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President’s Update: Fall 2013

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Highlights of this Update: Global Literacy Human Rights Benetech Labs Communications Global Literacy Bookshare celebrated a double milestone this summer, reaching over 200,000 available titles in our collection and serving over 250,000 members with disabilities! While the majority of our members are U.S.

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Benetech: President's Update

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I want to unveil several of these new initiatives, as well as sneaking in some of the incredible things happening in our core programs in literacy and human rights. Our members are now downloading accessible books at a rate of more than one million books per year! and James L. This is a huge legal victory!

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How to Assess Your Nonprofit Tech for 2022 in 4 Steps

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You’ve probably invested in so many nonprofit technology solutions in the past year that you don’t know which you still have access to and which you don’t. If your nonprofit has an internal information technology (IT) team, that team can lead the project. What level of technology literacy exists across your team?

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Doing the Right Stuff Right for Human Rights

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It wasn’t until 1993, when a reconstruction of these events by American journalist Mark Danner first appeared in The New Yorker , that the full story of the El Mozote massacre was brought to light and sent shock waves through the international community. Dave suggested we rename our idea Martus, the Greek word for “witness.”

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Data Digest: Open Data for Africa Platform, Silent Data Revolution in MENA and Data Strategies

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Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global. Libya, Djibouti and Jordan have also granted restricted access to micro data to selected individuals and organizations.

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Building the Tech Capacity of Nonprofits Everywhere with TechSoup's NetSquared Events

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TechSoup's mission is to build a dynamic bridge that enables civil society organizations and changemakers around the world to gain effective access to the resources they need to design and implement technology solutions for a more equitable planet. However, access to the tools isn't enough. The link need to be like so: Africa.

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President's Update: Summer 2008

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In essence, we're being paid to deliver – free – accessible books to all students with print disabilities in the United States for the next five years. I'm especially excited about our efforts to reach students who haven't traditionally had access to assistive technology. I bet you're wondering what we must accomplish.

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