Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 2, 2012

Bookshare, Benetech’s pioneering digital library for people with print disabilities, celebrated its 10th birthday last night with a terrific party that was attended by many of our long-time friends and supporters. They send Bookshare the same digital book files that they provide to Amazon, Apple or Barnes and Noble.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

We are offering a Dell Latitude 10 tablet refurbished by our friends at CDI to the best “ Digital Connector ” story lead. We want you to tell us how you are using TechSoup product donations to promote digital literacy. Digital Divide nptech Local impact map digital inclusion success stories tssuccessstories'

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

We are offering a Dell Latitude 10 tablet refurbished by our friends at CDI to the best “ Digital Connector ” story lead. We want you to tell us how you are using TechSoup product donations to promote digital literacy. Digital Divide nptech Local impact map digital inclusion success stories'

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

But, I expect that 75% of the job will be about analyzing the legal issues from our programs, especially in our Global Literacy Program, which includes Bookshare, the largest digital library for the blind and dyslexic in the U.S., I was an expert witness in the case, and we’ve filed an amicus brief in the appeal. What’s next?

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.orgSource

MAY 6, 2024

This Odd Couple disconnect happens to even savvy digital organizations. My writing about digital leadership often focuses on values and attitudes. This comprehensive exploration of your digital systems could include evaluating security, network functions, system management, user experience, and overall performance.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Our breakthrough in the conception of Martus came in 2000, when I was looking to expand Benetech to new frontiers of social good beyond our origins—helping disabled people access books in what is now our Global Literacy program. I invite you to check back on our website for ongoing updates about our work.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

There was also an associated effort called the Trusted Intermediary Global Accessible Resources (TIGAR) project, to ease the exchange of accessible book files between libraries for the blind and print disabled. The view of the World Blind Union was that the rightsholders (i.e.,

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. We can use the same ebook file to deliver the content ten different ways. I believe in the power of books to change the world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2011

He talks about the growing importance of informal learning in the connected workplace as well as the importance of sense-making skills, both individually and in networks, as new digital literacy skills. His conceptual model include the three words: seek, sense, and share.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 20, 2006

at a Department of Education meeting on the new digital textbook repository, the NIMAC. This agreement would allow our Bookshare.org volunteers to do what they do best: turn these electronic files into accessible books for students with print disabilities. The second challenge we encountered took place in Washington D.C.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

It found that if they needed help and couldn’t reach 9-1-1, one in five would try to contact responders through a digital means such as e-mail, websites or social media. Problems were that many survivors had no internet access, let alone electrical power, let alone computers or even computer literacy. Social Media in Disaster Response.

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Qgiv

APRIL 26, 2021

Virtual events have skyrocketed in popularity, with more and more nonprofits moving to the digital space to facilitate traditional face-to-face engagement efforts like auctions, galas, and walkathons. This is an example of a peer-to-peer event page by BEACON for Adult Literacy.]. Let’s dive in! Need virtual fundraising ideas?

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

No reports to file, that take up extra time and resources – just funds to help your nonprofit do what you do best – serve people. A high school or college student who’s looking for experience in digital marketing could be a great candidate. She also hosts a weekly podcast focused on local marketing and storytelling.

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