Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 7, 2013

Reading a Bookshare-downloaded book on the BrailleNote portable device Launched in 2007 to replicate the proven Bookshare model internationally, our Bookshare International library has already grown to serve members in more than 40 countries , many of whom are in the developing world. This is an area of special focus for our Bookshare team.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

This revised project included the conversion of books into accessible formats and working with multiple schools. It is Benetech’s largest social enterprise and is making excellent strides towards solving the “accessible book famine” in the United States. Of course, in India and other developing countries, the gap is even larger.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 15, 2014

Thus far, more than 75 countries have signed the Treaty, and in June India became the first country to ratify it. We hope that many other countries will follow India’s ratification. During the diplomatic conference, Bookshare was the most-cited model of what other countries could hope to achieve with the Treaty.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

Source: Pratham Books. Note from Beth: During my trip to India in February, I was introduced to a nonprofit children's book publisher in India, Pratham Books. “It was set up to fill a gap in the market for good quality, reasonably priced children’s books in a variety of Indian languages.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

There are some universal elements to any compelling story, whether they’re in books, the news, articles, blogs, or movies. For the purposes of our exercise, let’s say our story takes place in India. In a small village in India, 9 year-old Fatima lives in a tiny hut with her parents Priya and Amit. What Makes a Good Story?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 10, 2013

After visiting India in 1949, Wofford became a lifelong advocate of Gandhian nonviolence. He even co-wrote a book with his late wife Clare, India Afire (1951), which urged the civil rights movement in America to adopt Gandhi’s strategy of nonviolent action (see this correspondence between Wofford and King).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

As the operators of Bookshare in the USA, which was made possible through a great exception in our copyright law here, we would love to make all of our books available to people with qualifying disabilities around the world. It’s expensive to make braille books. My core point: Don’t put up bureaucratic barriers to access.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Viji, who is from India, received a BA in accounting from Madras University and moved with her husband to the Bay Area. Since Viji was raised in India, she began looking at the educational challenges faced by people from that country. In countries outside the U.S.,

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Benetech’s Bookshare library continues to expand its international service providing accessible books and publications to members in more than 30 countries. These partners include the Norwegian Library of Talking Books and Braille (NLB), the Hoerbuecherei des OSBV Talking Book Library in Austria, and the Dorina Nowill Foundation in Brazil.?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 4, 2014

This week, Mark answered for me the following six questions about his book : Interview with Mark Divine Author of The Way of the Seal: Think Like an Elite Warrior to Lead and Succeed Question : Navy SEALS learn they are capable of twenty times what they think they are. Mark : Socrates said that an unexamined life is not worth living.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2010

We now have global permissions for around 8,000 copyrighted books out of our 70,000. • We now have global permissions for around 8,000 copyrighted books out of our 70,000. • Compare that to Google Book Search, with more than 25,000 publishers signed up for their commercial program in a similar time period.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 28, 2011

In Europe, Africa, the Middle East, or India? Based upon the book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits , this webinar begins with defining Web 1.0, Related Links: Book Tour Fundraiser: 11 Cities in the United States, Canada, and Africa. Time: 11am – 12:30pm AEDT ( View Time by City ). Cost: Free.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 27, 2015

We’re doing a ton of work with partners in India , the first country to ratify it, to allow people in India to take full advantage of India’s now-favorable copyright environment. Additionally, we have over 200,000 copyrighted accessible book titles already available in most countries in the world.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Mission: To improve access and quality of education for 4 million children living in underserved communities in India. Mission: To establish wildlife sanctuaries by acquiring land and through partnerships with landholders. Educate Girls ● educategirls.ngo. Fundação Roberto Marinho ● frm.ong.

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fusionSpan

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Originally from Hyderabad, India, I am currently based in Dubai. I enjoy reading books, and during my leisure moments, I find pleasure in doodling and scribbling on paper, often creating amusing faces. I have a bachelor's degree in technology and am 9x Salesforce certified. What are some of your hobbies or interests?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 29, 2009

Meghani came with his two hosts and daughter, and at 86 is still keenly interested in learning how technology can help bring books to the disadvantaged. With Carrie’s help he chopped his latest book (a compilation of Gandhi’s writings) up for the Bookshare collection. Tags: India Meghani Bookshare Gujarati.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

If you can buy a book, you can’t borrow it. Marrakesh is intended to end the book famine for people who can’t read regular books because of their disability. Libraries for people who are blind or dyslexic are the primary source of accessible books in audio, large print or braille. exception model works well here.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

The top three countries are the United States, India, and Pakistan. Based on more than 20 years of experience and 25,000+ hours spent utilizing mobile and social media, Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits is a comprehensive 256-page book packed with more than 500 best practices.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

We know, however, that we’ve only scratched the surface of meeting the global need for access to books and information. We’re going to demonstrate what this could look like by piloting Bookshare International at scale in India. While the majority of our members are U.S. The Treaty was signed on the spot by over 50 countries.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 16, 2011

Our collection has grown from 70,000 books to almost 110,000 books in the U.S. This rapid increase in our collection size has been due to extensive support from publishers: the majority of new books added to Bookshare last year and this year have been voluntarily provided to us by 130 publisher partners in the U.S.,

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 7, 2013

The goal of the Treaty is to end the book famine for people who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print disabled. Ultimately, this community should have equal access to all of the books that are needed for education, employment and social inclusion. or similar laws in other countries like India and the EU.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 11, 2013

We’ve already built a collection of titles in Hindi and Tamil, two of the most-spoken languages in India, and last summer we released our first accessible collection in Arabic. In 2011, we began collaborating with the Mada Center (Qatar Assistive Technology Center) to create accessible Arabic-language digital books.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 23, 2021

“Humans really struggle with change, especially, change we did not choose,” shares April Rinne , author of the new book, FLUX, 8 Superpowers For Thriving In Constant Change. “To Fortunately, her new book shows you how to do exactly that, and how to help others do so too. Run Slower. It enhances your productivity. See What’s invisible.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

The Marrakesh Treaty was signed last year, and now the efforts are ramping up to ratify and implement the Treaty, with the goal of helping overcome the book famine faced by people with print disabilities. WIPO has a mandate from its member states, and is working to address the need to change laws and get more accessible books flowing.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Reflections on an internship with Bookshare.org in Chennai, India Made possible through support from the Amherst College Center for Community Engagement Anna Reid, religion major, class of 2010 Anna Reid with employees of Worth Trust, a South Indian organization that provides vocational training and employment for people with disabilities.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

The Global Literacy team, led by VP & General Manager Betsy Beaumon, just celebrated our latest major milestones: serving 300,000 members, the majority of whom are American students with disabilities, and offering 250,000 accessible books on the virtual shelves of our library. What about yet another order of magnitude beyond that?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 27, 2008

Thanks to funding from the Lavelle Fund, we've been able to set up a scanning facility to produce books there. It has a great symmetry: people with non-print disabilities are scanning in books for people with visual disabilities. The Times of India covered the story during my visit, Disabled in city help blind in US.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Hart and expanded on their books: The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid and Capitalism at the Crossroads. I shared the story of how Pratham Books used Twitter to help get children's books to children in rural India. Tags: india. Prahalad and Stuart L.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Thanks to the support of the EB team, we now have direct access to digital versions of many important reference series, along with the ability to provide these books to people with qualifying print disabilities in Canada, the UK, India and all over the world! We have already gotten close on trade books: juvenile and teen literature.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

I greeted at the airport with a sign that read " Nasscom Leadership India Forum - Miss Kanter." The driven took me to the Grand Hyatt Hotel saying that during the day the traffic is much different. And the Nasscom India Leadership Forum is not different. Tags: india.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Samasource connected us with Daproim in Nairobi to proofread books for our Bookshare project. Steve went to India for more tests. I was surprised to find out that we’re her largest customer right now, with more than 100 students working on proofreading educational books for Bookshare. We go way back with her firm.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 11, 2010

Thanks to a generous grant from the Lavelle Foundation, Bookshare has been able to work with Worth Trust, a nonprofit with offices in Chennai, India. The project's goals were to work with organizations that provide opportunities for people with disabilities and digitize a million pages of books to be added to the Bookshare collection.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 18, 2008

The main reason for my visit to South India was the National Seminar on Print Access For All, which was organized by the dynamic Mr. Krishnaswamy. He's really helped us move forward with our India projects, thanks to our India project manager, Viji Dilip, who joined me there and who has made all of these great Chennai connections for us.

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JULY 11, 2013

For example, one of the case studies that Amy Sample Ward and I profiled in the mobile section of our book Social Change Anytime Everywhere was about “Missed Calls” as an organizing strategy. In India, for example, “missed calls” have become a campaign tool.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

You can purchase everything from looms to farming supplies to books, rulers, and pencils which are then given in the name of your gift recipient to a woman in war-torn country. [ Give a Women for Women's Gift That Gives Back ]. Related Links: Nine Holiday Card Programs That Benefit Nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

In February 19th, Joel Comm has organized an event called " Tweetathon " on Twitter to promote and sell copies of his new book, Twitter Power: How to Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a Time and help a nonprofit that supports children in Africa, China, and India.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 19, 2006

Just after returning from India and Bangladesh, I received word that one of my key contacts and hosts had suddenly passed away. He has been described as the pioneer of Talking Books in India, and had been campaigning for a copyright law change to make it easier to provide access to accessible books.

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