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Bookshare to Convert Open Content Textbooks to Accessible Formats

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Just spent a week in Washington DC doing all kinds of things, including actual lobbying (it's fun!) Tags: print disabled print disabilities Kanter Wiley Flatworld copyright OERs Creative Commons Schwarzenegger Plotkin CC Bookshare. as well as meeting with our Bookshare funders at the Department of Education.

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Receiving the 2013 Migel Medal

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But, by eventually following Donna’s advice and talking to the Office of Special Education Programs in DC, we discovered the funding and the way forward for Bookshare to begin to realize its potential. That treaty should replicate the successful copyright exception here in the U.S. Washington? Isn’t that where good ideas go to die?”

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Heading out on the road

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DC this week and Geneva next week (international copyright). I'm now on the road for more than 5 weeks on combo business trips and family vacation. As I headed out the door, I ran into Scott Rains and we had a picture taken of Scott in his Brazil jersey (after the U.S., I'm a big Brazil fan too).

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NPower Greater DC Region Technology Innovation Award - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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» Monday Aug 27 2007 NPower Greater DC Region Technology Innovation Award Monday, August 27, 2007 at 10:18AM | by Hatef Yamini If your nonprofit is a 501(c)3 and meets some other basic criteria, you can apply for a an Innovation Award and win up to $43,000 in cash, technologoy consulting, hardware and software. All rights reserved.

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Adobe Creative Cloud Giveaway for Nonprofits at 17NTC!

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Washington DC, here we come! The Sweepstakes is open to individuals, submitting on behalf of nonprofit organizations and libraries all over the world, who are attending the 2017 Nonprofit Technology Conference ("17 NTC") in Washington, DC. Stop By and Visit Us — Booth 217. NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.

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Join WVU for Integrated Marketing Degree Information Session - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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Who should attend: Professional communicators in DC Sponsor: IMC Program at West Virginia University Questions?: Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Just the fact that the IMC Program has started its own blog tells us that these guys are the real deal. No need to RSVP, just come as you are. To create a new comment, use the form below.

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ePhilanthropy: 10 Valuable Tips for Shooting Web Video - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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