Tableau

JANUARY 26, 2022

For business leaders, this meant an organizational shift toward more data-driven jobs and a heightened focus on data skills—a transition that revealed the widespread lack of data skills and data literacy. There's a crying need for people with data skills as digitization takes over every part of our life. Then what?

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Tableau

JANUARY 26, 2022

For business leaders, this meant an organizational shift toward more data-driven jobs and a heightened focus on data skills—a transition that revealed the widespread lack of data skills and data literacy. There's a crying need for people with data skills as digitization takes over every part of our life. Then what?

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Candid

DECEMBER 30, 2024

In 2022, male deaths before the age of 65 resulted in over four million years of potential life lost , three times the number for women. For example, we need initiatives to encourage more boys and men into HEAL professions (health, education, administration, and literacy). We canand mustdo both.

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Tableau

AUGUST 2, 2022

Despite data skills being the most in-demand skill in today’s (and tomorrow’s) job market, there’s still a data literacy gap. . Start building your data skills—for free—with the Build Your Data Literacy Trail on Trailhead. To fill this void, we created the Build Your Data Literacy Trail on Trailhead. . Data Literacy Basics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Note from Beth: As a supporter of the work that the Sharing Foundation does for children in Cambodia, I’ve seen first hand the value of literacy programs in developing countries. This week, nearly a year after first beginning to work with Room to Read, we’re proud to be taking part in promoting Literacy Day.

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Charity Village

JULY 20, 2023

What if you could buy advertising at 65% off with the added bonus of supporting literacy programming in Canada? Ad space is sold at an incredible 65% off the rate card price with funds raised supporting ABC Life Literacy Canada. appeared first on CharityVillage.

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DataRobot

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The first step is to classify AI decision types on a spectrum of risk, from low-risk cases representing small monetary losses to high-risk cases that have a possibility for either significant monetary losses or loss of life. Data Literacy for Responsible AI. White Paper. Download Now.

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Charity Village

APRIL 20, 2023

What if you could buy advertising at 65% off with the added bonus of supporting literacy programming in Canada? Funds raised support ABC Life Literacy Canada’s essential literacy programming and educational […] The post The ABC Media Sale for literacy is launching on Monday April 24, 2023 appeared first on CharityVillage.

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.orgSource

MAY 23, 2023

Financial literacy workshops. Bring that connection to life. Don’t limit the possibilities to understanding monthly statements. Be creative and include a variety of options, such as: Providing financial education promotes a culture of learning. Cover topics like budgeting, investing, and managing debt. Presentations from experts.

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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. Being able to read is crucial for life success and independence, and we’re hoping to empower thousands of people to become readers as teenagers and young adults.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

Source: Pew Internet and America Life Project: " Networked Workers " Study. Michele Martin and Tony Karer have been blogging at the Work Literacy blog for several months now. The topics they look at are what I might call social media literacy skills. Greg Sterling at the excellent blog SearchEngineLand.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2018

The Pew Research Center has released a research report called “ The Future of Digital Life and Well-Being.” The report, The Future of Well-Being in a Tech-Saturated World , was designed to answer the question: Over the next decade, how will changes in digital life impact people’s overall well-being physically and mentally?

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Candid

JANUARY 21, 2025

AI can also lighten the workload of educators while ensuring students AI literacy. The AI Education Project provides AI-powered resources that streamline lesson planning and integrate AI literacy into classrooms. It took years for seat belts to become standard in all vehicles, leaving many people without access to a life-saving tool.

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Tableau

AUGUST 2, 2022

Despite data skills being the most in-demand skill in today’s (and tomorrow’s) job market, there’s still a data literacy gap. . Start building your data skills—for free—with the Build Your Data Literacy Trail on Trailhead. To fill this void, we created the Build Your Data Literacy Trail on Trailhead. . Data Literacy Basics.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

As the technology becomes more embedded in daily life, researchers and educators face two distinct hurdles: teaching people to use these tools responsibly rather than over-relying on them while also convincing AI skeptics to learn enough about the technology to be informed citizens, even if they choose not to use it.

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Tableau

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Although most people are familiar with the current trend of growing amounts of data, there is a skills gap in data literacy - defined as the ability to explore, understand, and communicate with data. We are thrilled to expand our work with data skills education with Data Literacy eLearning. Join the data skills movement now!

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Nimble AMS

MAY 17, 2022

Automation improves the employee work-life balance, and simultaneously lowers job stress levels. Why this disconnect in data literacy? However, all changes in prioritizing technology and data literacy must begin at the top. Explain your organization’s emphasis on technology training and data literacy.

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Tableau

MAY 18, 2022

He looked at two global health indicators—life expectancy and literacy rate—impacted by generational bias and historical information. CJ then took a deeper dive and focused on a case study of South Africa—a country that, for the past 20 years, has had an above global average literacy rate. Closing the Youth Literacy Gap.

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Tableau

MAY 18, 2022

He looked at two global health indicators—life expectancy and literacy rate—impacted by generational bias and historical information. CJ then took a deeper dive and focused on a case study of South Africa—a country that, for the past 20 years, has had an above global average literacy rate. Closing the Youth Literacy Gap.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice. For LGBTI individuals—like courageous Ugandan activist Richard Lusimbo, who was outed on the front page of a Ugandan tabloid—the availability of Martus and our in-field support is life changing.

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Blue Avocado

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Perhaps this stems from a firsthand experience, or a close relative or friend whose life has been touched by same. Susan Dibble from Page Ahead Children’s Literacy Program Caring Comes First, Everything Else Can Be Taught Our board members must care about our mission. After that, I would say the next is commitment to the cause.

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Tableau

JUNE 2, 2022

CJ Mayes produced a visually stunning piece on the misconceptions around African literacy rates and global health. He used violin plots to show the significant increase in average life expectancy when compared to other regional world quadrants. Closing the Youth Literacy Gap by Iron Viz champion Will Sutton.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2021

“And to design for radically suboptimal conditions, like background noise, kids playing with the microphone, the myriad things that happen in real-life circumstances.” . “Not to make it trite, but what we’ve learned is really just listen to teachers — they’re the superusers,” Angel continued.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

WFP USA shared their blog post of Rani’s story on Facebook for Literacy Day on September 8. Through creative copywriting and compelling visuals , The Mission Continues brings Dustin’s challenging and encouraging story to life on their blog. For the feature image, they used a photo of Rani looking directly at the camera. Final Thoughts.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2022

This lack of literacy, too, hinders ex-prisoners’ ability to take advantage of government services, which often require online applications. ” Studies have shown that digital literacy can reduce recidivism , or relapse into crime. That’s what we’re trying to facilitate here.” ”

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Tableau

JUNE 2, 2022

CJ Mayes produced a visually stunning piece on the misconceptions around African literacy rates and global health. He used violin plots to show the significant increase in average life expectancy when compared to other regional world quadrants. Closing the Youth Literacy Gap by Iron Viz champion Will Sutton.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

“You’ll find personal anecdotes from my own journey, and the experiences of friends and those throughout history who have successfully used education to change their own life and to enrich the lives of others,” shares Keyes. Cultural Literacy : growing from the richness of diversity around us. Curiosity : discovering the joy of wonder.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

A few months ago, I attended Microsoft Citizenship's YouthSpark Connection event and heard first-hand from recent high school graduates about how dire the need for digital literacy is. Defining Digital Literacy. But first, what exactly is digital literacy? " The Role of Libraries. The Role of Schools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

" Griefing can be a problem in Second Life, although it does not happen at every location all the time. For example, at the BlogHer in Second Life panels and social events no problems were report as indicated by this report by VintFalken and the Information Literacy Weblog. it's easier to destroy than to create ???

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Encouraging people to at least read the article they’re sharing seems like a smart way to promote media literacy and stop some of the knee-jerk reactions that can make misinformation viral. This isn’t the only feature Twitter’s been testing to improve life on its platform.

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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. She is using the virtual media capabilities in Second Life , among others, to navigate her continued research. Success in Second Life.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 3, 2011

The Day aims to raise awareness of disability issues with a focus on the rights of persons with disabilities and the benefits derived from their integration in the social, economic, cultural and political life of their communities. Of course, accessibility is right up Benetech’s alley and the focus of our Literacy program.

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NTEN

JULY 15, 2014

Similar to Mozilla, we share the belief that the web is a global public resource that’s an essential part of our modern life. That’s why we’re supporting this global effort to teach web literacy through hands-on learning and making with the Maker Party. Join the celebration by attending a Maker Party event in your local area.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Once I left the agency and started ooomf , I wanted to fix how I approached consumption in my life. The last year has been the most productive of my life and I owe a lot of it to understanding the importance of decreasing how much I consume and coming up with ways to cut clutter.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Amira Learning is helping young students improve their reading literacy with an AI-powered tutor, while CodeSignal has built a platform for tech workers to pick up new technical skills and practice soft skills through AI-powered simulations.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The experience helped Lim realize the importance of feeling in control of your financial life. “It We are solving a massive economic disparity and we’re leveling the playing field in the workplace by reducing the financial literacy gap and providing access to credit to people that need it most,” Lim said.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

On February 16th in Los Altos, California, I shared these thoughts on Robin Seaman’s impact on the world with her family and friends at her Celebration of Life. For more on Robin's life, you can read the Publishers Weekly article. That's the Robin we all collectively know personally. The sister, the aunt, the friend, the mentor.

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