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Two Leaders Join Benetech’s Senior Team!

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We’re delighted Nadine has joined Benetech’s senior team to direct our communications program. As Benetech continues to grow, it is essential for us to have an in-house counsel to help our social enterprise teams do the best possible work for disadvantaged communities, and be a resource for partners and policy makers.

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Team-Up for Textbooks: Volunteer to Help Students with Disabilities

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Volunteers can now help fulfill students’ book requests faster during periods of peak demand by joining Benetech’s newest volunteer initiative: Team-Up for Textbooks. To learn more and get involved, please submit the Team-Up for Textbooks volunteer form or contact our staff via email: volunteer [at] Bookshare.org.

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Happy New Year (to the Benetech team)

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[On New Year's Day, I wrote this to the Benetech team after literally waking up thinking about this, and thought it was worth sharing here.] One of the great rewards of my job is receiving copies of those many emails praising our team or our software or our content for the difference we’ve made.

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Unlocking Technology-for-Good Innovation

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Benetech Labs is where the Benetech team and our social impact partners incubate new software-for-good applications. The typical incubator model works well where a team has formed around a technology innovation and is looking to graduate a for-profit company. The typical for-profit incubator has a funnel of startup teams.

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SocialCoding4Good Going International with Random Hacks of Kindness

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RHoK Global presented a perfect opportunity to support the sustainability of an existing partner and thus connect individual developers and corporate teams around the globe with the chance to apply their energy, enthusiasm and experience for social benefit.

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Thank You, Gerardo!

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The Benetech team has just bid goodbye to VP of Engineering Gerardo Capiel, who is moving on to his next adventure. A passionate technology-for-good advocate, Gerardo has made major contributions to Benetech’s social mission since he joined us over four years ago.

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Work on the Biggest Social Challenges of Our Time!

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Benetech is seeking a Vice President of Engineering to spearhead and expand our team of technologists committed to delivering social good at scale. Join our team and help us make more impact than ever! Are you willing to work on delivering maximum good for humanity, rather than maximum profits? Do you like taking on big challenges?

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