Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2015

Benetech is hiring new Vice Presidents for our Global Literacy and Human Rights programs. Our Benetech Labs is busy looking for the next tech social enterprises that could make similar global impact. As one of our partners from an LGBT group in Uganda noted last year, “If it isn’t documented, it didn’t happen.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2012

If you think about what a museum curator does, it is very similar. The average user on Facebook shares/creates 90 pieces of content a month. With over 800 million global users on Facebook , if you do the math – that’s a lot of information! We can’t blame it all on the amount of information.

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NTEN

JUNE 27, 2012

If you think about what a museum curator does, it is very similar. The museum curator does research, is an expert in the particular artistic style, selects the best examples, puts them together in an exhibit, provides important context with annotation on the labels, and so on. What is content curation exactly? That’s less true.

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Tech Soup

JULY 25, 2012

She came to the Nonprofit Commons to share her areas of expertise in media literacy, human-computer interaction, and the impact of the digital revolution on education and libraries. " Research on virtual worlds used for education, libraries, and museums continues to expand.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2014

Google Global Impact Award competitions have been held in India and the UK, and most recently in the San Francisco Bay Area. Bring Me a Book is creating a "literacy ecosystem" via social media in Alameda and Santa Clara Counties. " Program is creating new distribution channels for affordable produce to low-income people.

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Forum One

MARCH 23, 2021

data literacy, device preferences)? There are different types of primary navigation menus, also known as main and global navigation menus. Example 2: The American Museum of Natural History in New York shows a clear hierarchy of content. Audiences: Which audience groups are you prioritizing? What context is relevant to know (e.g.,

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 9, 2007

But what if the goal was to band together to save the world from a real threat—like global warming, AIDS, or mass genocide? I think about this a lot with regard to museums and data. museum, in which every time a guest hits a button their entry is recorded and used to create something great.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 20, 2008

Now, a day and two thousand miles from the closing ceremony, I realize I was lucky enough to participate in a very special kind of conference, one which deals specifically with the global politics of science centers. Most museum conferences are focused on professional learning and networking. How are we addressing this woman?

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Exhibit labels in science centers ask more questions than any other kinds of museums, and yet the questions are often awful--teacherly, overly rhetorical, and totally meaningless. asked by a cop or mother, garners the full attention of asker and askee alike, museum questions like "what is nanotechnology?,"

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2019

20: Global Recycling Day — #GRD2020. 18: International Museum Day — #MuseumDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. 16: Global Cat Day — #GlobalCatDay. 2: World Wetlands Day — #WorldWetlandsDay. 4: World Cancer Day — #WorldCancerDay. 11: Safer Internet Day — #SID20. September.

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EveryAction

MARCH 16, 2017

Organizations like Room to Read , the Poetry Foundation , and Books in Homes USA work to promote literacy and the significance of literary works in our society - support their work today, bookworms! Do you love ladies in literature? Sheroes in the Sciences. Gertrude B. You can thank marine biologist and writer Rachel Carson for that.

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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. He noted that media literacy has to be integrated as a skill set in all places. " Media literacy is a paradigm shift - not an add-in subject. local time). It starts in the home.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

By Stephen Jackson From supporting a local museum to responding to climate change to aiding people in the midst of a health crisis, nonprofit staff turn time and attention to a variety of issues, working on them in creative and hyperlocal ways. Fact-checking is not enough.

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The NonProfit Times

AUGUST 22, 2024

By Stephen Jackson From supporting a local museum to responding to climate change to aiding people in the midst of a health crisis, nonprofit staff turn time and attention to a variety of issues, working on them in creative and hyperlocal ways. Fact-checking is not enough.

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