Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 3, 2005

Good summary in the attached review post: Does Google Library violate copyright? But, the disputes between Google and the publishing industry and authors needs to be concluded before things will move forward. The core question is whether Google's Library program is a fair use of copyrighted material.

Copyright 100

Copyright Library Summary Google 100

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 30, 2006

The executive summary deadline for GSVC is January 17, 2007. Students must reside in the Bay Area and have the willingness, time and energy to commit to helping develop an idea in his or her area of interest. Teams interested in attending this event should be planning to submit their business plans to the 2007 GSVC.

Global 100

Global San Francisco Social Student 100

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 2, 2007

In 2006, Benetech staff assisted in the scientific sampling of 1500 documents, the summaries of which were entered into the Martus software by our partner, PDH. If all of the documents sampled were office supply requisitions and pay stubs, it would not be worth the considerable effort to wade through these literal mountains of paper.

Literacy 100

Literacy San Jose Guatemala Bangladesh 100

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 6, 2009

You can read a summary of the report and more about our methodology here [link] I was inspired by the staff’s ongoing commitment to processing as many stories presented to the TRC as possible -- as accurately as possible.

Liberia 100

Liberia Statistics Analysis United States 100

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 14, 2009

My summary of where the issue is generally: the developing world and people with disabilities are for the treaty, and rich countries and the publishing industry are against the treaty.

Copyright 104

Copyright Proposal Audio eBook 104

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

The team laid out the figure below: Benetech's Equilibrium Change Model Looking at this summary of how Benetech operates, it was clear to me that our theory of change matched the framework from Osberg and Martin.

Change 100

Change eBook United States Conservancy 100

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 9, 2008

Require all foundations and social enterprises above a certain size to compile a publicly available summary of all evaluations every five years, and to solicit feedback from grantees and beneficiaries, and independent experts in the field. Sorry if I mistook the call for passing legislation as an attempt to legislate reform.

North America 100

North America Europe Asia Africa 100