Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 20, 2013

The other recipient this year was Kay Ferrell, Professor of Special Education at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, who won the Medal for her tremendous work with and on behalf of children and youth who are blind and visually impaired. We were following in his footsteps, on a path he helped create! Washington?

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Candid

JANUARY 31, 2024

Enter Candid Learning —a treasure trove of educational resources designed to empower you with top-tier fundraising expertise. And if you prefer books, check out Candid’s library of ebooks and audiobooks. Here are some ways you can leverage Candid’s resources for professional development—regardless of time and budget constraints.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 28, 2014

Gerardo’s contributions related to the Benetech Global Literacy Program include: Overseeing the building of the tech infrastructure that has taken Bookshare from serving tens of thousands of members to over 300,000 members, with a rapidly growing collection of 280,000+ accessible ebooks.

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Blue Fox

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

If you’re like us, your daily inbox is jam-packed with newsletters and educational opportunities from like-minded social impact leaders. These spectacular humans work around the clock to foster positive change in their communities. Then, somehow, find time to share their story with fellow nonprofit enthusiasts. We tip our hat to them!

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Candid

JANUARY 11, 2023

To help you achieve success year-round, we invite you to explore our free, public collection of eBooks and audiobooks on nonprofit management, fundraising, philanthropy, and a myriad of related topics. . Please visit this knowledge base article, How can I access Candid’s eBook collection? ,

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Plenary Talk at the Eighth General Assembly of the World Blind Union Access to published information is an essential requirement for education, employment and full social inclusion. The world has finally moved beyond just electronically creating books that are then distributed as ordinary print books to actually delivering digital ebooks.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Thousands of ebooks are pouring into the collection each month thanks to the dedication of our volunteers around the world and partnerships with more than 500 socially responsible publishers who donate their digital files. a11y accessibility Bookshare Braille DAISY ebooks Global Literacy print disabilities Reading'

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

This pilot paved the way for our work in the education field. It gave us the opportunity to conduct for the first time a sizeable outreach campaign in education, provided us with informative user feedback and case studies, and supported the development of Bookshare’s initial K-12 collection.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

It became a burden to his family and caregivers to constantly drop what they were doing to turn a page, so he began seeking out ebooks. It also demonstrates how each ebook that is added to the Bookshare collection is a brick in our members’ foundation of independence and inclusion. Eventually he had to ask others to turn pages for him.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

One of the biggest reasons is that among people who are blind, braille literacy has been linked with higher education levels, higher likelihood of employment and higher income. At Benetech, we want to ensure that in this brave new world of digital content, braille is as available as any other ebook format to those who want it.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Gerardo Capiel, Benetech's VP Engineering, just sent me a couple of exciting screen shots on our Read2Go iOS application for accessible reading of ebooks. The first one shows the Special Education category on iTunes, with the Read2Go logo being used to represent the Literacy and Learning section.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 15, 2012

Poet supports image descriptions for electronic books created in the international DAISY standard for digital talking books and will be compatible with descriptions for ebooks in the EPUB3 format. Our DIAGRAM Center is dramatically changing the way image and graphical content for accessible educational materials is produced and accessed.

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Advance education. Download our free Ebook, Office 365 For Nonprofits - A Primer , and check out our npOffice (Office 365) offering. Other Nonprofit Technology Resources: Office 365 For Nonprofits - A Primer (Free Ebook). Eligible organizations include, but are not limited to, those that: Provide relief to the poor.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 3, 2011

Bookshare is dramatically exceeding its five-year collection and member targets at the close of the fourth year of our Bookshare for Education (B4E) project funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). This innovative approach is now opening up completely new horizons. In the U.S.,

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

People with print disabilities around the world have a right to high-quality ebooks that they can read with assistive technology. These ebooks can quickly be turned into Braille, large print or be read aloud by a synthetic voice synthesizer.

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Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 3, 2021

An online store selling products (such as continuing education courses or branded merchandise) and sponsorships. Download the AMS Selection in a Post-Pandemic Era eBook today. Smart event management systems to keep non-dues revenue flowing in . Take the Next Step. Discover how Nimble AMS can help you. Contact Us Today. Learn More.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 22, 2013

This has created the ironic situation where blind people, who because of their disability require access to digital copies, have been effectively locked out of purchasing ebooks for the last decade. Textbooks in IDEA, the United States K-12 special education law The issue of TPMs is the biggest future-proofing question in the Treaty.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice. We believe that all ebooks should be fully accessible, so that a person with a disability can effectively use the exact same ebook that somebody without a disability gets on their Kindle or iPad.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 11, 2013

Creating the World’s Largest Collection of Accessible Arabic eBooks Access to knowledge is the critical first step on the path to economic, educational, and social development.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Does negativity and alarm really raise funds?” —John, CEO of a civic education nonprofit Dear John, This is a top-of-mind question for many fundraising professionals. Why would they think I don’t know this? The messages only make me more depressed, and depression does not motivate me to contribute.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Wouldn’t it make more sense to make it easier for people with disabilities to get access to the books they need for education and employment? The Bookshare promise to American students with disabilities is that if they need a book for education, Bookshare will ensure that they have it.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

One way to set your organization up for success is to educate your fundraisers and provide them with the resources they need to create an engaging donation page and make effective appeals. Take this opportunity to educate your donors by including information about your organization’s mission and the impact of their donation.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 17, 2015

· It remedies the book famine faced by people who are blind or have another disability that prevents them from reading books, improving their access to education, employment, and social inclusion. · It supports the Sustainable Development Goals, which mention inclusiveness repeatedly, especially in the context of education. ·

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

One of their main challenges is that they do not have adequate access to educational materials that are necessary to learn and succeed in school. 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

MAY 2, 2012

Betsy Beaumon, Benetech VP and General Manager of Bookshare During the event, our Bookshare staff offered demos of our Bookshare library and our Go Read accessible ebook reader for Android. They also demoed Read2Go, the accessible ebook application for the Apple OS and Route 66 Literacy, Benetech’s online literacy instructional program.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

The Year That Was and the New Year Ahead Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, Benetech's VP and General Manager of the Literacy Program 2012 was a year of titanic shifts in the fields of consumer technology, education, and publishing, along with the requisite challenges brought about by such rapid change. Thanks again!

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Currently, only 16% of adults with autism are in some form of employment, so a major focus of the organisation’s work is helping people overcome the barriers they face and progress towards employment, education, or further training. About the Author. Susan Mahon. Senior Product Marketing Manager at Salesforce.org.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2015

The Vice President of Global Literacy leads Benetech’s biggest program, standing at the confluence of some of the most active and rapidly evolving fields: digital content, EdTech, domestic and international education, and user-centered design.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 16, 2011

I just attended two days of meetings in Washington DC on the first year of the DIAGRAM Center , held at the Office of Special Education Programs in the Department of Education. Of course, just as we're solving the text problem, more and more content is moving to richer, more visual forms like graphics, simulations and flash!

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Cloud 4 Good

DECEMBER 7, 2021

As one of the leading technology implementation firms in the nonprofit and higher education sectors, we bring a combination of fundraising and advancement knowledge, combined with a deep understanding of both NXT and Tableau. eBook: Your Guide to Migrating from Raiser’s Edge to Salesforce . appeared first on Cloud for Good.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

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. Department of Education). Educate and inform schools and our users about the qualifications. The biggest area of our work to date is for schools in the U.S.,

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 16, 2021

Salesforce spends almost $2 billion a year on research and development, and as part of that budget they have been steadily releasing solutions for the nonprofit and education sectors. We talk about this and other migration to Salesforce tips in our eBook, Your Guide to Migrating from Raiser’s Edge to Salesforce. About the Author.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 7, 2013

These ebooks can quickly be turned into Braille, large print or be read aloud by a synthetic voice synthesizer. The first is developing strong local partners , such as disability NGOs, libraries or educational institutions that help us customize our services to the specific needs of their communities.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 5, 2009

We have been very lucky to continue to partner more closely with the publishing industry, as a major segment of educational publishers come on board with Bookshare: the university presses. We're delighted to be working with these top university presses to meet this crucial need through Bookshare.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Check out this eBook to help you get started on your AI journey. The post How to Fundraise with AI for Nonprofits appeared first on Fundraising Blog for Nonprofit, Educational, and Faith-Based Organizations. You and Artificial Intelligence (AI): A Nonprofit’s Guide to Understanding and Getting Started with AI.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

We believe that this means that circumvention needs to be addressed in the Treaty to ensure that access does not become a dead letter in an increasingly digital world, where people with disabilities get locked out of ebook content by contractual and technical means. This draft represents the latest state of the negotiations at WIPO.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

Our primary goal is to ensure that people with disabilities get equal access to the books and content they need for education, employment, leisure and social inclusion. We all want the same ebook that people without disabilities buy (sorry, I mean license) to work perfectly well for people who are blind, physically disabled or dyslexic.

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