Category: digital literacy

In this December 2022 webinar the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) looks back at the biggest changes we've seen this year and look to the future. What have been our biggest tech wins? How has digital, data and design benefited the sector? And what might happen in 2023? We'll be encouraging call participants to share their digital wins, big and small.

Digital inclusion practitioners have been working to end the digital divide for decades, creating their own community, definitions, resources, and gaining knowledge of what works and doesn’t. In this webinar, U.S.-based National Digital Inclusion Alliance provides a detailed overview of Digital Inclusion.

What are the top emerging trends in digital, and how will nonprofits be impacted? Where should we focus our attention (and resources) in 2023? This series of 5-minute mini-presentations organized by TechSoup Connect Western Canada provided you with information about the trends, tools, and techniques nonprofits should use to create more impact.

This Techsoup Canada webinar session explores how the differences between the medical and social models of disability can impact the ways in which organizations can create equitable online, hybrid, and instructor training that blends the principles of universal design for learning and trauma-informed care.

Hosted by Civic Tech Toronto, City of Toronto staff who work in technology services share an overview of some of City Council’s priorities, providing an update on Toronto's Digital Infrastructure Strategic Framework.

In this session, the speakers provided an overview of digital divide research and engagement to date in Calgary and highlighted the barriers and challenges that have emerged. They highlighted current small projects underway and engage participants in a conversation on their perceptions of potential solutions to address and mitigate barriers to digital access for those most impacted.

Refugee 613's 2021 Digital Messaging Summit was a dynamic interactive gathering bringing practitioners together to share and learn practical strategies and advice about managing digital messaging services by and for immigrants and refugees and build a network of people working in this area.

I was honoured to be asked to present at The Immigrant Education Society's event Celebrate e-Learning with TIES: Innovation + Inspiration in the Nonprofit Sector. My presentation focused on exploring how to get the word out/promote the great work language professionals are doing not just to Newcomers, but also to other sector organizations.

In this May 13, 2022 webinar, presenters who previously worked with the Norwegian Labor and Welfare Administration and Oslo Municipality shared and discussed major learnings from the Odin project, a digital conversation and communication platform developed for immigrants with limited language and computer skills.