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Donor Spotlight: Lavelle Fund for the Blind

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This pilot paved the way for our work in the education field. It gave us the opportunity to conduct for the first time a sizeable outreach campaign in education, provided us with informative user feedback and case studies, and supported the development of Bookshare’s initial K-12 collection. In 2013, with the most recent (and fourth!)

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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. Textbooks in IDEA, the United States K-12 special education law The issue of TPMs is the biggest future-proofing question in the Treaty.

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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.

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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

One of the biggest reasons is that among people who are blind, braille literacy has been linked with higher education levels, higher likelihood of employment and higher income. Department of Education Office for Special Education Programs (OSEP). Accordingly, U.S. federal law supports braille instruction.

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Retention Strategies for Different Types of Donors from Year End

Qgiv

While acquisition should still be a part of a diversified fundraising strategy, if you want to reduce attrition, focus on retaining the support of those already in your donor file. He is an avid (but aging) soccer player, audio book enthusiast, and the heavily-disputed UNO champion of his household.

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Objecting to Accessibility Weaseling

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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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Digital Donor Acquisition Strategy Best Practices

Allegiance Group

You have the burden of educating the potential donor: introducing your organization, the problem your organization is trying to solve, and the value your organization provides. Paid search has become a channel that reliably generates new-to-file donors, even when brands bid on their name alone (branded search).

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