Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

At Benetech, we always ask ourselves how our existing successful programs can reach more people who need our services and how we can apply technology in new ways to enrich and improve more lives. Recently Bookshare has reached two major milestones in its efforts to bring reading equality to disadvantaged populations around the world.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 28, 2014

A passionate technology-for-good advocate, Gerardo has made major contributions to Benetech’s social mission since he joined us over four years ago. He oversaw the development of numerous products and services that allow us to drive social empowerment through technology across all our programs.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, VP and General Manager, Benetech’s Global Literacy Program. With the goal of promoting braille literacy, this landmark meeting brought together braille experts from around the world to Perkins’ campus in Watertown, Massachusetts.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 14, 2011

Technology has revolutionized business, but bringing those breakthrough developments to government, education and the nonprofit sectors can take 5, 10, even 15 years. We’re convinced that there are many innovative social applications of technology could make a 5X or a 10X or even a 15X improvement over status quo solutions.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 3, 2011

One of these sub-themes is “Accessibility: removing barriers and promoting disability-inclusive development.” Of course, accessibility is right up Benetech’s alley and the focus of our Literacy program. Our innovative approach has revolutionized the traditional library for people with print disabilities.

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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 23, 2022

Other associations share the sentiment too. When your association chooses Nimble AMS, you break down the barrier of silos with innovative technology that offers robust reporting and dashboards to keep everyone in your organization seamlessly updated. Reporting on the state of member data.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

How can we use technology in a new way to improve people’s lives that is an order of magnitude better? Can we help stimulate the creation of far more technology-for-good ventures? Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice.

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Tech Soup

JULY 22, 2014

Technology, especially, can be difficult to stay on top of with constantly updating operating systems and new versions of software. Thankfully, there are many free or inexpensive training programs that can help you polish your technology skills. Did you know that you can get access to discounted training programs through TechSoup?

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2022

In this post, I’ll share funding and grant resources for nonprofits involved in the education sector. Their priorities range from facilitating book donation drives to supporting arts education to funding playground construction and family literacy programs. . International Game Technology. International Game Technology.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

It also underscores just how critical a balanced copyright law is for technology innovation. As a different kind of Silicon Valley tech company—a nonprofit with a pure focus on social good—our goal is to see that the best of technology gets applied to social needs left unaddressed by for-profit businesses. copyright law.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

On February 16th in Los Altos, California, I shared these thoughts on Robin Seaman’s impact on the world with her family and friends at her Celebration of Life. This results in an ebook, which can be shared by Bookshare legally with many thousands of other disabled readers. That's the Robin we all collectively know personally.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The odd thing about living through a technological revolution is you think it’s just another Tuesday. These technologies can do everything from poetry to code to digital art to research to essay writing. The hype is problematic, but the revolution is real. But things forever changed when OpenAI released version 3.5 We didn’t ask.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

However, technology is transforming innovation at its core and our team at Benetech does quite well in leveraging this “innovation at warp speed” for social good. I’m excited to share highlights from our work and its significance for the multitudes we serve. Don’t get me wrong: I love writing my updates. million grant from the U.S.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 9, 2023

Do they receive access to members-only events? For example, consider an organization for educators focused on improving literacy rates. One proven method of addressing literacy—especially in children with learning challenges—is approaching reading as a science. When someone pays for a membership, what do they get in return?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Technology trainers: you're superheroes, but not super human! When you work at a nonprofit or public library, it might feel like you constantly need to learn new skills to stay on top of emerging technology and adoption. But it's nearly impossible to know everything about every type of technology.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 31, 2022

By breaking down each goal into consumable sections, we hope you will be able to maximize the impact of the SDGs, harness a shared language in seeking funding, and bring about greater change. It serves as a guide to navigating the information, how your mission aligns, and the attainment of each goal.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

For them, Bookshare —Benetech’s Global Literacy initiative and the world’s largest accessible digital library for people with print disabilities—opens up a lifeline to reading. Please consider supporting our cause by donating to and sharing our fundraiser with your friends, family and colleagues.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Our team has been thinking hard about scaling positive social impact of technology work. I want to unveil several of these new initiatives, as well as sneaking in some of the incredible things happening in our core programs in literacy and human rights. and James L. and James L. with the books they need for educational success.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

And what if a person, regardless of age, could learn anything from typing to HTML to using an iPad without any cost or accessibility barriers? Libraries, nonprofits, and schools are already working hard to teach digital skills and competency, but they need support of the entire community to help people thrive in the technology age.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 20, 2006

Benetech's mission is to create technology that serves humanity and our longest-running commitment is to people with disabilities. We have been helping blind and print disabled people gain access to books for over 17 years. Two recent experiences underscored different parts of this struggle to deliver access.

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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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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

In the mid-1990s, Glenn met with his friend Barbara Altman to share his idea of opening a computer and career training center in Honduras. They achieve this through transformative digital advocacy, digital literacy, and tech certification training. Glenn taught himself the skills needed to maintain and repair computers.

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

However, you should notice early signs right away like the sharing between departments of information that used to be siloed. By sending messages at the right time to the right people, you’ll see upticks in open and click-through rates because they are receiving relevant content that they care about. Remember, this is a long game.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Privacy has always been an important topic in digital literacy. Scott Pinkelman, digital literacy innovation specialist at the Free Library of Philadelphia , recently presented on this important topic at the Digital Shift online conference. Share with us in the comments. This is sort of a hard truth to swallow. spanhidden.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

My personal goal is to channel the aspirations of the technology community to do more social good. More and more of my time is spent around both raising money and raising awareness of how much more could be done with technology to increase social impact. Are you excited about technology benefiting the world?

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NTEN

JULY 15, 2014

Similar to Mozilla, we share the belief that the web is a global public resource that’s an essential part of our modern life. Technology shapes how we learn, how we connect, and how we communicate, but not everyone has the basic skills and information they need to harness the power of the web. Taking part in a Maker Party?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Last week I was got to work on a week-long service trip in Cusco, Peru as part of Wake: Women’s Alliance for Knowledge Exchange #Tech2empower program where womwn in who work in technology volunteer to share their professional skills and knowledge with women-run business owners. That is what the #Tech2Empower program is all about!

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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

JULY 24, 2014

Bringing mobile devices into adult library programs can be an excellent way to promote library e-media and teach digital literacy skills. She will share tips for instilling technology confidence in staff and providing user-driven training. She will also share some examples of one-on-one ebook appointments at various libraries.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Participants joined from social media and the TechSoup community, some having arrived fresh from a webinar on websites for libraries held the previous hour, where presenters from Alaska, Nebraska, and Colorado shared their web designs and took questions on their respective hosting platforms. Making Websites Accessible. spanhidden.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 2, 2021

It is his mission to help clients transform their data into strategy and provide an integrated approach that blends creativity with technological sophistication. Over the last few years, she has served as a conduit for making these best practices accessible to organizations seeking to enhance their efficiency and workplace culture.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 14, 2021

A new survey from McKinsey finds responses to the Covid-19 pandemic sped business adoption of digital technologies by several years—and many of these changes will likely be here for the long haul. Do your donation pages require multiple clicks to access? . Digital Transformation Action Steps. We’re in unusual times right now.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

HART needed a technology solution that would allow it to go from a staff of 5 to 50 people — without having to pay additional costs or have extra maintenance. The library ordered 60 Dell refurbished desktop computers from TechSoup's Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) to provide its patrons with Internet access.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2016

Spring forward into technology for your nonprofit or library during March! Plant the technology seeds of tomorrow on Wednesday, March 16. TechSoup will offer a series of webinars about the use of technology and innovation for early childhood organizations and researchers during the year. Nurture Your Photoshop Skills.

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sgEngage

MARCH 4, 2024

Universities across the globe face challenges with successful digital transformation and what it means for their fundraising and alumni data, legacy systems, data literacy, and access to skills. Luckily, better technology solutions are now there to support sustainable growth, and recent innovations make these systems even stronger.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 21, 2014

In our last blog post , we talked about the surprising number of Americans without access to. information on low-cost computers and digital literacy training brings. together the access, hardware, and training needed to. Unlimited Access: It’s a $10/month Internet plan that offers unlimited data. getting connected.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

As more and more information moves online, Americans without Internet access are increasingly being left behind. provides a succinct visual summary of the issue and potential solutions, including: Why Internet access matters to individuals, communities, and the U.S. Picturing the Problem. The infographic. as a whole. What We Can Do.

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