Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 7, 2013

That makes it legal in these countries for people with these disabilities, and the organizations that serve them, to make accessible versions of books without having to get permission from the author or publisher. First, it makes creating a national domestic copyright exception an obligation of countries that ratify the Treaty.

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

If you work for a nonprofit organization, you’ve likely heard that Giving Tuesday is one of the most important days of the year. billion—just in the United States! Gift matching programs are designed to drive support for your organization without even asking your donors for more of their own dollars. Exciting, right?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

As organizations,” Osborne said, “we must liberate spending to focus on the promotion, learning and innovation around braille,” and recognize that we ought to embrace today’s changing economics and technology so that braille can be part of an equation which delivers access to information for all, not just to those who can afford it.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

" Get the free ebook "The State of Event Marketing" at: [link]. Upgrading Voter Registration – "Approximately 24 million active voter registrations in the United States are no longer valid or have significant inaccuracies, according to the Pew Center on the States. ."

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Kevin Leong was in kindergarten when he experienced an organic brain injury that forced him to relearn everything from walking to using the bathroom. 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.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Don’t create a global Swiss registry of nonprofit organizations qualified to use exceptions. In the United States, the battle for equal access has moved beyond access to library services under a copyright exception to a battle for the ability to buy an accessible ebook on the same terms as people without disabilities.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 10, 2009

But, it's a dream that the commercial ebook vendors keep dashing. We have an action by Amazon that sets back years of work to make ebooks accessible. Change will happen when the organized blind sue Amazon or Amazon's partners, if they calculate that the cost of complying will be less than the cost of not complying.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

The publishing industry and disability organizations both agreed on this provision of copyright law. We embed the user's name in the downloaded ebook file, both explicitly ("This book was downloaded by Jim Fruchterman") as well as hiding the same information invisibly inside the main body of the book.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 22, 2013

We recently updated our book, The Resilient Organization: A Guide for Disaster Planning and Recovery. While we are providing the document as a PDF file also, ebooks are easier to resize fonts and thus easier to read, especially on an e-ink device. We chose EPUB and MOBI as the two formats most popular in the United States.

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

And although one thinks of nonprofits as bending the heart strings, often I find a well-written, organized, and factual case statement is preferred by potential donors. Keep in mind there are many nonprofit organizations asking for funding. GPA chapters are located across the United States. I recommend Candid highly.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

For on January 17, 1984, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that consumers could tape their favorite TV shows and watch them later without the copyright holder’s consent. And, Benetech is committed as an organization to all of these six principles. But, it’s not the only one!

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 23, 2024

The exact dollar amount that’s considered a major gift varies from organization to organization. For some organizations—especially those that are small or are just getting started—a major gift may be $1,000. In the United States, 13.9% Major gifts are generally the largest donations a nonprofit receives.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 1, 2014

Why does your organization’s mission inspire you? Humane Society of the United States does a fantastic job of using social media to build awareness and start conversations (I mean, just check out their RTs). Is your organization feeding more people than ever before? Why do you do what you do? Write about it.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 13, 2010

This question indicates that these leaders really do not understand development or the role of a development officer in their organization. It was “getting the rest of my organization (board, CEO and program staff) to understand what development staff people actually do , and getting them to support development efforts.”. The result?

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

The sensibility that you’re appealing to as an organization is essentially this: “You care about our organization’s cause. We believe that you should give us your time/money/energy because that will directly help our organization achieve tangible outcomes to advance our cause.” So far, they’ve had fantastic results.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

Even though I’m a Skoll Award winner, it really made me think about my organization, Benetech, and what we are trying to accomplish. The first was the ebook. Fundamentally, the Arkenstone Reader allowed blind people to create their own personal ebook as a text file that could be read in something like Microsoft Word.

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Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

million charities in the United States alone and around 10 million worldwide. The truth is very few organizations will be able to stand out. Understanding the Unique Value Proposition Your unique value proposition is a clear statement of the value your organization provides. Clearly state what you’re asking donors to do.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Benetech, is a leading nonprofit organization based in Silicon Valley. We’re getting very worried that our organization and the people we serve: people with print disabilities (i.e., And, if we’re worried, a lot of other good organizations should start getting worried! Endangering Human Rights Activists.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Benetech, is a leading nonprofit organization based in Silicon Valley. We’re getting very worried that our organization and the people we serve: people with print disabilities (i.e., And, if we’re worried, a lot of other good organizations should start getting worried! He offered to do this guest post about it.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

It’s always helpful to get inspiration and learn from other organizations in your industry. We received votes from all over the world including Iceland, Estonia, Israel, Germany, Poland, Chile, England, Brazil and Australia, with the most international votes coming from the United States.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 6, 2014

However, for those nonprofits that have purchased the ebook version of Mobile for Good it is impossible to use the checklist since ebooks are static in their functionality and content. Organize a meeting to ensure organizational buy-in. ? Organize followers into Twitter lists. ? Create a budget. ?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2015

For those who have purchased the ebook of Mobile for Good , it is impossible to use the checklist since ebooks are static in their functionality. Interactive, web-based ebooks will transform publishing in the near future, but until the technology arrives, you can copy and paste the checklist below in Word document.

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