Amy Sample Ward
FEBRUARY 19, 2011
Working together, citizens could piece together news stories as well as facts from witnesses as they emerged to create the most complete picture of events. Problems were that many survivors had no internet access, let alone electrical power, let alone computers or even computer literacy.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 10, 2011
Last quarter Betsy Beaumon presented the future of our Literacy program including Bookshare. Selection bias was one of Patrick's core scientific topics: the tendency of humans to believe that the information they get represents the big picture. Each of our quarterly meetings tends to focus on big strategic issues facing Benetech.
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.orgSource
MAY 6, 2024
Acknowledge Change Isn’t it enough that you did your research and purchased a tech stack that fits your needs? In the tech world state-of-the-art doesn’t exist. Dawn Briskey,orgSource Vice President of Client Services frequently collaborates with Kevin on tech projects. Why is this extra attention important?
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JANUARY 17, 2014
As a different kind of Silicon Valley tech company—a nonprofit with a pure focus on social good—our goal is to see that the best of technology gets applied to social needs left unaddressed by for-profit businesses. We called this idea Bookshare , which is now Benetech’s largest Global Literacy initiative. copyright law.
Tech Soup
SEPTEMBER 18, 2013
Picturing the Problem. That statistic is disturbing enough, but an even starker picture emerges when you dig deeper, as the infographic does: As you can see, Internet access and usage continue to vary hugely by age, income, education, and disability status. digital inclusion tslibraryorg digital literacy' The infographic.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
APRIL 22, 2010
As a tech guy who also plays a social entrepreneur, I often get asked by my SE buddies about what are the practical use of a tool like Twitter. And, as a huge Dr. Who fan, I had Tim take a picture of me in front of the Tardis (Doctor Who's time travel machine disguised as a standard old English police box).
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 9, 2018
Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. Predict the Future One of the great things about being around the tech field for decades is the ability to confidently predict the future.
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