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Highlights from the Salesforce.org Nonprofit Summit

Saleforce Nonprofit

The Summit welcomed some of the most impressive individuals and organizations in the nonprofit sector, including Boys & Girls Clubs of America , Mary’s Meals, World Central Kitchen, the Ford Foundation, Greenpeace, Save the Children, and more to speak at the event’s global mainstage, in breakout sessions, and on thought leadership panels. .

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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, VP and General Manager, Benetech’s Global Literacy Program. Betsy Beaumon I recently had the honor to speak at the first-ever Braille Summit , hosted on June 19-21, 2013 by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) and Perkins School for the Blind.

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GreenTech Book Review: Green IT for Sustainable Business Practice

Tech Soup

In our quest to shine a light on shine a light on what's going on in green IT for nonprofits, libraries, and really anyone running or working in a small to medium sized office, we'd be remiss to not call some attention to a new book by UK-based author, Mark O'Neill called Green IT for Sustainable Business Practice. read more.

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Fascinating Meeting at the Copyright Office

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We discussed Chafee, especially in the context of the Amazon text-to-speech brouhaha, and the proposed international treaty that was tabled at the WIPO SCCR meeting in Geneva last month. Authors are fighting over how much money they get: it’s clear that they are being paid. The Chafee Amendment The U.S. copyright law.

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Mission Possible: Tell Us Your Symantec Story and Win Prizes!

Tech Soup

The grand prize will be a $500 Amazon gift certificate, with five honorable mentions receiving $100 gift certificates. Sponsored by TechSoup Global (" Sponsor "), 435 Brannan St., With the knowledge that your information is safe and your organization is secure, how can you better focus on your mission? Share your story.

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Benetech: the Equilibrium Change Machine

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The authors present a two-by-two matrix. As the author William Gibson famously noted, “The future is already here – it's just not evenly distributed.” Bookshare is terrific, but it’s fundamentally a separate system where a specialized library becomes the primary source of books for its patrons.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

While google and yahoo have blog search features, Technorati is the considered the recognized authority on tracking blogs, It finds out who is saying what right now and is currently tracking over 75.2 Photo Sharing around an organization's programs/mission - Global and National Youth Day. How to find them? milllion blogs. They don???t

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