Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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. In the U.S.,

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Students can raise money by selling products from a selected catalog that they can hand out to potential buyers. Encourage participants to take advantage of your local public library and get reading! Graduating students can create donation pages for their celebrations and ask people to donate to your cause as a graduation gift.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

This reality changed when Frank found out about Benetech’s Bookshare accessible digital library for people with print disabilities. It also demonstrates how each ebook that is added to the Bookshare collection is a brick in our members’ foundation of independence and inclusion.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 22, 2008

Department of Education includes overseeing OSEP, the people who are funding our Bookshare for Education project to serve every student with a print disability in the United States. John Glass demonstrated the new version of Victor Reader Soft from HumanWare, one of our key access technology partners.

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Tech Soup

JULY 13, 2015

The Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library (MBWML) was established in 1958 and named to honor the mother of America's first president. The museum and library preserves the rich history of the Northern Neck through its collections, exhibits, tours, and educational programs. Small Staff, Big Impact. Keeping History Protected.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 10, 2011

I got Jamie's Food Revolution out of the library this week, and am excited to try some recipes. One of my Juicy Blogging e-course students shared this exquisite video from the blog, tiger in a jar, about baking. The rats are trained to sniff out landmines! Miranda interviewed mothers about how they found time to create.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 14, 2010

Just a few weeks ago, we put out the call to nonprofits and libraries in the United States and Canada to demonstrate how their innovative use of Adobe software acquired through the TechSoup product donation program helped them change lives, communities, and the world for the better. Other Media.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2012

demonstrates what nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup Global software donations to further their missions. The school has about 300 students who attend classes in a one-room building that ordinarily accommodates 30 children. Our Local Impact Map.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Be sure to connect nostalgia and fun social sharing activities with messaging that demonstrates the impact of their gift on students today. Donors need to understand that they didn’t just participate in an event—they funded the library, or a scholarship, or an athletic team. Want even more tips?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 29, 2011

We're really proud of the rapid growth of our Bookshare online library for people with print disabilities. That's why it's painful to hear about disputes over denying students with very real print disabilities access to these resources. serving students with print disabilities. What is the school signup process for Bookshare?

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2021

At the time, Mark Zuckerberg was at Harvard University, and he developed it with his fellow students and friends, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes. students at Stanford University. It was one of the hacks that demonstrated to the world that anyone could get hacked.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 8, 2010

This guest post was written by Rebecca Lawrence, Museum Educator, Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center in Pennsylvania. The Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center (SLHC) is a small museum located in Pennsburg, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. You can join the conversation in the blog comments, or on the Museum 2.0

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 25, 2022

But such educational opportunities are “often highly selective, and many barriers exist for students of color to both prepare for and access these programs,” the founders add. Both nonprofits are using tech to help students of color gain access to educational resources, readying them for high-paying careers.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

When you give collaborators more of your time, they will feel more confident about their role in the event, their project/workshop/demonstration will inevitably be stronger and your visitors will be happier. We recently had a group of students creating balloon art during our Winterpalooza Family Festival. Make time for them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2006

In-world speakers from nonprofits who spoke about their work included Evonne Heyning from Camp Darfur, Barry Joseph from Global Kids , Lori Bell from the Library Alliance , and Marc Sirkin from LLS. Jeska Linden , Community Manager for Linden Labs, has the mike in her hand, while her avatar is behind the podium in Second Life.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

Rather than just telling people how the world needs to improve, the successful social entrepreneur demonstrates how to do it. And, Bookshare’s promise to K-12 students with these kinds of disabilities is that if they need specific titles for school, we’ll get them. Enter the Born Accessible movement.

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The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Success story – Enter key details or plot points of a story that demonstrates the organization’s impact. is the growing library of writing models(skills) specific to nonprofits and fundraising. As you know, YVCC is a unique organization that provides conservation education opportunities to students from all across Montana.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2011

Not long after Microsoft made Windows MultiPoint Server 2010 available to nonprofits and libraries late last year, the updated 2011 version is now available through TechSoup. Using desktop virtualization , MultiPoint Server allows for multiple stations using a single computer. read more.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

I started doing this back in 2007 , when we won our first big federal contract for Bookshare, to take it from 3,000 students back then to more than 350,000 students now. Student privacy. Carol’s social enterprise in Nairobi employs over 100 students working to proofread books for our Bookshare digital library.

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