Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2020

Digital storytelling enables nonprofits to tell their stories across multiple media, potentially in multiple languages, and to reach unknown readers and viewers through the power of tagging and amplification. Viewing WhatsApp attachments is actually somewhat easier than accessing the same kinds of attachments sent through email.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

I have good news: For $5 million a year, we can build a global library that provides tens of millions of people around the world who are blind, low vision, or dyslexic free access to books that will work for them. We’re already delivering services at scale in three other countries—Canada, the UK, and India. This one does.

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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

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. The second blog post looked at our growing Bookshare Spanish-language program. Digitally processing Arabic-language content is no easy task.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Benetech’s Bookshare library continues to expand its international service providing accessible books and publications to members in more than 30 countries. Bookshare International members now have access to more than 50,000 titles, including books in Spanish, German, French, Hindi, and Tamil, and a collection of textbooks in Afrikaans.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Viji, who is from India, received a BA in accounting from Madras University and moved with her husband to the Bay Area. Since Viji was raised in India, she began looking at the educational challenges faced by people from that country. In countries outside the U.S.,

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

The Goal The goal is pretty clear: insuring that every person on the planet with a serious print disability has access to the books and other printed material that they need to get an education, make a living and be included in society. So, your lawyer’s opinion may vary, and is likely to be better informed on the legal aspects.

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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. Write tweets in clear, concise language. Embrace a writing style known as plain language which is becoming an increasingly important skill for social media managers. 2) Tweet or retweet 2-10 times daily from early morning to late evening.

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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

Random House Mondadori and Expanding the Spanish-language Bookshare Program Benetech’s strong relationships with numerous partners across sectors are fundamental to our continued success. Penguin, he points out, is a growing power in China, India and Brazil, while Random House is pervasive across Spanish-speaking Latin America.

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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

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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

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. While the majority of our members are U.S. The Treaty was signed on the spot by over 50 countries.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Many organizations, however, overlook ensuring that their web presence is accessible to individuals who may have visual or auditory impairments. Accessibility in Developing Countries. According to Malhan, the biggest challenge in the developing world for the disabled is a lack access to resources and information.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Unlike the.ORG domain which can be registered by any individual or brand (but mostly registered by nonprofits and socially conscious for-profits), the new.NGO and.ONG domains can only be registered by nonprofits, charities, NGOs (non-governmental organizations), and ONGs (non-governmental organizations in a romance-based language ).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 28, 2014

I explained Benetech’s efforts to grow the impact of our Bookshare library globally, specifically discussing partnerships with groups in India and Kenya. If Andrew and his peers can’t cure their blindness, could we help them with access to information? Of course, we’d have to focus on local language content.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 18, 2008

The main reason for my visit to South India was the National Seminar on Print Access For All, which was organized by the dynamic Mr. Krishnaswamy. He has taken on delivering print access as his personal project after his retirement from a senior police force role.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 11, 2009

Cisco writes about a public-private partnership they have had with British Telecom and OneWorld that offers a voice accessible knowledgebase for rural farmers. LifeLines India allows them to call in and —using a voice activated system in their local language — get advice about their needs.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Recently, Social Misfits Media’s Community Manager, Angharad Francis, interviewed the brilliant Pushpa Aman Singh, Founder of GuideStar India. In this interview, Pushpa discusses her journey prior to founding GuideStar India, her role in helping NGOs and how WhatsApp is driving strong communication among stakeholders.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 12, 2006

I had an introduction to the one of key leaders in India's outsourcing revolution, Mr. F.C. We had a great conversation high above south Mumbai in the Air India building, which overlooks Mumbai's peninsula. We discussed literacy and access for the blind, and I learned about one of Mr. Kohli's passions, which is adult literacy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

We’ve published those results and our partner network has translated the executive summary into a wide variety of languages. And that means advocacy and access can happen in ways similar to open government efforts. We heard that from Africa, India and Latin America. What Do We Think We’ve Learned With This Survey?

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 15, 2013

Like the Pew Internet & American Life Project , we believe that over the next decade most people will access software applications online using several different types devices rather than depending primarily on tools and information housed on their individual, personal computers. Find the first post in this series online.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 16, 2022

Illuminate India and Clubhouse Guatemala both completely cover the cost of many of the children in their programs with monthly sponsors. As with all Asks, center your language around the things you’ll be able to do with the donor’s money – like the lives they’ll be able to change. Very good question.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 14, 2009

We believe that print disabled people should be able to buy accessible books at the same time and at the same price as nondisabled people. But, we’re not willing to lose the copyright exemption and let down the next two or three generations of print disabled people during the transition to equal access nirvana!

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Problems were that many survivors had no internet access, let alone electrical power, let alone computers or even computer literacy. It eventually garnered 45,000 users who took advantage of the easy-to-access tool to place reports. This proved to the Ushahidi team that their tool would be valuable to communities around the world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

When I taught Networked Nonprofit workshops for NGOs from India and Pakistan , all the examples and even the icebreakers were relevant. It is really important to pay attention to body language (discomfort, confusion, boredom, etc.) I always bring a suitcase of supplies, but some spaces come equipped with supplies.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 6, 2019

India drafted its first data privacy bill. This information must be presented to data subjects “in a concise, transparent, intelligible and easily accessible form, using clear and plain language.” (Art. 2018 was a seminal year for privacy. Its executives were hauled before Congressional committees.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

There are now 990 actively engaged Fellows— across the five focal countries of Ethiopia, Nigeria, India, Pakistan, and the Philippines—regularly participating in the Leadership Development for Mobilizing Reproductive Health network activities. There is controlled access. 1) Everybody is People.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

World Food Program USA (WFP USA), the US affiliate of the 2020 Nobel Prize-winning United Nations World Food Programme, has beautifully adapted the story of Rani—a precocious student in India who receives meals fortified with micronutrients—for their blog, Facebook, and Instagram.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

My 8 day visit to India was a whirlwind. The Nasscom Foundation in India, the epicenter of nonprofit technology and social innovation, invited me to present as part of the Global CSR track in a session about reaching the Bottom of the Pyramid with technology and social media. I'm still recovering. No wonder I am still tired!

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

So people that speak multiple languages or that live in different countries that have different ways of communicating and of seeing the world. I can see someone said that they work in India. WhatsApp is huge in India. So WhatsApp is available in multiple languages. So you can download the app in any language almost.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

So often, government control, or just lack of access to information and media, prevents people from really being able to be educated and informed about serious issues that are going on around them. There is also a really practical level of source access. Our primary goal is to provide that empowering employment.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 1, 2010

Another Schwab social entrepreneur, Richard Jefferson of Australia-based CAMBIA, spoke on behalf of greater transparency in patent databases as a crucial start in realizing greater access to the knowledge embedded in patents. Lisa Nitze, the new CEO of the SEA, had made a point of connecting the two of us.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 7, 2013

The goal of the treaty is to make it possible for people who are blind, or have other print disabilities, to get access to the books they need for education, employment and inclusion in society--no matter where they live. We are at a point where accessibility can and should be the default mode for all books. under a Treaty.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 16, 2008

I was born in India, in Bombay, and I have four brothers and sisters. I'd say we have got more than 15 people on-board now for this idea, which is to put all the research that has been done on this issue into one place where people can access it. BB: What brought you to this work? Why do you do this work?

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2014

It takes advantage of urban density imagining new business models that prioritize access over ownership, peer-to-peer networks over hierarchical control and challenges our consumer status-quo. trillion annually, exceeding the total GDP of Canada, Australia, Russia, or India. AirBnB tells us… that.…

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