Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MAY 2, 2012
The event was hosted by Google on its campus in Mountain View, California, which is home to some of the most cutting edge technologists in the world. Raman of Google Research, a long-time Bookshare member and advisor, was on hand to help us celebrate last night. I can feel it all over, it’s a hit!” said Stevie. Thanks Stevie!
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JANUARY 23, 2007
Everyone in the SE movement is waiting to hear more about his vision for Google.org, since anything seems possible for Google. Larry described his ten months at Google as drinking from a firehose, and explained: This is the morally most challenging moment in my life, but I've never felt more alive!
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
APRIL 3, 2007
Closing Plenary Speech by Larry Brilliant Larry Brilliant did a great job inspiring us with a speech I've never heard him give before, because I've only heard him speak post-Google about Google.org. And, it wasn't your typical inspirational speech: Larry went dark before he put forth the light.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JANUARY 5, 2016
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.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 24, 2015
I started doing this back in 2007 , when we won our first big federal contract for Bookshare, to take it from 3,000 students back then to more than 350,000 students now. But, we’re concerned about small nonprofits who are not Google, Facebook, Pearson or Benetech, and they aren’t able to show up in a place like DC.
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