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Bookshare Users Downloading Long-Awaited Apple e-Book App

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Graduate student Maria Georgakarakou, who is blind, gave us a rave review for the Read2Go app which allows those with print disabilities to listen to books in the DAISY audio format. She predicted that the usability of Read2Go will encourage Bookshare members to read more books in the DAISY audio format.

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How to Use Storytelling for Nonprofits to Tug Heartstrings and Raise Funds

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Use Normal Language in Your Story A long, drawn-out, flat story with a bunch of numbers and statistics and jargon is not a good way to convey your message and your needs. If it’s a captioned/narrated video, the background music is very important. Just as in movie scores, the music can set the tone and enforce the message.

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What is in the Treaty of Marrakesh?

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However, as the founder of the Bookshare online library, we have a great deal at stake in how the Treaty gets implemented. Plus, it will especially help countries with less-developed libraries and services for people with disabilities by making it easier to tap large collections (like Bookshare) in other countries. Article 2(c).

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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The print book doesn’t work for people who are blind, partially sighted, dyslexic, have physical limitations, people who haven’t learned to read, or people who can’t read the particular language of a specific book is written in. Jimmy and I spent an hour trading music together. We can do better! I had never heard of it.

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Creating a Culture of Storytelling Webinar Recap

Tech Soup

The webinar provided case studies of how one nonprofit and one library created storytelling cultures within their organizations. The case studies were presented by Zoe Blumenfeld, communications manager for Global Fund for Women , and Viktor Sjöberg, digital services librarian at Escondido Public Library.

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150+ Creative Ways to Show Donors Appreciation

Nonprofit Tech for Good

But if you are using their language or really innovative elements, you should credit them. Creative stuff: Things unique to your organization including the ability to create art, music, poetry, dance, etc. Send a video or audio “thank you” through social media or email. Throw in beer and pizza and music and it can be fun.

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July NetSquared Think Tank Round-Up: Building a Culture of Accessibility

Tech Soup

From providing accessible content for people with disabilities, to creating fully usable functionality, to support for multiple languages, we wanted to learn about the benefits people are creating using web and mobile technology. A Few Words to Leave You with.Because Gordon says it better than I do!