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2008 Tech Museum Awards Global Call for Nominations

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If you know someone whose work embodies technology serving humanity, nominate them by tomorrow! 25 Laureates will be honored at a Gala event on November 12, 2008 and five Laureates will share a cash prize of $250,000. And, no, we're not looking for people to nominate a Benetech project this year: spread the wealth].

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Mayrie ReNae Annual Valentine's Day Scholarship

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Mayrie, who was blind, began working with Bookshare as a volunteer in August 2006 and earned her membership by scanning and submitting books to the collection. By the time she was hired as a proofreader and scanner in December 2008, Mayrie had played a key role in contributing more than 1,000 accessible books to the collection.

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Rockstar Nairobi Social Entrepreneur

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In 2008, we were the first customer of Samasource as they were getting started. Daproim worked with TechnoServe and developed soft skills training modules for students who stuck with the work after an initial period. Incredibly, the high-quality work continued to flow from Daproim uninterrupted. No problem!

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Donor Spotlight: Lavelle Fund for the Blind

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One foundation that has been a committed supporter of our work is the Lavelle Fund for the Blind. Frankly, it didn’t go as well as we had hoped, and Lavelle worked with us to retarget the grant to focus on students with visual impairments. This pilot paved the way for our work in the education field.

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President's Update: Summer 2008

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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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Zerodivide seeks new board members

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We're collaborative, bringing a valuable vantage point that stems from having worked with hundreds of community-based organizations. Throughout our work, we are guided by four principles: Innovation Changing the world requires new thinking. We work to transform California communities and the lives of the people who live in them.

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Gathering: looking back

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I think the programming worked well, meeting the needs of both experienced SEs and newbies. I'm looking forward to seeing what she does, and of course to the Ninth Gathering in Boston in March 2008. Dave McDonough and the local host committee also did a terrific job of making our stay in Long Beach exciting. Maybe I'll see you there!