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Accessibility Excitement in Geneva

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This is totally the “how sausage and law are made” view, so don’t read this unless you want to know more about global accessibility in detail! The Stakeholders Platform and the TIGAR project were time-limited and needed to be replaced by a new structure. The view of the World Blind Union was that the rightsholders (i.e.,

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Print Access for All: Anna Reid in Chennai

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This is a guest blog from Anna Reid, an Amherst student who interned with Bookshare.org International this past summer. This summer I interned with an organization called Benetech , a U.S.-based I received a copy of her reflections and asked if I could share it with more people.

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Four Resources Nonprofits Should Check Out

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Mobilisation Lab: Started by the digital strategy team at Greenpeace International, the Digital Mobilisation Lab is comprised of a growing global network of staff and volunteers dedicated to people-powered campaigning. Cost structures are different and often text messaging is cheap while calls are expensive.

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Research Friday: Generosity Expanded: The Impact!

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However, the 5 percent given to international causes reflected a 15.3 This level of increased global philanthropy is worth a further look. Both papers serve as resources for this blog post, which touches on only a few aspects of this global generosity. billion), India ($12.0 billion from $226.2 in overall U.S.

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Women's Global Green Action Network: An Interview with Melinda Kramer

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From her Berkeley-based office, Melinda Kramer facilitates an international network of women leaders. Melinda Kramer: Women's Global Green Action Network is an international organization that is linking and empowering women working in environmental sustainability around the world. We do it in a number of ways.

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Afraid of the Office? Top 3 Keys To Make Your Association a Kick-ass Place to Work According to History

Association TV

In the mid-19th Century, the East India Company needed a physical space to store their piles and piles of ledgers, forms and other important artifacts that managed their transactions all over the world. One disgruntled employee even diarized his distaste for the East India Company when it did away with the “yearly turtle feast.”

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Afraid of the Office? Top 3 Keys To Make Your Association a Kick-ass Place to Work According to History

Association TV

Correction error: In the podcast, I suggest the East India Company first moved into their office in Britain in the 19th Century, when it was in fact the 18th Century. One disgruntled employee even diarized his distaste for the East India Company when it did away with the “yearly turtle feast.”

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