Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 18, 2014

Do you believe ours could be a world in which the benefits of technology touch the lives of all people, not just the wealthiest and most able five percent of humanity? Are you motivated by the power of technology as a force for good that can directly help the world’s poorest communities thrive?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Qualifying students, however, represent but a small fraction of those who can benefit from accessible books. Thousands of students with differing learning styles and language requirements can also benefit greatly from accessible books. There are some 7.5 million students (15% of the U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 24, 2018

I have had the benefit of numerous mentors over my long career, but Gerry Davis was The Mentor. I know how big and wide his legal career was, and I was just one of the many clients to benefit from his legal brilliance and ability to see to the very heart of any problem.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 14, 2013

The benefits of technology take longer to root than we expect and we have a bias against the future: we simply can’t foresee the things we haven’t invented yet. In addition, now more than ever, those who have benefited greatly from technology are giving back. TED curator Chris Anderson then engaged the two economists in a debate.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 26, 2013

Silicon Valley has gotten very good at figuring out ways to make money while giving away the core product: these approaches have exciting analogs in the social sector. […] Intellectual property laws, at their best, can encourage technological advances, reward creativity and bring benefits to society.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 12, 2014

One of the key justifications that the court used was the value of the scanned books for people who are blind, who could benefit so much more from an accessible digital version of a library book (which can easily be turned into braille or read aloud) than from a physical copy sitting in a dusty stack.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

Imagine the benefit to society when we go from solving less than five percent of a social problem to most of it, while using less money! Even Bookshare, with its position as an entity that can use the Section 121 exception, benefits greatly from fair use. In the U.S., The Chafee Amendment has been crucial for this accomplishment.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

We’re deep believers in the benefits of openness, which means we publish open source software and create open content under Creative Commons licenses. After all, they’re proud of their creations and would love to see them benefit disadvantaged people and communities, where regular market forces would fail to go. What’s next?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 19, 2014

Encrypt all personally identifiable information with strong, open source crypto, and take a big step on the road towards doing no harm while bringing the benefits of technology to the world''s most vulnerable populations!' And, this responsibility extends to far more software developers today than we thought. Think about it.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Here’s why the Marrakesh Treaty is so important and why your country can help ensure it benefits the millions who need it. Most people know someone who might benefit from books that talk. · What Does the Marrakesh Treaty Do? It is politically popular. The publishing industry has come out in favor of the treaty.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 25, 2016

But, it’s clear to me that these issues could and should be addressed and the considerable benefits for independence of seniors and people with disabilities could be huge! And privacy is a significant factor: this is the kind of technology that triggered my essay last year on privacy, Little Sister.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 29, 2016

Our benefits are great, and our pay is excellent by nonprofit standards! From executives to summer interns, from engineers and product managers, to communications and outreach professionals, we have a wide range of opportunities. Flexibility is one of our core values.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 6, 2013

And yet there are also amazing and fulfilling benefits—bringing the truth to light, making human rights defenders more powerful and helping victims find peace through acknowledgment, reconciliation and even, sometimes, justice.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 3, 2014

I know that she would benefit from more help: she''s asked me if I know how she could get more volunteers to assist her with her work. It''s a big set of goals, but she''s pulled off the improbable before! She would welcome English-speaking volunteers. And though she doesn''t ask, I''m sure she could use more donors, too.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 28, 2014

As an economist, he stresses the need to quantify the impact of humanitarian interventions: for instance, whether a certain effort will bring $59 of benefit for every dollar in, or only $4. Bjorn has gotten a lot of attention for his recommendations to combat climate change by focusing on improved humanitarian efforts.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 30, 2012

Social entrepreneurship is a new field whose actors will all benefit from a systematic search for best practices for developing, sustaining, and scaling innovative and effective responses to social needs.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

The underlying goal of spinning off university research is seeing that society actually benefits as much as possible from the immense investment we make in research. What if an innovation could be of great benefit to society, but doesn't make enough money? However, there is a problem with this: market failure.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Are you excited about technology benefiting the world? We are determined to do far more for the millions of people around the world who most need the benefits of technology and are often the least able to afford them! It’s not too late to pledge your support for our work.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 3, 2011

The Day aims to raise awareness of disability issues with a focus on the rights of persons with disabilities and the benefits derived from their integration in the social, economic, cultural and political life of their communities. Yet those who qualify represent but a small fraction of the demographics that can benefit from accessible books.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 20, 2010

But, the whole point of the concept of intellectual property is that it's supposed to benefit society, that there is a balancing act between society's interest and self-interest. We get used to so many benefits of our incredible intellectual creativity, that we forget about the have-nots. What about literacy and education?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

This has led to advancements that benefit everyone. We hope to work on this thorny challenge further with our partner, the Mada Center, in Qatar, and benefit others throughout the region, such as the members served by our new partner, Emirates Association for the Visually Impaired, in the United Arab Emirates. Is Spanish more your bag?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 10, 2011

According to Maria, books in the DAISY format have the same page numbering as the text which is a big benefit to scholars who need precise citations. She studies secular songs and theater music from the English Baroque period of the 1600’s. Ltd which is known for its PLEXTALK® brand of digital talking book players.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

We have had the benefit of incredibly generous pro bono legal assistance over our history, including our board members Gerry Davis and Rob Wexler. Previously she was an independent consultant working with The Chicago Council on Global Affairs on the 2012 NATO Summit, Chicago Ideas Week, news platform Syria Deeply and FEM Inc.,

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 28, 2014

Gerardo helped Benetech dramatically increase our capacity to benefit larger populations by scaling our services, revamping our innovation process, and establishing a thriving network of industry partners and volunteers.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Making these files available as part of the mass market product, O'Reilly is ensuring that EVERYONE who can benefit from accessible materials can actually get them. Because Bookshare is only available for people who qualify under a very narrow copyright exemption.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

RHoK Global presented a perfect opportunity to support the sustainability of an existing partner and thus connect individual developers and corporate teams around the globe with the chance to apply their energy, enthusiasm and experience for social benefit.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 6, 2010

His idea is straightforward: he believe the Middle East/North Africa region is ripe for values-centered for-profit social enterprises that can both make plenty of money and deliver social benefits. But, just companies that have social good as a crucial part of their DNA.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 1, 2014

In a world where the benefits of technology are still often limited to reaching the richest 1% or 5% of society, we are trilled to see a growing movement of engineers motivated to help humanity. Our technical tools by themselves don’t make change: it is these communities using our tools that create social good.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

What happens, however, with technology applications that could provide great social benefit but that won’t generate big profits? I invite you to join us in this unique approach to catalyzing the development of new technology-for-good applications that deliver large-scale benefit to humanity! This is where Benetech comes in.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 29, 2011

It so clearly shows the benefit of what the Rockefeller Foundation calls Impact Sourcing. Of course, I showed off a textbook! I'm really glad that Samasource connected us with Steve and Daproim, and that the partnership is working so well.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 27, 2010

The benefits of collocating the social entrepreneurs in one place has been proven in past years: a large amount of the value of attending the WEF is meeting with global social entrepreneur colleagues, and trading notes about the best ways to change the world for the better.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 9, 2014

Granted, realizing a future of quality education for all children requires a shift from viewing inclusive education as a purely legal or social obligation to embracing its benefits for all. But the 2014 Global Philanthropy Forum clearly highlighted the role that the philanthropic community can play in affecting this shift.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

And what are some of the social benefits and impact that may result from such a relationship? The Lavelle Fund also supports programs benefiting the developing world. What is it like for a nonprofit to have a successful, lasting partnership with a private philanthropic foundation? government and states like Texas.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Advocacy, we’ve recognized, is essential for realizing our vision of a world where the benefits of technology reach all of humanity, not just the richest five percent. Benetech was founded to be a different kind of Silicon Valley tech company—a nonprofit dedicated to creating social change at scale.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

President Obama and President Clinton discussing health care reform From the opening “Mobilizing for Impact” panel moderated by President Clinton and featuring Bono, Khalida Brohi, Christine Lagarde, Mo Ibrahim and Sheryl Sandberg (including Bono’s hilarious “Clinton” impersonation, as well as Ibrahim accusing most of corporate attendees of exploiting (..)

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 5, 2013

I’ve been actively advocating for an international copyright exception model that would greatly benefit people with disabilities, as anyone who has read my blog over the years can attest!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

People with physical disabilities such as those from cerebral palsy often get significant benefits for access to alternative text. But, we keep mentioning that there are more people with print disabilities than people with visual impairments.

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