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9 Lessons Learned from Hosting Virtual Fundraising Events

Nonprofit Tech for Good

6) Teach your viewers how to bid. 7) End your recorded event with a brief live interview. One of our organizations created a pre-recorded fundraising event, but also featured a live interview afterward. The live interview consisted of questions that came up during the program via chat or phone calls.

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Edtech startup bina raises $1.4M to teach 4- to 12-year-olds, launch School-as-a-Service

TechCrunch

But it has also served to highlight the abysmal nature of early years teaching: Some 40 million teachers across the globe are leaving the sector, according to the World Bank. Noam Gerstein, bina’s CEO and founder said: “I’ve interviewed students, teachers and parents globally for years, and it is clear a new systemic design is needed.

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Engageli nabs $33M more for its collaborative video-based teaching platform

TechCrunch

Having better tools to teach remotely are critical for situations when the physical experience has to be shut down, but even when things are “back to normal”, better tech can still enhance what educators and students can do, and to whom teaching can be delivered. and a new approach to teaching by video remotely. .”

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Indian online teaching platform Teachmint raises $16.5 million

TechCrunch

. “When the pandemic broke, teachers were struggling with several tools including Google Meet, Zoom and even YouTube/Facebook Live to teach online. It was a difficult and disconnected experience for most teachers as none of these tools were productised for teaching.

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You can’t learn design online

The Next Web

With a few classes under their belts, they can build out their portfolios, start interviewing, and land a great job. I may not be the most unbiased person to weigh in on the matter, as I teach design “offline.” The rationale is perfectly sound. But given that I… This story continues at The Next Web.

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YC-backed Blabla raises $1.5M to teach English through short videos

TechCrunch

“It was my eighth time applying to YC,” Huang, who founded two companies before Blabla, told TechCrunch during an interview. Blabla doesn’t limit itself to teaching English and has ambitions to bring in teachers of other languages. The coronavirus had begun to spread in the U.S.

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What can nonprofit technology trainers learn from the social work field to improve their training techniques?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I love teaching (and learning) and it was a pleasure to work with students, nonprofits, and faculty. During the class, Dean Nancy Smyth related the idea to a social work technique called “ Motivational Interviewing ,” using in addiction interventions.

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