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Incredibly Important Opening at Benetech

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A cover letter that articulates why this person wants to work for Benetech in this role and a resume is all we need. There are exciting new projects we could be launching today if we had more of this kind of risk capital. So, if you know someone highly capable, who would be energized by the challenge, send them our way.

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A Bookshare Valentine’s Day Love Story

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

His messages were articulate, optimistic, technically sound, sometimes funny, and always courteous. This true story was written by two Bookshare volunteers, Evan Reese and Lissi Deren. She was a proofreader in Ohio who saw a new Welsh name, Evan Reese, on the Bookshare volunteer list.

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Dueling moral high grounds

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And, the Authors Guild is suffering because the NFB and Reading Rights Coalition has done a great job of articulating the differences. I don't know of an algorithm for this, but I do know how people think.

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Benetech Truths

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Writing them down has been powerful for us: these truths articulate who we are and how we do things at Benetech. You might call them Benetech's values, but we didn't look at traditional organizational value statements while drafting these truths. We're striving now to fully live up to them! 2 We get stuff done.

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Tracy Justesen visits Benetech

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Patrick was able to explain our human rights work articulately and passionately as always! He had spotted the Frontline PBS special on our work in Guatemala, which had led to him deciding he wanted to visit us. If you had told me two years ago that we'd be hosting someone from Washington at Benetech, I would have been surprised.

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Benetech

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We're also working to articulate the passion behind Benetech, so that people who invest the time to check us out on the web get an inkling of why we're so excited about what we do. This new site is the culmination of several months work from our staff and our web development partner, Mile7.

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Blogger creates trouble!

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Yours truly clearly ticked off our articulate and thought provoking keynote speaker, Carl Schramm, the head of the Kauffman Foundation. Late breaking news from the Gathering. Carl's foundation is the foundation for entrepreneurship.

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