Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

I think it’s time to write a series of short essays on the struggle for accessible books, starting with this brouhaha. In it, we pointed out the irony that the first generation of ebook readers being inaccessible to blind people. Ebooks on PCs have had text-to-speech capabilities for years (although not always enabled).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

“As organizations,” Osborne said, “we must liberate spending to focus on the promotion, learning and innovation around braille,” and recognize that we ought to embrace today’s changing economics and technology so that braille can be part of an equation which delivers access to information for all, not just to those who can afford it.

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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

MARCH 10, 2009

But, it's a dream that the commercial ebook vendors keep dashing. And that is setting back the cause of people with disabilities who need that kind of access. We have an action by Amazon that sets back years of work to make ebooks accessible. A recent example of this was web site accessibility. Roy Blount Jr.

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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 2011, we began collaborating with the Mada Center (Qatar Assistive Technology Center) to create accessible Arabic-language digital books.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 16, 2011

The goal of the DIAGRAM R&D Center is to greatly improve access to graphical information for students with print disabilities (for example, helping blind students get access to important graphics inside textbooks). But, it’s turned out to be one of the best surveys of assistive technology we’ve ever seen.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

We all live in a world filled with technology, which can prove to be a help and hinderance to our work and personal lives. Furthermore, for those of us in the nonprofit world who rely on technology every day to do our jobs, the efficiencies gained by this technology can make a significant impact in the funds we deliver to improve social good.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

One of their main challenges is that they do not have adequate access to educational materials that are necessary to learn and succeed in school. Accessible ebooks and Bookshare have helped sixth grader Kevin Leong overcome his reading challenges. The good news is that major changes in technology are reforming education.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 7, 2013

While we’re extremely proud of our achievements in the field of accessibility and disability rights, we know that we’ve just scratched the surface of what we could possibly do to bolster parity of access to information by people with disabilities. We’re making securing new funding for Bookshare’s international expansion a top priority!

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Nimble AMS

JUNE 10, 2021

This approach ensures your organization is keeping up with the latest technological advances without budget-busting fees and broken customizations. Download this guide to discover three keys to adopting this kind of future-focused technology for your association. eBook: 6 things you should know before selecting your next AMS.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

The first issue is that the treaty would not permit direct access by consumers to international authorized entities. Everyone who is not disabled globally can directly access Amazon.com and order books. Being silent on the big issue of circumvention would lead to a world where accessibility could be prohibited by contract.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Be proactive and prepare your in-person and virtual hybrid attendees with the following items and clearly present the information to them. Sign up for an account that grants them access to the program. Keep it simple, and try to educate at timely points so that the information gets to them when they need it. . Log in to the program.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Be proactive and prepare your in-person and virtual hybrid attendees with the following items and clearly present the information to them. Sign up for an account that grants them access to the program. Keep it simple, and try to educate at timely points so that the information gets to them when they need it. . Log in to the program.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 14, 2009

The Author’s Guild asserts that they control the audio rights and that delivering a text ebook to a device which could speak it aloud with synthetic text-to-speech and that their commercial market for audio books will someday be significantly affected by TTS. Of course, the Librarian of Congress has pronounced on this topic already!

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Most charities and many libraries have part time or accidental techies taking care of their technology. Is it any wonder that proper technology planning is something we have a hard time getting to? Conducting a technology assessment and inventory of current software and hardware assets. How do you currently use technology?

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

MAY 18, 2020

It’s all well and good wanting to present your nonprofit as eco-friendly, but if it isn’t true this will get you in the bad books of many potential supporters. Local businesses are often a more sustainable (and more accessible) option than big co-corporations, whose environmental damage will generally be much higher. Be Transparent.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 20, 2016

An in-depth guide related to the target issues they care about, tools or templates, case studies, and ebooks are all great examples of this. Are there ways you can leverage the strengths present on your own board to get what your nonprofit needs right now from others in the community? Can you accept donations of time?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 22, 2020

With today’s technology it’s pretty easy and straightforward to host an impressive virtual event or campaign. You’ll need a livestream platform for your virtual event if you are going to broadcast videos, live presentations, a combination of both, or if you want to pre-record a presentation but still make it appear live.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

The authors present a two-by-two matrix. The common link among our projects is information technology, which can be applied to just about every aspect of the social sector. Yet, nonprofits frequently lag behind the for-profit world in applying technology to their work. One axis represents nature of action: direct or indirect.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 16, 2018

Society is a buzz about new technology: artificial intelligence, machine learning, blockchain, autonomous cars, the surveillance state, and more. It’s just the present day social good sector. He took on leading the EPUB commercial ebook standard body – and now there’s no need for a separate standard for people with disabilities.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

One of the benefits of internet events is that you may distribute immediate access to digital goodies like downloads, special offers, or links to webinars. Consider things like ebooks, video or audio files, or even a private livestream session with a celebrity. 8) Digital download donation rewards. 9) Movie screenings. 25) Food drive.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 16, 2023

A donor database is a software solution that nonprofit professionals use to access insights into their supporters’ engagement histories, track key fundraising metrics, and measure success. Bloomerang’s segmentation eBook can provide more insight into smart ways to segment your database if you’re just getting started. Scalability.

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Neon CRM

MAY 18, 2023

Donor Data is a Top Priority Track Performance Using KPIs Prioritize Donor Stewardship Use Technology to Automate Processes Set S.M.A.R.T. Use Technology to Automate Processes Take advantage of the tools and technology that you have—especially those that are built specifically to handle fundraising for nonprofits.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 20, 2020

Empowering Technology + Data: Leveraging the new normal of remote technology, online communications, and automation. Katrina VanHuss: Networking has never been easier and there has never been more tools or access points than now. Download the free eBook. Meeting with supporters (virtually). What is revenue per donor?

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

If you’re attending in-person, you’ll have access to a workshop on April 7th where you can better your nonprofit organization through hands-on learning. On April 8th, we’ll have an entire day of presentations by nonprofit industry leaders. Check out the speakers and the presentations below. technology can be daunting.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Keeping your supporters in the loop is easier than ever with modern technology. Check out this Fundraising Fundamentals eBook we made with our friends at Donorly to keep learning and honing your fundraising skills! If you’re sharing information and statistics, try to present it in a fun way with an infographic. Single column.

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Bloomerang

MAY 28, 2021

But here’s one thing that I always start every presentation that I do with: a promise. You feel supported, like there’s this army of support around you ready to access. So those of you who know me or who have seen me present know that the fundamental founding thing about me is I was a very late-in-life child.

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