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Bookshare without Borders: #1/3

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Bookshare , our flagship literacy program, is the world’s largest accessible library and currently serves more than 230,000 members with visual and learning disabilities. But this is just the tip of the iceberg, as literacy remains an elusive dream for the majority of the world’s people with print disabilities.

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Corporate Citizenship and Digital Inclusion: Empowering Communities, Nonprofits, and Public Libraries

Tech Soup

" Local humor aside, the project is exciting: 31 public parks in San Francisco will get free Wi-Fi for at least two years. Since 2007, San Francisco has been striving toward becoming a digitally inclusive city. project is focused on teaching digital literacy to young people so they can be prepared for 21 st. century jobs.

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Vietnam and Indonesia Join TechSoup Asia’s Growing Family

Tech Soup

TechSoup Asia Asia is a nonprofit collaborative venture between TechSoup Global and its local nonprofit organization partners, Connecting Up Australia and the Hong Kong Council of Social Service. The Center was established in 2007 by the Vietnam Scientific Association for Development of Talents, Human Resources.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: What It Takes to Lead.

ASU Lodestar Center

Disclaimer Friday, April 15, 2011 Research Friday: What It Takes to Lead and Manage a Nonprofit Organization posted by Laura L. Current nonprofit leaders say that because of the recent downturn in the local and national economy, there is increased competition for nonprofit positions. Bush, Ph.D. Pollak, T. & Blackwood, A.

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Riffing on David Armano's Listen, Learn, and Adapt: Need Your Organization's Adaption Stories!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Listening Listening is knowing what is being said online about your organization and your field. It becomes part of your organization's culture. It can be hard to retool an organization's culture to do listening as a daily part of the work flow, particularly if it isn't valued or there are concerns about negatives.

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Nonprofits Live: Online Collaboration on October 25

Tech Soup

" is a top question we hear at TechSoup from the organizations we serve. Ken is currently working as the Worldview Literacy Project Manager at The Institute of Noetic Sciences. Kristy Graves is a member of TechSoup's Online Community team working across the organization to oversee social media conversations.

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Philanthropy 2.0 Study Results Published on Mashable

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

July 24, 2007. While there may be tremendous opportunity, your organization won't be able to reap the benefits if it is stuck in doing the same strategy year after year. Find your supporters; engage them, create trust and your organization will reap the rewards. The Long Tail of Facebook Causes. Frogloop Blog. I used a cli.gs