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Our blog gives us an opportunity to share updates on our programs and their contribution to the communities we serve

Christmas Celebration despite Challenges

News, Testimonies
Candles that spell joy

2020 has been an incredibly challenging year for most of us, and that includes MoveUp users as well. The vast majority of individuals using our application are microentrepreneurs who live in vulnerable communities. According to the World Bank, for the first time in 20 years, global extreme poverty will rise in 2021. Many of our […]

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December 11, 2020/0 Comments/by Marlena May Cuesta
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Grateful

News
Papaya Sliced in half

This year has been full of shock and sudden change, mourning, and extreme loss. For many, the new normal will not feel normal at all because a loved one is absent from the kitchen table. Many others are homesick, physically sick, or struggling with their mental health. Even so, there are always reasons to give […]

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November 24, 2020/0 Comments/by Marlena May Cuesta
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La educación es libertad

Español, News
Graduate Celebrating

La educación es un derecho humano fundamental, que establece que todos tenemos el derecho a una educación asequible, accesible, aceptable y adaptable de forma gratuita. La sociedad y el individuo se benefician si todos tenemos la libertad de ejercer nuestro derecho a la educación. La educación promueve la libertad y la autonomía personal, y genera […]

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November 13, 2020/0 Comments/by MoveUp Team
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Increasing Literacy through MoveUp

News

Earlier this month we celebrated a victory at MoveUp. We finished the last of 31 lessons in our course, “Aprendiendo a Leer” (Learning How to Read). This course will hopefully be the first of many in our Learning How to Read & Write series. The series is aimed towards illiterate adults in the Dominican Republic […]

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October 30, 2020/0 Comments/by Marlena May Cuesta
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MoveUp at LTX Fest

News

Last week, MoveUp participated in the all-virtual, 4-day LTX Fest for Latinx professionals in tech. Here, our Program Director, Marlena May Cuesta, shares about the event.   When I heard about LTX Fest I was thrilled. This was the first year I had heard of the conference, and I was excited it was accessible to MoveUp […]

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October 19, 2020/0 Comments/by Marlena May Cuesta
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Five Reasons Continued Education is Important

News
Women learning at picnic table

Last week, we discussed how education is a lifelong journey. The world we live in demands we continue learning, whether it be new recipes, software for our job, or how to adapt to COVID-19. However, the demands of adult life leave us scrambling to accomplish everything on our to-do list, and continued education is often […]

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October 2, 2020/0 Comments/by Marlena May Cuesta
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Education: A Lifelong Journey

News

In our blog post celebrating freedom, I mentioned an eighth-grade graduate who decided not to attend high school to instead support her family financially. While this girl showed high intellectual capacity and decision-making skills for her age, she most likely lacks important skills to succeed in life. In the Dominican Republic, only 50 percent of […]

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September 25, 2020/1 Comment/by Marlena May Cuesta
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How Microlearning and Gamification Affect Retention

News

Our technology partner, EdApp, mentioned in a recent post that COVID-19’s lasting effects are resulting in the highest need for fundamental re-skilling and training in the workplace since WWII. We agree.  Now is an ideal and essential moment to equip our clients and partners as they train their clients and beneficiaries. However, it is never […]

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September 18, 2020/0 Comments/by Marlena May Cuesta
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The Freedom to Learn

News
Adults in a classroom listening to a teacher

Today is a great moment to give thanks for our freedom as we remember the September 11th attacks of 2001. In the United States, as well as many other countries around the world, freedom is such an innate right that we often take it for granted. Freedom of expression abounds, and in general, access to […]

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September 11, 2020/0 Comments/by Marlena May Cuesta
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How to Train Effectively? Increase Retention

News, Training
Potted plant & hand watering

After 2 months of planning, where you researched your audience’s needs, built training objectives around them, and primed your audience, you offer an incredible training. A month after the training, you’re conducting post-training visits and see that less than 20% of participants implemented what you taught, and only 30% can remember the two key points […]

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August 28, 2020/0 Comments/by Marlena May Cuesta
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How to Train Effectively? Set and communicate learning objectives

News, Research, Training
Fishermen throwing a net

This is the second post in our mini-series on How to Train Effectively.  We began the series by discussing about the importance of priming your audience before a training—read about it here. Imagine a foreign aid expert giving an incredibly designed, didactic training about new technology to a group of community leaders in the Dominican […]

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August 21, 2020/0 Comments/by Marlena May Cuesta
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How to Train Effectively? It Starts with Priming your Audience

News, Research, Training

All of us have participated in a training where the material went right over our head and we left without a single practical application.  There are many reasons a training might be ineffective.  Today we’re talking about one simple way to increase the effectiveness of your training, and it all happens before you start teaching! […]

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August 14, 2020/0 Comments/by Marlena May Cuesta
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