Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 3, 2011

In my Fall 2011 President's Update , I mentioned some of our incredible recent achievements in this core program, including the amazing milestones of our Bookshare library. Our innovative approach has revolutionized the traditional library for people with print disabilities.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2012

As part of celebrating Earth Day throughout the month of April, we'll be featuring posts about how to make your nonprofit or library. ReadyTalk’s audio and web conferencing can help managers realize a variety of benefits: Employee engagement. more environmentally friendly. daily commutes, which saves them time and money.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

There was also an associated effort called the Trusted Intermediary Global Accessible Resources (TIGAR) project, to ease the exchange of accessible book files between libraries for the blind and print disabled. My biggest argument was the “library with holes” problem. The view of the World Blind Union was that the rightsholders (i.e.,

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MAY 30, 2013

Evernote app - This free app allows you to save notes and ideas as an audio recording, picture, notes and to do lists. Sophia Guevara is the Chair of the Consortium of Foundation Libraries, and is a new member of the NTEN:Change editorial committee for 2013. What would you recommend to your colleagues?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Bookshare is our large digital library for students with disabilities such as blindness or dyslexia. We use digital ebooks at Bookshare’s core, which can easily be turned into braille, large print or digital audio (using synthetic speech technology). and we needed more help. Unfortunately, early last year, Steve got sick.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

The application allows any user to send information—including photos, videos, audio, or text—simply and securely to a Martus account. Our team presented at multiple sessions at the recent RightsCon Silicon Valley conference , which brought together human rights defenders, security experts, and tech executives.

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Tech Soup

JULY 24, 2013

With an exponential increase in people accessing the Internet on mobile devices, the nonprofits, charities, and libraries that don't have a website optimized for mobile devices or that haven't created a separate mobile website risk irritating — or losing — their supporters. What can you do with your mobile site?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2015

They also help demonstrate the human impact of nonprofits' and libraries' work. This means that the rules for consent apply not only to photos, but also to videos and audio recordings. The following rules of thumb are abstracted from Bryan Carson's Laws for Using Photos You Take at Your Library. You can indeed.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 19, 2011

Back in June, you may have seen a post from Stephanie Gerding on the TechSoup for Libraries blog about My PC , a free Windows 7 curriculum. Yesterday, I had the pleasure of speaking with My PC program manager Todd Watts on the TechSoup webinar, Free Windows 7 Curriculum: Basic Computer Training at Your Library or Nonprofit.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Eligible nonprofits and libraries can now access discounted rates for Citrix Online's web conferencing and remote desktop services. Not sure which web conferencing tool makes sense for your nonprofit or library? Web and Audio Conferencing. Citrix Online products are back in stock! high-definition video conferencing.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2012

Cut the cord with discounted Sennheiser OfficeRunner wireless headsets , now available to eligible nonprofits and public libraries at TechSoup. ” Compare Audio Conferencing Tools Available from TechSoup. Audio conferencing solutions are important for staff and volunteers spread across the state, country, and world.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2013

For nonprofits, libraries, and their constituents, training is esse ntial to keep knowledge and skills up to date. You can use Atomic Training to help your organization maximize its tech tools and software products. You can use Atomic Training to help your organization maximize its tech tools and software products.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2011

Week three of TechSoup's Social Media Mondays in May focused on use of video for nonprofits and libraries. engage audiences can be overwhelming to nonprofit and library. Nonprofits and libraries need not worry excessively about technical quality, as chat participants were in agreement that content mattered most.

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JULY 1, 2021

This should reveal what your donor management system covers as well as what holes in your strategy might need to be filled with a different tech solution. . Effective grant management software comes with a few key features: document library, calendar tools, and reporting capabilities. Grant Management Software.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2012

Staff at nonprofits and libraries can sometimes feel overloaded with too much information and too many competing priorities. Nonprofits and libraries will receive what is called a conference-room license. With GoToWebinar, audio is available either through free integrated VoIP services or through toll-based phone conferencing.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2012

Staff at nonprofits and libraries can sometimes feel overloaded with too much information and too many competing priorities. Nonprofits and libraries will receive what is called a conference-room license. With GoToWebinar, audio is available either through free integrated VoIP services or through toll-based phone conferencing.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 15, 2015

Staff at nonprofits and libraries can sometimes feel overloaded with too much information and too many competing priorities. Nonprofits and libraries will receive what is called a conference-room license. With GoToWebinar, audio is available either through free integrated VoIP services or through toll-based phone conferencing.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 30, 2015

A new year is a fresh start for you and your nonprofit, charity, or library. Adobe's powerful tools allow you to edit images, design websites, publish newsletters, create video and audio productions, and more. Show your nonprofit or library's impact with web and graphic design product donations.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Content created by TechSoup is available to reuse by any nonprofit or library (for free!), We think this kind of information sharing is the essence of nonprofits and libraries' collaborative spirit. We hope you like our content, and we want you to use it! thanks to our Creative Commons license. We are in pretty good company.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Foursquare is essential for nonprofits that are location-based (such as museums, food banks, and libraries ). Trottr allows you to record brief audio messages with your cell phone that are then hosted on the Trottr website. Foursquare. The technology does not yet exactly match the needs of the nonprofit sector, but its close.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2013

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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Tech Soup

JULY 28, 2014

For educational nonprofits, schools, and libraries, Raspberry Pi is very useful for teaching students about electronics, computing, and many other technical subjects for a price that's far less than a new computer. Libraries have also experimented with replacing terminals with smaller footprint Raspberry Pi computers. Peripherals.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

This offering lets your nonprofit or library access discounted rates, payment terminals, check processing equipment, and card readers for mobile devices. Audio conferencing and online collaboration solutions are important for staff and volunteers spread across the state, country, and world. Learn more. per person, per hour).

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Tech Soup

JULY 12, 2011

Another donated service, ReadyTalk , provides web and audio conferencing at an affordable annual subscription and low rates for callers once subscribed. With ReadyTalk , you can hold large web or audio conferences that can be held or listened to by anyone with an Internet connection. The charge is sent directly to the.

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Tech Soup

JULY 8, 2013

They supply charities, libraries and foundations with discounted Cisco and Polycom office phones. They also offer a discounted audio conferencing. TechSoup's Chief Business Development Officer, Gayle Carpentier, had been searching for a way to offer phone systems for nonprofits and libraries for a long time.

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Tech Soup

JULY 26, 2011

BetterWorld Telecom - a provider of audio conferencing, VoIP services, and donated phones for. nonprofits and public libraries through TechSoup - is a company founded with a vision of. With BetterWorld audio conferencing and VoIP. giving back and engaging with the communities we serve. mission-driven businesses.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2014

Find the free audio recording and presentation of the event here. Darian talked about lots of things, very broadly: Why mobile presents a huge opportunity for any nonprofit or public library. TechSoup Article: Mobile for Nonprofits and Libraries. Welcome to TechSoup’s Mobile Impact Webinar Series 2014. Product Donations.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 27, 2011

So even when you're offline, you can still tell your nonprofit or library's story with SlideRocket. You can add flash animation, audio narration, YouTube videos, and polls to your presentations. Read an introduction to SlideRocket's features for nonprofits and libraries, from TechSoup's Patrick Duggan.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 16, 2011

ReadyTalk , a provider of audio. ReadyTalk provides audio and web conferencing services, webinars and professional services, and recording and syndication tools. Learn more at www.readytalk.com and view their donation program for eligible nonprofits and public libraries. conferencing and webinar. More About ReadyTalk.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Tech Donations: How Much Do You Know? fast; contents of a library (accounting) Answer. Libraries can collect fees on them or lend them out. Conferencing options let you share your screen or presentation, use your computer or smartphone audio (no dialing in), and add up to four presenters to a live video feed.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 17, 2009

TechSoup Global offers free webinars to nonprofits and libraries to help them understand how to better utilize technology to accomplish their mission. These training sessions have served thousands of people and discuss topics such as Creating Effective Online Surveys, Using Mobile for Activism & Advocacy, Tech Planning and more.

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Tech Soup

MAY 20, 2015

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. Here's how to get the most out of this free resource. A Little About Us.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 23, 2012

Citrix Online is helping to make a difference in the nonprofit and library community through their donation program here at TechSoup. Their audio and web conferencing services let organizations conduct training sessions, reach out to constituents, and hold meetings with staff and board members around the world.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 6, 2006

Narrators were recording digital audio books in both English and Hindi while I was there. I was able to tour the facilities, which included at least three digital recording studios using the DAISY software for human narrated books. I'll have a ton more to say about Indian languages over the next few days!

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Tech Soup

APRIL 18, 2013

For example, don't assume everyone knows the acronym for your library or organization. Video production tools have a lot to offer in terms of animations, transitions, audio settings and much more. 2) Don't talk above their head: One way to lose the attention of your audience is to speak over their head.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 22, 2009

We screened highlights from the more than 100 video, image, and GoldMail submissions and celebrated the great work nonprofits and libraries are doing to tell their unique and important stories.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 21, 2012

Here in TechSoup’s San Francisco office, we use audio and video conferencing every day to talk with people working remotely in the Bay Area, New York, or Seattle, as well as with our partner nonprofits around the world. Teen Outreach Pregnancy Services. How to Register Your Foundation.

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