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Reimagining the Power of One Billion Dollars

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Moreover, since the nature of technology is such that it comes instrumented for measurement, this approach also supports the development of best practices in the delivery of social outcomes, which is essential in order to create meaningful, lasting change.

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Meet the Nonprofit Hero Behind the Hardware: Charles Brennick

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Charles got interested in this type of charitable work while he served in the Peace Corps in Paraguay in the early 1990s. He saw firsthand the benefits that access to technology, especially computers and the Internet, have for remote organizations with limited resources. Paying His Nonprofit Dues.

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Fascinating Meeting at the Copyright Office

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Of course, very few authors will have the power in practice to negotiate these terms, but it's a long way off before TTS can touch human narration from a market standpoint. We believe that print disabled people should be able to buy accessible books at the same time and at the same price as nondisabled people.

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Posts from the Skoll World Forum

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I learned that my buddy Martin Burt was on the front line of a revolution in Paraguay when mayor of the capital city, by calling in garbage trucks and bulldozers to surround the congress building while the army was busy shooting people. And six of the new SASEs are people I have never met before, and it's cool learning about what they do.

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Breaking News on the Global Treaty from Kareem Dale

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The following is the email I received from Kareem Dale in its entirety (and I have his permission to distribute it): Access to information and ideas is essential for personal and professional growth and full engagement in a democratic society. But engagement can be severely limited when information is not available in accessible formats.

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