NTEN

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Well then I'll delay no further: Ann Beck , from the Literacy Volunteers of Coconino County. Thank you for being a member of NTEN, and we can't wait to see you in Atlanta in April! Tags: member appreciation NTEN. We're giving you a free registration to the 2010 conference!

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Tech Soup

JULY 22, 2014

Basic Computer and Digital Literacy Skills. GCF Learn Free is a great resource for training others in computer literacy as well as personal training. Apply to NTEN's Nonprofit Tech Academy where you'll receive guidance and training from leaders in the technology and nonprofit communities. Citrix GoToTraining.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

The NTEN community is made up of thousands of inspiring individuals who are working hard every day to make some change in the world. It's why NTEN is here, and it's why we're fans of The CTK Foundation's "Heroes with a Heart" grant awards. Time is Running Out: Apply or Nominate Someone by Wednesday, February 29th!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2006

Howard Rheingold - Participatory Media Literacy Wiki Henry Jenkins , MIT Comparative Media Program Director (These photos are from yesterday's session in Second Life with him where I got ask him what he thought of the criticisms about Second Life and I will post the answer and pointer to the audio in a bit.)

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

This year’s winners will be announced March 14th, 2014 at the Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in Washington D.C.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Today, I had the pleasure of co-leading a deep dive on listening with practitioner, Wendy Harman, from the Red Cross for NTEN's WeAreMedia project. Last month I wrote a guest post for Brian Solis titled " Listening Literacy for Nonprofits " which outlines some of the basic how-tos. Our session covered: Why listening offers value.

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NTEN

AUGUST 5, 2014

On day 2, I was part of the Visual Communications panel with four panelists (some you might recognize from the NTEN Community!): While my workshop on Day 1 focused a lot on internal processes and best practices, the next question that we anticipated from attendees was, "What tools can I use to help create this compelling content?"

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NTEN

JUNE 13, 2014

This September 3-6, NTEN will debut the Leading Change Summit. In addition to the conversations with participants in three separate tracks, #14LCS includes a stellar lineup of keynote speakers who will spark new conversations and nudge existing conversations to introduce new questions.

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NTEN

AUGUST 6, 2014

They are keys to web literacy and innovation. There are many organizations fueling the maker movement and teaching web literacy. Alan Rosenblatt. Director of Digital Strategy. What do words and phrases like Webmaker, Maker Parties, and Thimble have in common? The Web is fundamentally the creation of the people that use it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2008

I never realized this before, but one of the photos I took at the Khmer Literacy School has someone's butt in the background. Some responses: Holly Ross at NTEN tweeted about the blog post on the NTEN blog. I was so happy to get the kid to smile and look in the camera that I didn't notice!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 2, 2008

It made remember the workshops I taught way back in 1993 for arts people about Internet literacy - the web was just getting started. So that leads me to the NTEN's Be The Media Project ( name to change soon ) and Module 1 that we're building together and talking about this week. What does the Internet look like ?

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NTEN

JUNE 6, 2023

Using adult learning principles in technology trainings — an NTEN Digital Inclusion Fellow shares a few key lessons about how to (and how not to) train adults. Northstar Digital Literacy has some online assessments free to individuals. The post Developing staff technology skills in your nonprofit appeared first on NTEN.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 19, 2012

But they have also made data literacy an essential competency for everyone in the organization. "Data Scientist" is a newly defined job that requires being part data geek, analyst, communicator, visualizer, storyteller, and interpreter. This individual works with program experts to apply what is learned from the data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2008

Almost ten years ago, I discovered Doug Johnson's book about internet literacy skills - which includes the mankato scale. Fast forward a few years, and someone posts a request on the NTEN list about digital literacy skills. Let me tell you, this isn't first time I discovered Doug Johnson. I send a link about Doug Johnson's work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Non-profits like Room to Read are benefiting from the program by promoting International Literacy Day in partnership with Twitter. Social Media: Paint by the Numbers with Holly Ross of NTEN. In our brief time together Claire mentioned one of the core values at Twitter – “Being a force for good”. Hope140 ’s aim is to do just that.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 6, 2012

One of the resources I have been most impressed with is the " Technology Literacy Benchmarks For Nonprofit Organizations ," created by NPower. Another great tech resource for nonprofits is the Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN). NTEN is a great resource for best practices information and resources.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

note: This article is part of NTEN's Member Appreciation Month spectacular. We landed on the possible solution of leveling up the concept of online literacy. And it puzzles into NTEN's awesome ongoing discussion about the health of your data ecosystem, and a project about open nonprofit data I've been discussing with Holly Ross.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Participants expressed that they thought basic coding literacy and best practice guides and manuals were assets to small teams, but Yann also made it clear that "these skills are not a must. NTEN series on visual content. People's main concerns were resource expenditure, including staff and volunteer training.

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NTEN

JANUARY 26, 2021

Professionalism in financial literacy & intentionality. The post Time & expense best practices for nonprofits looking to thrive in 2021 appeared first on NTEN. With the right solutions in place, nonprofits can convey: Resource allocation for nonprofit initiatives. Overhead projections. Transparency in record keeping.

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NTEN

MAY 21, 2015

Most organizations don't have the know-how or resources to address key barriers of digital literacy, awareness of affordable options for access and devices, or even availability of digital trainers. Today, more than 60 million Americans still aren't using the Internet at home. We hope you'll join us!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

Why not send some geek love from NTEN ? Your donation will help the organization reach more children in poor, rural communities in the United States through early childhood education, literacy, physical activity and nutrition programs. Do you have a special techie in your life who works for a nonprofit?

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NTEN

JULY 18, 2013

In addition, Fifth Third Foundation decided to focus on financial literacy teaching kids in classrooms about money management. Community Leadership mcon12 Millennials nptech nten social change Communications' Fifth Third Foundation provides quarterly opportunities at work for staff to volunteer, often organized philanthropy efforts.

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Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2015

This spring, NTEN launched its Digital Inclusion Fellowship Program in which 16 young community leaders in eight Google Fiber communities will have paid internships for a year with local charities. They will create and promote digital literacy programs. The new NTEN fellows have just started their training. Citizens Online.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 9, 2021

For example, if your nonprofit specializes in teaching financial literacy, you can set up an advice line for community members to call in with their financial questions. The post 5 Tips to Plan Engaging Virtual Volunteer Opportunities appeared first on NTEN. Maintain consistent communication and continue to show your appreciation.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

NTEN / Portland, OR / $899. The Reading, Literacy and Learning Conference. The Reading, Literacy and Learning Conference. The Annual Reading, Literacy & Learning conference is a source of information for anyone affected by dyslexia and other learning based challenges. General / #NCRC2019 / @NCRC. General / @npp_erie.

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NTEN

JULY 24, 2012

Let’s assume you plan to start an educational program to help children with literacy. When you prepare your budget, include technology-related expenses that you will incur to carry out the project. You would typically include budget items to cover staff salary and benefits, rent, printing, and other resources.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

For All. -- is all about digital inclusion, digital literacy, and working to close the many digital divides we face in our global society. Tags: digital divide digital inclusion nathaniel james Newsletter NPTech NTEN onewebday. This year's theme -- One Web. We are putting some ideas and tools out there to catalyze that creativity.

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NTEN

APRIL 16, 2009

Will you track results of adult literacy tests or teens transitioned into work programs? Tags: ingvild bjornvold measurement Newsletter NPTech NTEN performance management. Gather staff at all levels to understand, cooperatively, your organization's key outcomes, indicators, and performance targets.

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NTEN

JUNE 27, 2012

One 21st century work place literacy is sense-making of information together and alone. That’s less true. A good curator can appreciate content that is not, at first glance, related to their subject.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 31, 2015

This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , HandsOn Tech , DataKind , and more. Toronto, Canada: Toronto Net Tuesday: Digital Literacy for Nonprofits. Mukono, Uganda: Improved Skills and Competencies for Productive Web Literacy in Mayuge. Upcoming Events.

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NTEN

MARCH 20, 2015

After wrapping up our annual Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC), NTEN’s CEO, Amy Sample Ward, and I quickly recharged for SXSW Interactive , where we partnered another year with Beaconfire to host the Beacon Lounge for social changemakers, and with the NonProfit Times to cover stories on the nonprofit technology sector. In the U.S.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Amy Sample Ward, NTEN's fearless leader, has a different view. I have some recommendations my What Is Nonprofit Technology article, featured in this month’s NTEN Connect." The Obama administration means to make universal broadband happen, and it has just one year left to do it. Au Contraire, Mon Frere.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. Nairobi, Kenya: NetSquared Kenya Women and Web Literacy Program 2016 – 17. Every month our global network of community organizers hosts Tech4Good events in more than 70 cities. Reform Copyright.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2009

Howard Rheingold has an interesting post titled "Twitter Literacy ( I refuse to Make Up a Twittery Name for It ). Rheingold suggests that is an example of social media literacy: Twitter is one of a growing breed of part-technological, part-social communication media that require some skills to use productively.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

He spoke about FCC's expansive efforts to increase "digital literacy" for both individuals and small businesses. Tags: NPTech NTEN. While the US is 24th worldwide in broadband adoption, the real gap is found in low-income urban households and rural areas in the US. FM , a community radio station serving the Kansas City area.

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