Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

What began as a small online library, with a collection built in large part by its users, is now the primary national supplier of electronic accessible educational materials for students with print disabilities. At the close of 2012, we are five years into our work in education and are serving over 230,000 students.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Libraries for people who are blind or dyslexic are the primary source of accessible books in audio, large print or braille. But, some companies want to empty the library shelves and insist that only books that can’t be purchased are allowed to be stocked in such libraries. Bookshare was created under the Section 121 U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Benetech's largest social enterprise is the Bookshare online library for people who are blind or otherwise disabled when it comes to reading print. which get Bookshare at no cost when serving students with qualifying disabilities (thanks to funding from the Office of Special Education Programs at the U.S. copyright law.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 10, 2013

million downloads of accessible books through its online library, to over 200,000 people with disabilities such as blindness and severe dyslexia. We already collect a great deal of information like which books are downloaded most, but our delivery model has been similar to that of print textbooks: “Here it is; hope it’s useful!”

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2013

This week we learn about the Resilient Africa Network (RAN), which is helping African students use open data for disaster relief. RAN is establishing Resilience Innovation Labs within participating universities throughout Africa, coupled with online laboratories and a new online science library to help with its work.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

With our Read2Go app, Bookshare members can now search, download and read Bookshare books and periodicals on their iPad, iPhone and iPod touch devices. We’re thrilled that students and other readers who have disabilities that keep them from reading standard print can now read the same books as their peers, using the same devices.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

Millions of low-income students rely on free or low-cost school meals. And there's a new free mobile app called Range that helps libraries, nonprofits, faith-based organizations, and others working with youth locate those free meal sites this summer. Register for TechSoup for Libraries' upcoming free webinar on May 28.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Most of the books I work with are books requested by students and titles from the New York Times (NYT) bestsellers list. We also picked up books Carrie had previously ordered - including special requests from students who need specific texts for their classes. students thanks to support from the U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 24, 2007

I am imagining students with complete libraries without having to carry twenty pounds in their backpacks! You have to pull down periodicals, I couldn't figure out how to automatically have them downloaded. Amazon.com: Kindle This is the first ebook product that gives me a vision of where the book is going to go.

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

From accountants to college students, from administrators working in construction offices to legal professionals, many are considering new career directions to gain more meaningful work and to serve the greater good in their communities. And download a free copy of Qgiv’s eBook: Grant Writing Toolkit.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 19, 2011

Back in June, you may have seen a post from Stephanie Gerding on the TechSoup for Libraries blog about My PC , a free Windows 7 curriculum. Yesterday, I had the pleasure of speaking with My PC program manager Todd Watts on the TechSoup webinar, Free Windows 7 Curriculum: Basic Computer Training at Your Library or Nonprofit.

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Achieve

JUNE 11, 2020

major impact they have on over 122,000 students. In light of COVID-19, the School District of Palm Beach County shifted to distance learning for the safety of students and staff. Zoom: Some virtual events require expensive software or fancy apps attendees need to download. COIVD-19 Nonprofit Resource Library.

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2011

Throughout the month of May, TechSoup is sharing a variety of resources on web design and development for nonprofits and public libraries. One thing I love about Gateway's site is that it breaks down its three primary audiences — students, educators, and artists — in an extremely easy-to-understand way.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2013

For nonprofits, libraries, and their constituents, training is esse ntial to keep knowledge and skills up to date. Organize software trainings for your library computer lab. Online courses from easyLearning by Serebra provide busy nonprofit and library staffers with access to more than 1,500 technical and professional courses.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2013

As is the case with most software nowadays, installing the software is as easy as a download. All versions of the new Microsoft Office are available via download. Office Home and Student ($139.99), Office Home and Business ($219.99), and Office Professional ($399.99). instead of with clunky software installation disks.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2007

Although the members of our board were impressed with all three nominees, they awarded Carrie Karnos of Palo Alto, CA, the 2006 Veale Award for her work with an accessible online library called Bookshare. These titles are available now for download by subscribers in both DAISY and BRF formats."

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Download your #GivingTuesday planning guide. Other Examples: An Annual Giving Campaign, like National Center for Youth Law did $10k for a new Alzheimer’s research project Raise $25,000 to fill a new school library. Let’s look at an example from Fiver: Once upon a time, there were students in New York. They don’t get discouraged.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

This is a guest blog from Anna Reid, an Amherst student who interned with Bookshare.org International this past summer. One of the programs developed by Benetech is a digital library called Bookshare.org. I received a copy of her reflections and asked if I could share it with more people.

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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. We're up to more than 125,000 users, with over 95,000 books available, and our users are now accessing content at a rate of more than million downloads per year! serving students with print disabilities.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

In the United States, there are all too many students like Kevin, who are denied equal opportunity to engage in the same curriculum as their peers without disabilities. In 2004, the United States passed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act , requiring schools to provide special education services to eligible students.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 28, 2005

For most students, the freshman year of college is a time for discovering intellectual strength, getting behind a cause or two, and exchanging rapid-fire theories on life, the universe and everything at 3 AM when you should be writing the paper that's due at 9. Chancey Fleet William & Mary student Bookshare.org Volunteer since 2001

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 11, 2020

BJ: Most games I have designed through museums have been in partnership - with professional game designers, with high school students, with scientists (and other content experts), and with digital developers (that AR component of the pterosaurs card game was amazing). What’s your favorite part? SR: My favorite games are board games, I think.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2007

My background is in campus organizing, and in helping college students connect with others working to create social change across perspective, issue, approach, and geography. Third, a pledge called " Bakul-Library " is definitely one of my favorite stories. Heather Cronk 1. Tell me about you. What's your background?

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

We recently had a group of students creating balloon art during our Winterpalooza Family Festival. This might mean cutting thousands of papers various sizes, wheeling hundreds of library books through downtown, dumpster diving for cardboard boxes and driving up to the mountains to move a 200lb letterpress to the MAH.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Stopping fund raising and subscription revenue for Bookshare, the largest online library for people who have print disabilities. Bookshare is an online library for people who can’t read standard print books. We provide accessible ebooks that can be spoken aloud, turned into Braille or large print.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Download 54 Ways to Skyrocket Your Nonprofit Email List ! Library of content – Some organizations have an impressive body of work, blog posts, books, white papers, policy analysis, talking points, swipe files, samples, templates, checklists, infographics, and much more. Download 54 Ways to Skyrocket Your Nonprofit Email List !

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Elizabeth) Unfortunately, we don’t have any museum telecommuting policies in the Alliance sample documents library, but now that you’ve asked, we are on the hunt. And for evidence linking self-care to a reduction in burnout, see this study on US medical students and this thesis on mental health professionals.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Scholastic Fundraising Ideas Scholastic events can be held for K-12 students or for major alumni associations. This may actually be completed as a peer-to-peer-style fundraiser, where a group of students holds a car wash on behalf of the organization without direct oversight.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Stopping fund raising and subscription revenue for Bookshare, the largest online library for people who have print disabilities. Bookshare is an online library for people who can’t read standard print books. We provide accessible ebooks that can be spoken aloud, turned into Braille or large print.

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Forj

AUGUST 12, 2021

These include: A built-in library of eLearning assets. A perpetual license costs $1299 and student teachers can access the solution for $399. A content library of ready-to-use templates. With this eLearning authoring tool, you access: A library of interactive eLearning templates to create games, hotspots, and more.

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The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

She opened up the fundraising email template she had downloaded from her nonprofit’s website, but an hour later, she was still staring at what now seemed like gibberish. is the growing library of writing models(skills) specific to nonprofits and fundraising. It was 8 p.m., and she was tired, hungry, and ready for bed.

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Double the Donation

APRIL 12, 2021

Download “10 Steps to Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Success” Guide. Some key features: The Fundraise Up Elements library is a conversion-driven, fully customizable suite of buttons, forms and meters. Check out these resources: The Fundraise Up Elements library. New: QR Code Element. Schedule a demo. Funraise and 360MatchPro.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 15, 2009

In April, I gave 13 UW graduate students a simple challenge: make an exhibit that gets strangers to talk to each other. Last month, student Nicole Robert wrote about the concept for Advice: Give it, Get it, Flip it, Fuck it. The exhibit experienced low traffic overall in an odd area of the UW student center.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 1, 2006

Download Wille Nelson singing Bob Dylan's "Blowing in the Wind." Among the videos up right now is footage of police dispersing student protestors in China, UCLA police using a taser gun on a student in a library, and video shot by journalist Brad Will during the protests in Oaxaca, right before he was killed.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

Things: Find a Goodwill or public library near you to donate clothes and books. They have e-cards you can send, guides and lesson plans to download, and graphics you can print as posters, stickers, t-shirts, etc. Volunteer to read to students or at a nursing home. Giving doesn't have to be through an organization or institution.

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