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What is in the Treaty of Marrakesh?

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Ultimately, this community should have equal access to all of the books that are needed for education, employment and social inclusion. First, it makes creating a national domestic copyright exception an obligation of countries that ratify the Treaty. Noteworthy Articles in the Treaty: Article 2(a). Article 2(c).

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

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

However, as a technology, printed books come with serious challenges for some communities (like blind people) that technology can unlock. With a press of a virtual button, an ebook can be printed, displayed in large print (on a page or on a display), made into braille (on a page or on an electronic braille display), or read aloud as audio.

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A Social Publishing Strategy by John Gautam, Pratham Books

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In ongoing conversations with John Gautam on Twitter, I've learned more about how their overall social publishing strategy which balances their curated content or "branded" content with community conversations to co-create social content. An important ingredient to our strategy was building a community around our mission.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » The Chronicle of Philanthropy – Telling Moving Stories

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The article features the case study of our client the American Jewish World Service. “Increasingly, audio and video on the Web are critical tools [for nonprofit groups] for communicating to people about the work they’re doing, and I only see that intensifying,&# Ms. Click here to view the front page of the issue.)

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » The Chronicle of Philanthropy – Telling Moving Stories

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The article features the case study of our client the American Jewish World Service. “Increasingly, audio and video on the Web are critical tools [for nonprofit groups] for communicating to people about the work they’re doing, and I only see that intensifying,&# Ms. Click here to view the front page of the issue.)

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Mobile Social Networks Get a Boost - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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With these kinds of numbers, it’s no wonder ABI’s VP is so convinced: "The rapid rise of online social communities - gathering places such as MySpace and Facebook - has done more than bring the pen pal concept into the 21st century. A mobile community member’s location can be used to organize off-line events.

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Benetech: the Equilibrium Change Machine

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The book is an expanded version of their seminal article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review from 2007, “Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for Definition.” I always refer aspiring social entrepreneurs to the article when they ask me how they can win a Skoll Award. It makes a copyright exception like the U.S.

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