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Donor Spotlight: Lavelle Fund for the Blind

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One foundation that has been a committed supporter of our work is the Lavelle Fund for the Blind. The Lavelle Fund exemplifies the tremendous social return that bold philanthropy can create. Embracing measured risk, The Fund has been willing to make early bets on Benetech, and has repeatedly chosen to invest in our prototype projects.

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A Quick Guide to Creating a Nonprofit Podcast: 5 Steps

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A few topics you might consider for your nonprofit podcast include: Nonprofit news Marketing tips Volunteer management Donor stewardship Corporate partnerships Donor-advised funds Grant preparation Capital campaigns Nonprofit sustainability On top of the podcast topic, you should also decide on its format. Audio interface. Headphones.

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3 Visual Design Tips to Strengthen Your Nonprofit Website

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Annual filing requirements To strengthen your visual design, you need to adhere to web accessibility best practices. For visuals with audio like video and podcast, you should supply users with transcripts and closed captions. The post 3 Visual Design Tips to Strengthen Your Nonprofit Website appeared first on Get Fully Funded.

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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.” About Nonprofit.Courses.

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Accessibility Excitement in Geneva

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There was also an associated effort called the Trusted Intermediary Global Accessible Resources (TIGAR) project, to ease the exchange of accessible book files between libraries for the blind and print disabled. The view of the World Blind Union was that the rightsholders (i.e., The question of licensing pretty much got punted down the road.

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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

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argued that we must shift from spending on the provision of hard copy braille to the provision of refreshable braille and the associated digital file formats to enable people to read so much more. “As Department of Education Office for Special Education Programs (OSEP).

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The search for good web conferencing

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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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