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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

Such action, the Court decided, didn’t constitute copyright infringement because it was fair use , that is, a limitation and exception to the exclusive rights granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work. We called this idea Bookshare , which is now Benetech’s largest Global Literacy initiative. of America v.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

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! million grant from the U.S.

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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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Celebrate Google Literacy Library 145

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

We have everything from: Fundraising & Grants. For easy access you can download all these incredible conferences to your Gmail, ICal or outlook click. The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is a capstone experience for students seeking the Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) credential. Fundraising & Grants.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Our winners represent a little glamour from the Russian River Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, plus some creativity from Yerba Buena Gardens Festival and Literacy Services of Wisconsin. And we have used Adobe Acrobat to create fillable forms for sponsorships, parade entries, [and] grant and scholarship applications. Thank you TechSoup!"

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2011

The study reveals that current leaders in the local nonprofit sector believe the skills most needed in the nonprofit workforce are financial literacy, communication (verbal and writing skills), knowledge of laws pertaining to the nonprofit sector, information technology, volunteer management, and donor cultivation. Stay tuned.

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Tech Soup

JULY 25, 2012

She came to the Nonprofit Commons to share her areas of expertise in media literacy, human-computer interaction, and the impact of the digital revolution on education and libraries. In fact, accessibility is the biggest pull for the digitization of anything these days, right? Success in Second Life.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

The library ordered 60 Dell refurbished desktop computers from TechSoup's Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) to provide its patrons with Internet access. New Heights Educational Group is an educational support and literacy center for families with children who are struggling in school. " Inward Bound Mindfulness Education.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 28, 2012

Here is the letter I'm sending to the USPTO supporting their initial recommendation against granting this registered trademark in the U.S. Kevin and the SEA today launched an Initiative To Protect the Meaning of Social Enterprise , supporting the efforts of our peers with Social Enterprise UK in their "NotInOurName" campaign.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

One of the most common situations we see here, at Funding for Good, with groups that are 4, 5, 6, 7-years-old, they’re starting to apply for grants, you know, they’re upping their fundraising game, and they’re trying to share the impact from their first years. ” So everything’s a guesstimate.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Calvin Osborne, an attorney with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), underscored the urgency in improving broadband -- essentially fast Internet access -- to keep the US from lagging behind other nations. He spoke about FCC's expansive efforts to increase "digital literacy" for both individuals and small businesses.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 13, 2011

Bookshare Hits 100,000 Members Boy reading at a computer with teacher in the background.Since the beginning of 2009, we’ve tripled the number of people with disabilities Bookshare is serving with our accessible library of ebooks. The amazing thing about serving 100,000 students right now is that our commitment to the U.S.

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