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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Betsy Beaumon I recently had the honor to speak at the first-ever Braille Summit , hosted on June 19-21, 2013 by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) and Perkins School for the Blind. Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, VP and General Manager, Benetech’s Global Literacy Program. Accordingly, U.S.

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What are Effective Strategies Nonprofit Organizations Use to Improve Diversity and Inclusion?

ASU Lodestar Center

Students protested: Gallaudet is an institution that aims to empower deaf students, but had never allowed a deaf individual to ascend to its highest ranks. One example of a strategy is apparent in the story of Gallaudet University, a college for the deaf (Ryan, 2012, p. This was contradictory and limiting. References. Bernstein, R.S.,

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Accessibility and the Harm of Simple Symbols

Media Cause

In 1968, the International Symbol of Access was created by a Danish design student. In 2013, accessibility activists Sarah Hendren and Brian Glenney redesigned the symbol to be more forward-leaning as a part of the Accessible Icon Project. Stories help create new pathways in people’s minds—connecting on a human and emotional level.

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Happy New Year: What’s Your Theme for the Year?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Measuring the Networked Nonprofit Wins 2013 Terry McAdam Nonprofit Book Award. When you’ve been doing what you do for a long time, it is also about unlearning (being mindful when bad habits creep in and changing them) and relearning what you have learned or updating it. Learn: Learning is not just for kids or students.

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Go Mobile: Why Responsive Web Design Matters for Libraries and Nonprofits

Tech Soup

Furthermore, smartphone sales skyrocketed last year while PC sales are expected to decline in 2013. The problem could be that many library websites are simply not designed with these devices in mind. Mashable calls 2013 the "year of responsive web. Image: Student Using Phone in Library, Shutterstock.

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The Gift of Reading, a Circle of Life

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

First we identified the titles we wanted to add—all requested by Bookshare non-student members, including some of the best science books of 2013 as reported by NPR’s Science Friday show. We decided to create the James Franklin In Memoriam collection, with a focus on science and technology books written for the lay audience.

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Success Stories From 10 Successful Entrepreneurs From Around The World

Eric Jacobsen Blog

The Outsider : Brings a “beginner’s mind” to reimagine and reinvent an industry or product category. Around 2013 we began to notice an exciting renaissance in the SF tech scene as startups and entrepreneurship took off. The Outsider is a classic Silicon Valley archetype who brings a “beginner’s mind” to a new market or industry.

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