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

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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. However, as a technology, printed books come with serious challenges for some communities (like blind people) that technology can unlock. Love of the print book. We can do better!

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Thank You, Gerardo!

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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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Blackbaud Discontinued Crystal Reports – Now What?

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Across industries, organizations have been investing heavily to integrate analytics throughout every aspect of their company to capture a portion of the $9.5 eBook: Your Guide to Migrating from Raiser’s Edge to Salesforce . trillion to $15.4 trillion value that the McKinsey Global Institute estimates advanced analytics can enable.

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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

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“As organizations,” Osborne said, “we must liberate spending to focus on the promotion, learning and innovation around braille,” and recognize that we ought to embrace today’s changing economics and technology so that braille can be part of an equation which delivers access to information for all, not just to those who can afford it.

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10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014

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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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Why Your Country Should Ratify the Marrakesh Treaty

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The international legal landscape for people with these disabilities dramatically changed on June 28, 2013, when the World Intellectual Property Organization adopted the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled. delegation signing the treaty.

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5 Expert Tips for a Successful Salesforce Migration

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It is nonprofit technology for use cases like constituent management, fundraising, marketing and communications, and program management. Tom Leddy, Customer Success at Salesforce.org: Many people who work in the industry will tell you that no two nonprofits are ever exactly alike. Get a 360-Degree View of Constituents.

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