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How to Measure Podcast Downloads

Whole Whale

A podcast is basically a coded feed of XML that lists the information about your podcast, titles, descriptions and a link to where the MP3 audio file lives. Once this file is downloaded by a user’s device, your ability to track what they do with that file falls off of a cliff. Trying to track podcasts is pretty similar.

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How to Maximize Your Nonprofit CEO’s Social Profiles

Whole Whale

First, shameless plug for Whole Whale tools that will help a team working to increase a social presence: Linkedin tips article Whole Whale’s Social Media Course NonprofitNewsFeed.com is a weekly nonprofit news feed that can give your team ideas for content for a CEO to react to. Rev.com or Otter.ai

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Technological Protection Measures and the Blind

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The digital content is presented as text, but the built-in read-aloud capability is disabled because of ambiguity over audio rights. And of course, these digital-only textbooks are being delivered with TPMs that hinder access. In both cases, it’s about circumvention for accessibility, not circumvention for breaking the law.

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WordPress 4.8: What’s New and Notable in the Latest Release

Byte Technology

The first major release of the year definitely promised some tantalizing changes and additions, features and enhancements, but the company was, of course, remaining tight-lipped about everything the update had in store for users. Well now version 4.8 In the previous article we mentioned the addition of a Visual Editor widget for text.

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Advancing Reading Equality with Bookshare’s Exponential Growth

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Thousands of ebooks are pouring into the collection each month thanks to the dedication of our volunteers around the world and partnerships with more than 500 socially responsible publishers who donate their digital files. Bookshare titles range from vocational to research to teacher-recommended reading. The majority of our members are U.S.

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Donor Spotlight: Lavelle Fund for the Blind

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Of course, in India and other developing countries, the gap is even larger. It was again a grant from the Lavelle Fund (our third) that allowed us to develop the ability to provide accessible MP3 audio versions of our materials and realize the enormous potential impact of mobile reading options for individuals with print disabilities.

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10 Volunteer Training Ideas for Onboarding All Types of Volunteers

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or “I love filing so much! Even if shoveling soil or filing reports is their volunteer role, chances are they’re with you because they believe in the higher purpose of your nonprofit: the mission. Now, we’re getting closer to why your volunteers are here at all. Focus on your mission. That’s why I volunteer.”