Byte Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2021

This means that any company that provides service for the general public must ensure that its structure has room for or can accommodate people living with disabilities of any kind. No matter how long your website has been up and running, it’s never too late to be sure you are reaching everyone and maintaining a well accessible website.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 12, 2014

HathiTrust, a unanimous three-judge panel concluded that digitizing books in order to enhance research and provide access to individuals with print disabilities is lawful on the grounds of fair use —that is, a limitation and exception to the exclusive rights granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work ( Section 107 of the U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

Last week, the National Federation of the Blind and 22 organizations serving people with disabilities filed detailed objections to a petition from a group of makers of e-reader devices led by Amazon to be exempted from accessibility requirements under the relatively new Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act.

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Nimble AMS

MAY 25, 2022

Technology is irrevocably integrated into our daily lives. Like it or not, in our digital-driven world, non-members will evaluate how your association leverages innovative technologies to determine whether your organization is worth joining. Adopt innovative technology at your association. A modern platform.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

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. Today, we are poised at a moment in time where we can transcend the limitations of past book technologies and bring the power of books to all humans.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Plenary Talk at the Eighth General Assembly of the World Blind Union Access to published information is an essential requirement for education, employment and full social inclusion. People with vision impairments and other print disabilities deserve equal access to that treasure of information.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 23, 2023

This article aims to demystify the process of adopting AI for nonprofits and show some of the advantages this technology can bring. Along with access to the latest version, ChatGPT 4 Turbo, which is the most intelligent model available at the time of writing, it also provides access to an array of additional tools.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

This includes accessible educational materials, such as e-books that can be used with computers, or mobile devices that display enlarged text or read the book aloud while also highlighting text. We have the technological innovations to help these children and their families and educators, who are looking for strategies to aid their success.

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Byte Technology

MAY 4, 2016

Johnson signed into law the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), a sweeping measure that suddenly allowed all American citizens access to public records that where previously out of reach to anyone but government employees. It may seem hard to imagine but it’s been 50 years since President Lyndon B.

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Cloud 4 Good

MARCH 8, 2022

The Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network (NTEN) will be holding its annual Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) on March 23-25, 2022. Although there were plans to return NTC to an in-person event following the very first virtual NTC in 2021, the decision was made to return again to the virtual realm to ensure public safety.

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VisionLink

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Multiple industries are represented at AIRS, including Housing and Homelessness, Aging and Disabilities, Crisis, Health Care, Public Health, and more. The conference Program Committee did an outstanding job of putting together quality sessions that incorporate cross-sector collaboration, diversity, equity, inclusion, and access themes.

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.orgSource

APRIL 1, 2024

Whether I’m writing about marketing, strategy, or technology, one idea always surfaces. There are technology tools that can make information and data analytics accessible to everyone. Identify the employees on your team who love innovation and technology. We all know this, right? But—you can’t know, what you don’t know.

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Association Analytics

AUGUST 14, 2023

As such, some organizations have already jumped on the bandwagon and are quickly adapting, while others are hesitating to embrace the potential of this technology. Types of AI Tools To start, it’s important to know about some of the models already available to the public.

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.orgSource

MARCH 18, 2024

There are endless unanswered questions about where technology, and particularly AI, will take us, our lifestyles, and our careers. Beyond technology, there are cultural shifts that are making a major impact on the association community. They’re doing outreach to inform the public that accounting is still a great career choice.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Isolation taught us the value of the relationships and the technology that sustained our communities. Nancy’s Story “Working with public institutions was especially important during the early days,” Nancy recalled. “We There was no working partnership with industry and public health. I am still evaluating the lessons learned.

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Candid

JUNE 4, 2021

As more than ten thousand people a day continue to die from COVID-19 around the world, a report from the Rockefeller Foundation calls for urgent action and proposes financing models for ensuring equitable global access to vaccines. No one is safe from COVID-19 until everyone is safe, and that means being vaccinated.

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VisionLink

JULY 26, 2022

In honor of National Disability Independence Day, Visionlink commemorates the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and celebrates the structural changes across the US since July 1990 and the assistive digital technologies that we've embraced. Together we celebrate truly inclusive solutions. Your Visionlink Team

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 24, 2022

GolfStatus.org has partnered with The Celebrity Source to help connect charity golf tournament organizers with celebrities, athletes, influencers, and other public figures.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 28, 2017

Some people say technology is the great equalizer. And it's true that there are many examples of how technology opens doors and levels the so-called playing field. But others might say that equality is contingent upon access. There is still a significant disparity between who can and cannot touch certain technologies.

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VisionLink

JULY 12, 2023

How and why this starts with the Contact Specialist's work, and how the quality of this data goes on to impact public access to services, data exchange, reporting, community information exchanges, and your revenue and grant awards. All on one multi-partner, multi-program platform to reduce your technology costs.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

You can’t prevent the radical transformations in employment that new technology will certainly introduce. The differentiator now isn’t only the fastest piece of equipment or technology. To keep pace with the speed of business, teams need to reinvent themselves along with innovation and technology. It’s having the best talent.”

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 15, 2009

Brief Comments on Accessibility Concerns on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) The disability community should be concerned about ACTA for two reasons: At its core it’s an anti-piracy agreement. The digital measures designed to defeat piracy usually end up equating accessibility with piracy. Why have public decision-making?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 5, 2010

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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 2, 2021

The Open Data Project seeks to gain a better understanding of how NGOs, NPOs, and charities worldwide use technology for digital marketing and fundraising. To view the data, please take the survey, and once submitted, you will be provided instant access to browse and download the data by region and by country. ? Take the Survey. ?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 13, 2011

I just spent a couple of days in Vancouver with the team at the Public Knowledge Project , a terrific example of an open source social enterprise. Their largest project is Open Journal Systems, software for running a scholarly journal.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 9, 2019

This new technology allows journalists and other stakeholders to access conversations among the individuals whose day-to-day lives feel the impact of important community issues. Additionally, community members who participate develop a greater understanding of each other’s perspectives as the discussion progresses.

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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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Tech Soup

AUGUST 7, 2009

Through the MaintainIT Project (and now TechSoup for Libraries), resources , articles , spotlights on librarians, webinars , and events have been created — all with the greater goal of helping libraries share their expertise with one another, learn new skills, and improve their technology infrastructure and outreach.

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Twenty Hats

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

So I think, in many ways, for as often as everybody complains about technology and all the challenges, I think this past year could have gone very differently if we didn’t have these platforms.” — Volunteer manager embracing technology in Ohio. The [public] transit didn’t go there.”. “None of us were ready for this.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2023

It’s no secret that technology is advancing, and nonprofits will need to get on board if they want to stay ahead of the curve and ensure that they are retaining their top donors. But quick technological advancements can be overwhelming, causing many people to feel uncertain about where to begin.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 22, 2020

Every board member should have easy access to committee reports, strategic plans, fundraising goals, and any other document that will help them make the best possible decisions about the nonprofit. But by the end of the switch, your board will have more access to information, a more reliable memory, and increased collaboration options.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Certain regions, often referred to as “media deserts,” have limited or no access to local news coverage. Training and capacity building: Offer training programs, workshops, and resources for journalists to improve their skills, adapt to new technologies, and stay competitive.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 18, 2017

Each year, Knowbility hosts OpenAIR (Accessibility Internet Rally). OpenAIR is an online event that provides mission-based organizations both with a new, professionally designed, accessible website that accommodates all visitors, and with expanded awareness about accessibility issues. Web accessibility means.

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Candid

JANUARY 5, 2023

Chantal Forster, Executive Director, TAG ( Technology Association of Grantmakers ). Is social sector data a type of public good? How does the social sector fund (or charge for) data infrastructure as a public good? With impala, nonprofits and foundations are already enjoying free access to all the data they need.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Jane Vincent, Usability/Accessibility Manager for the Center for Accessible Technology in Berkeley, California presented on a TechSoup webinar that focused on Assistive Technologies for Public Computers. She gave a wonderful talk about how to make public computer labs more accessible for everyone!

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John Kenyon

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Marnie Webb, CEO at Caravan Studios, recently asked nonprofit tech folks via Twitter “I’m giving a talk on the next wave of technology for NGOs. What groups of technology would you include? ” I think Marnie was asking about tools or technologies, like Artificial Intelligence or Machine Learning.

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EveryAction

MARCH 8, 2023

But swapping technology can also seem intimidating. For example: Determine what data permissions/access they’ll need to do their jobs. Provide them with user names and passwords for system and program access. It involves change, which can feel uncomfortable.

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