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22 Statistics About #GivingTuesday Donors Worldwide

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Education and literacy – 5%. Direct/Post mail (credit or debit card, cheque) – 12%. A handwritten note sent through the mail asking me to give – 12%. Human and social services – 8%. Environment and conservation – 7%. Arts, cultural preservation, and humanities – 6%. Women and girls – 4%.

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Bookshare Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary at Google

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

They also demoed Read2Go, the accessible ebook application for the Apple OS and Route 66 Literacy, Benetech’s online literacy instructional program. During the party we had a surprise video message from Stevie Wonder, a long-time Bookshare member who told us that he is using Read2Go to read accessible books from the Bookshare library.

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Go read about how Americans who depend on libraries for internet are coping with the pandemic

The Verge

“Even to work at McDonald’s, you’ll get a 30-page online application, and if you’re not comfortable with the drop-down menu, this is really going to be a challenge,” said Kate Eppler, manager of The Bridge at Main, a literacy and learning center in the San Francisco Public Library system.

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Guest post by Kate Bladow: My Name Is Kate and I'm a Listener

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Hitting "Mark All As Read" in a reader is much, much easier than declaring e-mail bankruptcy. Subscribe with your reader or by e-mail, when you are satisfied with your results. If you are listening already, I encourage you to step it up: refine your key words, add a new source, or move your e-mail alerts to a feed reader.

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5 takeaways from the Salesforce.org trends in higher education report

Tableau

Here are our top five takeaways for higher education institutions across disciplines, including data literacy. Direct mail remains a top channel globally, with 51% of students wanting the frequency of communications to stay at current levels and 32% wanting more direct mail. Emphasize career opportunities to attract students.

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5 takeaways from the Salesforce.org trends in higher education report

Tableau

Here are our top five takeaways for higher education institutions across disciplines, including data literacy. Direct mail remains a top channel globally, with 51% of students wanting the frequency of communications to stay at current levels and 32% wanting more direct mail. Emphasize career opportunities to attract students.

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A Social Publishing Strategy by John Gautam, Pratham Books

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The first part of the problem is that India still has low literacy rates - the 2009 Annual Status of Education Report shows that between classes 1 to 8 only around 40% of children can read a class 2 level text in their own language and an even lower 23% of children can ready easy sentences in English - sentences of the kind "What is your name?"