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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2013

A thought leader in the intersection of philanthropy, law, policy, and technology, Bernholz writes about the business of giving in books, articles, and her award-winning blog, Philanthropy2173.com. com. She is working on her second book, tentatively titled, The Future of Good.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 1, 2012

This landmark federal law, known as the “Emancipation Proclamation for people with disabilities,” has been remarkably successful in protecting the rights of people with disabilities. The ADA prohibits discrimination and mandates that Americans be accorded equality in access to employment, goods, services, and other opportunities.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Right now, we have multiple law school clinics that would love to tackle new projects with us, projects we actually have but lack the bandwidth to pursue. The DMCA 1201 ruling on ebook access through DRM circumvention was clearly aimed at us: should we take up the challenge?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Our breakthrough in the conception of Martus came in 2000, when I was looking to expand Benetech to new frontiers of social good beyond our origins—helping disabled people access books in what is now our Global Literacy program.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2013

Founding donors to the fund include Google Fiber , the Illig Family Foundation, Sprint , Global Prairie , Polsinelli Law , and J.E. Digital Divide libraries digital inclusion digital literacy tspubliclibraries' Dunn Construction. Image: City of Kansas City.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2011

This raises some interesting questions for how nonprofits and libraries talk about the digital divide and how they advocate for public access technology and technology skills development. I think this has interesting implications for how organizations talk about and advocate for public access technology and skills development.

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Tech Soup

JULY 20, 2011

For them, it’s about having reliable and fast Internet access; accessing health care services via mobile in rural areas; voicing views online without fear of persecution, not having useful services blocked by Internet service providers (ISPs), not being exposed to cyberbullying, or fearing to become a victim of online fraud.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

We want you to tell us how you are using TechSoup product donations to promote digital literacy. states of Maryland, North Dakota and Vermont; the Canadian province of Québec; and in any and all jurisdictions where skill contest advertising promotions are prohibited or restricted by law. Interesting proposition. a) In General.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

We want you to tell us how you are using TechSoup product donations to promote digital literacy. states of Maryland, North Dakota and Vermont; the Canadian province of Québec; and in any and all jurisdictions where skill contest advertising promotions are prohibited or restricted by law. This Challenge is void in the U.S.

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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.

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Tech Soup

MAY 31, 2013

VietNet-ICT’s vision is to narrow the digital divide by providing ICT access to poor people in Vietnam. VietNet-ICT also actively participates in policy discussions to formulate laws and policies relating to information, technology, and communication towards sustainable development and equity.

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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. The Reading, Literacy and Learning Conference. The Reading, Literacy and Learning Conference. It doesn't just stop here! So don't wait! Did your event make the list? Philanthropy Southwest / Austin, TX / $675. 10/29/2019.

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Candid

JANUARY 13, 2023

As you might have guessed, the phrase “boots on the ground” originated in reference to soldiers, law enforcement, and related personnel who were “physically present in a military or police operation.” When communicating about literacy, we should always strive to avoid the term “illiterate.” Boots on the ground. Illiterate.

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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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2011

We’re against piracy, and have made commitments to authors and publishers to encourage compliance with copyright law. We provide accessible ebooks that can be spoken aloud, turned into Braille or large print. We write software for people with disabilities as well as human rights and environmental groups.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Classes Nonprofit organizations often offer classes that cover a wide array of topics, from literacy and language skills to financial literacy and job training. Health Screenings and Clinics Health screenings and clinics are vital educational events that provide access to essential health services.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 6, 2007

We have reality tours where we take people out to other parts of the world, kind of reverse Club Med, "get your butt off the beach and meet real people," see the development projects, the literacy campaigns, the women's groups, the political opposition parties, the trade unions, but focused on positive, build the next system kind of things.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

KR: The Global Fund for Women has an extraordinary commitment to keeping our doors open so that as many organizations working to advance women's human rights internationally can really gain access to resources that they so desperately need. Those are some of the ways in which we try to make those decisions.

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