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The Struggle for Book Access: Amazon (Blog Post #2)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

But, we just saw Amazon fold when the Authors Guild pushed them to turn off the voice of these books: Amazon to flip on Kindle. We have an action by Amazon that sets back years of work to make ebooks accessible. Print-disabled people of the world shouldn't be surprised that Amazon isn't going out of its way to help them.

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Cause Camp 2017 Speaker Lineup Announcement

NonProfit Hub

Named one of the most influential women in technology by Fast Company and one of BusinessWeek’s “Voices of Innovation for Social Media,” Beth was Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation 2009-2013. Tyler Riewer is the Brand Content Lead at charity: water in New York City. Derrick Feldmann. Achieve Agency.

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Writing for Change Conference: An Interview with Elizabeth Pomada

Have Fun - Do Good

We are both from New York, but felt that California was the right place to be. And then, of course, we have Riane Eisler , whose new book is about the wealth of nations, speaking, and she, too, is an idealist. EP: We were both in publishing in New York City. Elizabeth Pomada: Hi, I'm Elizabeth Pomada.

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[VIDEO] Building Your Nonprofit’s Engagement Engine

Bloomerang

And, as Steven mentioned today, we’re going to be talking a bit about some of the things in my new book, “The Nonprofit Communications Engine.” But it’s also important that your organization communicates with a clear credible and compelling voice, that you communicate with consistently at all points of contact.

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How To Save The Planet: 10 Changes With The Biggest Impact

Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

It is hugely important that we get governments and multi-nationals to change the way they treat the planet, but that doesn’t mean we cannot do anything to show we care. Make your voice heard. It’s not just about institutional change. Raising animals is also water intensive, using up our limited supplies.

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How To Save The Planet: 10 Changes With The Biggest Impact

Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

It is hugely important that we get governments and multi-nationals to change the way they treat the planet, but that doesn’t mean we cannot do anything to show we care. Make your voice heard. It’s not just about institutional change. Raising animals is also water intensive, using up our limited supplies.

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Technology for Whom? Owning Our Platforms

Non Profit Quarterly

Amazon, born in 1995 as an online bookstore, grew by the 2000s to become the largest global e-commerce platform company in existence. an hour, and a national survey of Instacart workers found average wages (before expenses) of just $9.50 Certainly, people seemed to appreciate access to the platform apps that began changing their world.

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