Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

Betsy Beaumon I recently had the honor to speak at the first-ever Braille Summit , hosted on June 19-21, 2013 by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) and Perkins School for the Blind. This allows a much broader group of experts to keep working on the problem. This is important here in the U.S.,

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 8, 2013

The forecast for 2013 is for giving to slow down. In the case of Microsoft, their current mission is youth empowerment. People working in corporate philanthropy often like to follow the philanthropic interests of employees. Make an interesting case for your work and assume they are looking for innovative approaches.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 19, 2013

In fact, we know that storytelling done right is a multi-tiered process that requires working with staff, donors, and beneficiaries, oftentimes with additional effort to organize, produce, and publish assets to the web. Enter empowerment and encouragement. Image: The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. Pacific time for this.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 8, 2013

The forecast for 2013 is for giving to slow down. In the case of Microsoft, their current mission is youth empowerment. People working in corporate philanthropy often like to follow the philanthropic interests of employees. Make an interesting case for your work and assume they are looking for innovative approaches.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

If nonprofit groups are no longer able to effectively reach the communities of followers they have worked hard to cultivate, they may be forced to look to recreate these communities elsewhere. In the midst of a pivotal moment in patient engagement and empowerment, our microphone has been turned off. The Give App.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 18, 2015

In less than a year, this organization and its dynamic founder, Angelica Ross, have gotten lots of attention for their work to bring more transgender people into the workforce. In 2013, 72 percent of anti-LGBT homicide victims were transgender women. Then there are people who need the work but don’t have the skills.

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