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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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Prior to joining The Nature Conservancy, Doug was the nonprofit industry lead for the consulting practice of Arthur Andersen in Washington, D.C. While at Discovery Communications, she managed paid search and developed partnerships with Amazon and eBay, both in conjunction with Discovery Channel's online store. He received a B.A.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Amazon has made it easier for consumers to give presents to children in need by simply saying, “ Alexa, donate to Toys for Tots. Alexa will then recommend a gift from Toys for Tots’ curated list and after the order is confirmed, Amazon will match each donation toy for toy. ” or too many emails.

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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. These formats now underpin the ebook industry of today. By the time of Bookshare’s creation in 2001, new and better XML digital book formats had been developed.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

You can watch the video below to see a moving speech from 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg, who founded the Fridays for Future movement that has seen hundreds of thousands of students striking from school across the world. What about the technology industry? Reduce your plastic waste. We can use clothes as an example.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

You can watch the video below to see a moving speech from 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg, who founded the Fridays for Future movement that has seen hundreds of thousands of students striking from school across the world. What about the technology industry? Reduce your plastic waste. We can use clothes as an example.

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Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 26, 2019

From Tesla and Amazon to Salesforce and Apple, companies are stepping up the pace of technical innovation. Gartner identified democratization as one of the top industry trends at their IT Symposium/Xpo 2019. At the same time, student loan debt has climbed to new highs. Spoiler alert: It shattered.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 24, 2013

New Industry Leaders. In retail, Amazon is so 2012. It is a China-based company that now has merchandise sales volume that is more than Amazon and eBay combined. In electronics, the new industry leader is a Chinese company called 360buy. This brave new world is currently being called the Internet of Things.

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Non Profit Quarterly

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Computer science is one of the most popular majors at Stanford—it’s taken by nearly 20 percent of the student body. But in recent years, this trio of professors noticed their students were often attracted to the field mainly because of its financial rewards. So, we talk about a system Amazon built, for example, for résumé screening.

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