Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

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. Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, VP and General Manager, Benetech’s Global Literacy Program.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Why not record their story in honor of StoryCorps' National Day of Listening the day after Thanksgiving (November 27th). If you have a computer with a built-in microphone, you can probably record directly into an audio program like Garageband (Mac), or Audacity (Mac or PC). Whose story would you like to capture?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

Last week, the National Federation of the Blind and 22 organizations serving people with disabilities filed detailed objections to a petition from a group of makers of e-reader devices led by Amazon to be exempted from accessibility requirements under the relatively new Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 17, 2022

The topic of learning to navigate a half-digital, half-physical world was also inescapable in the mechanics of the conference itself, which offered long-awaited happy hours and networking breakfasts to in-person attendees while also creating an extremely accessible online experience to virtual attendees.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 21, 2016

For those interested in strengthening civil society in general, today's digital spaces are one of the few arenas in which big ideas can reach big audiences, build constituency, and clearly demonstrate political will. Take Part in the Digital Storytelling Challenge! Want to see inspiring examples? What Can You Do?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 7, 2013

First, it makes creating a national domestic copyright exception an obligation of countries that ratify the Treaty. So, this means books, periodicals and other similar textual works, including audio versions of those titles. It covers music in the form of sheet music, but not audio or videos of performances. Article 2(c).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

What began as a small online library, with a collection built in large part by its users, is now the primary national supplier of electronic accessible educational materials for students with print disabilities. Our new work in the coming years is based on a simple premise: Everything born digital should be born accessible.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

This tool turns your smartphone or desktop computer into an audio recorder that allows you to easily share audio messages and podasts with your supporters. This website allows users to build visually appealing interactive timelines using video, audio, images, location, social media, and timestamps. Cinchcast :: cinchcast.com.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

Its key points are: • A recommendation that import and export be permitted under national law in all WIPO-member countries between Trusted Intermediaries (“TIs”), a narrow class of nonprofits and government agencies with a primary mission to serve the print disabled, with the option of charging TIs for the privilege to do so. •

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Libraries for people who are blind or dyslexic are the primary source of accessible books in audio, large print or braille. These ebooks can be instantly turned into the accessible format needed by the student with a disability, such as braille, enlarged print, or our most common format, audio through a computerized synthetic voice.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

We want to help lead the charge into a future where the advantages of digital information touch the lives of all people, not just of the richest and most able five percent of humanity. The application allows any user to send information—including photos, videos, audio, or text—simply and securely to a Martus account.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

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. It’s of course this last capability, flexibility, that is so powerful for people with disabilities. And that’s how Bookshare was founded.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

The nexus for this work is the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the United Nations agency that deals with such matters. I’ve been to national meetings in the U.S. The context We’ve been supporting the World Blind Union and other groups in the pursuit of a Treaty for the Visually Impaired for the last five or six years.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 13, 2008

Under Kundra's leadership, the District is using simple technologies to become, arguably, one of the most transparent metropolitan governments in the nation. We've blogged about Kundra's presentation previously, but now his slides are available for the first time (with audio). I've embedded them below. You can register now !).

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Connection Cafe

JULY 15, 2019

Sure, you could pay for some audio books — but there are also a wealth of podcasts that are just as, if not more interesting than said books. Epic Episodes Include: Episode 100: Driving Business Performance with Digital Transformation. Lizzie Brown On Creating Scalable Positive Change & Gross National Happiness.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2005

I was particularly eager to hear the afternoon lecture , Cyber Strategy for a Developing Nation , by Charles Nesson at iLaw. The initial cyberstrategy was to capitalize on the inmates' interest in music by using music as a means of teaching digital skills. Taking that process from individual level and extrapolating to national level."

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 6, 2006

My first visit after the India Economic Summit was to National Association for the Blind (India) to see Dipendra Manocha. I was able to tour the facilities, which included at least three digital recording studios using the DAISY software for human narrated books.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2007

I purchased a $10 digital camera for Harry from the drugstore. He has been taking photos and then using them to illustrate a digital diary. This is a digital native in action. This is a dramatic difference from working with digital immigrants. but now will work towards weaving these into the digital exploration.).

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

JP helped with efforts related to the Collaborative’s use of different communication technologies and digital flow. This can be through email groups, digital breakout rooms, or other chat board software. During this phase: Check audio to make sure speakers sound loud and clear. Have an Emcee. Contact Local Media.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

15 per person/minute for audio is very tough to swallow. Even the unlimited plans (which start at $50/month, or possibly discounted) have pricing for audio, which I hadn’ t realized. It was this audio pricing that drove a stake in the heart of my ReadyTalk plan. It does, apparently, do audio via VOIP. It’s $.24

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

According to a National Council of Nonprofits report , the vast majority of nonprofits operate at the grassroots level, and 88% have budgets less than $500,000. Slack Platform overview: Slack is a messaging platform that enables employees to send and receive multimedia messages, including regular chats as well as audio and video clips.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2014

Find the free audio recording and presentation of the event here. He is also the former executive director of the Craigslist Foundation , one of the founders of the national Social Media for Nonprofits conferences, and the author of Nonprofit Management 101 (Jossey-Bass) among many other things. Preview your emails on mobile devices.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 21, 2006

With currently over 25,750 books, Bookshare.org has become the national repository of member-contributed scanned accessible books. To get that book in large-print or as an audio book somebody else (the publisher, in most instances) had to decide to make the book available in alternative formats. Scanned books? Accessible books?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2021

Hybrid meetings are familiar for many nonprofits, particularly larger international nonprofits with many country offices or national networks with affiliate office locations. Organizations have to consider more than just Zoom and high speed Internet, everything needs to be digital to get the job done.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2008

For our email messages, we're getting help from Blue State Digital (Obama's online strategists). We created a wiki full of sample avatars, banners, widgets, videos, audio clips, etc. All 700+ chapters are participating in the campaign. I think we're employing every fundraising method in the book ! that are easy to grab and use.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

E-books, therefore, make access to information an affordable reality, as more and more people, including students, have a device in their pocket capable of operating as an accessible e-reader: from inexpensive mobile phones and MP3 players to Braille note-takers that can store thousands of e-books in digital Braille.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

Podcasts are simply audio blogs that were downloadable, and you could put on your favorite digital audio device (hence, "Pod"casting). Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Should this ED, and/or this organization have a blog?

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 12, 2007

December 10, 2008 will mark the 60th anniversary of the General Assembly of the United Nations' adoption of the Declaration. From the site: "The WITNESS Hub and Google Earth are working with the Every Human Has Rights campaign to build a global digital databank of human rights stories, in text, audio and video."

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

More and more money is donated on this national day of giving each year. Try offering incentives such as: Digital incentives like badges. Try providing a genuine thank-you message to your donors with video, audio, and visuals. How does Giving Tuesday help nonprofits? As awareness for this movement has grown, so has its success.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

I've listed all of the interviews below with links to the audio and the transcripts. A big thanks to everyone who listens to the program, and reads the interview transcripts here on Have Fun * Do Good. Please note that because the interviews take place over three years, some people's work has changed. Co-Editor, Reproduce and Revolt!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

8) Digital download donation rewards. One of the benefits of internet events is that you may distribute immediate access to digital goodies like downloads, special offers, or links to webinars. Consider things like ebooks, video or audio files, or even a private livestream session with a celebrity. 10) Hybrid concerts.

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Qgiv

JUNE 22, 2021

And, since all virtual engagements are facilitated by your digital tools, it’s the perfect method of collecting valuable data and determining if and where engagements are dropping off. Consider “National” days that relate to your mission, organization anniversaries, and other important dates that you might use.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

This tool turns your smartphone or desktop computer into an audio recorder that allows you to easily share audio messages and podasts with your supporters. This website allows users to build visually appealing interactive timelines using video, audio, images, location, social media, and timestamps. Cinchcast :: cinchcast.com.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2011

across the nation. what is commonly referred to as “digital signage.” ” With digital. The company sells small devices that transmit high-definition video and audio over a computer network in a very simple and expandable manner. Technological advances are forcing constant changes in libraries.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 31, 2009

I think at the national level we're always going to have The New York Times , CNN, and The Washington Post to do national investigations, but what we really are threatened to lose in the next year to five years is local investigations and local reporting. Is it video and audio? And are stories only written? What are the mediums?

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Mikko noted that when Heureka switched to digital screen-based exhibit labels from graphics, they saw an entirely new behavior: kids reading labels, instead of their parents reading while the kids hit the hands-on elements.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2017

In this age of increasing hacks and cybercrime, the Norman Rockwell Museum has a lot of digital assets, museum operations data, and private patron data that need to be protected. His hundreds of covers for the Saturday Evening Post magazine alone are a national treasure. " Digital Assets: Preserving Art over the Long Term.

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