Bloomerang

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Urban areas concentrate services in walkable areas with public transit access, while rural homelessness spreads across vast distances with minimal infrastructure. These fundamental differences shape how organizations must approach both service delivery and donor education.

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Tableau

JUNE 11, 2022

According to a recently released Forrester Consulting study commissioned by Tableau about data literacy and culture in global enterprises, organizations that have a companywide mandate to their data literacy training have higher employee satisfaction levels with training offerings than those that focus at the team or department level.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 7, 2013

Bookshare , our flagship literacy program, is the world’s largest accessible library and currently serves more than 230,000 members with visual and learning disabilities. But this is just the tip of the iceberg, as literacy remains an elusive dream for the majority of the world’s people with print disabilities.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The startup was founded by Tanya Van Court who had her own struggles with financial literacy after losing more than $1 million in stock during the bubble burst of 2001. The idea here is that traditional banks may very well fall behind their newer competitors like the smart card services and neobanks. Goalsetter raises $3.9

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 1, 2021

Day of Service — #MLKDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. In addition to the days listed below, see also public holidays by country , Days of the Year , and Wikipedia’s List of Commemorative Months. 17: World Religion Day — #WorldReligionDay. 18: Martin Luther King, Jr. 28: Data Privacy Day — #DataPrivacyDay.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Day of Service — #MLKDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. In addition to the days listed below, see also public holidays by country , Days of the Year , and Wikipedia’s List of Commemorative Months. 19: World Religion Day — #WorldReligionDay. 20: Martin Luther King, Jr. 28: Data Privacy Day — #DataPrivacyDay.

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Candid

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Instead, they can fester and turn into grievances which can be weaponized in service of reactionary goals. For example, we need initiatives to encourage more boys and men into HEAL professions (health, education, administration, and literacy). In my experience, neglecting the issues of boys and men does not make those problems go away.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 2, 2022

Day of Service — #MLKDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. In addition to the days listed below, see also public holidays by country , Days of the Year , and Wikipedia’s List of Commemorative Months. 17: Martin Luther King, Jr. 28: Data Privacy Day — #DataPrivacyDay. 2: World Wetlands Day — #WorldWetlandsDay.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 28, 2014

Gerardo helped Benetech dramatically increase our capacity to benefit larger populations by scaling our services, revamping our innovation process, and establishing a thriving network of industry partners and volunteers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Human and social services – 8%. Education and literacy – 5%. Children and youth – 10%. Faith and spirituality – 8%. Environment and conservation – 7%. Arts, cultural preservation, and humanities – 6%. International development and relief – 6%. Women and girls – 4%.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 1, 2023

Day of Service — #MLKDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. In addition to the international days listed below, see also public holidays by country , Days of the Year , and Wikipedia’s List of Commemorative Months. 16: Martin Luther King, Jr. 28: Data Privacy Day — #DataPrivacyDay. September.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Day of Service — #MLKDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #IntLiteracyDay or #LiteracyDay. 20: Martin Luther King, Jr. 2: World Wetlands Day — #WorldWetlandsDay. 4: World Cancer Day — #WorldCancerDay. 5: Digital Learning Day — #DLDay. 14: V-Day — #VDay or #1BillionRising. September.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

At Benetech, we always ask ourselves how our existing successful programs can reach more people who need our services and how we can apply technology in new ways to enrich and improve more lives. a11y accessibility Bookshare Braille DAISY ebooks Global Literacy print disabilities Reading'

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 28, 2012

Our goal is to make four critical supporting points: • The term “Social enterprise” is descriptive. • “Social enterprise” is generic. • “Social enterprise” is in wide use in Trademark classes covering computer software and services to business and society. • Social enterprise is wide use in classes covering computer software and services.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Companies are racing to integrate AI into everything from medical advice to legal documents to financial services, often prioritizing speed over safety. Just as digital literacy became essential for participating in modern democracy, AI literacy is becoming fundamental to understanding and shaping our future.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

1,500 for One Hero The CTK Foundation will also be offering a $1,500 (USD) President’s Choice Award (the Susan Lee Winter Grant Award) for an individual working to provide creative and innovative approaches to HIV/AIDS education or prevention.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Day of Service — #MLKDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. The trick is to build a sense of anticipation among your fans and followers and an essential first step is to select and add relevant cause awareness days to your nonprofit’s editorial calendar. 19: Martin Luther King, Jr. September.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Day of Service * || #MLKDay. 8: International Literacy Day || #IntLiteracyDay. Please keep in mind that for capacity reasons I can only list events where the URL of the campaign doesn’t change every year or it becomes to cumbersome to manage. Also, if you have a hashtag to recommend for the campaign event, please let me know.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Step , a mobile banking service aimed at teens , announced this morning it has raised $50 million in Series B funding after growing to over 500,000 users only two months after its official launch. So we absolutely will offer new financial products and services tailored toward that demographic,” he says. million and 34.4

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2021

Chief executive officer Tobias Fischer was former regional lending program manager at Grab Financial Services Asia, while chief technology officer Sasanadi Rukua served as vice president of engineering at Tokopedia. More companies around the world are allowing workers to pick when they get paid.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor and Statistics estimated earlier this year that about 3 million veterans, or 14 percent of the total veteran population, had a service-connected disability. For veterans with visual impairments, traumatic brain injuries or other disabilities, reading standard print is difficult, if not impossible.

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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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Literacy Data Skills Train 52

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Day of Service — #MLKDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. In addition to the days listed below, see also public holidays by country , Days of the Year , and Wikipedia’s List of Commemorative Months. 20: World Religion Day — #WorldReligionDay. 21: Martin Luther King, Jr. September.

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Blue Avocado

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Susan Dibble from Page Ahead Children’s Literacy Program Caring Comes First, Everything Else Can Be Taught Our board members must care about our mission. . — Joy Hinkelman from Wellness Center for Older Adults Can They Help Increase Our Sustainability and Growth Potential? Submissions may be edited for length and clarity.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 1, 2017

Day of Service — #MLKDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. That said, please also see public holidays by country , Days of the Year , and Wikipedia’s List of Commemorative Months when planning your campaigns. 15: World Religion Day — #WorldReligionDay. 16: Martin Luther King, Jr. September.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2017

Day of Service — #MLKDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. In addition to the days listed below, see also public holidays by country , Days of the Year , and Wikipedia’s List of Commemorative Months. 15: Martin Luther King, Jr. 21: World Religion Day — #WorldReligionDay. September.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

For example, an organization with the primary mission of providing financial literacy courses and counseling for low-income families may add service areas such as providing housing or food. They may feel pressured to expand into areas valued by donors to secure funding.

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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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Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

There are three awards: $15,000 for Three Heroes One Hero with a Heart from each of the three categories of Health and Human Social Service, Animal Rights and Environmental Protection and Arts and Literacy will be awarded $5,000 USD and a professionally produced video about their affiliated nonprofit for use in public awareness or education.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice. Global Literacy Sixth Grader and Bookshare member Kevin Leong with Jim Fruchterman at Benetech''s offices. But what about everybody else? The time has never been better to think 10X bigger!

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Literacy eBook Accessibility Library 158

Tableau

JUNE 11, 2022

According to a recently released Forrester Consulting study commissioned by Tableau about data literacy and culture in global enterprises, organizations that have a companywide mandate to their data literacy training have higher employee satisfaction levels with training offerings than those that focus at the team or department level.

Literacy 52

Literacy Data Community Help 52

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Ameelio , a nonprofit startup that intends to replace inmate-paid video calling in prisons with a free service, is making inroads against the companies that have dominated the space for decades. “We maybe had 8,000 users when we spoke to you, and a few months later we launched our mobile app.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 2, 2012

Creativity Explored works with more than 120 artists with developmental disabilities, providing services that help these artists create, exhibit, and sell their art. Benetech’s Vice President and general manager of our literacy program, Betsy Beaumon, also purchased several works from Creativity Explored after our holiday gathering.

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Tableau

AUGUST 9, 2021

Although digital competencies like computer literacy and data skills have grown in importance in recent years, the need for digital skills has never been greater. Educators must develop programs to address the digital skills gap and teach digital literacy. Forrester conducted two online surveys to explore this topic.

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Skills Digital Literacy Student 105

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2023

In addition to the international days listed below, see also public holidays by country , Days of the Year , and Wikipedia’s List of Commemorative Months. January 15: Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Kindful

JUNE 8, 2021

But some general knowledge about financial literacy will bode well. Take advantage of National Literacy Month. Simply getting new members to understand how to read a finance statement is another first step to financial literacy for board members. Take advantage of National Literacy Month. Start at the recruitment stage.

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Tableau

AUGUST 9, 2021

Although digital competencies like computer literacy and data skills have grown in importance in recent years, the need for digital skills has never been greater. Educators must develop programs to address the digital skills gap and teach digital literacy. Forrester conducted two online surveys to explore this topic.

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Skills Digital Literacy Student 98