Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

It’s why the great majority of accessibility work is done by volunteers, charities, and with government support. The goal of the Treaty is to provide access to the great accessible libraries of wealthier countries, as well as make it legally possible to make local content accessible in each country. For what am I advocating?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Libraries for people who are blind or dyslexic are the primary source of accessible books in audio, large print or braille. But, some companies want to empty the library shelves and insist that only books that can’t be purchased are allowed to be stocked in such libraries. Bookshare was created under the Section 121 U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 16, 2011

This rapid increase in our collection size has been due to extensive support from publishers: the majority of new books added to Bookshare last year and this year have been voluntarily provided to us by 130 publisher partners in the U.S., Canada, Europe and India. These include 6 of the top 10 publishers in the U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

This is one reason why our Human Rights Field Team is supporting LGBTI rights groups from the Caribbean to the African regions with targeted Martus and capacity building trainings. Our Bookshare online library is continuing to multiply its impact. I encourage you to read his powerful story on our website.

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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

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’ve already built a collection of titles in Hindi and Tamil, two of the most-spoken languages in India, and last summer we released our first accessible collection in Arabic.

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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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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map is a trove of information on what nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup-procured IT to further their missions. Support for Autistic Children in the U.S. Orphans Getting an Elite Education in India. Childhood Cancer Support in Canada.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Bookshare is our large digital library for students with disabilities such as blindness or dyslexia. Steve went to India for more tests. With the investment in systems thanks to Rockefeller’s support, expansion is relatively easy. In 2008, we were the first customer of Samasource as they were getting started. No problem!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Reflections on an internship with Bookshare.org in Chennai, India Made possible through support from the Amherst College Center for Community Engagement Anna Reid, religion major, class of 2010 Anna Reid with employees of Worth Trust, a South Indian organization that provides vocational training and employment for people with disabilities.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2012

TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map is a trove of information on what lots of nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup-procured-IT to further their missions. Support for Autistic Children in the U.S. Orphans Getting an Elite Education in India. Childhood Cancer Support in Canada.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 9, 2013

In this second installment of the three-part blog series (the first one is here ) on Bookshare International, I’m excited to share some of the ways in which our Bookshare library is part of the latest trends in the digital publishing world and is thus going deeper and serving many more people.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

In 2005, Shannon Keith visited India and was confronted by the harsh realities of brothels and prostitution. Compelled to act, she learned more and discovered that even if girls and women are able to escape their life of prostitution, they need significant support to recover and rebuild their lives. Share your thoughts in the comments.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

I would class this as TVI (nearly identical) plus additional provisions creating a similar exception for schools, libraries and archives. Right now, it’s not in great shape: • No global exception norm, but voluntary agreement by rightsholders (that’s today’s status quo), with model agreements that are terrible from the nonprofit/library side.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2012

demonstrates what nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup Global software donations to further their missions. It helps endangered Asian children get off the streets in Cambodia, Philippines, Vietnam, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, East Timor, Jordan, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. Our Local Impact Map.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2014

It is a moving one and a half minute video about the struggle of untouchable caste Dalit children in India to grow up and be as successful as more advantaged children. Their mission is to support and promote independent living for people with disabilities. Please visit the site to view this video).

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Symantec gives a lot back to the nonprofit and library community through their donation program here at TechSoup — See what organizations like yours are saying about their donated Symantec products. Symantec Supports Women in Technology. Women are underrepresented in the field of technology, and it’s a global problem.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2012

TechSoup’s Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) has provided warrantied refurbished computers and other IT devices to nonprofits and libraries for seven years now. It made us think about ways we could bring good dependable low-cost computers to nonprofits and libraries. Refurbished Computers in the TechSoup Global Network.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2013

Each tweet chat covered a different facet of digital storytelling and featured storytelling experts and nonprofit and library participants. The “why” part of your story is what creates the emotional connection that attracts prospective supporters.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 15, 2013

In addition, one of the most surprising findings from our survey is that NGOs in the lower-per-capita-GDP countries (around $10,000 per year or below), like India, Egypt, South Africa, Bulgaria, and Mexico are planning to move a significant portion of their IT to the cloud faster than higher GDP counties. no Internet! - a thing of the past.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2011

SAP is helping to make a difference in the nonprofit and library community through their donation program here at TechSoup. In addition, SAP is supporting Haitians in running social businesses, which combine a social mission with entrepreneurship.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2014

to report on Tech for Good trends and also to find out how things are going in one of the most challenging areas of philanthropy: providing much needed help and support to people in the Muslim world. I also liked the work we did a few years ago to support telecentres in poor communities affected by civil war in Colombia. Dara Westling.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 14, 2009

I came away with a much better understanding of the issues they are exploring and certainly did my part to articulate why I support the positions we have. did support the final statement which approved discussing the Treaty proposal in the next SCCR meeting. government to try to get it to actively support the Treaty.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 18, 2021

Even five months after the first COVID-19 vaccine was administered, worldwide vaccination efforts remain a constant news topic, especially in the face of new infection waves that are currently surging in India and other countries. Our hearts and minds go out to India and its people in this terrible acute crisis phase.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2007

" You can use the site to find others to help you get something done -- folks have used the site for a wide variety of projects, all needing broad support to actually work. Third, a pledge called " Bakul-Library " is definitely one of my favorite stories. There are loads of uses for the site ???

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

This is technology for good news from India. For instance, users can pin images for planning a conference, celebrating volunteers, or encourage their supporters to pin images related to a topic for. We sincerely invite your nonprofit or library tech news nominations. Accessibility. social change. Very, very cool, I must say.

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See3

NOVEMBER 12, 2007

The New York organization last year collected more than 60 hours of footage of the organization’s workers and volunteers helping AIDS patients in Uganda, tsunami victims in India, and poor residents of El Salvador, and it soon plans to use that extra footage for an extensive online video campaign.

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See3

NOVEMBER 12, 2007

The New York organization last year collected more than 60 hours of footage of the organization’s workers and volunteers helping AIDS patients in Uganda, tsunami victims in India, and poor residents of El Salvador, and it soon plans to use that extra footage for an extensive online video campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2012

After finishing a four-day intensive training in Delhi for the Networked NGO , I stayed on a few days in India to visit colleague, Rufina Fernandez, who I met when she was the CEO of the Nasscom Foundation when she brought me to India to speak at the leadership conference and teach workshops back in 2010. The man denied it and left.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 17, 2022

Human trafficking organizations advocate for stronger anti-trafficking laws, provide services and support for victims of trafficking crimes, and develop long-term strategies to end human trafficking. AnnieCannons gives human trafficking survivors the tools to support themselves and their family. AnnieCannons.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2014

Nonprofits, faith-based organizations, libraries, and networks such as the NetSquared Local should be leading this movement as they are already committed to social good. trillion annually, exceeding the total GDP of Canada, Australia, Russia, or India. Nonprofit employees make up the third-largest workforce among U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Met with current and prospective individual donors as part of my donor cultivation and stewardship efforts, by thanking current donors and explaining what we’ve accomplished with their support, and sharing our activities with prospective donors in the hopes of getting them to support Benetech. And much more… Washington, D.C.

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