Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

At Benetech, we always ask ourselves how our existing successful programs can reach more people who need our services and how we can apply technology in new ways to enrich and improve more lives. Bookshare titles range from vocational to research to teacher-recommended reading. The majority of our members are U.S.

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Byte Technology

JUNE 13, 2017

And finally there’s the Audio Widget which (you guessed it) allows you to upload audio files such as MP3s and WAVs into the HTML5 audio player. In the previous article we mentioned the addition of a Visual Editor widget for text.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2012

The recent upgrades in our Bookshare site and service such as the new audio formats, images, and image descriptions motivated several Members to share their thoughts, and we sought their permission to share those thoughts with you! Another Member, Diane Fazackarley also commented on our new downloadable audio formats. I love them.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

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. In 2013, with the most recent (and fourth!)

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AccelEvents

JULY 16, 2021

With Real-Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP) services, you can upgrade video streaming technology simply and effortlessly. . This is known as Transmission Control Protocol-based technology, and it was initially developed by Adobe and their work on the Adobe Flash Player. . It is now referred to as RTMP ingest.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 19, 2024

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. Robust: Your website must be compatible with different browsers and assistive technologies.

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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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Qgiv

JANUARY 17, 2024

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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

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 We strongly support this position and believe the digital content revolution holds the best promise for the future of braille.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

NTEN is hosting the Online Nonprofit Technology Conference - a two-day virtual conference taking place on September 16 and 17th. Remember the whole conference will be archived, so you if you can't spend the entire two days online listening in real time, you can always download the audio files and listen later.

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 10, 2017

version introduced a whole bunch of new media widgets such as rich text, audio and video etc. As far as “under the hood” changes go, look for better mapping for theme widgets and navigation menus when you choose to switch themes; a ditching of the SWFUpload library; and recurring and automatic searches for files in plugin and theme editors.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 18, 2023

Paid search has become a channel that reliably generates new-to-file donors, even when brands bid on their name alone (branded search). Fluent / Care2 technologies These platforms are great for achieving scale in lead generation at the top of the funnel and allow for performance-based pricing in lead generation.

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Care2

JULY 9, 2010

Make Audio a Vital Medium for Your Non-Profit. Using audio files may be more powerful than you think. Jill Foster , a communications consultant in DC, recently spoke to me about the virtues of stand-alone audio. Jill Foster , a communications consultant in DC, recently spoke to me about the virtues of stand-alone audio.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Flickr photo: lovebugstudios As an Executive Director, I especially love talking to other leaders about technology. For the ED, the ultimate win for technology comes when we get even 1% more efficient. So, for my fellow nonprofit leaders, here are the technology tools I can't live without. That's all it takes.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

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. Beyond that, it would be great to work with WIPO to bring Bookshare books and our assistance technology into broader service.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

There have been occasions where new technology was introduced and the publishers made the money and the authors did not get a share. And in exchange, the SFWA encourages their members to voluntarily give Bookshare their content (high quality files remove/greatly reduce the danger of errors creeping in). The ship has sailed.

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Tech Soup

JULY 12, 2012

Web conferencing is a technology that can be a game changer for an organization. cents/minute for Adobe Connect and audio conferencing services combined, just for nonprofits. cents/minute for Adobe Connect and audio conferencing services combined, just for nonprofits. Why Should You Also Use Audio Conferencing Services?

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NTEN

JULY 11, 2011

Photographs are likely the most common form of media added to your site—and likely the ones whose accessibility guidelines you are familiar with the most—but this category also includes videos, audio files, and downloadable documents. Prepare guidelines: Explain why these additional fields are required during content capture.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 26, 2012

While my favorite thing about doing these audio interviews is getting to know Convio coworkers and let you meet some of our staff that you may not otherwise run into, I think most people familiar with Convio will know how important Vinay Bhagat is to our company and the nonprofit sector. Author: Corey Pudhorodsky.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

Today, we are poised at a moment in time where we can transcend the limitations of past book technologies and bring the power of books to all humans. However, as a technology, printed books come with serious challenges for some communities (like blind people) that technology can unlock. Love of the print book.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing August 17, 2007 I decided, perhaps rashly, that one way of exposing people to, and training people on, open source software, was by doing web conferencing.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Making wise and affordable technology investments can help in all of this. Human resources software can save you time, reduce paperwork, and help you get rid of paper HR files once and for all. Audio conferencing and online collaboration solutions are important for staff and volunteers spread across the state, country, and world.

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Tech Soup

JULY 23, 2013

So it's a good thing many TechSoup donor partners offer mobile versions of the technology you already rely on for your nonprofit, charity, or library. Huddle's file sharing, collaboration, and project management tools are in the palm of your hand with Huddle's collaboration apps , available for a variety of devices.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 31, 2012

You’ll find her active on the Convio Community and throughout the nonprofit technology community. Connection Cafe Podcast 8 - Judi Sohn Download audio file. I’m grateful to have her as a coworker and fellow NPTechie. At Blackbaud, Judi is a Senior Client Success Specialist on our Common Ground team.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

Know Your Audience’s Social Technology Adoption. Twitter Training Notes and Audio File. Flip Cam Training Training Video , and Audio File. Jeremiah Owyang has a terrific post with some advice on how to do this. He suggests: Prepare More Than Ever. Monitor the Backchannel While Speaking. Deployment Packet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2007

What I really like about screencasting is that it has helped me learn about software and technology. But wait a minute, what if I could create a screencast out of a screensharing session or using a web conference system like Ready/Talk that offers video/audio recording? Yes, that is possible and it has been done. What did I learn?

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 10, 2017

Give Your Technology a Boost. Guide by Cell lets you create interactive audio tours of exhibits that visitors access with their mobile phones. Sign up for our weekly email By the Cup newsletter and Product Alerts to keep up with nonprofit technology news and new product donation offers. Image 2 : Microsoft. spanhidden.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Skeptics doubted the iPod in 2001 , but it went on to help revolutionize how people consume music and audio content. The platform lends itself to investments in high-definition movies, high-resolution photos, and audio-clips — stories that help reveal "what your support is accomplishing."

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

ReadyTalk's web and audio conferencing service is available for donation to eligible nonprofits and libraries through TechSoup. We also hosted dozens of webinars each year to help our technology vendor clients meet their own lead generation goals. Read Anita's bio at the end of the post.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2006

This is a powerpoint that Cheryl Hanback and I used to lead an N-TEN Affnity Group of technology trainers at last year's Nonprofit Technology Conference. And, now I'm not sure where my upload bombs of png files were due to that problem or not). However, Liquid Steam's tech support is excellent! Humor always comes in handy! -I

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 31, 2008

But interestingly, Yugma is now integrated with Skype, which totally changes the whole audio on a separate channel issue. at 3:56 pm Great America Networks Conferencing has a WebConferencing tool called QuickVisuals that lets you share your desktop, PowerPoint, video files, webcam from a PC/Mac/Linux platform easily.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

We therefore want charities and libraries to make maximum use of our articles, blog pieces, how-tos, tech-for-good news, and other nonprofit technology information. From our point of view, sharing our content helps TechSoup achieve its mission: making technology information available to every charity and library that needs it.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 7, 2021

Since it is a live event, you might find yourself spread thin if you have to organize the event technology and live streaming platform while also connecting with each attendee through the live chat. . Audio Equipment. For some, the capabilities of the audio on the prosumer camera is just enough. Setting Up Your Live Stream.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2006

Why add KB or MB to the file size when my content instructional. Lack of technical skills or software tools in cutting, splicing, fading the audio and weaving it with the video track. The decision to add a music track is a trade-off between file size and dramatic impact. I've resisted adding music for three stupid reasons: 1.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2014

The winner of the digital storytelling award that promotes a youth cause or STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) is "Free Running in Baltimore" by Wide Angle Youth Media, created by Tyson Sanford-Griffin. Please visit the site to view this file). Please visit the site to view this video).

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 10, 2014

We recently added computers with the latest technology: solid state drives (SSD) which “boot faster, launch apps faster, and have higher overall performance” plus withstand impact ( PC Mag ). Record training webinars and save them as video files. They can now get donations of QuickBooks financial software too.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2005

We have a couple of projects going on at the Walker Art Center that are audio based. We started off wanting to make audio tours freely available to all of our patrons and we were unhappy with most of our commercial options. And after we saw how popular podcasting was getting we packaged the same audio up as podcast (on that same page).

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