Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

In what is known as the “ braille provision ,” the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 2004 mandates that the teams who help write educational plans for students with disabilities presume that all blind and visually impaired children should be taught Braille unless it is determined to be inappropriate. Accordingly, U.S.

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Care2

JUNE 5, 2013

With more than 80 million Millennials in the United States, this generation is challenging the status quo, redefining the way that people traditionally get involved with organizations. Since joining Care2 in 2011, Ashley has strategized with many nonprofits on the most effective way to engage with Care2''s members.

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

From accountants to college students, from administrators working in construction offices to legal professionals, many are considering new career directions to gain more meaningful work and to serve the greater good in their communities. GPA chapters are located across the United States.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

For on January 17, 1984, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that consumers could tape their favorite TV shows and watch them later without the copyright holder’s consent. students) with a collection of 220,000+ (and counting) accessible books—the world’s largest library of its kind. In the U.S.,

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Tech Soup

JULY 30, 2013

Students can actually rent textbooks and read them on the tablet. Adopting BYOD practices will make for a more flexible workplace and allow your staff and volunteers to work from their preferred devices. Analyst firm eMarketer predicts that mobile payment adoption will increase as these issues are addressed and improved upon.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 10, 2009

But, the lousy quality of accessibility of the Kindle presents a civil rights problem: schools can't adopt Kindles and lock out their disabled students. The advocates will sue the schools for choosing Kindle textbooks and violating the civil rights of disabled students. The DMCA workaround.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

In the United States, there are all too many students like Kevin, who are denied equal opportunity to engage in the same curriculum as their peers without disabilities. In 2004, the United States passed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act , requiring schools to provide special education services to eligible students.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2012

E-Mediat is funded by the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) of the United States Department of State with support and in-kind donations from Microsoft, Cisco and craigslist Charitable Fund. I met Dina Masri, a talented engineering student and change maker at the University in Jordan.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

We held 33 virtual focus groups (via Zoom) with 181 CVAs in the United States and Canada. Across the US and Canada, the pandemic forced technology adoption at breakneck speed. School districts scrambled to get Chromebooks to students. The quotes in this article all come from these focus group conversations.

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

People from all over the world were focused in on the United States and what was going on for the entirety of the 90-minute session (plus additional time)… So, I have already used some of my time. Secondly, the other candidate has never officially held a public office. I’ll have to scramble a bit.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Many universities have adopted their own day, some with historical significance, to highlight their programs and areas of need. At universities, the on-campus events are generally focused on students. Of course, this trend started or was inspired by #GivingTuesday and some universities do participate in the day.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2007

Atlasien of Upside-Down Adoption said she was going to become involved in a local organization for immigrant rights. Her resolutions include eating local organic food, teaching her students about healthier eating options, and volunteering at a community garden. Africa is not a country. It is a continent."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

Graduate students doing research or teaching in Second Life have formed a mobile colony that holds discussions with experts in subjects like online ethics or aesthetics What they didn't mention is the new Nonprofit Island that will be opening a few weeks. Teams of Harvard Law students enrolled in Evidence will serve as the lawyers.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 27, 2023

While this seems like a “natural” question, it actually goes beyond a desire to track housing unit type. This question was set within a United States value context affirmed after WWII and with the GI bill whereby homeownership was solidified into an ideal of the American dream. This is where history comes in.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen set forth the “Innovator’s Dilemma” which states that companies that have accomplished great change are reluctant to adopt the next disruptive innovation because of its impact on the existing successful business. Fast forward to today. And so we campaigned for the Marrakesh Treaty.

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Care2

JUNE 13, 2009

Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 01:28PM | by Allyson Kapin Facebook is the 5th most trafficked site in the United States. Less than 50 of the 179,000 groups on Causes have raised $10,000, and just two – The Nature Conservancy and Students for a Free Tibet -- have raised more then $100,000.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 25, 2007

I have been actively involved in the crafting of Oakland's newly-adopted Zero Waste Policy , and I campaigned for City Council member Jean Quan's polystyrene foam packaging moratorium, as well as Council member Jane Brunner's litter fee assessment ordinance. It doesn't stop here, though.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Lean Startup principles have been adopted widely in other sectors, and once you get a glimpse of the principles, it’s clear that Lean can be applied to any organization that needs to operate in a capital-efficient way. It’s no wonder why Lean is increasingly being adopted in the non-profit sector. Goldie Chow, SamaUSA (Impact Manager).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

This means new challenges ahead in scaling Bookshare.org to serve every single student with a print disability in the U.S. In essence, we're being paid to deliver – free – accessible books to all students with print disabilities in the United States for the next five years.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

The Best Friends Animal Society allows its supporters to create blogs on their Best Friends Network around animal, and animal adoption issues that they care about. March of Dimes' Share Your Story blog allows families with children in NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) to share their experiences with one another.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Interlochen Center for the Arts (ICA) is a nonprofit educational institution dedicated to empowering students of all ages through high-quality arts and cultural programs. The world’s largest no-kill shelter, North Shore Animal League uses their site to promote animal adoptions as well as donations and volunteer sign-ups.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 14, 2021

And we’ve emerged from the most divisive election year in the history of the United States. One of our long-time students wrote in: “We’re 74% of the way to our revenue budget and we’re not quite halfway through our fiscal year and are up 322% year over year (last year we raised almost $770K) How are we doing it? And missed out.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2008

My first job in the United States after working in France was as an intern with the Center for Community Change on their immigration team helping to create a toolkit on fighting anti-immigrant local ordinances. How did you organization successfully deploy and adopt these tools? What is your job at Firm ? It's show and show.

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