Candid

JULY 22, 2021

Scott’s grants were again oriented to recipients in the United States, with grantees located across 28 states as well as D.C. entities were also supported, including 11 based in India, two in Africa, and one in Mexico. . and Puerto Rico. Half of the grantees were located in California, New York, or D.C.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

After the last WIPO session in November, the World Blind Union convened a group of experts to review the current Treaty draft and make recommendations to the WBU on the most important issues for WBU to work on in this next session. It’s why the great majority of accessibility work is done by volunteers, charities, and with government support.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Our experience successfully building Bookshare under the United States copyright exception, which has no such commercial availability limitation, informs this strong opinion. exception model works well here. We go to great lengths to ensure the digital works we provide are restricted to bona fide patrons with disabilities.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Benetech has some of the juiciest and most exciting range of legal challenges I can imagine: the great majority of our legal work concerns intellectual property and human rights. We’re operating at the forefront of copyright limitations and exceptions, both in the United States and globally.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 16, 2011

Canada, Europe and India. These publisher agreements have also included permissions to distribute books outside the United States: most frequently, we are provided global rights. We think this exception has worked extraordinarily well in the U.S.: These include 6 of the top 10 publishers in the U.S. Thank you!

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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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 22, 2010

The staff I work with at Benetech are committed to the communities that we serve with our technology. Washington Square Magazine, which is published by Viji’s alma matter San Jose State University, included a profile of Viji in their most recent issue. In countries outside the U.S.,

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 7, 2013

have been asking about the Treaty of Marrakesh (formal name: The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print Disabilities. Second, the Treaty allows for easier import and export of accessible versions of books and other copyrighted works. Works Covered.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

I've written a lot lately about contests ( Chase Community Giving and Pepsi Refresh ) here in the United States that are focused on "social media for social media." I've just returned from a trip to India where there is a different approach to solving complex social problems using social media and the Internet.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

I’m excited to share highlights from our work and its significance for the multitudes we serve. Delivering Benetech''s statement to the WIPO diplomatic conference That’s why I’ve been actively advocating for a global copyright exception modeled after the great exception in the United States that made Bookshare possible.

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Association TV

JULY 29, 2022

But today, many people think of a great workplace as not even one specific place at all, with many employers opting for a permanent remote work setup after a trial proved prosperous during the pandemic. Are folks busy enjoying their work, or working to look busy? Work-life balance.

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Kindful

AUGUST 9, 2021

Foundations in the United States focus their funding priorities on many different issues. Grant research tip : As you look over the list and peruse potential funders, take notes of those who best align with your work. Mellon Foundation. The Andrew W. They provide education tailored to girls’ needs. Areas served: Worldwide.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 27, 2008

He came back from a visit to the United States impressed with McDonald's as a service delivery system, and decided to bring that same systematic approach to eye care. The first thing I noticed was that the start-up costs had been supported by Lavelle Fund, which is also funding our first major project in India (more on that later).

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Association TV

JULY 29, 2022

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. Are folks busy enjoying their work, or working to look busy? The idea of an office, or a physical place in which a person sits down to work, isn’t new.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2013

A lot of helpful and insightful digital storytelling advice was shared; below are some of the highlights: India: NASSCOM Foundation, TechSoup Global partner, led the way with How to Create High Impact Stories. Participants advised understanding your audience and sharing the stories behind your program stats to make an impact.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 22, 2009

I’ve been working in libraries for nine years. Over that time, I’ve seen a lot of different libraries, from both the back room, where I normally work in technical services, and the front in public services. It’s like every library I’ve ever worked in, as it should be. Bookshare is also picking up steam in India.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Also, developing countries like Egypt, South Africa, Mexico/Latin America, and India report plans to move to the cloud faster than everywhere else. In the United States we already have a number of cloud donors making their products available to eligible nonprofits - 27 of them so far. What Didn't Surprise Me.

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Tech Soup

JULY 27, 2015

The XploR's camera and facial recognition software work together, and the researchers claim that it can recognize a face from 30 feet away. According to ASSISTECH, it is available in India, the United States, and other select countries. Concerns About Smart Canes. And is the price right?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2011

A View of the Cloud from the United States Learn how American nonprofits are using the cloud today, and how that will change over the next few years. A View of the Cloud from India Most NGOs in India are small and highly dependent on volunteers. Mark your calendar again! Week 4: The Future of Cloud Computing.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

So how can nonprofits utilize mobile phones for their work? For those nonprofits working on political engagement issues/activism - When media bans were put in place at the end of Musharraf’s rule in Pakistan SMSall , or as its founder Umar Saif, says “Twitter for SMS,” or “Twitter for. serve the public.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2014

I also liked the work we did a few years ago to support telecentres in poor communities affected by civil war in Colombia. The most populous Muslim country is Indonesia , followed by India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, and Egypt. Perhaps most impressively they are working in Syrian civil war.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2008

Alex Steed is a self-described millennial activist and he has just announced his Millennials Changing America: The Next Generation of Organizing where he will visit over 30 cities across the United States to meet, interview and report how young people are using the Internet to leverage their social and political power.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

The treaty does a lot of things, but let me highlight a few: • A global norm that there be copyright exceptions that allow for the making of accessible versions of copyrighted works for free on a nonprofit basis by a broad range of people or organizations, without having to get permission from the rightsholders. What would I work on?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2009

The distance between a social enterprise investor, a program officer, or a policy maker or citizen in the United States and a person in the slums of Kenya or India participating in an economic development or health social enterprise has never been smaller. The purpose of ThinkSocial.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

monitor election results in Mexico and India. " The Movesmart.org project is an online tool for housing seekers in Chicago (and soon other cities across the United States). The organization is working to build a digital public map of the Kibera community for the residents and organizations working there.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2007

It builds on previous issues on the importance of networks, working across boundaries and even sustainability. International development has always had to work across time and distance. Groups from within, across and between organizations can now work together every day without being in the same location.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

monitor election results in Mexico and India. " The Movesmart.org project is an online tool for housing seekers in Chicago (and soon other cities across the United States). The organization is working to build a digital public map of the Kibera community for the residents and organizations working there.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 14, 2009

The fact-finding public hearing and request for comments seemed to have two purposes: both to understand how Chafee is working and to report back to WIPO about the U.S. Government, and it talks about being interested in working on addressing the problem and discussing a wide range of solutions including the proposed Treaty.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 20, 2005

Civic Ventures , a San Francisco nonprofit group, will award 5 Americans over 60, whose work has fostered significant social innovation, $100,000 to further their work. Not only does the Market give folk art collector folks an opportunity to see and buy work from all over the world, the coolest thing is what it means for the artists.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

My 8 day visit to India was a whirlwind. The Nasscom Foundation in India, the epicenter of nonprofit technology and social innovation, invited me to present as part of the Global CSR track in a session about reaching the Bottom of the Pyramid with technology and social media. I'm still recovering. No wonder I am still tired!

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 2, 2007

.-- Priya Haji This Christmas I bought a lot of my gifts from World of Good , a Bay Area company that creates opportunities for hundreds of artisan cooperatives around the world to share their work by serving as a bridge to the U.S. retail market. You can hear the interview on the Big Vision Podcast , or read the transcript below.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 9, 2007

What surprised me the most (you all probably already knew this), is that the Sudanese government officials who were close to Osama bin Laden (who lived there from 1991-1996) are cooperating with the American counterterrorism authorities, so the United States doesn't want to rock the counterterrorism information boat by upsetting them about Darfur.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

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 also take part in trainings that are relevant to most of their work. We do it in a number of ways.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

"She stood up in our meeting and said that was exactly why women are afraid of taking loans in India, but with Nest, because it's interest-free and they can repay in their necklaces, they didn't have that kind of fear. Our conversation began with Rebecca describing how Nest works.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Foundations can make greater progress on addressing critical social issues by using digital platforms to elevate the work and success of the many players in their sector. a starting point for future work, not just a collection of past work. Let’s look at a number of shining stars who are doing this really well.

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Global Giving

JULY 12, 2017

If you are in the United States, you will shoot in NTSC. But what if you are shooting in Cambodia, but showing it in the United States? Work with the filmmaker to determine the format best for you. Featured Photo: Empower 350 Grassroots Correspondents in India by Video Volunteers. Full 1080P HD or 4k?

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

In some of the places where we work, women are very often not in professional roles whatsoever, much less the media. BB: What is the path that brought you to this work personally? I came back to the States after working in Nepal, and I took a job as a feature writer in San Francisco. We are pushing an envelope there.

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