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Power of Storytelling | Harmony for Change: The Global Impact of Playing For Change

Pamela Grow

Playing For Change aims to provide arts education to marginalized youth in 17 countries. Mayer, reflecting on his song in 2007, expressed the need to start a debate about our tendency to passively await change. The organization believes in the transformative power of music as a tool for social change.

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Unique Challenges Addressed When Parenting Gifted Children

GrantNews

Additionally, GrantWatch offers a list of over 4,000 grants in its Education grants list category. How to Better Understand Gifted Children The first major public effort to better identify and understand the issues involved with parenting Gifted Children was spearheaded in 2007 by the National Association of Gifted Children (NAGC). .”

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To bot or not to bot: Using generative AI in grantwriting

Candid

For example, you will generate quite a different set of responses if you ask for information on “education” rather than “STEM education.” What you put in: Be deliberate in crafting the prompts you use with generative AI tools. Be very clear and intentional with word choice. Is it grammatically correct? 2013)… …and so on.

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5 Stressors on the Independent School Business Model

Blackbaud

The pandemic hastened retirement for some of our most seasoned educators, leaving large gaps in school faculty. Since 2007, the national birth rate has declined by 23%. Simply put, the more we discount, the harder it is to cover the cost of educating a student. Younger candidates have different priorities.

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Debunking Myths About Nonprofits – Let’s Make Sure to Get the Facts

GrantNews

Nonprofits pay higher wages than for-profit social assistance organizations, educational institutions, and hospitals. From 2007-2016, nonprofit employment grew by 16.7% Courts are to submit applications for the adaptation of curricula, or for the implementation of training and educational programs.

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Youth Programs Benefit from Microsoft Donations

Tech Soup

Speaking of impact, London, England-based Childreach International works in partnership with local communities in the developing world to help improve children’s access to healthcare, education, child rights, and protection. " "We are using Office 2007 for our daily office work. I especially like Outlook 2007.

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Upcoming Nonprofits Live on May 16: Gaming

Tech Soup

Ben co-founded Games for Change and served as a co-director until 2007. Josephine Dorado, ( @funksoup ) is a social entrepreneur, educator, artist, producer, and skydiver. You can keep track of his work on his personal website.