Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 8, 2004
Benetech achieves our goals with a great deal of assistance from people who share our dedication to technology better serving humanity. We are especially blessed with incredible volunteers. Bookshare.org, our on-line electronic book library for people with disabilities, is built by volunteers. These folks are dedicated to the concept that access to books should have no barriers.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
FEBRUARY 16, 2004
Michael Gilbert's blog mentions a great piece by A Few Thoughts on Cognitive Overload by. David Kirsh. I've been researching this topic for a few years to prepare training on " Information Coping Skills. I found his article and these others good references.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 3, 2004
I'm just coming down from the Davos experience: it was incredible. For a social entrepreneur like me, the opportunity to attend the World Economic Forum is a rare opportunity. The founder of the WEF, Klaus Schwab (and his lovely wife, Hilde), underwrites our participation to encourage business and government leaders to engage with social leaders in solving the world's problems.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
FEBRUARY 17, 2004
Jakob Neilson's recent. AlertBox had a piece called Information Pollution. The summary: Excessive word count and worthless details are making it harder for people to extract useful information. The more you say, the more people tune out your message. The title is taken from a chapter about antidotes to information in David Shenk's book Data Smog: Surviving the Information Glue - Give a Hoot, Don't Data Pollute.
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
FEBRUARY 14, 2004
Happy Valentine's Day! Did you get a box of chocolate? Ever wonder about what the molecular structure of sugar looks like? Or what to learn more about cultural customs of pickles? The exploratorium's " Science of Cooking is the place for curious cooks. Make cooking an educational experience!
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
FEBRUARY 12, 2004
As a parent of two Cambodian children, I'm working with other parents to organize monthly culture classes for kids 2-8 years old. We have found a wonderful teacher, a Cambodian named JJ Thou. Harry has learned his numbers from 1-5 in Khmer , both saying, reading, and writing. Sara Botum has learned the Khmer words for body parts. A parent suggested that we sing Heads Shoulders Knees and Toes in Khmer and JJ provided the words.
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
FEBRUARY 6, 2004
My strongest learning style is visual and perhaps that why I've always been attracted to using images to make a point in powerpoint and graphjc organizers. Standford scholar Robert Horn who wrote "Visual Language: Global Communication for the 21st Century," offers some great insights to anyone who needs to communicate with words and images in this Q&A.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
FEBRUARY 13, 2004
We're learning the names of different animals in Cambodian at next month's culture class. To help learn more about the animals, JungleWalk is a great site.
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