March 2014


Amazon Makes CTN Smile...

Good news! If you're an Amazon shopper, you can now help CTN by making your purchase via AmazonSmile, which will give us 0.5% of the price! Everyone's a winner, so what's not to smile about? Learn more about how you can "give while you get."


Mor Xiong: Welcome to CTN!

Meet the newest member of the CTN team, Mor Xiong, who joined us earlier this month as Program Coordinator.



Adobe Donation Helps Youth

Participants in the Ready, Set, Connect program have been given a helping hand by tech giant Adobe, which has provided free access to InDesign software. Using this tool, youth will help market computer tutoring opportunities at Oakland's libraries.


Phenomenal Friday - Practice Fusion Kick Starts New Program for Seniors



On Friday March 14, at the Downtown Senior Center in San Francisco, CTN ran the first Internet Workshop for Seniors of 2014 with volunteers from city-based e-health company Practice Fusion. With their help, seniors learned important email skills. Read more about this event.


Rosa Parks Senior Center Launches Basic Skills Class

The first class at the center runs until April 22, as part of an effort to draw in more seniors to the new learning space, which is furnished with 12 computers. Together with regular volunteer-supported lab sessions each week, more seniors in the Western Addition will have the help they need to become computer proficient. Read our spotlight on the Rosa Parks Senior Center.


CTN at the NTC

Were you at the Non-Profit Technology Conference in Washington DC earlier this month? If not, don't despair. Find out what you missed from CTN's own Crystal Schimpf and check out the presentation she gave on 'Communities of Practice' (of special interest to anyone who promotes digital literacy):

Breakfast, Brag & Borrow
Join Community Technology Network every third Thursday at 8:30am for breakfast to meet others doing similar work. We will brag about our programs, borrow the good ideas and hopefully make some useful connections. Join Us.



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