Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

How can we use technology in a new way to improve people’s lives that is an order of magnitude better? Can we help stimulate the creation of far more technology-for-good ventures? Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

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.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 11, 2013

Creating the World’s Largest Collection of Accessible Arabic eBooks Access to knowledge is the critical first step on the path to economic, educational, and social development. In the first installment of this series, I described the Bookshare International library and where we hope to take it next.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

I liked our 10 technology tips to help you reduce your need to travel, and also our travel reduction tools we compiled. This updated blog post from the campaign explores some ways to increase online collaboration and also reduce travel and work efficiency. Why Is Online Collaboration Green? Cloud Services for Collaborating.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Technology and Community: Strategic Options for Movement Building. What that translates to is that a movement is built on collaboration, incorporates co-design between individuals and organizations, and remains focused, even during an event or campaign, on lasting, real impact. And everything was shareable, collaborative, contagious.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

A related, but slightly different and less recognized issue, is the fact that people with disabilities such as blindness often have limited access to printed materials, even if they are well-educated. based non-profit that addresses unmet social needs through innovative technology solutions. www.bookshare.org.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

I was delighted when Ron Schultz invited me to collaborate with him on his latest book Creating Good Work – The World’s Leading Social Entrepreneurs Show How to Build a Healthy Economy. In my contribution to Ron’s book, I discuss the framework that guides us at Benetech, the technology nonprofit I lead. copyright law.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 12, 2015

In 2014, we reached a major milestone — we distributed 2 million tech products worldwide to nonprofits, charities, libraries, and NGOs worldwide in just one year! Please continue to spread the word about our programs so that even more organizations can use technology to make a bigger impact in their communities! spanhidden.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 9, 2013

These relationships generate countless ideas for using technology for social good. Together with our partners in the nonprofit, technology, government, academic and publishing sectors, we participate in new cultural and technological movements, deriving new knowledge that we apply for social gain.

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Forum One

MAY 17, 2010

Wulf was a perfect choice to introduce Georgetown University's Crowd and the Cloud Symposium , hosted by my former graduate program in Communication, Culture & Technology. ever awarded at the University of Virginia in 1968, and, as he said, "had a seat on the 50 yard line watching the technology revolution."

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

In early education, children learn the fundamentals of reading and writing in order to communicate, collaborate, and contribute in the world. And what if a person, regardless of age, could learn anything from typing to HTML to using an iPad without any cost or accessibility barriers? " The Role of Libraries.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Green Technology. In hardware life extension news, the grand award winner for software in Popular Science's Best of What's New 2013 this year is a server/software technology called Neverware Juicebox. This new technology has become available in time to help public schools in the U.S. Social Media. Adobe Creative Cloud.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 3, 2011

A few weeks back, my co-worker Kami Griffiths , got on the phone with Steve Podgainy, the executive director of the Portland Public Library in Maine to talk to him about their project. The project has about 100 participating libraries across Maine, working to enhance or establish public computing centers and technical training for patrons.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 5, 2015

Disaster preparedness is something every nonprofit and public library needs to be on top of — whether you deal with disaster relief directly or not. The Red Cross is holding global workshops that bring together tech and nonprofit communities to explore how new technologies can be adopted for disaster relief. Wearable technology.

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 1, 2022

It’s accessible for users at all different levels and doesn’t require advanced technical knowledge to use. This CMS also offers a vast library of ready-made themes to choose from, with over 11,000 themes available. Drupal offers a smaller theme library than WordPress, but it still has plenty of ready-made themes to work from.

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OCTOBER 19, 2023

Access to Exclusive Content One of the primary benefits of joining a membership-based organization is gaining access to exclusive content. This might mean educational resources, research reports, and industry insights that non-members cannot access. Let’s get at it!

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Getting started: The nonprofit tools you need to set up shop and grow your organization TechSoup is a global nonprofit organization that offers discounts and technology solutions as well as IT consulting and courses to nonprofits. Joining TechSoup should be the first technology task for your new nonprofit.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

—– The Electronic Resources and Libraries Conference takes place Febrary 28-March 2 in Austin, TX, and I’m SO honored to be a keynote speaker! The keynote will focus on “Libraries: The Oldest New Frontier for Innovation”. Libraries, whether associated with a school, government, agency or geography, serve a community.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 11, 2015

The goal of a safe is to keep unauthorized people from gaining access to its content. With a strong, openly accessible design, the other key security element is encouraging users to choose long, strong, non-obvious passwords. At Benetech, we believe that collaboration and community best help deliver strong security.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

I’m in Austin, TX, today engaging with librarians, digital curators, and technologists working at the nexus of communities and knowledge at the Electronic Resources and Libraries annual conference. Libraries: The Oldest New Frontier for Innovation. You can follow along with the sessions today through Wednesday using #ERL11.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Cynthia Adams, CEO of TechSoup donor partner GrantStation , recently did an important online training webinar on how rural charities and libraries can get grants. If your charity or library happens to be located in rural America, it's not your imagination that it is harder to get grant funding in rural locations.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Our team has been thinking hard about scaling positive social impact of technology work. Dr. Karen Erickson, one of the nation's leading experts in literacy for people with disabilities, invented the original concept for Route 66 and collaborated closely with us on the instructional approach and content.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2013

In actuality, hackathons are events where ideas are hatched and technology needs are met — making them excellent opportunities for nonprofits, charities, and libraries! A hackathon is an event where programmers, developers, designers, and leaders come together to collaborate on an app, website, or software projects.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

My personal goal is to channel the aspirations of the technology community to do more social good. More and more of my time is spent around both raising money and raising awareness of how much more could be done with technology to increase social impact. Are you excited about technology benefiting the world?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2013

TechSoup donor partner, Huddle , which is our cloud-based collaboration and content management donor partner has just broken that mold. Huddle is offering its online service to charities and libraries at a one-time admin fee, and a very reasonable one at that. Collaboration Is How Charities Function. It's our nature.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

As more and more information moves online, Americans without Internet access are increasingly being left behind. provides a succinct visual summary of the issue and potential solutions, including: Why Internet access matters to individuals, communities, and the U.S. Picturing the Problem. The infographic. as a whole. What We Can Do.

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Forj

JUNE 15, 2021

Jon Aleckson and Matt Harpold to discuss how working with associations executives takes time and collaboration to build a digital strategy. Therefore, Axon , a digital education platform powered by CourseStage LMS , was built to ensure members had access to valuable education 24/7 at their convenience.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2011

On Tuesday, I'll be talking about technology planning for nonprofits and public libraries at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service as a part of the Interactive Strategy Forum. Managing Your Organization's Technology Assets. Technology Planning for Nonprofits: Getting Started.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2011

On Tuesday, I'll be talking about technology planning for nonprofits and public libraries at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service as a part of the Interactive Strategy Forum. Managing Your Organization's Technology Assets. Technology Planning for Nonprofits: Getting Started.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2011

A version of this post originally appeared on the TechSoup for Libraries blog. This raises some interesting questions for how nonprofits and libraries talk about the digital divide and how they advocate for public access technology and technology skills development. What About Nonprofits and Libraries?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2016

But what if an app could be used to help nonprofits, public libraries, and other community groups organize and solve pressing problems? At tightly facilitated events called Generators, leaders with a range of expertise from the nonprofit and library communities discuss their daily work. public libraries to the app.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 14, 2017

After all, they let you work from practically anywhere using almost any device, and they make it easy to collaborate with coworkers. A lot depends on your technological resources. Find Out Who Owns Data You Upload — and Who Can Access It. Cloud-based applications and services are super convenient. But should you?

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Tech Soup

MAY 3, 2017

This called for more effective communication technology." " The organization currently uses the technology both for cross-office communications, as well as for orientation sessions with job seekers, a crucial first step in the job-search training program.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 18, 2012

Our goal is to leverage our extensive and complementary networks of individuals and organizations to provide knowledge, training, and tools to nonprofits, libraries, and NGOs around the world. The Foundation Center knows that collaboration with other organizations is the most effective way to meet the needs of the social sector.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

On November 2, we wrapped up our Cloud Computing Worldwide campaign with a tweet chat on cloud computing for nonprofits, NGOs, and public libraries. I mentioned one way the cloud has been transformational in my work : it makes it much easier to collaborate with people outside of the organization.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2015

So when I heard about a collaborative project between nonprofits, city agencies, and the local library happening in my own backyard (almost literally!), Because many residents of Visitacion Valley don't have Internet access at home and/or don't speak English, it can be difficult for them to find local information.

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Forum One

MAY 5, 2010

" The stepping off point for our discussion was the stimulus money that is being used to expand broadband access. billion in Recovery Act grants and loans to improve internet access in American communities.). Public Library. libraries is still a challenge. Tags: Influence Collaboration Events Government.

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