Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 12, 2014

The HathiTrust Digital Library (HDL) is a partnership of academic and research institutions that had created (with help from Google ) a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world. You can read more about our position in the Amicus Brief , which we filed jointly with our peer organization, Learning Ally.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Box.org provides organizations with the Box file-sharing, content management, and collaboration service. You can use Box's cloud-based storage and collaboration tools to replace traditional on-premises file servers and traditional file-sharing processes. See the Box.org Donation Program for details about this offer.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 10, 2013

I preferred starting from scratch and using Easel.ly's library of shapes, images, and fonts to create my infographic. With the chart tool, you can import data from Microsoft Office Excel files or spreadsheets in CSV format. The vhemes can be tweaked and changed with Easel.ly's simple web-based editor.

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Forum One

AUGUST 31, 2023

Compass by March of Dimes Mobile Standard of Excellence As part of March of Dimes’ mission to fight for the health of all mothers and babies, March of Dimes came to Forum One with the goal of being the digital leader in providing families across the birthing continuum with comprehensive support at the right time to meet their needs.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Nonprofits and libraries are consistently challenged to collaborate with their staffs, boards, and other supporters in efficient and effective ways. Organizational history, content, knowledge, and files may live with different people, in various email inboxes, or on different computers or file servers. Pacific time.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Their work includes research, education for families and health professionals, support for families directly affected by the maternal health crisis, and advocacy. Since then, thousands of volunteers have transcribed hundreds of thousands of image files of the more than 1.7

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

While our activities often creates jobs beyond the core high technology jobs around software development and user support, we don't see it as our core competency. For example, our Bookshare online library for the blind, uses several different social enterprises to do data entry and proofreading work on textbooks.

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 20, 2024

A prompt library is key to ensuring AI response consistency. Many have been subtly lurking for years as features in productivity suites: tools that search for colleague-related emails, files, and meetings, or those that suggest design elements in presentation software. AI learns from your feedback.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

The context We’ve been supporting the World Blind Union and other groups in the pursuit of a Treaty for the Visually Impaired for the last five or six years. publishers) pushed for these voluntary efforts to weaken support for a Treaty. My biggest argument was the “library with holes” problem.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

We can use the same ebook file to deliver the content ten different ways. We have an array of copyright exceptions that cover the activities of archives and libraries, especially fair use and the copyright exception that benefits people with disabilities. Gerry did have one other piece of critical advice: change the name.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

At Benetech, we’re fortunate to have had long-time support from funders who have been willing to bet on us. One foundation that has been a committed supporter of our work is the Lavelle Fund for the Blind. The Lavelle Fund also supports programs benefiting the developing world. government and states like Texas.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 30, 2013

Bookshare As followers of this blog know, Benetech's largest social enterprise is the Bookshare online library for people with print disabilities. This plan includes using such techniques as: Watermarking – Marking an ebook as being from our Bookshare library. What is it and why is it important?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 11, 2013

In the first installment of this series, I described the Bookshare International library and where we hope to take it next. We’d also like to thank the Mada Center team for its great support throughout this process. The second blog post looked at our growing Bookshare Spanish-language program.

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Byte Technology

JANUARY 17, 2017

Speaking of header videos going full screen (many previous themes already had the option, but this is the first time it’s offered in the default theme), support for the option now makes it easier for developers to mesh video into the customizer with live previews. More support comes in the form of starter content for premium themes.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

I’m thrilled to share with you some of the recent amazing impact of Bookshare , a Benetech Global Literacy initiative and the largest accessible online library of copyrighted content for people with print disabilities. Bookshare titles range from vocational to research to teacher-recommended reading.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 2, 2012

Bookshare, Benetech’s pioneering digital library for people with print disabilities, celebrated its 10th birthday last night with a terrific party that was attended by many of our long-time friends and supporters. In addition, we acknowledged the critical support of Bernie Newcomb who helped fund our International Bookshare service.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

Bookshare: Solving the “Accessible Book Famine” Twelve years ago, we had an idea for recreating the traditional library for people with print disabilities—such as those who are blind, cannot physically turn the pages of a book, or have learning disabilities, like dyslexia—using the then-emerging technologies of digital books and crowdsourcing.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

Betsy Beaumon I recently had the honor to speak at the first-ever Braille Summit , hosted on June 19-21, 2013 by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) and Perkins School for the Blind. federal law supports braille instruction. Accordingly, U.S.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 11, 2021

When this doesn’t happen effectively, the finance team is forced to unravel all of the fundraising detail they receive before they can log it so that transactions can be recorded appropriately to support accurate financial reporting. books for the library or basketballs for the athletics program). funds or property donated).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

This reality changed when Frank found out about Benetech’s Bookshare accessible digital library for people with print disabilities. That’s why a group of Benetech supporters recently came together to give the gift of reading in honor of our long-time board member Jim Kleckner. Thanks so much for your help!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

But, I expect that 75% of the job will be about analyzing the legal issues from our programs, especially in our Global Literacy Program, which includes Bookshare, the largest digital library for the blind and dyslexic in the U.S., as well as our Human Rights Program, which supports activists fighting injustice around the world.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 8, 2010

Last month, I got a chance to talk with Nell Taylor, founder of the Chicago Underground Library. Having only been incorporated for a year and receiving just last week an anonymous donation to cover our 501c3 filing, we still have a little way to go before we get there. We’re not even talking about “radical librarians.”

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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. Information about devices that support image descriptions can be found at the DIAGRAM website.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2017

Nonprofit, church, library, and foundation offices are vulnerable to this malware, which can lock up your IT system until a ransom is paid. The malware then locks up and encrypts the files in the IT system and holds them for ransom until a payment is made, usually demanded in Bitcoin. Back Up Your Critical Data and Documents.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Cloud storage: For file sharing and storage, you can start with Drive through Google Workspace, so all documents can be stored in a convenient, accessible place. And don’t worry – storing files in the cloud is perfectly safe. There’s a lot to understand about social media to effectively drive supporters to your page.

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VisionLink

NOVEMBER 14, 2009

In this economy, generating revenue to support your organization''s mission is job one. Launch a new portal and create the web site, navigation, permissions, content, file libraries, intake forms, resource directories, and simple and advanced reports that are specifically appropriate to that new contract. It''s all built in.

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Forum One

MAY 10, 2021

Aside from supporting Layout Builder and Block Editor, we had other reasons for reassessing our approach to design and tech collaboration. Over time, we had enough components in our library that we began building prototypes of full pages. Reducing pain points and improving collaboration across teams. What we learned.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

To explain our approach, let’s look at Bookshare , our accessible online library for people with print disabilities. With support from stakeholders in the education, technology, publishing, student, parent, and volunteer communities, Benetech changed that reality. copyright law.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

Data archeology: recover data from ancient files in odd formats. Familiarity with python, R, and JavaScript libraries for charting, mapping, and vis is helpful. Please use open file formats (PDF is fine). Maintain and develop our data deduplication (entity resolution) framework written in python and Java.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 7, 2010

The machine uses OCR (optical character recognition) technology to convert the text to a digital exact image file and to a second file format that we use for direct editing. Once we sort out who is proofreading what, Carrie transfers the books to the main server where the files are kept forevermore.

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VisionLink

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Or said another way, technology is finally able to support the complex, dynamic, and evolving needs that are our communities. Thus, privacy can be sustained and collaboration encouraged quickly, easily, and at very low cost. As I''ve said before, technology is finally approaching common sense.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Survey existing donors on what compelled them to support you before. Surveys, interviews, and data analysis can reveal the equivalent of that Rolls-Royce insight – the key emotional triggers, values, and desires of your existing and potential supporters. Illustrate the concrete change created by donor support.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2012

Some of the biggest ways your nonprofit or library can make an. Save those 10 minutes you spent fumbling through paper while on the phone by clicking on a computer file. Save money on files, file cabinets, printer ink, and paper itself. securely locked away in electronic files that only you can access. web content.

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Tech Soup

JULY 27, 2010

MyFax, which Protus makes available to nonprofits and libraries through TechSoup, lets users send and receive faxes through email and eliminates the expense and paper waste of a fax machine, fax server, and dedicated fax line. Learn more from MyFax.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

From questions about the actual production of the files, to distribution, to listener metrics and feedback, there are plenty of moving parts that can raise questions. If you want more control over the content before it's published, you'll need to record and edit the audio file before it's uploaded.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

67% of nonprofits use a constituent relationship management system (CRM) to track donations and manage supporter communications. That’s just the start—nonprofit software tools come in many varieties, offering support for marketing, event planning, form building, and much more. Software solutions keep the nonprofit sector in motion.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 9, 2021

Depending on the industry you are in, the level of marketing your summit can handle, and the virtual event platform that you use, your online summit has the power to increase revenue drastically, grow brand awareness, provide meaningful (and lucrative) networking connections, and support broader business goals and marketing campaigns.

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