiPoint Server system as a teaching tool. Patrons can also bring their own laptops and tablets and use the library's free WiFi.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

They also have a homework help program for school children and offer a variety of digital literacy computer classes. Lane is planning to do a game design class and is excited about using the MultiPoint Server system as a teaching tool. Patrons can also bring their own laptops and tablets and use the library's free WiFi.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Nonprofits to support Byte Back Byte Back is an organization dedicated to opening a path for historically underrepresented communities into the digital economy. The organization champions digital equity, diversity in tech, and living-wage careers. Donate to support their mission here.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2005

One corporate chief executive offered extensive in-kind support for our digital literacy enterprises that provide the disabled access to talking books and teach reading to teenagers and adults who are not yet literate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2007

It is a new form of teaching, not just skill-based learning. Emphasis is on digital literacy. Mentioned recent studies about taking laptops out of the classroom and there is a problem with using old metrics and it is important to look for new metrics and rethink learning environments in general. Microsoft Corporation.

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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). Areas served: Worldwide. Costco Wholesale.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

A focus group participant with an LGBTQ+ youth organization said: [Digital technology] is…really beneficial to reach out to the disabled community. Going digital, perhaps unsurprisingly, turned out to be an effective way to reach younger crowds, the “digital natives.” Failure to engage the digital immigrants.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

This morning I attended the MacArthur Foundation Digital Learning briefing that was taking place at the Natural History Museum in NYC. It was the ultimate digital media multi-tasking experience. MacArthur wants to know: How is digital media changing the way that children learn and develop and what are the implications?

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Connection Cafe

JULY 8, 2019

Let’s start by surveying the digital landscape. Countless usability tests have shown that users don’t consume digital content the same way they consume printed content. American Literacy is Iffy. In this case, students care far more about getting a day off school than a teaching conference. What You’re Up Against.

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