Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

The Year That Was and the New Year Ahead Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, Benetech's VP and General Manager of the Literacy Program 2012 was a year of titanic shifts in the fields of consumer technology, education, and publishing, along with the requisite challenges brought about by such rapid change. We’ve added over 1800 books since then.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The November 2012 General Assembly took place in Bangkok, Thailand. I was delighted to speak at the November 15th joint plenary session on “The Right to Read” campaign to achieve a world where published books are accessible and available to all individuals who are blind or have other disabilities.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 1, 2012

Author: Guest Blogger. The nonprofits benefiting are: Saturday: Life Long Friends. The icing on the cake that is our participation in this great festival is definitely our ability and fortune to be a supporting sponsor for the SXSW 2012 Interactive Awards. It’s that time of the year again folks!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2012

Geoff has moved on to working on exciting projects , including a book and Kami will continue the brand Zoetica working on strategy projects such as this important effort to keep.NGO domain in the hands of nonprofits. Starting Zoetica came on the heels of one of the most dramatic changes I made in my life in recent years.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

Data from the American Printing House for the Blind’s annual registry of legally blind students shows that in 2012 only 8.8% We also continue to add books from volunteers, staff and outsourcers through scanning and proofing, including student requests. And today, braille is not being taught to most blind children.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 7, 2012

Author: Seth Merritt. E-books and e-readers are a growing part of the attention ecosystem. Nonprofits struggling to communicate complex issues in 140 characters can benefit from deploying e-books and other long-form content as part of a thoughtful mobile and social media strategy. emphasis mine).

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 29, 2011

Author: Cheryl Black. The 2012 Summer Reading List for me included some light reading like The Confession (ok maybe that one wasn't so light.) “Social media allows individuals to take real-time inventories of their lives and helps answer the age-old question ‘What am I doing with my life?’”

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Ken Blanchard , author of, Great Leaders Grow , shares today's guest post: How to Evaluate Your Leadership Style By Ken Blanchard, Co-author of Great Leaders Grow: Becoming a Leader for Life Today, I'm going to give a short, one-question quiz. Here's the question: How do you rate as a leader?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 10, 2015

In honor of Ken Blanchard 's and Mark Miller 's book, Great Leaders Grow , I welcome guest blogger Ken Blanchard. How to Evaluate Your Leadership Style By Ken Blanchard, Co-author of Great Leaders Grow: Becoming a Leader for Life Today, I'm going to give a short, one-question quiz. I don't ask this question flippantly.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 29, 2010

Temra Costa's book, Farmer Jane: Women Changing the Way We Eat features the stories of over 30 women and how they are changing our food system for the better as farmers, educators, mothers, chefs, businesswomen, and policy wonks. What's the path that brought you to writing this book? A lot of women in the book had that same experience.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 19, 2011

Books have been written and studies have been published, but the focus has primarily been on the private sector. Staying current on trends and insisting on creating work/life balance are also key components. Sharing leadership is defined as recognizing the talents and abilities of others and appropriately delegating authority.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2012

Today, I feature a guest post by Garret Kramer: The Problem-solving Fast Track By Garret Kramer Author of Stillpower: Excellence with Ease in Sports and Life In virtually every business, organization, or family in the world today, people are doing their best to solve problems. And that's admirable.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2013

People rely on their neighborhood library to borrow books, magazines, and movies. Librarians are uniquely qualified to identify and respond to those needs because we interact daily with community members from all walks of life,” said PCL’s library director, Laura Marlane. But borrowing the Internet? How does that work?

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

He has 500 professional how-to and reference books in his office. She authors the award-winning Networked Nonprofit Books published by J.Wiley and published the The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Impact without Burnout. Results were all that mattered. It taught him to respect research. Know what you’re doing, don’t guess.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

” In other words, if the new PC market grows by by 9% worldwide in 2012 as is forecast by the business research firm IDC , then the used PC market will grow as well. It is roughly 25 times more environmentally beneficial to extend the life of used, three-to-five year-old computers than it is to end-of-life recycle them at that age.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Note: This is the second in a series of posts about usability testing your website from guest author Brandon Granger, Senior Interaction Designer for Blackbaud. ” “You want to register for a 2012 Black Tie Event with your spouse or partner.” You want to make a gift of $50.00 Can’t wait until next time?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2012

I’m speaking at three events as follows: Monday, April 2, 2012, 11:30 am. I’m speaking at three events as follows: Monday, April 2, 2012, 11:30 am. Disparate marketing channels complicates the life of the average NPO today. You can find the details here. Innogive Conference. Then this is the session for you!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2012

NTC 2012: Data Visualizaiton Panel. I’m here at the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference in San Francisco this week. Or are you maybe even drowning in data and looking for someone to throw you a life-saving suggestion for software and other tools? Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Get Notified When Book Is Available.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

I’m teaching a graduate class at the Monterey Institute of International Studies based on my books, The Networked Nonprofit and Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. For US nonprofits, we turn to the the Pew Internet and America Life for studies and audience research about the hyper-connected. CERN (@CERN) July 4, 2012.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2010

Note from Beth: It’s vacation week for me, not publishing much this week or next accept for guest posts and a few book reviews or if I find inspiration. In 2012, location-based apps and technologies will play a central role in how campaigns are organized, managed, and ultimately won. This guest post was written by Rob Reed.

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