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President's Update: Summer 2008

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Well, I just got my first one out in 2008! Benetech Update: Summer 2008 I'm thrilled to be writing you this update, because this year is unusually exciting even by Benetech standards. You can imagine the impact of Bookshare.org going from a $1 million per year enterprise in 2006 to over $7 million in 2008.

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Making Stories Work for Your Org: What the Data Says

NTEN

You might guess that version 2 would raise more money. The institutional version raised more than 4 times as much from almost twice as many donors. Based on our studies, we've concluded that stories can help you raise money — if you use them right. You'd be wrong. This test isn't an anomaly. So what to do? Don't panic.

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What Can I Do About Genocide? An Interview with Janessa Goldbeck

Have Fun - Do Good

Perhaps it is because my generation was raised reading The Diary of Anne Frank and watching dozens of movies about the Holocaust. On April 15, 2008 I talked with Janessa Goldbeck, the Director of Membership at the Genocide Intervention Network, about what we can all do about genocide. Someone should have done something.

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