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NOVEMBER 27, 2013

The sad truth is that millions of people with print disabilities around the world continue to be left behind. Through this project and the Treaty, we’re looking forward to realizing the potential of Bookshare International to eventually help millions of other people globally live fuller lives. While the majority of our members are U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

From people in Latin America who face severe water scarcity to at-risk human rights defenders and students with disabilities, our users and their families are the ones who best convey the impact of our work. We want students like Brennan—and disadvantaged people everywhere—to have equal opportunities to make their lives better.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Benetech's largest social enterprise is the Bookshare online library for people who are blind or otherwise disabled when it comes to reading print. We have the privilege of being able to serve people with disabilities in large part because of a generous provision in U.S. copyright law. How do we uphold the social bargain?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

One of the biggest reasons is that among people who are blind, braille literacy has been linked with higher education levels, higher likelihood of employment and higher income. At the Braille Summit’s kick-off event, keynote speaker Peter Osborne, Chief Braille Officer for the Royal National Institute of Blind People, U.K.,

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

of America v. Let me first explain what Section 121, also known as the Chafee Amendment, has meant for Bookshare and the people we serve. This ruling by the Supreme Court in Sony Corp. Universal City Studios, Inc., The Section 121 exception is a major and indispensable safety net for accessibility. But, it’s not the only one!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

At times, the changes in AI’s charter and organizational policies involved controversial decisions, arousing both internal and external debates: should people who use or advocate the use of force in opposing oppressive regimes be recognized as Prisoners of Conscience? What about people imprisoned solely due to their sexual orientation?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 20, 2007

He's also a big fan of of Teach for America. People came up with a mix of names, but Carl didn't go for many (Habitat and Teach for America he did agree to). People came up with a mix of names, but Carl didn't go for many (Habitat and Teach for America he did agree to). So far so good.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 9, 2008

These were quite familiar to folks like Frank Simpson of the Lavelle School in New York and Miki Jordan of the Junior Blind of America in Los Angeles. The vocational rehab building focuses on getting blind people job. So, in Hong Kong and in Beijing we saw sensory stimulation rooms for these children.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 13, 2009

A: There are a lot of people these days who want to help other people out. People working with each other. Other people are good at other things. The administration is trying to scale up grassroots democracy, people in the White House like Vivek Kundra, [ two names I missed ], Brian Behlendorf. Simplicity.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 22, 2007

So many people did a great job making this the event for social enterprisers in North America. It's terrific for at least once a year to get together with six or seven hundred people who think the same way. And of course, it's the people who make all of this possible. Most Successful Ever!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 11, 2006

Of course, people are reluctant to talk about the failures, but a few people have studied this issue. I had just read a paper about the LINCOS project in Central America, so this was fresh in my mind. They typically run out of steam when the funding runs out, assuming they worked at all.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 16, 2018

It was a blast to be with an entire conference full of social good software and data people from around the world. Our largest social enterprise is Bookshare, designed to solve the reading needs of people who have a disability that interferes with reading. Using Software and Data to Change the World We are in an amazing time.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

We write software for people with disabilities as well as human rights and environmental groups. We’re getting very worried that our organization and the people we serve: people with print disabilities (i.e., Bookshare is an online library for people who can’t read standard print books. Unfortunately, that’s not the case.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

Rather than just telling people how the world needs to improve, the successful social entrepreneur demonstrates how to do it. If cost benchmarking doesn’t make sense (as in the field of human rights), can we dramatically change the way people operate in a given area? Blind people were dependent on sighted people for access to books.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

We frequently have more volunteers than we have projects; while at other times, we have a list of tasks we could get done -- if only we had the people. Often there's a mismatch between the skills of a volunteer and the skills required by our projects.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

In cross-national perspective: How do these outcomes in Uruguay compare with those in 50 other middle- and high-income countries (including several in Latin America)? Luckily, Janet and her team have an idea for how far more people could benefit from this database. Which outcomes/patterns are unusual? Which are widespread?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 11, 2009

Many families of the estimated 40,000 people who disappeared never found out what happened to their missing relatives. Records in the archive contain critical information about police procedures during this conflict which resulted in an estimated 200,000 deaths and disappearances.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 13, 2006

One great way to explore how you can apply your business and technical skills is to link up with other like-minded people. Silicon Valley entrepreneurs are building on the foundations laid by people like Bill Hewlett and David Packard, who long supported global issues and whose foundations continue their work today.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 9, 2008

Easy enough to use Ashoka's handy-dandy search engine at [link] Africa: 236 Asia: 547 Europe: 190 Middle East & North Africa: 34 North America: 232 South America: 476 Global: 10 Even if we throw all of global into North America and Europe, and not worrying about the fact that the majority of North American Ashoka fellows are actually in Mexico(!),

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 7, 2013

The Obama Administration is turning its back on people with disabilities--and I''m outraged. I''m an engineer and social entrepreneur, trying to make the world a better place for people with disabilities, and I rarely step into the role of vocal advocate. Here is what is happening.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 24, 2015

First and foremost, it’s the people. This is my posse, the global social entrepreneur community, as well as the people who appreciate and support them. Thanks to the environment of trust and effectiveness, there are nearly one hundred people on my list of follow-ups from last week!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 2, 2005

Walking into the medina, the old part of Tunis, I suddenly acquired very friendly people from Tunisia speaking good English (which is unusual, since English is about language number six in usefulness in Tunisia, after Arabic, French, Italian, Spanish and German). People are looking at me: how could you get Abdul yelling at you?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 31, 2007

If there ever was a circumstance where a "single" technology - a dirt cheap back pocket reusable DNA barcorder - will transform people-disease-people relationships and equally transform people-biodiversity relationships, this is it. The dungbeetles of Central America? The scorpions of Africa? The ferns of Malaya?

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