Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Judy Heumann (left) moderating the panel on empowering the world''s billion people with disabilities On the second day of the CGI Annual Meeting, I announced Benetech’s Commitment to Action : Leveraging Technology to Bring Books to the Blind in India. Our commitment was selected as an exemplary approach to addressing a global challenge.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 16, 2011

Canada, Europe and India. For example, all residents with the qualifying disabilities in Australia, Denmark and Qatar, to pick just three examples, now have free access to Bookshare thanks to our joint efforts with local and national disability groups in these countries. These include 6 of the top 10 publishers in the U.S.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

The majority of Gen Z resides in developing countries where NGOs are going to be essential to ensure this rising generation has access to education, employment, and family planning resources. 6) By 2018 more than half the world will have access to the Internet and by 2020 global internet users are expected to reach 4.2

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

Twelve years ago, the Fund made its first grant to Benetech, in support of the then newly launched Bookshare , our accessible online library for people with disabilities that get in the way of reading print, including visual impairments and dyslexia. Of course, in India and other developing countries, the gap is even larger.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

This is a guest blog from Anna Reid, an Amherst student who interned with Bookshare.org International this past summer. 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.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2020

She is also the Founder and CEO of Liz Ngonzi Transforms , a boutique international consulting firm that provides consulting, executive coaching, and training services that enable social sector leaders and entrepreneurs to increase their impact and reach their potential. 2) Information Hub. 4) Fundraising.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

A Policy Update from an engineer, Jim Fruchterman of Benetech June 8, 2010 The international copyright negotiations in Geneva around a proposed Treaty for the Visually Impaired (“TVI”) have been steadily heating up. trade publishers (and some in India and the UK), and over 1,000 international members in 35 countries today.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Among the people I’m privileged to call a colleague here at Benetech is Viji Dilip, the International Program Coordinator for our Bookshare International service. Viji, who is from India, received a BA in accounting from Madras University and moved with her husband to the Bay Area. In countries outside the U.S.,

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 14, 2011

This is a communique on the current state of cloud adoption in India from Prashant Pandit and Pooja Jayna from TechSoup Global's, NASSCOM Foundation BIGTech Program , which is an NGO committed to building ICT capacity in civil society in India. Of the 3 million NGOs that operate in India, most are small and dependent on volunteers.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

students, we also serve adults, seniors, veterans, and international subscribers in over 40 countries. We know, however, that we’ve only scratched the surface of meeting the global need for access to books and information. We’re going to demonstrate what this could look like by piloting Bookshare International at scale in India.

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NTEN

APRIL 14, 2014

Four nonprofits are leveraging mobile technology to measure the impact of their programs, and hear from their remote beneficiaries that may not have access to the internet. Data india International mobile Mobile nptech survey Tech Program' Executive Director. Good World Solutions.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Mission: To improve access and quality of education for 4 million children living in underserved communities in India. International Corporate Accountability Roundtable ● icar.ngo. International Society of Street Papers ● insp.ngo. World Vision International ● wvi.ngo. Educate Girls ● educategirls.ngo.

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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. With Bookshare, our student members can access and read the books they need—in the classroom, at home, and on the go—and have a fair opportunity to succeed at school just like their peers without disabilities.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 7, 2022

Some donations for that pillar had already been processed, but then an event arose during the summer of 2021 while Salesforce was being implemented: the Delta variant of COVID-19 was coming, and with it the life-threatening issue of accessing oxygen supplies in India. Salesforce Consultant at Nexell GmbH. .

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Global Giving

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Raising money for personal causes, and medical fundraising, in particular, is having a moment in places like India with crowdfunding websites like GlobalGiving’s partner, Impact Guru. As people become digitally connected, they gain access fundraise from empathetic individuals around the world. Blockchain to combat corruption.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

The service provides early access to new Twitter tools and a variety of unique features. Scheduling tweets is a must for nonprofits that want to engage an international following. Nonprofits tend to mostly tweet content about the sad state of affairs – international, national, state, and local. Retweet your own tweets.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2010

with print disabilities, with more than 70,000 copyrighted works in our library, the majority of which have been created under the US copyright exception by volunteers, mainly people with disabilities themselves, helping each other. • We now have global permissions for around 8,000 copyrighted books out of our 70,000. •

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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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 7, 2013

have been asking about the Treaty of Marrakesh (formal name: The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print Disabilities. Ultimately, this community should have equal access to all of the books that are needed for education, employment and social inclusion.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 9, 2013

In this second installment of the three-part blog series (the first one is here ) on Bookshare International, I’m excited to share some of the ways in which our Bookshare library is part of the latest trends in the digital publishing world and is thus going deeper and serving many more people.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Libraries for people who are blind or dyslexic are the primary source of accessible books in audio, large print or braille. Wouldn’t it make more sense to make it easier for people with disabilities to get access to the books they need for education and employment? We don’t have to ask for permission from the publisher or author.

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AUGUST 9, 2021

International Paper Foundation. They currently partner with 48 local organizations in 17 countries that work to secure equal educational access and high-quality education for all children. International Paper Foundation. Areas served: US, India, South Africa. Funding Priority: Education. Mellon Foundation.

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Tech Soup

JULY 13, 2012

This post was authored by Keisha Taylor, communications manager for the GuideStar International program of TechSoup Global. Technology product donations, training, and nonprofit data are all part of TechSoup Global’s offering to civil society in India. million NGOs in India.

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JULY 11, 2013

Mobilisation Lab: Started by the digital strategy team at Greenpeace International, the Digital Mobilisation Lab is comprised of a growing global network of staff and volunteers dedicated to people-powered campaigning. Landlines are rare, but inexpensive mobile phones are widely available and more accessible.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

Because computers in classrooms are so important for disabled children, they make optimum use of the accessibility features in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office. Orphans Getting an Elite Education in India. They’ve made good use of TechSoup’s donation programs. Childhood Cancer Support in Canada.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

The NASSCOM India Leadership Forum has multiple tracks based on theme. In addition, during a roundtable on social media at the conference, I was fortunate to meet social media experts in India ( @ nirav @ amnigos @ pranavbhasin @ paritoshsharma and @ avinashraghava ) who shared some examples. Tags: india twitter.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 6, 2006

I asked the folks there if they knew of less expensive accommodations, since the Taj Palace Hotel where the India Economic Summit was held was fabulous but also more than I'd ever paid per night in the U.S.! The meeting was held at what used to be the Viceroy of India's lodge in New Delhi, and steeped with history. I came to Delhi U.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

Note from Beth: During my trip to India in February, I was introduced to a nonprofit children's book publisher in India, Pratham Books. “It was set up to fill a gap in the market for good quality, reasonably priced children’s books in a variety of Indian languages. India has a reading problem and the problem is two fold.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2012

Because computers in classrooms are so important for disabled children, they make optimum use of the accessibility features in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office. Orphans Getting an Elite Education in India. They’ve made good use of TechSoup’s donation programs. Childhood Cancer Support in Canada.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2012

Speaking of impact, London, England-based Childreach International works in partnership with local communities in the developing world to help improve children’s access to healthcare, education, child rights, and protection. In the past year, Childreach International has impacted the lives of over 70,000 children.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Nonprofits get free access to Google Analytics, a robust tool that tracks what turns your audience on or off when they land on your site. Learn who your followers are, what issues they care about, which posts are firing up your base, and what types of content are gaining steam and going viral. 2 – Make Your Website Shine.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 13, 2016

For example, I extracted many insights about the international development field reading books like Easterly’s Tyranny of Experts or Maren’s Road to Hell. People who start novel organizations like Ashesi University in Ghana, Technology Access Foundation in Seattle, and Shanti Bhavan (a boarding school) in India.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 14, 2009

We discussed Chafee, especially in the context of the Amazon text-to-speech brouhaha, and the proposed international treaty that was tabled at the WIPO SCCR meeting in Geneva last month. Of course, if there is an international treaty on the topic and the U.S. These seems to be an important part of international copyright law.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

This was originally posted on the GuideStar International blog. The International Telecommunications Union (ITU). in the developing world where access to the Internet may not be very. multiple purposes that makes the mobile even more important, particularly where access to the Internet is problematic, and the. Developing.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2014

TechSoup has been running international video and photo competitions for some years now. It is a moving one and a half minute video about the struggle of untouchable caste Dalit children in India to grow up and be as successful as more advantaged children. In previous years, we called it our Digital Storytelling Challenge.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Previously, she produced the Our Social Times and Influence People’s North American Social Media Marketing and Monitoring conference series and started a web development and social media business, which leveraged an international team of programmers and designers across India, Romania, and the U.S.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Its mission is to offer products and services that help telecenters become self-sustainable while providing low-cost public access to computers and the Internet. It is one of the rapidly emerging " BRIC " economies, along with Russia, India and China. ATN is an NGO association of over 2,000 telecenters.

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