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Bookshare Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary at Google

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copyright law. Bookshare has grown tremendously from the 3,000 students that we were serving in 2007. Instead of us deciding what people with disabilities should read, we let our readers decide which books should be scanned and shared under an exception in the U.S. Our lower cost model made it practical to invert the power structure.

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Bookshare International’s Viji Dilip Profiled in Magazine

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She was told that a brain tumor was pressing on her optic nerve and may cause her to become blind. When we received a grant from the Bernard Newcomb Foundation in 2007 to take Bookshare international, I asked Viji to become Bookshare’s International Program Coordinator. I said to myself what if?” In countries outside the U.S.,

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Care2 in the Press: Dawn Gets Greener With Care2 - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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Copyright © 2008, Care2.com 57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Illuminating Politics – Online

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This person told me that the behind-the-scenes phone calls and pressures, public meetings and traditional press were still how they did their work — and quite successfully. And this pressure from the bloggers acts as a feedback loop to the press, a loop that we never had before.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » 5 Technology Links To Check Right Now

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MyBlogLog has been helpful with traffic, as has my speaking engagements, participation in the Nonprofit Blog Exchange , comments to other blogs, and mentions of us in the press. Share and Enjoy: One Comment comment Mary-Louise I work for Guy Kawasaki. Thanks for your comments about Guy’s keynoting and the link to his blog!

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Care2.com Passes 8 Million Member Mark - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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60) Search « So Easy, a Chicken Could Do It: frogloop 2008 Reader Survey | Main | Blogger Uses Petition Site to Create Better Transportation for NY » Thursday Dec 06 2007 Care2.com You can read all about the strides weve made since 7 million here on our official press release. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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Some Great Citizen Journalism Links - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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May 29, 2007 | Yvonne Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Reader Comments (1) Thanks for including this! We are glad people enjoyed the training. I think it went really well!! All rights reserved. All Care2 terms of service and privacy policies apply.

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