Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

We celebrated the tenth anniversary of Bookshare—both online and with in real life—with gatherings of users, volunteers, partners, employees, and friends throughout the year. At the close of 2012, we are five years into our work in education and are serving over 230,000 students. Another growing trend is that everyone is a publisher.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Use Data to Reach People If you’re looking for a real-life example of how data can improve decision-making and by extension the bottom line, I’ll share one group’s impactful experience. Those two aspects of life are intertwined. Students are now eligible to join at age 15, which is a new pipeline to the next generation of talent.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2024

You’d get the idea that they’re interested in nature education and in supporting students, at least—what other details could you glean from their donation? Your goal is to automate the repetitive tasks that eat up your time and keep you from having the kind of real-life interactions that will make it easier for you to retain your donors.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Because of his lifelong commitment to education, Keyes founded the Education is Freedom Foundation , which provides college scholarships for hard-working young students. In over 20 years since its inception, the foundation has helped nearly hundreds of thousands of students find their path to higher education. from 2007 to 2011.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Gabriella Billett President, Nonprofit Leadership Alliance Student Association at ASU. On Wednesday, October 19, a group of 12 students from Arizona State University traveled to Houston, Texas, to attend AFP Lead 2022. I was one of the lucky students who was able to travel and learn so much from the professionals at the conference.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

As a presenter, advocate, or fundraiser, your job is to ensure that your colleagues, followers, or students want to soak up your message — a tall order, especially in a digital environment. Eileen on data: “As the presenter, it’s your job to bring a statistic to life. They can read just fine! This leads us to our last point….

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 28, 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). Bookshare is an online library for people who can’t read standard print books. We do it for human rights groups. government or even (heavens!)

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.orgSource

MAY 29, 2023

If one or more of your directors is involved in diversity planning in their professional life, ask them to present to the group; Or invite a CEO and/or staff members from another association to tell their story. Gather information and resources from organizations that are successfully implementing programs.

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Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Then — as a first-generation college student — she received her undergraduate and graduate degrees. A High Achiever in Pursuit of Education The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation opens doors for low-income, high-achieving students to access a quality education. She finished high school and decided to go to community college.

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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. Facebook and Instagram. Final Thoughts.

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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 20, 2020

For example, offer discounted memberships for: Students. Find out how to start showing your members that your association understands and is keeping up with their expectations as their life stages change. Consider offering budget-friendly monthly or quarterly payment options to make joining more economical. Provide discounts.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 22, 2013

Caltech’s small size makes its faculty and students incredibly agile when it comes to understanding a broad array of fields: there is a need here to be able to explain your work, and to understand the work of others. That’s the Caltech advantage!

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Kindful

AUGUST 9, 2021

The educational goals for the funders in this list include increasing postsecondary and higher learning opportunities, advancing innovation inside the classroom, engaging more students in the arts, and enhancing early childhood development, just to name a few. Areas served: Worldwide. Carnegie Corporation of New York. The Kresge Foundation.

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Association Analytics

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

On top of all the other things out there that people want in their life, and all the other sources of information and learning and networking – engagement, quite literally – that are increasingly available, associations need to be smarter about what they do, and how they reach out.

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Cloud 4 Good

MAY 27, 2021

Cloud for Good provides Salesforce implementation services for institutions looking to modernize their platform to meet the ever-changing needs of students, staff, and faculty. This will provide prospective students with a consistent, data-backed experience no matter who they speak to on the recruitment & admissions team.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

How can they enable their institutions to reach the next level of student success, community engagement, and research impact? This means universities are optimising their offerings to meet learner needs, including offering more proactive support and digital services geared towards meeting the changing expectations of students.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 24, 2022

The Cambodian Children’s Fund (CCF) is changing this and giving these children hope — of an education and a better life. It started with just one child — and one man’s wish to change a life. More children followed, because Scott gave up his Hollywood life and moved to Cambodia to set up the Cambodian Children’s Fund.

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sgEngage

JUNE 17, 2024

Many cite burnout as the primary reason they are leaving the teaching profession, and in response, schools are trying to pivot and focus on the well-being of their faculty and students. Office of the Surgeon General—including protection from harm, connection & community, work-life harmony, mattering at work, and opportunity for growth.

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Candid

JULY 14, 2022

We partner with hundreds of reservation-based programs, improving quality of life for 250,000 Native elders, families, and children each year. . One program partner on the Crow Creek Reservation determined that their Tokata Youth Center and students needed support the most. Building relationships for smarter grantmaking .

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 27, 2014

When our team last caught up with him, he was a busy student at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, rejoicing in his ability to read independently and reach his full potential. Without Bookshare, my academic life would have been much harder for me and my caregivers,” he said.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 7, 2021

After a year of pandemic-fueled isolation — undoubtedly a primary factor in 42% of adults experiencing anxiety and depression, up 11% from previous years — educational institutions and businesses are making the mental wellbeing of their students and employees a priority.

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Everyaction

JUNE 6, 2018

The National Center for Transgender Equality is the nation’s leading social justice advocacy organization winning life-saving change for transgender people. On their website, they note that LGBTQ individuals suffer more hate crimes than any other protected group, which makes disarming hate a crucial LGBTQ issue. Gill Foundation The.

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Cloud 4 Good

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Education announcements tied around the theme of wowing students for lifelong success introduced a number of key new features and enhancements poised to revolutionize the industry. Student Contact vs. Parent Contact), and respected Record Types, all while preventing those stubborn duplicates.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Chuck had been suggesting for quite a while that I come to Boulder both to speak to Naropa students and connect with the vibrant local tech scene. The majority of Naropa students in the class were working on their own social enterprise concepts. So, we go way back in our shared commitment to growing the social enterprise movement.

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Cloud 4 Good

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

In order to help increase enrollment rates and create more personalized journeys for their prospective students, DBU turned to Cloud for Good for a strategic partnership to help create a best-in-breed marketing automation system, designed to help funnel prospective students through DBU’s recruitment and application process. .

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sgEngage

JULY 24, 2023

The ongoing conversation about student debt and the value of a college credential exacerbates the issue for higher education institutions. do not feel their education was worth the cost, colleges and universities have to work harder and smarter to recruit, enroll, and retain students.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

How you answer these two questions will determine if you are more likely to be successful, resilient, and engaged at work – and likely to do something great in your life by taking seriously what you love and expressing it in some sort of productive way. Make lasting change for your team, your company, your family, or your students.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

DBG Detroit empowers students to be positive and productive members of society through education, athletics, mentorship, and intervention. With such important life-changing work at stake, DBG’s executive team implemented technology that would better support their existing programs and aggressive growth goals. Take A Courageous Pause.

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Candid

JUNE 14, 2023

For example, an activity is running a series of workshops to teach high school students in your district how to do workouts at home. An output is hosting six exercise workshops for 300 students. The outcome for this program might be improved physical fitness for 80% of these high-school students within a six-month period.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 15, 2024

It's nearly impossible to accomplish anything meaningful and important in life without at some point having to meet new people, learn new things, and take on new roles," explains Rollag. The book, by Keith Rollag , is all about how to be comfortable, confident, and successful in new situations. Perform new things in front of others.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Some of these challenges include a lack of funding for schools, a lack of access to high-quality educational resources and opportunities, and a lack of support for students and teachers. Our perspectives can be subconsciously influenced greatly by our social economic start in life.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 24, 2022

Instead of serving five hundred students or feeding 15,000 people you could triple or even quadruple the numbers. Bring large, organization-wide projects and initiatives to life. However, recent mega gifts to their organizations brought new life to their brand. Nothing in life is easy or simple.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 28, 2023

If reviews are delayed, awards are delayed, which ultimately means students do not get the funds they need on time. Life happens. It puts a face to a name and demonstrates how much their work has impacted that student. Award Management System Transform your institution’s student awards program.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Ballet Lubbock was founded in 1969 with a mission to change lives by making life-long investments in their dancers, the community, and the arts. Since then, student enrollment has quintupled, the budget—including scholarship grants—tripled, and outreach activities expanded through valuable community partnerships.

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Candid

MAY 2, 2023

It was the perfect combination to help this “average” high school student excel and graduate at the top of her class. There was a time when HBCUs were the only option for Black students in higher education; I don’t have to go back too far in my lineage for that to be true. My story isn’t unique.

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sgEngage

MARCH 6, 2024

You just signed a multi-year contract for a new student information and learning management system (SIS/LMS) that does everything you want it to do. Back to that summer of 2020, I had a calendar script running that populated student and teacher Google calendars with their class schedules.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Within a few years, it grew to be a community of people who use it as a tool for planning, organizing, and adjusting the methodology to their life habits and routines. Diagnosed with learning disabilities early in life, he was forced to figure out alternate ways to be focused and productive. Combine and balance work and personal life.

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