Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

I think it’s time to write a series of short essays on the struggle for accessible books, starting with this brouhaha. In it, we pointed out the irony that the first generation of ebook readers being inaccessible to blind people. Ebooks on PCs have had text-to-speech capabilities for years (although not always enabled).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

“As organizations,” Osborne said, “we must liberate spending to focus on the promotion, learning and innovation around braille,” and recognize that we ought to embrace today’s changing economics and technology so that braille can be part of an equation which delivers access to information for all, not just to those who can afford it.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Libraries for people who are blind or dyslexic are the primary source of accessible books in audio, large print or braille. Wouldn’t it make more sense to make it easier for people with disabilities to get access to the books they need for education and employment? We don’t have to ask for permission from the publisher or author.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Access to information and knowledge is a basic human right and a necessary first step towards personal, economic, and social development. The good news is that there are now unprecedented opportunities to transform the lives of these millions by removing barriers of access to information  —   and this is where you can help.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

One of their main challenges is that they do not have adequate access to educational materials that are necessary to learn and succeed in school. Accessible ebooks and Bookshare have helped sixth grader Kevin Leong overcome his reading challenges.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice. With Bookshare, our student members can access and read the books they need—in the classroom, at home, and on the go—and have a fair opportunity to succeed at school just like their peers without disabilities.

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Cloud 4 Good

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Across industries, organizations have been investing heavily to integrate analytics throughout every aspect of their company to capture a portion of the $9.5 eBook: Your Guide to Migrating from Raiser’s Edge to Salesforce . trillion to $15.4 trillion value that the McKinsey Global Institute estimates advanced analytics can enable.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 16, 2019

Resources Deluxe – their blog, ebooks, help docs, and design trends are seriously useful and well designed resources that any nonprofit marketing team should check out. . Pantheon dashboard which provides easy access to each staging site, along with Git commits. Keep in mind that only includes access to G Suite Basic.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 16, 2021

Tom Leddy, Customer Success at Salesforce.org: Many people who work in the industry will tell you that no two nonprofits are ever exactly alike. The platform also provides the ability to secure that data to ensure that anyone who logs in will only get access to information they need access to. A Flexible CRM Platform is Key.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

The next time you set your digital device of choice to record your favorite show so you can watch it whenever you want, take a moment to be thankful that you’re protected from lawsuits from the entertainment industry. Bookshare has reshaped the accessibility field and today serves over 250,000 members (the majority of whom are U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 5, 2009

We have been very lucky to continue to partner more closely with the publishing industry, as a major segment of educational publishers come on board with Bookshare: the university presses. We're delighted to be working with these top university presses to meet this crucial need through Bookshare.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

The publishing industry and disability organizations both agreed on this provision of copyright law. The deal was: help people with disabilities that can't access books and don't hurt the economic interests of the publishers (and authors). Ensure that only people with qualifying disabilities get access to these books.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 9, 2021

Virtual summits typically draw top talent and industry experts. Common offers include: Lifetime or VIP access to your online summit or the recorded content. Selling your core offer with an All-Access Pass included. You can also post ebooks and use content marketing to educate interested registrants. Post-summit.

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Your Best Peer-To-Peer Fundraising Campaign [eBook]. Qgiv: [Free Ebook] 2020 #GivingTuesday Ultimate Guide. Qgiv put together a free ebook packed full of helpful resources. Digital marketing may sound complicated, but it’s more accessible than you might think. 4 Digital Marketing Strategies To Expand Your Donor Base.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

To explain our approach, let’s look at Bookshare , our accessible online library for people with print disabilities. Converting and delivering these accessible books was expensive and time consuming. With the old approaches, only a tiny fraction of print materials were made available in accessible formats.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 14, 2009

The Author’s Guild asserts that they control the audio rights and that delivering a text ebook to a device which could speak it aloud with synthetic text-to-speech and that their commercial market for audio books will someday be significantly affected by TTS. Of course, the Librarian of Congress has pronounced on this topic already!

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AccelEvents

JUNE 9, 2021

Virtual summits typically draw top talent and industry experts. Common offers include: Lifetime or VIP access to your online summit or the recorded content. Selling your core offer with an All-Access Pass included. You can also post ebooks and use content marketing to educate interested registrants. Post-summit.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Sign up for an account that grants them access to the program. If they need to download a program onto their computer, make sure that they know how to access that program and what the hardware and software requirements are. . Be sure that this information falls in line with the current standards in the event industry. .

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Qgiv

APRIL 26, 2022

As a fundraising professional, do you ever wonder what’s coming next in the nonprofit industry? Increasing accessibility has led to increased revenue for nonprofits. Curious how economic and cultural changes affect the giving landscape? We’ve put together ten new nonprofit trends that show where the future of fundraising is heading.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Sign up for an account that grants them access to the program. If they need to download a program onto their computer, make sure that they know how to access that program and what the hardware and software requirements are. . Be sure that this information falls in line with the current standards in the event industry. .

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Achieve

AUGUST 6, 2021

Suggest talking points, share some tips, and give them access to images, videos. , Check out our eBook “. In her 8 years at Qgiv, Abby's become passionate about understanding industry best practices, learning how they can help nonprofits be more effective, and sharing that information with other fundraisers.

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Qgiv

MARCH 19, 2024

Exclusive access. Create a program featuring prominent speakers and industry experts to help your donors learn more about your cause. Learn how you can increase donor retention with this eBook. Networking opportunities. Virtual webinar Don’t limit your donor appreciation events to in-person events!

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

MAY 18, 2020

Local businesses are often a more sustainable (and more accessible) option than big co-corporations, whose environmental damage will generally be much higher. All nonprofits need financial donations, but if your nonprofit needs other donated items to fulfil its cause as well, then look into ways you can access recycled donations.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Ebook Website Optimization Action Plan Learn More 2. Is your website design accessible for individuals with disabilities? Neon Websites is a nonprofit web design solution that pairs industry-leading expertise with easy-to-use features that let organizations like yours create unique experiences online.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 21, 2020

Download the free eBook: “ A Unique Approach to Student Prospecting: 5 Ways to Build Your Brand as a Trusted Advisor” 3. Also have faculty send items to students that normally they can only access via an on-campus lab. Show student work. Make orientation exciting. Plans for International Students.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 28, 2014

You can now access Blackbaud’s most recent reports, eBooks, and guides directly from the Nonprofit Industry Reports tab. No more digging through piles of categories and subcategories to find what you’re looking for, finally! Free Resources: Looking for even more insight into nonprofit fundraising and marketing best practices?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 6, 2015

As a result of influential social media tools, the responsibility of a publicist is moving and growing, creating a very robust and exciting time for the industry. Burke : I am a big fan of ebooks, although format of books is less interesting to me. There is something about owning a book in physical form (not just the access to read it.)

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 19, 2017

To add this code you’ll need access to place the script in the header or footer tags of your website. Here’s how one website uses an exit-intent popup to increase email subscriptions by 100% : ManyBooks , which provides free online eBooks, wanted to implement a solution that would grow their email list.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 16, 2018

Even in the tech industry, with its intense turf battle, companies have come to rely on open standards for data, for APIs, for technological plumbing. He took on leading the EPUB commercial ebook standard body – and now there’s no need for a separate standard for people with disabilities. It’s the best path to lasting change.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

Whether it’s Microsoft transforming the PC software industry, or Google or Facebook, it’s clear that the world is different because these companies exist. Blind people were dependent on sighted people for access to books. The Arkenstone reading tools became a key mode of independent access to books. The first was the ebook.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 1, 2016

leading factors in decision making are service features and the ability for staff to work remotely (remote access) with the service. In evaluating potential services, the biggest concern is whether staff will have reliable access to the organization’s data. Or are they already defining a watershed time in the running industry?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 14, 2022

With mergers came change, expansion, and a multitude of new systems: an access database for rents, a scheduling system for repairs where we still had to telephone to book an appointment, and a CRM that was essentially a Word document to log customer interactions. This ethos is the same in the commercial world as it is in the nonprofit world.

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Qgiv

MAY 11, 2021

While you can find averages for your industry for each of these, your own internal data is a good starting point to identify how well your campaigns are performing. The steps to do so are: Log in to Google Analytics, or access Google Analytics from Google Ads by clicking the “Tools & Settings” icon. Then select Google Analytics.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Step 1: Plan & Create Lead Magnet There’s a lot of jargon tossed around in the nonprofit industry, but let’s break it down. By creating an account , you gain access to the current search volume for any given keyword, enabling you to gauge the level of interest in specific terms. What exactly is a lead magnet ?

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 27, 2014

The landscape of the nonprofit industry is changing – there’s no question about that. Mobile devices are the primary way tweens access the Internet, so your content needs to be adapted to fit the smaller screens. For even more expert advice, check out the latest npEXPERTS ebook!

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 19, 2022

Many prospective donors will want to meet with leadership to ascertain how they think their management expertise, their accessibility, and their friendliness. We would invite local industry leaders in relevant areas to attend a business fair followed by a reception in which these leaders get to meet presenting students. I was the.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

If you’re attending in-person, you’ll have access to a workshop on April 7th where you can better your nonprofit organization through hands-on learning. On April 8th, we’ll have an entire day of presentations by nonprofit industry leaders. Check out the speakers and the presentations below. and streamed online.

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