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Receiving the 2013 Migel Medal

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Earlier today, I attended the American Foundation for the Blind’s (AFB) National Leadership Conference in Chicago where I received the 2013 Migel Medal. He started Computerized Books for the Blind the year before we started Benetech, and became one of our earliest partners. It was named for the first board chair of AFB, M.C.

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Bookshare.org excitement

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I just got back from the ATIA conference, which included meetings of the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS) committees. Betsy Burgess, Susie McKinnon and I spent lots of time talking to state agencies, universities and teachers about B4E.

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3 New Year’s Rituals for Nonprofits That Can Boost Professional Success

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Published Book Three: In 2016, I published “ The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout ,” with co-author Aliza Sherman. The book was well received and was #1 on Amazon’s Nonprofit Books many times throughout October-December as we presented dozens online webinars and guest posts and articles.

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Bookshare.org milestones

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Bookshare.org hits 35,000 Books! Although we are well known in the national and international disability field, it's been about ten years since I spent much time in DC (last time was the original Section 508 federal advisory committee in the 90s). We spent time talking with OSEP and our new partners from the University of Guam.

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Can Social Media Save Lives? Guest Post by Porter Gale

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Meanwhile, a team at Stanford University is running a bone marrow event with cheek swabbing for Amit today and next week (@100KCheeks) and helping universities across the country run similar simple events through DoSomething.org. ’ The goal? To find a perfect match for Amit.

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Cause Camp 2017 Speaker Lineup Announcement

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He has 500 professional how-to and reference books in his office. She authors the award-winning Networked Nonprofit Books published by J.Wiley and published the The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Impact without Burnout. Results were all that mattered. It taught him to respect research. Know what you’re doing, don’t guess. Dan Pallotta.

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Women of Color Leading Essential, Activist Work in Cultural Institutions

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A new poster from the National Park Service, based on Rich Black's 2009 image. Over the past few months, I've been doing research for a forthcoming book on relevance. One of the best parts of developing a book is learning new stories. Betty Reid Soskin - Rewriting History in the National Parks Yes, I DID save the best for last.

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