Forum One

AUGUST 24, 2021

For nonprofits and government agencies, gathering insights and feedback from audiences is critical to effectively carry out their mission and achieve lasting impact. As organizations navigate and adapt to connecting with users in new ways, here is what we see as valuable going forward. Audience research is here to stay.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

This is why the making of accessible books is a classic example of market failure: if publishers could make a lot of money selling braille, large print, audio, and fully accessible textbooks, we wouldn’t need a copyright exception. It’s why the great majority of accessibility work is done by volunteers, charities, and with government support.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

With a press of a virtual button, an ebook can be printed, displayed in large print (on a page or on a display), made into braille (on a page or on an electronic braille display), or read aloud as audio. We have over half a million readers in the United States, and over 625,000 different ebook titles available for instant download.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

Counterproposals have been made, governments have been engaging with rights holders, consumers and NGOs (or not!) Government delegation, as a next step possibility. A definition of formats that includes Braille, audio and digital text, but excludes large print and video. Joint Recommendation Proposal (US-JR). Excludes video. •

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Forum One

AUGUST 31, 2021

For example, in the United States alone, 70% of websites do not function properly with screen readers. states require sites associated with the state to be compliant with either the 508 standards or their own version of the standards. Additionally, over 30 U.S

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 14, 2009

That worries me, because I don’t think I’ve heard about a groundswell of demand for changing Chafee in the United States, other than when one textbook publisher's representatives get up in public and sound like banking executives from five years ago (if the government would just stop regulating us, we'd take care of everything).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

In the United States, there are all too many students like Kevin, who are denied equal opportunity to engage in the same curriculum as their peers without disabilities. In 2004, the United States passed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act , requiring schools to provide special education services to eligible students.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 29, 2008

This May, having just gotten his rebate check from the government, he was looking around online for something to spend it on. He realized he could spend his money on that most quintessential of all "made in America" items -- the United States Constitution -- and decided to send the entire rebate to the ACLU.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

While touring the island, listening to my pleasant audio guide chattering away on my headphones, I learned of a constituent empowerment campaign from long ago. The French government extended the gift of the Statue of Liberty to the United States in 1876, in recognition of our first 100 years as a nation.

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 7, 2019

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 61 million people in the United States are living with a disability, that’s roughly 26% of our nation’s population. AA standards, which includes captioning and audio description requirements. Your site is in the government, education, medical, banking, ?restaurant,

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

Before Benetech was founded, blind people were read to either in person by a family member, volunteer, or paid reader, or via audio cassette tape. Third, we pioneered a novel interpretation of the copyright exception for serving people with disabilities that is built into the basic law of the United States.

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Achieve

JULY 23, 2020

in the United States filed for unemployment at the onset of COVID-19. This means that there were 30 million people just trying to make ends meet and relying on government help to pay bills. We recommend keeping the video and audio both on for these meetings. OFFER NON-FINANCIAL WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE. 30 million individuals.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 16, 2021

There is an ever-growing wealth of content that’s recorded through video or audio (like podcasts) that is worth exploring. Specific online conference software recognizes this difference and comes with “happy hour” times built in and easier access to vendors. . Recorded Webinars, Podcasts, and Other Content . in one place. .

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2008

The greatest thing that I came away with is that the United States' and the European notions of what African history is all about, are so simplified. But, the one really incredible piece is that women figure so largely into their governing bodies, and that is a very, very intentional thing that they are doing as part of their work.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

Globally, the number of platform companies rose five times between 2010 and 2021; 2 and, as of 2022, about 20 percent of all market commerce in the United States is now conducted online. Instacart allows customers to use a digital app to choose a shopper, who picks up requested groceries and delivers them to the customer’s location.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

GoToWebinar enable organizations to host webinars with VOIP audio or toll free numbers, polls, analytics, and recording. GivingTuesday is very well-known in the United States, but the vast majority of nonprofits, NGOs and charities in the developing world have yet to hear about the fundraising campaign. MeetUp :: meetup.com.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2007

The government needs to get involved. The government doesn't need to put everybody to work necessarily, though it may get to that point. The government has to be willing to step up and say, "Here is a young man, young woman, they are coming home from prison. That is a big challenge, and again this has to be public/private.

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