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JANUARY 7, 2013

My next two blog posts will be on this topic. My second blog post in this series will describe how we are growing our Spanish-language program. The third blog post in this series on Bookshare International will describe our adventures creating the library’s first offerings in Arabic.

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AUGUST 26, 2013

Here is an excerpt from my written testimony, as originally featured on Benetech''s Blog : Delivering my statement before the House Committee on the Judiciary, August 1, 2013 We build our work on strong foundations laid down by other people and companies, whether it’s the open source ecosystem of the Internet, or proprietary software or content.

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JANUARY 9, 2013

In this second installment of the three-part blog series (the first one is here ) on Bookshare International, I’m excited to share some of the ways in which our Bookshare library is part of the latest trends in the digital publishing world and is thus going deeper and serving many more people.

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JUNE 30, 2014

in the post by our VP of Human Rights Enrique Piracés on Benetech’s Blog. Our goal is to make the defenders of human rights stronger in their fight against injustice and abuse, and to help them uphold their commitments to protect and do no harm to the communities they serve. You can read more about Martus 4.5

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AUGUST 19, 2013

This is my Welcome post that originally appeared on the new Benetech Blog. We’ve started a Benetech blog that will feature voices from across our organization (one that is separate from my personal Beneblog ). We''ve just launched Benetech''s new website. At Benetech, our goal is to create positive social change through technology.

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JANUARY 30, 2013

Bookshare As followers of this blog know, Benetech's largest social enterprise is the Bookshare online library for people with print disabilities. You can read much more about this in Jim Fruchterman’s blog post, “Upholding the Social Bargain: Bookshare and Copyright Compliance.” What is it and why is it important?

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

I originally started this blog as a way to keep more of our Benetech team aware of what was going on with me and other team members (through guest blogs) while on our travels. Many of us spend a big chunk of our time on the road rather than in the office, and it's good to share some of the reasons our office chairs are often empty!

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OCTOBER 20, 2015

I visited Daproim four years ago, and wrote about my experiences in a blog post about its founder, Steve Muthee. Carol, consider this blog post a down payment on that reference. We had just won a large contract to deliver high-quality accessible textbooks to students with disabilities in the U.S., and we needed more help. No problem!

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JANUARY 18, 2012

In November, I wrote a blog post entitled: Why I’m Scared of the SOPA bill. Part of my objective was to show the unintended consequences of Internet censorship bills like SOPA and PIPA (SOPA's Senate buddy bill), responding to alerts from organizations I trust like the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

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JANUARY 30, 2011

She shoots me me very interesting ideas frequently, and I thought I'd share this one with my blog readers. You have blogged about various funders looking for those "great leaps of imagination", that if created, could make a huge benefit to people. I can't quite figure out how to make it, but I bet someone will!!

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Guest blog by Pavi Mehta, Volunteer Coordinator Open source champion Mozilla.org kicked off seven days of service earlier this month: September 14-21st thousands of people donated over 6000 hours of their time to good causes in their communities as part of Mozilla Service Week.

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JUNE 19, 2014

On rare occasions, I choose to share something personal on my blog, which focuses normally on Benetech, technology for good and social entrepreneurship. Two weeks ago, I wrote the following to friends and family: Our beloved Australian shepherd, Calypso, turned 14 years old today. I just took her on a walk around the block.

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DECEMBER 3, 2011

Here’s a glimpse at what we’re delivering: Open-content, publicly available and freely shared image descriptions and reusable graphical models to improve accessibility of NIMAC textbooks and Common Core content (this is so cool, I'm going to write another blog just on this aspect: look for the Triple Play blog!)

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FEBRUARY 3, 2014

This post originally appeared on Benetech''s Blog. Inspired by socially responsible and mission-driven clients, last year she shifted her focus to practicing in the nonprofit sector and served as Pro Bono Counsel at the Wikimedia Foundation. We are incredibly fortunate and excited to have both Nadine and Elaine joining Benetech!

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JULY 28, 2014

As Gerardo explained in a recent blog post , Schema.org—the organization that keeps a list of agreed-upon tags that all search engines can use in common—adopted our proposed standards, so that search engine users can refine their searches to easily find accessible learning resources online.

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DECEMBER 1, 2014

This post originally appeared on the blog of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers'' (IEEE) Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT). However, we have yet to come to grips with what is ethical and what the laws should be in relation to rapidly changing technologies.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2009

Launching the new version of the website has been exciting, and I was happy to see a great blog post on the new capabilities from the National Braille Press' blog. Bookshare is doing great. We're also on a roll on many other fronts.

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OCTOBER 27, 2014

This post also appeared on the Benetech blog. Join us , and together we can realize the potential of technology to make the world a better place for everyone. Thank you for your support!

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JULY 29, 2011

As I noted in my first blog on my African trip, I was delighted with the entrepreneurial culture in Nairobi, Kenya. A social entrepreneur who very much exemplified this was Stephen Muthee, founder of Daproim, a data entry social enterprise based in Nairobi.

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DECEMBER 5, 2007

I frequently see comments from Lauren Weinstein's blog. This week there was a great post, Lauren Weinstein's Blog: For Google and Others, Few Good Deeds Go Unpunished, where Lauren gave a very interesting and even somewhat sympathetic analysis of Google.

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DECEMBER 16, 2013

This post originally appeared on Arabella Advisors'' Greater Good blog as part of the series Impact 2014. For many years, people frequently suggested that Benetech , the nonprofit tech company I founded and lead, get more involved in Washington, DC policy and legislative action. Isn’t that where good ideas go to die?”

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MAY 5, 2007

I just came across extensive blog coverage of the Skoll World Forum, written by Vivian Hutchinson. Of course, one of the reasons I liked his blogging is because he used several photos I took, which I posted on Flickr! He heads the Social Innovation Investment Group and the New Zealand Social Entrepreneur Fellowship.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2013

You can read more about how this project will create lasting impact in India in a blog post by Betsy Beaumon , VP and General Manager of our Global Literacy Program. We expect to significantly improve access to books that blind people in India need for their education, employment and inclusion in society.

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JUNE 8, 2015

This post originally appeared on Benetech's Blog. So if you are driven to make a real difference from a leadership position, at the unique intersection of technology and social change—and you are willing to work on delivering maximum social good—then we want to hear from you. Check out our job postings and apply now !

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MARCH 1, 2009

I'm between speaking four times in Illinois on Friday (will blog about that soon) and heading to Washington DC today (Sunday) for three days of meetings around Bookshare and social entrepreneurship. Somebody captured a great picture of Jimmy (which I asked him to send me) in full fencing gear during the tourney.

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OCTOBER 15, 2009

Tags: climate change trees Miradi Blog Action Day Palo Alto environment biodiversity.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2008

What is even cooler is that Perseus Books, Patrick's publisher, reached out to us during the production process to make sure that the book was available to people with print disabilities.

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JULY 10, 2009

The last item I wanted to highlight was a White House blog post with President Obama hosting a delegation of people who are both deaf and blind. The second announcement was by Plextor of Japan, about their new ebook player that will play Bookshare books. The device also allows users to record their own audio books.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2009

I recently blogged about seeing David Wiley's talk about Flat World Knowledge, the open content textbook company (for-profit, but giving away the digital versions of their textbooks for free under CC licenses), at the BYU ESR conference.

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JUNE 13, 2009

Examples like the TSA and EPA blogs. US Military Southern Command blog. White House blogs, open government initiatives. Our government's public servants have been released to their jobs better. They're now allowed to do their jobs. My role is to now and then draw attention [to their service]. FDA transparency effort.

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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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OCTOBER 12, 2011

As I mentioned in my previous two blogs about my Africa trip of last July, I had the pleasure of meeting many interesting people and learning about numerous exciting, cool projects during that three week long visit to Kenya, Tanzania and Ghana.

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JULY 22, 2010

Kareem wrote it up in a blog post about all the policy announcements, entitled The Power of Technology, The Power of Equality. There were three demonstrations at the end of that session: I was most impressed with Dr.

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MAY 10, 2006

JP's Philantherapy blog: JP's Philantherapy Blog » Blog Archive » Is There a Formula for Capacity Support Decisions? : However, the book is full of practical and realistic observations and recommendations. If you are planning on using IT to save the world, reading this book will greatly enhance your odds of success!

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APRIL 30, 2012

Second year MBA student and CASE Fellow Joanne Sprague wrote a thoughtful blog to reflect on my visit with CASE, where you can also watch the full video of my ESI lecture.

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MAY 17, 2013

I found it incredible that almost no one in the social entrepreneurial field knew about this and decided a blog post was in order! He will serve in this position until Franco finishes his term in August 2013.

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OCTOBER 25, 2008

Vital Wave Consulting covers the opportunities in serving developing markets and one of their blog posts really grabbed me. Technology really is becoming an incredible tool for empowering the poor. Whenever I see a great example of this, I get excited. In M-Pesa is our hippo!

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