Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

However, that doesn’t mean you have to miss out on the fun. Virtual education is a great tool and can be used to teach a wide range of skills. Just ensure that you’re able to secure an expert to teach who’s comfortable speaking on camera and familiar with the hardware and software necessary to make it happen.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

A video calling / interactive gaming device specifically designed to make it easier for children to communicate with friends and family remotely, the Amazon Glow is attempting to make these rather forced interactions more natural, engaging, and fun. Thanks, but I don’t need to be told how to have fun with my kids. Fun and educational.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 13, 2012

In celebration of the ASU Lodestar Center’s official expansion of programs into Southern Arizona, we have put together a fun 11-question quiz on Southern Arizona’s nonprofit sector. Stephanie teaches undergraduate courses in the Nonprofit Leadership and Management program, and she has also been a youth summer camp director for over 20 years.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 24, 2025

So, that is why Mackenzie wrote her book to teach you how to take actions that ultimately will improve your impact on the job and increase your happiness and fulfillment in your career. Part 4: Lead Your Team gives approaches for generating and creating the most effective teams and having more fun while doing it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

I read a lot of educational technology, training, and teaching blogs, follow those people on Twitter, curate on Scoop.It, etc to keep up. I usually draw from these sources to create “instructional resources” for any workshop or class I teach. Here’s an example from a recent webinar on training. by Eric Jensen.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 17, 2013

Just to give you a few examples: He is a co-founder of Teach a Man to Fish , a global network that promotes “education that pays for itself,” partnering with dozens of organizations around the world to establish self-sufficient schools in rural areas that teach independence and sustainability to young people from poor families.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

This video-based coding academy teaches coding skills in a fun, accessible, and engaging format on YouTube and other social media platforms (for free!). These kinds of opportunities are such easy, fun, and impactful ways to get involved, where students learn real, tangible skills that will pave the way for their career preparation.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 31, 2012

Many more groups joined in on the fun, recording videos and posting to YouTube. It’s fun, for one. Everyone involved in an organization and everyone online is, actually, human, and fun is a good thing. That said, having fun, gaining visibility, and making connections with new supporters happens only if you do it right.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The MOOC , is a Stanford University-sponsored FREE online course intended to teach givers of all ages, backgrounds, incomes and experiences to give more effectively. There is no better way to improve your own teaching than being a student! The lectures are brief, fun conversations in the forums, and worksheets are great.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2015

I had the honor of being a guest facilitator at a transformative leadership retreat with colleagues Heather McLeod Grant, Chris Block, Lance Fors, and David Havens – I got to teach but more importantly got to learn from amazing people. This exercise was teaching us to be open to change.

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The Verge

MAY 31, 2021

EA just released its chaotic and fun new multiplayer dodgeball game, Knockout City , on May 21st, and for the launch, had put together a special promotion: the full game would be free to play until May 30th, after which you could pay $19.99 That’s also enough game time to teach them to pass the ball. A screenshot from Knockout City.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 13, 2015

What Sesame Street Can Teach Us About the Giving Challenge – Guest Post by Susie Bowie. I just read a fun piece on Next Avenue called “5 Sesame Street Lessons We Need Again As Adults” by Bryce Kirchoff. And of course I thought about our community’s online day of giving on September 1 and 2 from noon to noon.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 17, 2020

She says she got the idea for the dog photo booth when she was trying to teach Scraps to scroll on a phone with her paw and take photos of herself. In addition to building a very fun robot , Giertz showed off her new workshop in Los Angeles in the video (with Scraps patiently hanging out and watching). Simone Giertz and Scraps.

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Byte Technology

JANUARY 15, 2016

it makes sense that, finally, designers would begin to look past the frivolous and fun aspects of their gear and towards truly worthwhile applications. With the surging popularity of every manner of tech device—on our wrists, strapped to our heads etc.—it

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 7, 2021

When she’s not representing political prisoners, journalists, and victims of mass atrocities around the world, she co-teaches the Human Rights course at Columbia Law School, and serves as co-founder and President of the Clooney Foundation for Justice, which aims to advance justice through accountability for human rights abuses around the world.

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The MatrixFiles

DECEMBER 19, 2022

As one of the highest paid professions and a guaranteed study that can lead to a career in video games, the Osmo coding family bundle is designed for kids 5-10 that teaches coding via connecting colorful blocks and seeing the results on an Ipad. For the Child Techie: Osmo Coding Family Bundle Price: $79.99 The other great part?

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The Next Web

MARCH 2, 2014

When my colleagues and I decided to teach our players about cyberbullying, most of the anti-bullying nonprofits we reached out to never even responded. Developers can leverage the same things that make a game fun to educate players about social causes as well. This process has to start with fun.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

For example, A Gift for Teaching used a fundraising thermometer and leaderboard on their 2021 Back-to-School Drive webpage to drive donations and keep fundraisers updated on the latest status of their fundraising campaign. To make things fun, consider hosting fun social media challenges that your supporters can complete under your hashtag.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2012

And while I haven’t done an in-depth map of this space, I keep thinking that a network of intermediaries (people who teach skills, connect skilled volunteers, generate discussion — those data nerds ) is missing. (I I may be wrong, let me know in the comments).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

The book is an extremely practical resource whether you are working on improving your skills or teaching others. Some formats are playful and incorporate informality, movement, and fun. I have found the ideas and skills described in the book to be invaluable to training and teaching and appreciate having this “recipe” book.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 15, 2010

" Teach Parents Tech – I'm having so much fun playing with this new template from Google – it filters videos and other resources and pulls them together for the person you want to help get tailored tech support. And it's fun! Check it out – anyone you want to share it with?

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The Verge

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Hats off to you, iFixit, for providing us with something fun to look at on a Friday (and for coming to The Verge ’s birthday party to teach people how to fix JoyCon last weekend).

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

It’s been just the most incredible, fun journey building this business. I created lines of really fun courses. I design each video and infuse it with as much creativity and fun as possible. If you’ve seen my Instagram or my TikTok, you know I have to keep it fun. He wrote, basically, “Hey, I love your teaching style.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2019

Before I get to the topic of using posters to make your workshops or meeting more interactive (and fun), I want to wish you a Happy International Women’s Day! This was much more fun than writing it down on a worksheet! This helps with increasing attention spans and retention as well as make the session more fun.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 20, 2024

The good news is that improving in each area, when you have effective exercises that give you relevant experience, is rewarding and often fun. Teaching piano like that would teach you chopsticks but not how to genuinely and authentically express yourself.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 29, 2010

What : Relax, or join the fun – it’s up to you! Activities include: - Human Bingo: A fun and easy way to network with other attendees. Come to the session with your online campaign ideas, and get ready to have fun mapping out a campaign! What : Relax, or join the fun – it’s up to you! When : All Day. When : All Day.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 5, 2021

Include an interesting speaker, a Q & A on a hot topic, a presentation of long-awaited research or survey results, an opportunity to socialize in break-out rooms, a live performance, and anything you can think of that sounds stimulating, lively, and fun. You can share responses in a word cloud for subsequent reminders!

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Tableau

MARCH 3, 2023

Britt Staniar Senior Community Program Manager, Recognition Programs Brittni McCafferty Community Global Program Manager – User Groups Sarah Molina March 3, 2023 - 9:04pm March 4, 2023 Tableau Ambassadors teach and share while fostering a positive and supportive space within the community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2013

As an organization that believes in the tremendous power of technology to effect change, our approach to preventing bullying throughout the month was centered on teaching empathy and kindness at a young age using apps and games. Social media allows us the flexibility and platforms to have a little fun and act on our crazy ideas.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Material like this requires a level of pre-existing expertise or a person with a great deal of time to commit to teaching him/herself a complex new skills set. You can see the fun part here—we’re building something with so many potential uses and such diverse audiences. And you can see the challenge here (see previous sentence).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

This example from Teach for America is a photograph of handwritten thank you note from a student to an TFA alumni thanking them for making a difference. Fun, Games, and Giveaways! Fun is almost always engaging, especially humorous photos, articles, and observations. What’s more fun than a color war on Facebook?

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The Verge

JULY 23, 2021

Every single recreational pilot in the US needs to take it ASAP If you’ve flown a drone for fun in the USA anytime in the past month, chances are you were breaking the law. Legally, you now need to carry a test completion certificate to fly a drone for fun. Photo by Ryan Loughlin. Authorities aren’t likely to stop you in the street.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

So the question was: How you make these everyday scenarios fun?”. With most cartoon characters, the design is informed by the character’s personality— triangles are dynamic, squares are solid, and circles are fun, for example. Keeping the Duo Design. Hartman says they decided to let the design drive the characters’ personalities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2012

AXIS creates, performs, and teaches “physically integrated dance”— a contemporary dance form that evolves from the collaboration between dancers with and without disabilities. It’s really amazing and so fun to see what Facebook ads can do to your reach and likes.We It’s so fun and easy. 6.) Lessons Learned, Advice.

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Tableau

DECEMBER 11, 2021

I love the book because it's targeting an underserved audience, but also because it's fun. It also has a lot to teach old hands like me, too. Steve's book is for that person: his goal is to help everyone get insight from data more quickly, not just the data geek who loves their dataviz platform.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Kindergarten is fun by woodley wonderworks If I ask: 5 + 5 = ? She did an exercise Seelig teaches to her students: Pick a random object in your space and figure out how it can help you solve your problem. You know the answer, right? But if I ask: ? + ? = 10 The answers are infinite. How we ask questions, enhances our creativity.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

” As Fabian explained at TechCrunch Disrupt, Metafy has a pretty fun founding story. “He offered to teach them for $20 an hour, which is less than what we pay our babysitter,” Fabian remembered. “I would spend my bathroom breaks very productively playing a game called Clash Royale,” Fabian said.

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