Blue Avocado

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Each board member may bring a specific skill or may be a generalist, but in the aggregate, the board provides a full set of business skills to ensure that the executive director is employing best practices — whether it’s finance, budgeting, strategic planning, change management, or succession planning.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 10, 2011

The centerpiece of our Benetech board of directors meeting this week was the Benetech Human Rights Program. Last quarter Betsy Beaumon presented the future of our Literacy program including Bookshare. Each of our quarterly meetings tends to focus on big strategic issues facing Benetech.

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Tableau

APRIL 20, 2022

Then you’ll love this exploration of the recent Tableau data literacy report and how to facilitate lasting data literacy through the lens of—what else?—the Presenters: Samuel Parsons (Biztory; Tableau Visionary), Simon Beaumont (JLL, Global BI Director). Andy Cotgreave , Technical Evangelist Director, Tableau. .

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Tableau

MAY 18, 2022

Senior Director, Tableau Community, Tableau. The formidable contenders needed to impress a world-class panel of data experts, composed of last year’s Iron Viz Champion Lisa Trescott , Tableau VP of Research and Design Dr. Jock Mackinlay, and Tableau Public Director Taha Ebrahimi. Closing the Youth Literacy Gap. Larissa Amoroso.

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Tableau

MAY 18, 2022

Senior Director, Tableau Community, Tableau. The formidable contenders needed to impress a world-class panel of data experts, composed of last year’s Iron Viz Champion Lisa Trescott , Tableau VP of Research and Design Dr. Jock Mackinlay, and Tableau Public Director Taha Ebrahimi. Closing the Youth Literacy Gap. Larissa Amoroso.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2012

But, everyone can raise their data literacy, especially visualization. So, as I curate resources on this topic, I was excited to discover Rahul Bhargava – a data nerd who writes the Data Therapy Blog for the MIT Center for Civic Media. To create change, data must lead to action.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

On September 8, Unesco observed its 40th International Literacy Day, from which Care2 highlights some shocking statistics on literacy around the globe and reminds us that the ability to read and write is a human right.

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Tableau

MAY 25, 2022

The study, ‘ Building Data Literacy: The Key To Better Decisions, Greater Productivity And Data-Driven Organizations ’, found that despite increasing demand for data skills, inadequate training and investments have left business leaders with a false sense of security. Build Your Data Literacy. Data Literacy for All.

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Tableau

MAY 25, 2022

The study, ‘ Building Data Literacy: The Key To Better Decisions, Greater Productivity And Data-Driven Organizations ’, found that despite increasing demand for data skills, inadequate training and investments have left business leaders with a false sense of security. Build Your Data Literacy. Data Literacy for All.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 27, 2012

You serve on a nonprofit board of directors. 1 This study, Financial Literacy and Knowledge in the Nonprofit Sector (PDF) , "engaged a random sample of primarily human service nonprofits, as well as health, civic, environmental, arts, and education nonprofits." We welcome your comments and feedback. The Moody’s Foundation, 2011.

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VisionLink

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Using VisionLink''s portal technology, you can create entire systems for particular stakeholders--perhaps it''s your board of directors, or those working on a literacy project, or for a group of housing specialists. Now you have even more tools to control who can see what, when, how and why.

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.orgSource

MAY 6, 2024

Kevin Ordonez,orgSource’s Managing Director of Digital Strategy, explains what you have to gain from an assessment this way. 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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The Verge

JUNE 29, 2020

Tyler Hahn, director of the Cherokee Public Library, told The Markup that many of the services he previously provided to the town’s residents have had to take new forms. The Markup has written about the ways in which libraries are attempting to keep their patrons online. It’s well worth a read.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2021

“Guided reading is needs-based, differentiated instruction and in COVID we couldn’t do it,” said Andrea Burkiett, director of Elementary Curriculum and Instruction at the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Recruiting: Betsy Burgess joins as our new Director of Marketing Now, I'm delighted to report the recent arrival of our new Director of Marketing, Betsy Burgess. Route 66 Literacy was put on the back burner last year because it ran out of funding. Department of Education gave us a major award on September 28, 2007.

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Tableau

APRIL 20, 2022

Then you’ll love this exploration of the recent Tableau data literacy report and how to facilitate lasting data literacy through the lens of—what else?—the Presenters: Samuel Parsons (Biztory; Tableau Visionary), Simon Beaumont (JLL, Global BI Director). Andy Cotgreave , Technical Evangelist Director, Tableau. .

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Our breakthrough in the conception of Martus came in 2000, when I was looking to expand Benetech to new frontiers of social good beyond our origins—helping disabled people access books in what is now our Global Literacy program. He went on to become Benetech’s Vice President of Human Rights and led our human rights work for nine years.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 2, 2007

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. And, the most committed and dynamic folks from that crowd may have the chance to serve on our board of directors.

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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? The Web is fundamentally the creation of the people that use it.

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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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Tableau

JULY 31, 2023

Larissa Amoroso Senior Director, Tableau Community, Tableau Ateken Abla July 31, 2023 - 10:22pm August 5, 2023 Analytics is essential for the future of work as more organizations embrace data to make decisions, delight customers, track progress, and innovate their products and offerings. Looking for more?

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The Verge

DECEMBER 17, 2020

When you’re talking about technology, literacy and language are usually second tier,” says Jorge Rodriguez, a health technology equity researcher at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. The program, called v-safe, is one way the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will follow up with people who take the vaccine.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2021

Other investors included the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Ventures, PT Triputra Investindo Arya, Global Founders Capital, Trihill Capital, 1982 Ventures and Willy Swandi Dharma, former president director of insurance company PT Asuransi Adira Dinamika. It is incredibly important and a crucial step for the long-term resilience of our business.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Those with low levels of media literacy are often more vulnerable to information disorders and lack effective means to navigate and counter them. Stephen Jackson is director, strategic communications at TechSoup. Both disinformation and misinformation fuel societal polarization, which leads to democratic backsliding.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2021

The startup also plans to invest in supporting students through API literacy programs and contribute toward open-source projects.

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Tableau

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Director, Tableau Blueprint. We have an understanding of the situation around us as expressed through data because we have invested in its availability, reliability, literacy, and quality," PG said. "We Jeremy Blaney. Spencer Czapiewski. October 11, 2021 - 3:25am. October 14, 2021.

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Tableau

JANUARY 31, 2022

Vidya Setlur, Director, Tableau Research. For success in the future of work, organizations expand their definition of data literacy, invest in their people, and double-down on Data Culture.” —Wendy Turner-Williams, Chief Data Officer, Tableau. Artificial intelligence . “AI AI augments and empowers human expertise.

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Tableau

JANUARY 31, 2022

Vidya Setlur, Director, Tableau Research. For success in the future of work, organizations expand their definition of data literacy, invest in their people, and double-down on Data Culture.” —Wendy Turner-Williams, Chief Data Officer, Tableau. Artificial intelligence . “AI AI augments and empowers human expertise.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Even though Benetech doesn’t have donor funding for this, our VP of Global Literacy, Betsy Beaumon, and I thought it would be worthwhile to attend this meeting. I was surprised that the Director General of WIPO, Francis Gurry, actually presided over the half-day formal meeting: the effort was obviously getting priority from WIPO.

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Tableau

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Director, Tableau Blueprint. We have an understanding of the situation around us as expressed through data because we have invested in its availability, reliability, literacy, and quality," PG said. "We Jeremy Blaney. Spencer Czapiewski. October 11, 2021 - 3:25am. October 14, 2021.

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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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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

JULY 19, 2021

Director, Tableau Blueprint. With questions, answers, and recommendations specific to you—whether you’re a Chief Data Officer, Director of Analytics, Line-of-Business Leader, Tableau Server Administrator, Community Leader, or other stakeholder—the assessment features paths personalized by role to ensure holistic success. Jeremy Blaney.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

She's also the executive director of Community Technology Network , a nonprofit that brings information access and digital literacy to underserved Bay Area populations. YNPN honored Kami as the Young Nonprofit Executive Director of the Year. As TechSoup's training and outreach manager, Kami manages TechSoup Talks!

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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

JANUARY 5, 2022

Technical Evangelist Director, Tableau. Improving business performance through data literacy. Andy Cotgreave. Bronwen Boyd. January 5, 2022 - 9:52pm. January 8, 2022. Welcome to 2022. With the end of one year and the start of another, it’s a good time to reflect and renew. I enjoy reading your summaries of recent times.

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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. I was impressed and encouraged with the thoughtfulness and engagement of the chief executives in my small group.

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