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Donor Spotlight: Lavelle Fund for the Blind

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

It funds primarily organizations that serve the New York City metropolitan area or New York State. This first grant allowed us to pilot a Bookshare outreach project in the New York metro area, with a de facto focus on senior citizens with vision loss.

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Data Digest: African Students Using Open Data, Social Impact Bonds, Digital Smoke Signals, and the Data Dilemma

Tech Soup

Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global. This week we learn about the Resilient Africa Network (RAN), which is helping African students use open data for disaster relief.

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New on SSIR: A New Tool for Digital Storytelling

Amy Sample Ward

I was so energized by the tool—both its current functionality and its potential for future application—that I downloaded the mobile (Android) version and started testing it on the spot. It’s been a few weeks now; I’ve used it to share photos from a work trip to Portland, Maine, and to explore my neighborhood in New York.

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5 Tips for Successful Online Giving Days

Connection Cafe

Many K-12 schools have found success by centralizing their asks in celebration of the students, faculty and staff building a legacy. Joseph’s College New York. Engage current students and alumni to share those stories on your giving day hub to give real-life meaning to how a donation can impact the campus community.

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Delivering Bestsellers to the Bookshare Community

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Most of the books I work with are books requested by students and titles from the New York Times (NYT) bestsellers list. Then we headed off to an independent bookseller who lets Bookshare buy new books at a discount and order others. students thanks to support from the U.S. Bookshare members in the U.S.

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The Kindle: Pretty Cool!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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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Comprehensive Guide To Year-End Giving

CauseVox

Download your #GivingTuesday planning guide. Let’s look at an example from Fiver: Once upon a time, there were students in New York. Every day, these students struggled with self-esteem, grades, expectations, and friends. Because of that, students know it’s ok to be different. They don’t get discouraged.

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