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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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APRIL 10, 2013

This post originally appeared as part of an online debate about How Big Data Can Have a Social Impact, which the Harvard Business Review Blog Network hosted jointly with the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship. Right now I''m in Oxford, England, for the annual Skoll World Forum! Big Data is all the rage in Silicon Valley.

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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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DECEMBER 16, 2014

For example, this summer, SocialCoding4Good organized “code sprints” at Google and LinkedIn during the companies’ volunteer service events, GoogleServe and LinkedIn for Good InDay. For example, Martus can now be configured in less than 10 minutes by anyone with basic digital literacy skills. billion poor and unbanked. Martus Desktop 4.5

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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. Daproim is an example of a cool social enteprise. Bookshare is doing great. We're also on a roll on many other fronts.

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MAY 7, 2012

I used the example of Kristen Cibelli, one of our field human rights workers, who got a mini-grant to go to meet with grassroots human rights groups in Liberia. And there were plenty of other examples of how modest innovation funding had led to new programs of major impact.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2009

They should be great examples of accessible textbooks, and allow teachers in training to access them, parents, assistive technology developers and so on. These new textbooks will be available to everybody, with or without a disability, for free, globally.

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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. I think it's an example of the convening power the administration has to bring people together around addressing challenges.

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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. Martín has worked tirelessly to disseminate the social innovations he has created in Paraguay throughout the world.

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JANUARY 17, 2014

To better understand why promoting “breathing space” for creativity is crucial for copyright to achieve its purpose of encouraging innovation, consider some examples from Benetech’s work that demonstrate how copyright exceptions can create a framework for innovation in action. This post originally appeared on Benetech''s Blog.

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OCTOBER 25, 2008

Whenever I see a great example of this, I get excited. 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. In M-Pesa is our hippo!

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JUNE 13, 2009

For example, you can see that Arianna Huffington is much better at writing in her post: "All for Good: A New 'Craigslist for Service'" ! Examples like the TSA and EPA blogs. US Military Southern Command blog. White House blogs, open government initiatives. If we’re serious about service, we’ll work together.

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OCTOBER 29, 2010

Just got late-breaking news: the judges just rendered a guilty verdict in the trial I was about to discuss in the following blog post! Will share more details from our team later, but this is a great day for fighting impunity around forced disappearances.

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JUNE 5, 2010

I'm much rather post something in a blog than go through a formal sending of a snail mail letter! The FCC just did a series of four blog posts asking for feedback on their new accessibility plans. Here are my comments on the big picture and a couple of their proposals.

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AUGUST 30, 2009

As one attendee put it to me, he can always go to everyone's blog and find out what they're working on. These are all folks who believe in technology and have a certain level of common language and understanding (even though the range of people is pretty amazing). That's why conversations can cut right to the issue that people are debating.

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MAY 10, 2006

The best example of these insights is the "Trusted Source Relationship" concept. JP's Philantherapy blog: JP's Philantherapy Blog » Blog Archive » Is There a Formula for Capacity Support Decisions? : It often explains why certain initiatives failed and others succeeded. I had that kind of "aha!"

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MAY 12, 2009

Guest blog by Paddy Sullivan Hola! This university run program, a very good example of valuable networks in Puerto Rico, takes the responsibility of promoting changes in public and private systems to increase access to assistive technology for people with disabilities. My name is Paddy Sullivan.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2013

This blog originally appeared on the Huffington Post In December 1981 soldiers of the Salvadoran Army’s Atlacatl Battalion entered the village of El Mozote, where they murdered hundreds of men, women and children. Luckily, we seem to be too small, and our human rights activist users don’t seem to be a top priority for them!

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JULY 3, 2013

As we have explained in other Beneblog and Bookshare blog posts, these are exciting times for everyone who has been working to meet the imperative to provide people with print disabilities equal access to published information.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2008

This is a guest blog from Anna Reid, an Amherst student who interned with Bookshare.org International this past summer. An example of a Hindi phrase translated into a phonetic Braille code My internship consisted of two basic components. I received a copy of her reflections and asked if I could share it with more people.

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MARCH 31, 2006

I have been blogging for Social Edge this week, and have grouped together several of my blogs from there for the Beneblog! Here are 50 from the Skoll World Forum, Oxford 2006 - a photoset on Flickr. One of the major themes of working with the Skoll Foundation is the focus on stories.

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AUGUST 6, 2009

In this blog entry, I talk about how we analyzed the data from the Liberian TRC, some reactions to the TRC’s final report, and offer thoughts looking beyond the current public debate to the broader role and historical value of the TRC’s work. TRC data entry and coding staff.

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OCTOBER 12, 2012

On Financial Narratives and Financial Footnotes: The Truth Is in the Fine Print Guest Beneblog by Teresa Throckmorton, Benetech's CFO and VP, Finance In a previous blog post, we shared the Seven Benetech Truths : the core values that define our identity and culture, that guide our work, and that tell our story. and Catherine T.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2012

I wrote about that visit in my last blog post: Digital Divide Data: our Partner in Laos. Moreover, they were produced with techniques and skills that led to products unlike the millions of examples of mass produced products we saw in the tourist markets.

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OCTOBER 21, 2008

One example proves we'll reach our goals. I'm looking forward to reporting on the latest from Route 66 Literacy on my blog and in future updates. We will also expand the number of books in our collection by 100,000 new titles. OSEP told us on a Sunday that we needed to start serving students for free right away.

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MAY 7, 2013

The United States'' copyright exception for the blind is a shining example of something that complies with the three-step test. This blog was originally published in the Huffington Post. The three-step test is part of international copyright law meant to allow countries to reflect their own values in their copyright exceptions.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Her story is so compelling, I’ve already written a blog post about this incredible woman, entitled Rockstar Nairobi Social Entrepreneur. It made a big impression on me, and I am also working on a blog post inspired by her book, Getting Beyond Better. So, we fill in for them. Nairobi, Kenya Next I headed to Nairobi, Kenya. Enough said!

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