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Donor Spotlight: Lavelle Fund for the Blind

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Embracing measured risk, The Fund has been willing to make early bets on Benetech, and has repeatedly chosen to invest in our prototype projects. These projects ended up becoming successful and found sustainable funding streams, allowing the innovation to go to scale without needing continued funding from Lavelle.

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Bookshare Members Enthusiastic Comments

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The recent upgrades in our Bookshare site and service such as the new audio formats, images, and image descriptions motivated several Members to share their thoughts, and we sought their permission to share those thoughts with you! Another Member, Diane Fazackarley also commented on our new downloadable audio formats.

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Betsy Beaumon on Benetech's Literacy Program

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Bookshare has over 175,000 total titles and well over 1 million book downloads each year, mostly by our student members of all ages. Looking Ahead In October, we began another five year project with OSEP to keep offering free Bookshare services to students. and a new audio option for Spanish titles.

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6 Ways to Keep Corporate Partners Engaged During COVID-19

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DOWNLOAD NOW: The Guide to Pitching Corporate Sponsors. These could include helping run your social media pages, assisting with data entry, or facilitating research projects. When COVID-19 shifted the majority of schools to an online learning environment, the nonprofit partnered with JBL , a company that specializes in audio equipment.

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10 Volunteer Training Ideas for Onboarding All Types of Volunteers

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Then download the Volunteer Onboarding Essentials Checklist to keep on hand to help you onboard all your new volunteers! You can decide whether the story is written, told in video , or audio, spoken person to person or to a group, or better yet, in some combination of the above. Be there when your volunteers arrive.

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Where to Find Great Free Music for a Video

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If you're creating a video, a podcast, an online training, or any other project that might benefit from adding some sweet tunes, the Free Music Archive (FMA) offers more than 80,000 free, completely legal-to-use audio downloads. How to Find the Best Music for Your Project. Choose the Right License for Your Project.

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Meet Nikhil Kumar

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Whether it's a new donation form, advocacy page, CRM configuration, or data integration project, Nikhil's team is the group that is getting it done at Convio. Download audio file. He has done an amazing job at building a culture of sharing and collaboration between his team members and throughout Convio.

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