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Accessibility Excitement in Geneva

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This is totally the “how sausage and law are made” view, so don’t read this unless you want to know more about global accessibility in detail! The ABC would wrap together efforts such as TIGAR as a sharing portal, capacity building efforts for countries trying to create accessible book services and looking at issues like licensing.

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The Davos Blur

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In the morning, I attended a session put on by the Young Global Leaders with six interesting proposals. James Moody of Australia’s national research organization was talking about an idea of a humanitarian license for patents that has been floated by the YGL community.

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Shovel-ready Online Civic Projects #1: Global Development Commons

Forum One

Below I outline Project #1 - the "Global Development Commons". We think civic infrastructure for this online age needs to include open-source standards and software which provide a platform or framework for many to use, and which are licensed to allow others to extend and enhance the services. Project #1 Global Development Commons.

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My remarks just made at WIPO today

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We now have global permissions for around 8,000 copyrighted books out of our 70,000. • Most publishers don’t say yes or no.

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Find an Awesome Nonprofit Tech Training Near You

Tech Soup

We're a global movement with chapters in 24 countries. Every month, our global network of community organizers hosts Tech4Good events in more than 70 cities. The link need to be like so: Africa. Africa and the Middle East. Africa and the Middle East. IMAGE ATTRIBUTION GUIDELINES Image Name: Author / License.

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Growing the NetSquared Community

Tech Soup

But supporting a rapidly expanding global network of volunteers is difficult, so we've enlisted seven of our most engaged organizers to act as Regional Ambassadors. The link need to be like so: Africa. Africa + Middle East. Africa + Middle East. IMAGE ATTRIBUTION GUIDELINES Image Name: Author / License.

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Keeping Your 2016 Resolutions with NetSquared's Free Workshops

Tech Soup

Our live, in-person events are hosted by a global network of volunteers dedicated to building strong, self-sufficient local communities of nonprofit technology practitioners. The link need to be like so: Africa. Africa and Middle East. Africa and Middle East. IMAGE ATTRIBUTION GUIDELINES Image Name: Author / License.