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Betsy Beaumon on Benetech's Literacy Program

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The Year That Was and the New Year Ahead Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, Benetech's VP and General Manager of the Literacy Program 2012 was a year of titanic shifts in the fields of consumer technology, education, and publishing, along with the requisite challenges brought about by such rapid change. We’ve added over 1800 books since then.

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Announcing… Social Media Webinars for Nonprofits in New Zealand, Australia, and East Asia

Nonprofit Tech for Good

However, if I was to do it again, it would not be until April 2012. Nonprofits in Australia and New Zealand are provided phone numbers for the audio portion of the webinars (not toll free, but you can also listen over your computer speakers for free). This is likely a one-time webinar series.

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Mark Your Calendars! Google+ Hangout for Nonprofit Organizations

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Google+ Hangouts need to be planned and promoted like any other event, so for those of you that would like to help me experiment with the Google+ Hangout tool set, please mark your calendars: Date: Tuesday, July 12, 2012. Time: 1pm-2:00 EDT. Cost: Free. Moderated By: Heather Mansfield.

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July Is Web Conferencing Month

Tech Soup

From now until the end of July 2012, we are offering off-the-shelf pricing of 19.9 cents/minute for Adobe Connect and audio conferencing services combined, just for nonprofits. Why Should You Also Use Audio Conferencing Services? Audio, video, application, and screen sharing (jpg, ppt, pdf, flash, mp3, doc).

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Raspberry Pi for Educators

Tech Soup

Dubbed "Model B+," it's the third model the organization has released to the public since Model A went on sale in 2012. It includes a CPU, graphics processor, RAM, USB port (multiple ports in later models), audio and video ports, and an Ethernet port (later models only), and runs a Linux-based operating system.

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Software to Grow Your Nonprofit

Tech Soup

Pro 2012 (admin fee: $35) links donor databases and contact history to calendars, tasks, project summaries, and appointment schedules. Audio conferencing and online collaboration solutions are important for staff and volunteers spread across the state, country, and world. Learn more. Collaborate In and Out of the Office.

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11 Highlights from BlogHer '11

Have Fun - Do Good

I'm pretty sure an audio recording will be available eventually. BlogHer Food, BlogHer Business) scheduled for 2012: BlogHer Handmade : September 15-17, 2011 (St. BlogHer '12 : August 2-4, 2012 (NYC). Even though we'd never met before, we made a good team. You can read a liveblogged transcript of the session on BlogHer.com.

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