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Betsy Beaumon on Benetech's Literacy Program

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The Year That Was and the New Year Ahead Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, Benetech's VP and General Manager of the Literacy Program 2012 was a year of titanic shifts in the fields of consumer technology, education, and publishing, along with the requisite challenges brought about by such rapid change. Not just a couple, but 100 of them.

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60+ Spring Fundraising Ideas for Every Nonprofit

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Scavenger hunt Scavenger hunts are fun family activities that can really excite your supporters! Your supporters can purchase a ticket to participate and spend a day going through fun clues around your community that focus on your mission. Spring provides the perfect weather and some great scenery for a fun run event.

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The AI Writing Prompt Formula and Prompt Ideas

Whole Whale

Assuming that staff can just wander on to general AI models and create content is like when nonprofits thought it was a good idea to give their social comms to interns a decade ago. Brand Personality : XYZ has a fun and helpful tone. What’s more, tools like GPTzero.me XYZ’s founder was originally a comedian.

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3 Email Newsletters "Dos" and 1 Big "Don't"

Tech Soup

TechSoup sends out a few newsletters, including two written by me ( By the Cup and TechSoup for Libraries ). What the person did (interned at a tech start-up in Berlin). This is a great way to show your organization's personality and a fun way to engage your staff in the newsletter. Corporate Example: Benefit Cosmetics.

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How a Few Tiny Horses Bucked the Facebook Algorithm

Tech Soup

Gentle Carousel also has a literacy program called Reading Is Magic that brings the horses into schools, libraries, and at-risk youth programs. According to the International Business Times , organic reach for many posts was at about 16 percent, but over the last few months it's down to 2 percent or less. Helena Library).

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13 Causes I'd Give to If Friday the 13th Was My Lucky Day

Have Fun - Do Good

I Love Libraries Mission: "Friends of I Love Libraries was created to provide a means for library advocates to strengthen grassroots efforts in support of America’s libraries. Women for Women International blog What are 13 causes you'd give to if you won the lottery? Urban Sprouts blog is also their website.

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Ask Britt: How to make a second hand bookstore a positive force for good

Have Fun - Do Good

Last week I announced a new weekly feature that I'm trying out on Have Fun * Do Good, Ask Britt , where you send in questions related to career design for artists and activists, and I'll do my best to answer them. For example, we have a small store in Oakland called Issues that sells international newspapers and magazines.