Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 28, 2014

Gerardo’s contributions related to the Benetech Global Literacy Program include: Overseeing the building of the tech infrastructure that has taken Bookshare from serving tens of thousands of members to over 300,000 members, with a rapidly growing collection of 280,000+ accessible ebooks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2013

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation announced today that Lucy Bernholz will join the Foundation as a Visiting Scholar effective fall 2013 and through 2014. As a Visiting Scholar, Bernholz will advance the Foundation’s literacy on a range of issues, particularly digital civil society, open data, and social good.

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Nimble AMS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

In Tableau’s Building Data Literacy Guide , 80% of employees report they’d stay in their job if they were trained in technology. Prioritizing data literacy will empower your staff as innovators, helping staff to enact lasting change at your association. . Routine training is key to better skilled and more productive employees.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Our longest-term donor, the Skoll Foundation , went so far as to introduce me to a DC-based advocacy firm. Bookshare today is part of a broader effort by Benetech’s Global Literacy Program to improve the lives and learning of students with the biggest challenges. Isn’t that where good ideas go to die?” I was wrong.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

For them, Bookshare —Benetech’s Global Literacy initiative and the world’s largest accessible digital library for people with print disabilities—opens up a lifeline to reading. For veterans with visual impairments, traumatic brain injuries or other disabilities, reading standard print is difficult, if not impossible.

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NTEN

APRIL 29, 2021

Despite needing to access online services, almost a quarter of U.S. Cleveland, OH: 2 positions (sponsored by The Cleveland Foundation). Felicia Tillman, a fellow from Atlanta, formed partnerships to bring digital literacy training to uniquely sweet spaces. adults do not use home broadband. Learn more.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice. Global Literacy Sixth Grader and Bookshare member Kevin Leong with Jim Fruchterman at Benetech''s offices. But what about everybody else? The time has never been better to think 10X bigger!

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Nimble AMS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The Marine Corps Association & Foundation (MCA&F) used Salesforce Einstein to identify which members were at an elevated risk of lapsing. Use Service Cloud to automate your engagement process and access analytics with pre-built dashboards. Learn more about the value of Salesforce Clouds + Nimble AMS for your association.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The UN Foundation created them to highlight what needs to be achieved by 2030 and track progress. Let’s say your organization advocates for high-speed internet access in rural areas, helping students of all ages achieve digital literacy and support quality education.

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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 23, 2022

You’ll have access to over 7,000 apps that easily integrate with Nimble AMS, powered by Salesforce. Consider adopting data literacy and training goals to empower all staff to be responsible for analytics integrity. . How to set goals to improve your member data. Establishing goals is the necessary first step to building healthy data.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

The tools we develop for that purpose span a range of fields—from human rights , to global literacy , to the environment —but no matter what area we work in, we depend on an IP system that’s friendly to technological advances and to positive social impact. copyright law.

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Kindful

AUGUST 9, 2021

Foundations in the United States focus their funding priorities on many different issues. If your nonprofit is seeking funding, it’s critical to identify the foundations whose interests and funding priorities align with your own. Education is one of the more popular issues that many foundations focus on. Mellon Foundation.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 30, 2011

The first time I really "got" the power of accessible technology (AT) to improve the lives of people with disabilities was when I saw the PBS documentary Freedom Machines. How Accessible Technology Computer Refurbishment Came About. How Accessible Technology Works. in Sparks, Nevada.

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2023

Funders providing these types of gifts have a responsibility to trust their grantees to do what’s best for the organization while also supporting them with financial literacy. The Trust Based Philanthropy Project is a five-year funder initiative that addresses inherent power imbalances between foundations and nonprofits.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 8, 2022

JA teaches students financial literacy, professional skills, and everything else they need to become independent adults in both in-school and after-school programs. Kids in Need Foundation. The Kids in Need Foundation is a nonprofit dedicated to promoting equity in schools. Junior Achievement. Teach for America.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

They achieve this through transformative digital advocacy, digital literacy, and tech certification training. They focus on three areas to provide digital equity and to increase diversity in the tech sector: Byte Back is working toward equal access to digital skills training, broadband, and digital devices for people of all ages.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

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. Knight Foundation, our SocialCoding4Good initiative will kick off later this year. and James L. Route 66 is software that provides teachers (and non-teachers!)

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 27, 2012

When those who are responsible for an organization's overall fiscal management responded to a study by The Moody Foundation, it was found that nonprofits need to "fortify their financial skills to better forecast future needs, navigate economic instability, and manage risk." The Moody’s Foundation, 2011. 22. ^ [4] Ibid.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Our Commitment is to increase service and expand the number of accessible books for blind people in India via our Bookshare International initiative. We expect to significantly improve access to books that blind people in India need for their education, employment and inclusion in society.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Our aim at Malala Fund is to create a world where every girl can access 12 years of free, safe, quality education. Over the course of a three-year grant , Champions implement ambitious, goal-oriented projects and participate in advocacy campaigns aimed at changing local and national policies that hinder equal access to education.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 2, 2012

Betsy Beaumon, Benetech VP and General Manager of Bookshare During the event, our Bookshare staff offered demos of our Bookshare library and our Go Read accessible ebook reader for Android. They also demoed Read2Go, the accessible ebook application for the Apple OS and Route 66 Literacy, Benetech’s online literacy instructional program.

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sgEngage

MARCH 8, 2023

5 Million Reasons to Embrace Library Giving Day Created in 2019 by the Seattle Public Library Foundation, Library Giving Day was designed not only to increase financial support to local public libraries but also to raise awareness for the many programs local libraries provide to their communities.

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

It brings together foundations and funds that are primarily dedicated to support or have a significant program to support those organizations. Grant Research Tip: As you search beyond this list for potential funders, many foundations will state that they do not accept unsolicited requests for funding. PADI AWARE Foundation.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 11, 2006

My last stop in New Delhi was to visit the American India Foundation, which is the largest Silicon Valley/India foundation. The school has almost a dozen different social enterprises that provide access to these job skills. Founded in 2001 in response to the Gujarat earthquake, AIF now runs multiple programs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2012

But, everyone can raise their data literacy, especially visualization. So, as I curate resources on this topic, I was excited to discover Rahul Bhargava – a data nerd who writes the Data Therapy Blog for the MIT Center for Civic Media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2006

Second Life: NMC Campus Amphitheater (number 5 on the map) (see picture of me above) (NOTE: Please join "NMC Guests" group for access to Amphitheater). MacArthur Foundation will make a major announcement that will generate a greater understanding of the impact technology and digital media has on today's youth. The John D.

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Forum One

MARCH 23, 2021

data literacy, device preferences)? Once these foundational elements are fleshed out, you can start to identify which menu is the best fit. Links to lower levels are accessed from these top-level pages. This is a very common pattern and there are few usability and accessibility concerns. What issues do they have?

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2013

The fund is being administrated by the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation. Founding donors to the fund include Google Fiber , the Illig Family Foundation, Sprint , Global Prairie , Polsinelli Law , and J.E. Another demonstration of city’s reinvention is Kansas City headquartered Kauffman Foundation’s.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

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. What level of technology literacy exists across your team? In addition, your nonprofit is focused on year-end giving from now through December.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 14, 2021

Do your donation pages require multiple clicks to access? . Reports produced from larger outfits like M+R and NextAfter , who have access to research from hundreds and thousands of nonprofits, can also help inform your nonprofit digital strategy. . Next look at what you didn’t change from the BC period.

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Tech Soup

MAY 31, 2013

We proudly welcome NGO partners Vietnet-ICT and the Lin Centre in Vietnam, as well as ASEAN Foundation , Kopernik Marketplace , and YCAB Foundation in Indonesia to the TechSoup Global family. VietNet-ICT’s vision is to narrow the digital divide by providing ICT access to poor people in Vietnam.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

He reads accessible ebooks from Benetech’s Bookshare library in braille format, and learns as quickly as his peers without disabilities. We competed against other participating organizations, racing against the clock to raise funds and secure matching funding from the Skoll Foundation. Martus Desktop 4.5 and Mobile Martus 1.2

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2009

For Twitter to be at its peak in utility, people who would have never had access to the world's information need to be able to not only receive it but engage with it, too. Room to Read , a San Francisco based non-profit, will help us make that happen by bringing libraries and literacy to the world's poorest regions.

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VisionLink

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

It’s simple to remember, accessible to everyone at no cost, available 24/7, with multilingual capabilities. 2-1-1 is funded through local and state sources including United Ways and other nonprofits, foundations, businesses, and state and local government. People who want to give help often do not know where to begin.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

For easy access you can download all these incredible conferences to your Gmail, ICal or outlook click. Participants will acquire a foundational understanding of this increasingly important component of fundraising strategy and will be able to identify and distinguish between the most common planned giving vehicles. So don't wait!

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 3, 2010

Foundationcenter.org is a similar resource, but offers information about grants from private foundations, public foundations, and corporations throughout the United States. To search for foundation and private grant opportunities, follow these 3 steps. Step 2: Under “Find Funders” click on “The Foundation Directory Online.”

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Foundations can streamline funding development and partnerships by creating a grant submission and approval process with Box. Grameen Foundation : This global microfinance nonprofit improved collaboration across four continents with Box. Embed your quarterly or annual reports stored in Box on an external website or intranet page.

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