Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 7, 2013

Reading a Bookshare-downloaded book on the BrailleNote portable device Launched in 2007 to replicate the proven Bookshare model internationally, our Bookshare International library has already grown to serve members in more than 40 countries , many of whom are in the developing world. This is an area of special focus for our Bookshare team.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 23, 2023

“Workarounds are effective, versatile, and accessible methods for tackling complex problems,” shares the author of the new book, The Four Workarounds. In Part 1 of this fascinating and instructional book, author and Oxford University professor, Paulo Savaget , explains what workarounds are and how to come up with them.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 28, 2011

In Europe, Africa, the Middle East, or India? Based upon the book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits , this webinar begins with defining Web 1.0, Related Links: Book Tour Fundraiser: 11 Cities in the United States, Canada, and Africa. Time: 11am – 12:30pm AEDT ( View Time by City ).

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 22, 2021

One example is Innovation: Africa ‘s ongoing iCampaign. Innovation: Africa makes it easier than ever for fundraisers to sign up and get started. Innovation: Africa’s Fundraiser Signup. Book a demo to learn how to maximize your fundraising on CauseVox. Check out their website landing page.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 29, 2016

Imagine: Watching an evening news segment about the poaching crisis in Africa and pointing your remote (or smartphone) at the screen to easily donate to an anti-poaching unit. Imagine: Listening to your local public media during a pledge drive and signing up to become a monthly sustainer through voice recognition while driving. 3) Smart TVs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

7) First Book Marketplace :: fbmarketplace.org. Proceeds benefit First Book, a nonprofit that provides new books and educational resources to schools and programs in low-income communities. From books and DVDs to toys and party supplies, playtime has never been more educational and fun. 8) Getty Store :: shop.getty.edu.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2008

Congratulations to Laurie Moy of Pearl of Africa. She was comment number 9 on the Book Giveaway Post and the number 9 was randomly selected from random.org

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 5, 2017

For Nonprofits in the Middle East and Africa: 1. Based on more than 20 years of experience and 25,000+ hours spent utilizing mobile and social media, Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits is a comprehensive 256-page book packed with more than 500 best practices. The Arab Giving Survey :: Download.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 23, 2021

“Humans really struggle with change, especially, change we did not choose,” shares April Rinne , author of the new book, FLUX, 8 Superpowers For Thriving In Constant Change. “To Fortunately, her new book shows you how to do exactly that, and how to help others do so too. Run Slower. It enhances your productivity. See What’s invisible.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

The Marrakesh Treaty was signed last year, and now the efforts are ramping up to ratify and implement the Treaty, with the goal of helping overcome the book famine faced by people with print disabilities. WIPO has a mandate from its member states, and is working to address the need to change laws and get more accessible books flowing.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2014

Two 14-year-old girls, one in the US and one in Malawi, had their lives changed when they joined forces to fight the AIDs epidemic in Africa. This is the story of how a Michigan faith based organization called Hope Endeavors leads significant humanitarian work from a home office. based NGO and Malawian NGO, Hope Endeavors needed help.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Judy Heumann (left) moderating the panel on empowering the world''s billion people with disabilities On the second day of the CGI Annual Meeting, I announced Benetech’s Commitment to Action : Leveraging Technology to Bring Books to the Blind in India.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 17, 2013

A citizen of Paraguay, he is the founder of Fundación Paraguaya , a financially self-sustaining social enterprise that promotes entrepreneurs in Paraguay and Africa through microcredit and entrepreneurship education. and Africa.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2016

According to the soon-to-be released 2017 Global NGO Online Technology Report : – “NGO” is the predominant term used in Africa (53%), Asia (52%), and Europe (31%). For those organizations that prioritize.NGO or.ONG: 1) Pick a date for launch. 2) Direct your website to your new.ngo or.ong domain.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 10, 2009

LearnAsOne is a charity that works with local partners and communities in Africa to fund schools and support their running costs. It could be teacher training, classrooms, a feeding programme, sanitation and clean water, books, school fees or teacher’s accommodation. Tags: community digital learning africa education.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2010

We now have global permissions for around 8,000 copyrighted books out of our 70,000. • We now have global permissions for around 8,000 copyrighted books out of our 70,000. • Compare that to Google Book Search, with more than 25,000 publishers signed up for their commercial program in a similar time period.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Samasource connected us with Daproim in Nairobi to proofread books for our Bookshare project. I was surprised to find out that we’re her largest customer right now, with more than 100 students working on proofreading educational books for Bookshare. We go way back with her firm. Her limitation is not lack of human capital.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2012

In 2008, she asked for advice about raising money to go to Africa to help support the first community access television station opening in Ghana. When I think of story telling, I think of books. In 2008, I raised money to go to Africa to help support the first community access television station opening in Ghana.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The link need to be like so: Africa. The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in: Africa. TARGET END LINKS. ## Central and South America. ## North America. ## Africa. ## Europe. ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> Africa. Asia and Pacific Rim.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

In February 19th, Joel Comm has organized an event called " Tweetathon " on Twitter to promote and sell copies of his new book, Twitter Power: How to Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a Time and help a nonprofit that supports children in Africa, China, and India. I can relate to that!

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 24, 2006

Her new memoir, Unbowed , is the kind of book that you put down every 50 pages and say to whomever is listening, "You're not going to believe what happened next." The beginning of the book is peaceful and slow-moving, a description of an African girl growing up on a farm in Kenya, but education changes everything.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2012

Starting Zoetica came on the heels of one of the most dramatic changes I made in my life in recent years. Starting Zoetica came on the heels of one of the most dramatic changes I made in my life in recent years.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 15, 2009

" Tags: roundup africa book bookmarks casestudies data development ebook economy free funding future innovation list microgiving music nonprofits nptech opensource orchestra postalicious report resources socialmedia strategy survey technology trends.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Alongside dozens of 9-year-old Kenyans in discarded party dresses, I worked diligently for months to organize the books. Shipping costs are astronomical, and, depending on the items, it can be far less expensive to check items as excess baggage on flights with travelers coming to Easy Africa. Bring them the books.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

She had been working in public health in Africa before heading to Stanford. Bookaccess is where people with disabilities get their electronic books at reasonable prices, and the publisher makes some money. After all, that's the whole point of universal design ! I ran into a Stanford MBA student at TED, Joy Sun.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2015

The book shares how and why our mind pays attention to some events, ideas, or people and not others. The book goes into detail about each of these triggers, describing how they work and examples of how organizations and people capture attention. Parr shares two examples of a fundraising pitch. Which one would people likely donate to?

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 14, 2006

If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. Toni Morrison Here's my list of Favorite Books of 2006, in the order I read them. Both books are crazily well-written. The book documents mother and daughter's trip around the world to meet worldchanging activists.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 29, 2015

For example, the African Widlife Foundation’s “Africa’s Poaching Crisis” infographic : View Full Infographic and Landing Page. The first step is to embed a large version of your infographic (minimum 800 pixels in width) to a visually appealing landing page within your website (or blog).

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

Unlike the old adage "Don't judge a book by its cover," a website is judged by the strength of its cover; a strong and well-delivered home page. The Africa Hope Alliance. The Africa Hope Alliance (AHA) uses some of the same strategies, but tailors their site to meet their specific mission.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

He was a character invented not long ago to sell bookings on Hotels.com. Remember Captain Obvious? If he was on television today, he’d be telling us, “In 2020, the world changed.” No kidding! But what a lot of people are expecting (really, hoping) is that after a while, we’ll go back to normal. Not so fast. Mary’s University of Minnesota.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2012

She is the second college student we are supporting through the Sharing Foundation’s program. (I’m donating the royalties from my new book, Measuring the Networked Nonprofit , towards her education). College tuition in Cambodia compared to the US is not that much, for many young Cambodian women it is beyond their grasp.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2012

This book is a gem. What’s refreshing and different about this book is that it isn’t about trying to get everything done efficiently. This past year of writing the book “Measuring the Networked Nonprofit” with KD Paine and editor Bill Paarlberg, I got a taste of slowing down.

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Care2

AUGUST 3, 2011

I had not heard of Lisa or her book; but after travelling through a first-person account of her involvement in the fight to end Africa’s World War, I was extremely moved. She talked about the horrific conflict that has ravaged the lives of Congolese women for over a decade – and how we as individuals can stop the violence.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 9, 2007

It isn't often that you can't wait to keep reading a book about genocide, but that is how it was while I was reading Not On Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond by Don Cheadle and John Prendergast. The book is interspersed with personal anecdotes from Cheadle and Prendergast.

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Achieve

MAY 21, 2017

uses VR to give donors an up-close and very personal look at the crisis of poverty in Africa, while. Derrick's latest book, "Social Movements for Good: How Companies and Causes Create Viral Change" was released in March 2016. For example, One.org. Alzheimer’s Research UK.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

Lasica , a consultant and author of four books about emerging technologies. Her upcoming book “The Networked Nonprofit” will provide a social media roadmap for nonprofits. Ken Banks, who is using mobile technology to foster positive social and environmental change in the developing world, particularly in Africa.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

The conference was created by Soren Gordhamer in 2010, author of the book, Wisdom 2.0. I use pen and a note book to take notes! I couldn’t help but think about how important content curation skills, information literacy, and encouraging a movement around this as Clay Johnson suggests in his book, the Information Diet.

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