Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

I want to unveil several of these new initiatives, as well as sneaking in some of the incredible things happening in our core programs in literacy and human rights. We’re thrilled that students and other readers who have disabilities that keep them from reading standard print can now read the same books as their peers, using the same devices.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

World Food Program USA (WFP USA), the US affiliate of the 2020 Nobel Prize-winning United Nations World Food Programme, has beautifully adapted the story of Rani—a precocious student in India who receives meals fortified with micronutrients—for their blog, Facebook, and Instagram.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

There are plenty of ordinary happenings that can grab a headline, such as your nonprofit’s annual student art contest or upcoming 5K. After-school violin program receives six new violins, will expand to include younger students . Write the release in a straightforward manner, including relevant information with no sentimental language.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Highlights of this Update: Global Literacy Human Rights Benetech Labs Communications Global Literacy Bookshare celebrated a double milestone this summer, reaching over 200,000 available titles in our collection and serving over 250,000 members with disabilities! While the majority of our members are U.S. million grant from the U.S.

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NTEN

AUGUST 5, 2014

The last time I was in Baltimore was in 2007, with Amnesty International at their regional conference, attending as a bright-eyed student organizer trying to learn how to more effectively spread the good word of social justice and human rights (the story of how I got involved in nonprofit marketing!).

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Neon CRM

JUNE 16, 2023

Personalize the ask In a study of email fundraising campaigns, we found that the emails with the highest engagement rates addressed the recipients by name and used “you” language, speaking directly to the recipient. An example of this might be a literacy foundation raising $X to help provide tutoring to X number of students.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 16, 2022

As with all Asks, center your language around the things you’ll be able to do with the donor’s money – like the lives they’ll be able to change. Without them, young people on our waitlist continue to face the challenges that low levels of literacy create in their lives. Very good question. Monthly donors make this work possible!

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 26, 2011

These tools can help organizations that work with individuals who have general writing concerns, English language learners, people with learning disabilities or physical handicaps in typing, people with dyslexia or recovering from strokes, and even those learning literacy and spelling.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

The staff have to be very flexible; they talk with the kids in adult language, but always explain as needed. " While at SF Brightworks, TechSoup volunteers worked one-on-one with the young students, who were busy completing their annual portfolios. TechSoup Sweat Equity.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2015

" Digital Democracy's approach to achieving this mission is based on the following three stages: Digital literacy: Getting individuals to understand the tools and how to use them. Local language content and locally relevant context has facilitated the transition into local ownership. Key Challenges in Working in Remote Areas.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

The National Commission on writing stated that 80 percent of grade school students are not proficient at writing. This motivational program lets you, your students, staff, or volunteers learn typing from a range of tutorials using voice response, 3D animation, video, and virtual reality. Learn Typing with UltraKey by Bytes of Learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2006

I immediately saw the potential of being able to connect to my friends and family across distances and being able to read news and research in my other languages and from different perspectives than the media in the US provided. I wanted to combine my two passions in teaching: Foreign Languages and Technology. The tools of Web 2.0

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2007

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. She brings the printed word to students, teachers, other professionals and avid readers." Hinkle concluded her letter of nomination with an eloquent entreaty.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2011

We serve over 150,000 students with disabilities alone with free online services funded by the Department of Education (however, nothing contained in this post has anything to do with our funders). We work all over the world, and our Martus software has been translated into Spanish, French, Russian, Arabic, Khmer and other languages.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 2, 2006

Here is a partial transcript from my interview with Viet-Ly: Viet-Ly: Streetside Stories is a nonprofit literacy arts program based in San Francisco and we work with the middle schools -- the public middle schools -- of the San Francisco Unified School District. Britt: What are some of the biggest challenges of the work that you do?

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Classes Nonprofit organizations often offer classes that cover a wide array of topics, from literacy and language skills to financial literacy and job training. If you’re looking for a good place to start, set up a series of leadership workshops geared towards high school students with an interest in fostering positive change.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

So, for example, if I provide an after-school program, I just use that a lot because I ran an after-school program for over a decade, but if I’m delivering academic programs, then I’m going to be looking at the number of students served. “We are serving X number of students right now.” And for a good reason.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2007

Solicitation on the streets for programs at the k-12 level to train students to use cyber tools for science. Emphasis is on digital literacy. Funded a project to work with state of Michigan - requirement for high school graduation is that all students have an online learning experience. Program is world-wide.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Relying too heavily on technology means that those who lack the resources, language skills, and savvy to use technology to its full potential are left behind. English as a second language. In addition to deepening inequities for low-income people, modern technology has a way of isolating or segmenting people by language.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

All of the staff have name badges identifying them either as students or teachers. I especially appreciate Big Brother Mouse because of their shared focus on access to literacy. It turns out to help adults as well as kids, since many adults hadn’t seen books in their native Lao language before.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. It works well for students in the United States, but we’re still not reaching American adults to the extent we would like. We can do better!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 27, 2007

If you are a regular reader of this blog, you may remember that my family and I sponsor a college student, Leng Sopharath, with the help of many of you. Our project on Global Giving focuses on literacy which is key to education and jobs for poor children. These students are so dedicated that some meet on their own to study on weekends.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 8, 2019

American Literacy is Iffy. I’m going to give you all the same facts, and I want each of you to write the ‘lede’ of the story if it was going to appear in the student paper.”. In this case, students care far more about getting a day off school than a teaching conference. We couldn’t have a language without them.

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