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Wrapping Up the 2007 Skoll World Forum

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As someone who helped lead the successful effort to eradicate smallpox, Larry talked about looking at hell on earth: the faces of people dying from smallpox. He then went to point out that Martin is in San Francisco and he is in Nairobi, and the time difference made for late night calls talking about KickStart!

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Making the Book Truly Accessible for All Students

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Having learning disabilities or various learning differences, they need alternative reading environments that rely on their strengths rather than on their weaknesses. In September 2007, the U.S. Thousands of students with differing learning styles and language requirements can also benefit greatly from accessible books.

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Bookshare International’s Viji Dilip Profiled in Magazine

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Among the people I’m privileged to call a colleague here at Benetech is Viji Dilip, the International Program Coordinator for our Bookshare International service. I wanted to give back to society, to help people who didn’t have vision with their education so that they could become economically and socially independent."

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Bookshare.org.in (India)

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Trusted partners in India (like NAB or affiliated organizations) provide the main support interface to people with print disabilities in India, including subscription payments (likely to be much lower in India), proof of disability and customer service. and people start getting access to English language books in 2007.

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Benetech: the Equilibrium Change Machine

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The book is an expanded version of their seminal article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review from 2007, “Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for Definition.” Whether it’s Microsoft transforming the PC software industry, or Google or Facebook, it’s clear that the world is different because these companies exist. and Osberg, Sally R.,

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Understanding Income Inequality

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Have the answers to these questions changed during recent years (2007, 2010, 2013)? Luckily, Janet and her team have an idea for how far more people could benefit from this database. What “micro” factors raise the poverty risk for persons and households – age? family structure?

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President's Update: Summer 2008

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Department of Education gave us a major award on September 28, 2007. We've been developing Miradi for three years together with the Conservation Measures Partnership (which includes groups like The Nature Conservancy and the World Wildlife Fund), and began beta testing the software in 2007. The feedback has been amazing.

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