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NTEN Visits Free Geek

NTEN

Free Geek is a technology reuse, recycle, and education nonprofit based in Portland, Oregon. Classes are developed and led by volunteers and range from basic computer literacy, social media 101, intro to programming concepts to sessions on HTML, CSS, WordPress, and Lego Robotics. Lego Robotics!)

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Education

Kindful

Oregon Community Foundation. Literacy, particularly from birth through 3rd grade, is their primary focus because reading skills form the foundation for all childhood learning. Oregon Community Foundation. Areas served: Oregon. Robin Hood. Daniels Fund. The Denver Foundation. McCormick Foundation. The Skillman Foundation.

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Via’s Tiffany Chu on the importance of govtech for planning mobility ecosystems

TechCrunch

The following year, Remix joined Y Combinator, raised a $2 million seed round and brought the Oregon Department of Transportation on board as its first customer. Soon, Chu and her team were fielding requests from transit agencies that had ideas on how to make the tool even better, and unexpectedly, Remix was formed.

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Remote Technology in the Pandemic: Rebalancing Toward Equity and Access

Non Profit Quarterly

As a volunteer administrator at an educational nonprofit in Oregon explained: Our volunteer opportunities are usually during the school day, so we have a lot of retired people. Because they didn’t grow up with modern information technologies, digital immigrants may be less interested in or less facile with technology.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On The Environment And Conservation Efforts

Kindful

Oregon Community Foundation. Oregon Community Foundation. Oregon Community Foundation’s mission is to improve the lives of all Oregonians through the power of philanthropy. Areas served: Oregon. Areas served: Oregon. Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. The Kresge Foundation. Keep America Beautiful.

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Free In-Person Events for Nonprofit Techies

Tech Soup

Portland, Oregon: Lights, Camera, Action: Making Video Easy. Toronto, Canada: Toronto Net Tuesday: Digital Literacy for Nonprofits. Portland, Oregon: Portland: QuickBooks Made Easy. Mukono, Uganda: Improved Skills and Competencies for Productive Web Literacy in Mayuge. --> North America. Tuesday, September 1, 2015.

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Celebrating TechSoup's Talented and Extraordinary Customer Service Team

Tech Soup

He loves organizations that promote literacy and that introduce kids to stories and storytelling. " A few months ago, Justin answered a call from a TechSoup member from rural Oregon who operates a nonprofit local newspaper. Thompson ). This is a very common occurrence, by the way.).

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