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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. To bring the power of books to everybody on this planet, we must make books truly accessible. Third, the print book is not universally accessible.

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Open Source Means Strong Security

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

“Your secure software is open source: doesn’t that make it less secure?” We strongly believe not only that open source is compatible with digital security, but that it’s also essential for it. The goal of a safe is to keep unauthorized people from gaining access to its content. I know which one I’d choose!

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The FCC and Accessibility

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The FCC just did a series of four blog posts asking for feedback on their new accessibility plans. Comments on the FCC's Accessibility Plans (June 2010) My main recommendation to the FCC is to be more ambitious about accessibility. Here are my comments on the big picture and a couple of their proposals.

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VolunteerMatch.org Opens Public Access to its Network

Care2

VounteerMatch , the web’s largest and most popular volunteer network that helps people find local volunteer opportunities with over 65,000 nonprofits is opening up its network to outside developers under a Creative Commons license to expand the non-commercial use of its free service. Receive monthly updates.

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22 Membership Benefits Your Nonprofit Can Offer

Neon CRM

Access to Exclusive Content One of the primary benefits of joining a membership-based organization is gaining access to exclusive content. This might mean educational resources, research reports, and industry insights that non-members cannot access. Think about the ways you can help your nonprofit’s members connect!

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Nonprofit Leadership Transition: Best Practices

NonProfit Hub

If you’re not sure how much time to provide, consider these conservative timelines: Creating a posting for the open position | 1 Week. Posting the open position | 1 – 2 Months. Start by working on internal messaging and move outwardly toward the public relations messages. Logins, Lists, and Licenses. Wider Team.

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What the Third Sector Can Learn from the Public Sector

NTEN

Those are the values President Obama cited last December in his Open Government Initiative. I attended "In Code We Trust: Open Government Awesomeness" at SXSWi on Friday. Their theory is that anything they build has to be built open source, so that the taxpayers can access and use any innovations. Participatory.