Tag Archives: Community

The Problem For Small-Town Banks: Technology Has Redefined Community

Wilsonville, Oregon, USA – Mar 9, 2019: The exterior of the Oregon Community Credit Union (OCCU) Wilsonville branch.GETTY OBSERVATIONS FROM THE FINTECH SNARK TANK In The Problem for Small-Town Banks: People Want High-Tech Services, the Wall Street Journal told the tale of one small upstate New York bank: After the National Bank of Delaware County (NBDC) bought Bank of America’s only branch ... Read More »

Facebook Opens Its Community Help to Organisations, Businesses

Facebook has started opening up its Community Help feature — part of the Safety Check system — to businesses and other organisations so that that they can provide critical information and services for people to get the help they need in a crisis. The Community Help feature was added to Facebook’s Safety Check system a year ago to let people find ... Read More »

Dean of Education retires after years of service to the educational community

Joe Johnson, Dean of the College of Education and Interim Dean of the College of Extended Studies, announced that he will retire from San Diego State in June of 2018. He has been an educator for 30 plus years and has had a fulfilling career in the academic field. “Joe has been a bright spot in our college from the time he ... Read More »

Easing access to the US community colleges go global

And yet, only around 3% of international undergraduates in the US have attended community college – compared with 46% of students who graduated from a four-year degree nationwide in 2014. International enrolments at community colleges are eking up slowly, up 1.4% in 2013/14 and 4.2% in 2014/15 to 91,648, but this follows four years of decline. The problem isn’t with the ... Read More »

Facebook Unveils New Community Help, Safety Check, Donation and Non-Profit Partnership Tools

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) recently unveiled some new tools as part of its Live feature at the social network’s first Social Good Forum held on 17 November in New York. The new tools include community help, safety check, an expanded fundraiser features, and nonprofit partnerships. New Facebook Features for November 2016 Naomi Gleit, VP Social Good at Facebook, said the new ... Read More »

Facebook Unveils New Community Help, Safety Check, Donation and Non-Profit Partnership Tools

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) recently unveiled some new tools as part of its Live feature at the social network’s first Social Good Forum held on 17 November in New York. The new tools include community help, safety check, an expanded fundraiser features, and nonprofit partnerships. New Facebook Features for November 2016 Naomi Gleit, VP Social Good at Facebook, said the new ... Read More »

Facebook Unveils New Community Help, Safety Check, Donation and Non-Profit Partnership Tools

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) recently unveiled some new tools as part of its Live featureat the social network’s first Social Good Forum held on 17 November in New York. The new tools include community help, safety check, an expanded fundraiser features, and nonprofit partnerships. New Facebook Features for November 2016 Naomi Gleit, VP Social Good at Facebook, said the new tools ... Read More »

Facebook Marketplace Launched, Lets Users Buy and Sell With Their Local Community

HIGHLIGHTS The new service is available in limited countries It’s currently only available on the iPhone and Android app A desktop version will be launched soon Facebook on Monday launched a new online Marketplace allowing members of the huge social network to buy and sell with each other. The new feature puts Facebook squarely in competition with local online selling ... Read More »

Facebook Marketplace Launched, Lets Users Buy and Sell With Their Local Community

Facebook Marketplace Launched, Lets Users Buy and Sell With Their Local Community HIGHLIGHTS The new service is available in limited countries It’s currently only available on the iPhone and Android app A desktop version will be launched soon Facebook on Monday launched a new online Marketplace allowing members of the huge social network to buy and sell with each other. ... Read More »