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Lost In A Tech-Savvy World: How Digital Literacy Impacts Adults

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Furthermore, aging adults are experiencing the move to electronic health platforms, oftentimes leaving them without the medical care they need. Adults who lack experience with computers experience setbacks such as a decrease in mental health due to isolation and frustration, becoming subject to scams, the risk of unemployment, and more.

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NIH Neuroscience Development for Advancing the Careers of a Diverse Research Workforce (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

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The program encourages applicant organizations to propose innovative mentoring and professional development activities aligned with the missions of NINDS and/or NIMH. It encourages programs that target multiple career stages and transitions in neuroscience careers.

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Elevate Your Funding Prospects: Key Grant Writing Resources Revealed

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Seeking Mentorship and Guidance Mentors with experience in grant writing can provide critical feedback and advice. Seek Feedback : Share proposals with colleagues or mentors knowledgeable in grant writing to gain constructive feedback before submission. Ensure that every aspect of the application satisfies the defined guidelines.

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Nonprofit Technology News: The Demise of Facebook Causes and Cloud Storage for Charities

Tech Soup

The project will morph in to something called Brigade , a project of Brigade Media , which is a consortium led by Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and Sean Parker, who founded Napster and mentored Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg. Parker is an original investor in the political social media site, Votizen.

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Leaders in Nonprofit Technology: Daniel Ben-Horin

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With initial funding of $2,500, he started the CompuMentor Project to match computer enthusiast volunteers called computer mentors with Bay Area nonprofits that needed the help. The birth of CompuMentor is described in Howard Rheingold’s The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier.

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Finding a Community of Nonprofit Technology Experts

Tech Soup

Most NetSquared organizers now have a peer mentor. Mukono, Uganda: Third Annual Electronics and IT Showcase. Other bright spots include: Continued improvements to the NetSquared website , including the ability to automatically detect the location of visitors for more accurate search results. Saturday, August 27, 2016.

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Finding Funding for Research

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To help answer these questions, it’s a good idea to run your ideas by one or more of your mentors. Morrison RePorter: NIH RePORTER is an electronic tool that you can use to search a database of NIH-funded research projects and access publications and patents resulting from NIH funding. Robertson, Stephen W. Russell, and David C.

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