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Robin Seaman, Agent of Inclusion

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On February 16th in Los Altos, California, I shared these thoughts on Robin Seaman’s impact on the world with her family and friends at her Celebration of Life. This results in an ebook, which can be shared by Bookshare legally with many thousands of other disabled readers. There's so much more that I could share about Robin’s impact.

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The Last Walk

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

On rare occasions, I choose to share something personal on my blog, which focuses normally on Benetech, technology for good and social entrepreneurship. I''m sharing this because my initial words touched many of my friends, who shared their understanding. I just took her on a walk around the block. It was bittersweet.

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Benetech Closing Statement on the Marrakech Treaty

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That support includes the sharing of best practices in accessible book production, model agreements for readers with disabilities, and open source access technology for reading the books.

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Big News at Benetech (and for me!)

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And there is plenty of work to do—look for more from me in the coming months where I’ll share my plans. My firm belief is that tech will play a key role in solving just about every social problem imaginable. I look forward to staying in touch with you about technology for good!

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Support Bookshare for Veterans

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Please consider supporting our cause by donating to and sharing our fundraiser with your friends, family and colleagues. This campaign is a wonderful, easy way to share our work and leverage your support even further with the matching gifts that the Skoll Foundation is generously extending to the Challenge participants.

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Optimistic about Marrakesh Treaty!

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The political footballs being tossed around are about competency and sequencing: does the European Union (EU) get to sign and ratify the Treaty (exclusive competence), or do all of the countries in the EU have to ratify first (shared or mixed competence)? I was able to share some of our plans at Benetech around implementing the Treaty.

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Welcome to Benetech's New Site! (and.)

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With this new site, we hope to better share our story and the impact of our work in a clear and consistent way across our four program areas , which encompass a diverse set of initiatives, products and services. We’ve made things more engaging, adding more images and video along with the ability to share and comment on content.

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