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Go Green with Video, Audio, and Web Conferencing

Tech Soup

" Virtual meetings are live or "synchronous" interactive meetings in which each participant sits at their own computer or phone and is connected to other participants via the Internet and mobile devices. Some interesting ones are: Skype — the overwhelming favorite free audio and video calling service internationally.

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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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Donor Spotlight: Lavelle Fund for the Blind

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Twelve years ago, the Fund made its first grant to Benetech, in support of the then newly launched Bookshare , our accessible online library for people with disabilities that get in the way of reading print, including visual impairments and dyslexia. The Lavelle Fund for the Blind has been a wonderful partner to Benetech.

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Guest Post: Nell Taylor on the Chicago Underground Library

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Last month, I got a chance to talk with Nell Taylor, founder of the Chicago Underground Library. Someday we want to collect audio and video, too, but we’d need a pretty serious operating budget to do that and at least one full-time employee. Nell will be responding to comments on this blog and can also be reached here.

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Creating a Culture of Storytelling Webinar Recap

Tech Soup

The webinar provided case studies of how one nonprofit and one library created storytelling cultures within their organizations. The case studies were presented by Zoe Blumenfeld, communications manager for Global Fund for Women , and Viktor Sjöberg, digital services librarian at Escondido Public Library.

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Digital Storytelling Challenge Awardees Announced!

Tech Soup

We screened highlights from the more than 100 video, image, and GoldMail submissions and celebrated the great work nonprofits and libraries are doing to tell their unique and important stories. Third Place: Tabor Kalaka 2009 by The Community Foundation of Odorheiu Secuiesc awarded Adobe Production software.

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Software to Grow Your Nonprofit

Tech Soup

" Your nonprofit’s website is the first interaction that many people in the community, including constituents, donors, and grant makers, have with your organization. Content management programs like Windows SharePoint Server 2010 for Internet Sites (admin fee: $708) are used for deploying and managing a public-facing website.