Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2012

Seven Ways Your Organization can Put Privacy Into Practice – and Why Guest Post by Taryn Degnan. Transparency is crucial because tracking, profiling, and behavioral marketing to users has become a widespread, global practice that often leaves us befuddled. As leaders, we have to respect our audience.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2021

degree or higher, as well as an international teaching certificate such as DELTA, CELTA, TESOL or TEFL. Within the classroom, a teacher may take a student on a VR-enhanced tour through famous landmarks and museums to practice vocabulary. Tutors must be native English speakers with a B.A.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Privacy has always been an important topic in digital literacy. Scott Pinkelman, digital literacy innovation specialist at the Free Library of Philadelphia , recently presented on this important topic at the Digital Shift online conference. Simple Steps for Teaching Privacy. Teaching Online Safety: Building Curriculum.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2012

I’ve been curating resources and teaching workshops on the topic of information coping skills for a couple of years. My favorite practical principle from Shenk was “Give A Hoot, Don’t Email Pollute” when talking about the need for developing will power in consuming and sharing digital information.).

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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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Tableau

JANUARY 8, 2021

Bridge the data literacy gap for students in academia. Those experiences not only informed my teaching, but it became a personal passion to bring foundational data skills to all. That’s why I was thrilled to join the Tableau Academic team, which understands the importance of bringing these data literacy skills to students.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2012

And while I haven’t done an in-depth map of this space, I keep thinking that a network of intermediaries (people who teach skills, connect skilled volunteers, generate discussion — those data nerds ) is missing. (I I may be wrong, let me know in the comments).

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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. A Data Culture is the collective behaviors and beliefs of people who value, practice, and encourage the use of data to improve decision-making.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

Michele Martin and Tony Karer have been blogging at the Work Literacy blog for several months now. Work Literacy is a network of individuals, companies and organizations who are interested in learning, defining, mentoring, teaching and consulting on the frameworks, skills, methods and tools of modern knowledge work.

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Tableau

JULY 19, 2021

Organizations can also instill a data culture by promoting data literacy—because in order for employees to participate in a data culture, they first need to speak the language of data. Here’s how organizations can improve their data literacy with a four-step action plan: 1. Data literacy involves more than having a set of skills.

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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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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

Building with Lego bricks has stayed a formative and important practice for kids around the world, partly because it’s so easily enjoyed by anyone, regardless of location, language, or ability. After a couple years of feedback, Lego has decided to make the set widely available.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

They teach local families healthy llama breeding practices, tourism services and environmental literacy. This is a win-win, families get to benefit from tourism and they also encourage commercial tour companies to use more sustainable practices that help protect the mountains.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

For the past five years, I’ve been teaching social media workshops for nonprofits and lately doing deeper dives on the techniques of listening both for nonprofits and in my role as Visiting Scholar in Residence at the Packard Foundation. Six Ways To Make Listening A Practice. Our session covered: Why listening offers value.

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Tableau

DECEMBER 10, 2021

“These next years will be critical for leaders as they strive to become more digitally resilient, to raise their enterprise intelligence, and take advantage of opportunities,” said Dan Vesset , group VP, Analytics and Information Management market intelligence and advisory practice at IDC. and/or its affiliates in the U.S.

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Qgiv

APRIL 23, 2021

In fact, you’ve most likely heard every industry leader teach this until they’re blue in the face! Leap for Literacy. Leap for Literacy added a video about their organization at the top of their landing page. Donation form and landing page best practices. Don’t overload your page with images.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2012

This area, content curation , is a social media competency that I’m focusing in my own learning and teaching. Mindful consumption of information is at the heart of content curation practice. One 21 century work place literacy is sense-making of information together and alone. The Practice. Benefits for Nonprofits.

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2021

When a user practices a speech, BoldVoice records the speech sample, feeds it into an algorithm and, over time, will be able to recommend more tailored exercises to their weak areas. Users are also asked to commit pronunciation practice for 10 minutes a day, with the option to say no. Image Credits: BoldVoice/TechCrunch screenshot.

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Tableau

DECEMBER 10, 2021

“These next years will be critical for leaders as they strive to become more digitally resilient, to raise their enterprise intelligence, and take advantage of opportunities,” said Dan Vesset , group VP, Analytics and Information Management market intelligence and advisory practice at IDC. and/or its affiliates in the U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2008

The other day a commenter asked me if I could write something that offered some practical how to listening tips as well as applying it. Since I'm going to be teaching the Listening Module for the WeAreMedia workshop in February, I'm going to write up some step-by-steps on how to do this with different monitoring tools. How many feeds?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

Internet safety can be a tricky subject to teach. essential skill to include in basic digital literacy instruction, but. determining what content to include and how to teach it can present many challenges. design curriculum and teach classes without a fear of becoming outdated. Pacific time (2 p.m. organizations.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 20, 2013

At TechSoup for Libraries , we've been covering the Edge Initiative , an assessment program that provides libraries with benchmarks, best practices, tools, and resources to support public technology services. project is focused on teaching digital literacy to young people so they can be prepared for 21 st. century jobs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2008

For the past two weeks, he has been teaching ??? Dave goes on to explain the concept of "Reverse Curriculum" Reverse curriculum tends to develop out of the interests that the students show during the course and they get to record and create the material as part of their daily practice. Community commitment.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 14, 2021

To stay competitive in this novel economy requires new strategies and practices. . Her award-winning blog showcases her practical approach, which earned her the AFP “Outstanding Fundraising Professional of the Year” award. Prioritize Digital Transformation. It’s Mission Critical. Determine what you’ll track moving forward (e.g.,

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Tableau

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Just as a professional who takes a job abroad needs to immerse herself in the native tongue, businesses who value data literacy need ways to immerse their people in the language of data. . How to foster data communities and literacy. Executive leadership needs to do more than just sponsor data communities and mandate data literacy.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2024

Successful leaders : Teach, coach, mentor, and inspire. Leadership pundits are talking a lot about vulnerability but seldom reflect on what that means in practice. Teaching should be used judiciously to ensure it's done in the right moments, supports the goals of the business, and is grounded in fact. Fight entropy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

” This week, the Poynter Institute Katie Hawkins-Gaar and Ren LaForme joined forces to host a series called #40 Better Hours , a project to improve newsroom culture by looking at things that cause stress like workflow and communication and teaching journalist skills to combat information overload, part of a technology wellness routine. .”

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

As a “legalized exchange,” MARA plans to teach governments and provide support on KYC and AML best practices. .” Nnadi argues that while there’s strong grassroots adoption of crypto in most parts of the continent, it’s happening without oversight.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2011

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert from our academic faculty to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. We too dersire more instruction on financial literacy. Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks?

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NTEN

JUNE 6, 2023

Northstar Digital Literacy has some online assessments free to individuals. If you teach people to operate software, have them follow along on their computer instead of just watching the trainer perform the task. Provide opportunities for people to learn by watching, reading, practicing, and reflecting.

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Tableau

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Just as a professional who takes a job abroad needs to immerse herself in the native tongue, businesses who value data literacy need ways to immerse their people in the language of data. . How to foster data communities and literacy. Executive leadership needs to do more than just sponsor data communities and mandate data literacy.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 8, 2021

Successful leaders : Teach, coach, mentor, and inspire. Leadership pundits are talking a lot about vulnerability, but seldom reflect on what that means in practice. Teaching should be used judiciously to ensure it's done in the right moments, supports the goals of the business, and is grounded in fact. Fight entropy.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 5, 2021

Successful leaders : Teach, coach, mentor, and inspire. Leadership pundits are talking a lot about vulnerability, but seldom reflect on what that means in practice. Teaching should be used judiciously to ensure it's done in the right moments, supports the goals of the business, and is grounded in fact. Fight entropy.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

I think of nerves when my first day of high school was coupled with my first day of football practice. Whether you're educating yourself or your staff, or teaching others technical skills, we can help you stay up-to-date on the latest technology, fundraising tools, or development strategies.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 1, 2016

Educating your staff about best security practices is also important for protecting your organization and constituents' privacy. TechSoup's Safer Online Guide provides some basic security best practices for your staff to follow. Educate Your Constituents. In a paper called Joining the Surveillance Society?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 1, 2016

Educating your staff about best security practices is also important for protecting your organization and constituents' privacy. TechSoup's Safer Online Guide provides some basic security best practices for your staff to follow. Educate Your Constituents. In a paper called Joining the Surveillance Society?

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

If the point of the Discovery Center is to teach students the facts of the Grenada invasion, it's reasonable to create a program in which there's a right and wrong answer about what happened in history. This time, the onscreen actors and educator don't say "good job" or reward the students for their desire to avoid invasion.

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