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CEO’s Update: Fall 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

He reads accessible ebooks from Benetech’s Bookshare library in braille format, and learns as quickly as his peers without disabilities. Human Rights Our Human Rights Program continues to focus on helping activists and journalists securely document the stories of human rights abuses worldwide. Martus Desktop 4.5 and Mobile Martus 1.2

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Doing the Right Stuff Right for Human Rights

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Earlier this month, on November 6th, jointly with Human Rights Watch and WITNESS , we celebrated Martus’ 10th Anniversary —ten years of secure human rights documentation by the Martus user community. Beyond those top organizations, almost no groups had good technology designed for human rights documentation.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Education

Kindful

Utilize this helpful document to build a profile for all potential funders with relevant information and contact information. They currently partner with 48 local organizations in 17 countries that work to secure equal educational access and high-quality education for all children. Areas served: US, India, South Africa.

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Building the Tech Capacity of Nonprofits Everywhere with TechSoup's NetSquared Events

Tech Soup

TechSoup's mission is to build a dynamic bridge that enables civil society organizations and changemakers around the world to gain effective access to the resources they need to design and implement technology solutions for a more equitable planet. However, access to the tools isn't enough. The link need to be like so: Africa.

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Reflections on the Science Center World Congress

Museum 2.0

I heard from CEOs whose center is the only one in their entire country (Chile), educators who work with students who have never encountered a computer before entering the science center (South Africa), and web managers whose sites are locked behind federal government firewalls and draconian restrictions (Australia).

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Why I’m Scared of the SOPA Bill by Jim Fruchterman

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We provide accessible ebooks that can be spoken aloud, turned into Braille or large print. If any single publisher or author of any one of the more than 130,000 accessible books in our library gets antsy, they can send a notice to VISA and MasterCard and say, stop money from going to Benetech and Bookshare.

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Four Ways to Transform Organizational Culture to Advance Access, Equity, and Justice

Saleforce Nonprofit

For funders, nonprofits, and institutions across industries to effectively participate in the global movement to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty, they must first transform internal organizational culture and capacity to advance access, equity, and justice. Disrupt Power Imbalances. Mobilize Funders and Partner Organizations.