Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

The Year That Was and the New Year Ahead Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, Benetech's VP and General Manager of the Literacy Program 2012 was a year of titanic shifts in the fields of consumer technology, education, and publishing, along with the requisite challenges brought about by such rapid change.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 19, 2024

Here are the four foundational principles that make up the WCAG: Perceivable: Your content must be presentable in ways that all of your users can perceive. For visuals with audio like video and podcast, you should supply users with transcripts and closed captions.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Some nonprofits have begun to lay a foundation for their mobile communications strategies. The technology does not yet exactly match the needs of the nonprofit sector, but its close. Trottr allows you to record brief audio messages with your cell phone that are then hosted on the Trottr website. Most haven’t considered it.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 20, 2015

We use digital ebooks at Bookshare’s core, which can easily be turned into braille, large print or digital audio (using synthetic speech technology). Carol shared that they had received an Impact Sourcing grant from the Rockefeller Foundation and scaled up their capacity. and we needed more help.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2014

They voraciously consume nonprofit technology blogs and study the mobile and social media campaigns of other nonprofits for inspiration. Rather than feeling overwhelmed by the speed at which technology now moves, they are energized by it. Video content needs to be edited and embellished with visual effects, animation, and audio.

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Global Giving

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

In celebration of the occasion of getting to meet this huge hero of mine, I’ve outlined five ways that companies, institutions, and nonprofits can harness technological innovations to advance financial inclusion and empower the world’s most vulnerable people: 1. Crowdfunding to unlock empathy and investment capital.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

There are contests to push filmmakers to “ tell the story behind the still ” and television producers are turning to this compact video recording technology. We recently shot a fundraising campaign video for the Autism Science Foundation with our Canon HD DSLR. DSLR Audio Isn’t Good. Why use a DSLR?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Last week, my adventure in Alaska started with a meeting with representatives from community foundations around the state of Alaska hosted by the Alaska Community Foundation. That’s where I met Joe Page from the Jessica Stevens Foundation who told the amazing about the Talkeetna Bachelor Society. Some Tips.

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MAY 8, 2012

The virtual Women Who Tech Telesummit which happens via internet audio and the web provides some of the most web thought-provoking, inspiring, and skills building sessions for nonprofit campaigners and social change makers. Women Who Tech TeleSummit – May 23rd. Register now! AFP TechKnow – June 4-5th. Hashtag: #RewireToInspire.

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NTEN

MAY 30, 2013

Evernote app - This free app allows you to save notes and ideas as an audio recording, picture, notes and to do lists. Sophia Guevara is the Chair of the Consortium of Foundation Libraries, and is a new member of the NTEN:Change editorial committee for 2013. What would you recommend to your colleagues?

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Tech Soup

JULY 28, 2014

Last week, the UK-based nonprofit Raspberry Pi Foundation announced the latest version of their popular Raspberry Pi computer. It includes a CPU, graphics processor, RAM, USB port (multiple ports in later models), audio and video ports, and an Ethernet port (later models only), and runs a Linux-based operating system. HDMI (rev 1.3 &

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

They also offered up shelter and respite for loved ones and animals: More community announcements via the KRTS wall The station answered questions on how to donate food and other supplies for firefighters, and even put together an audio report that they could pass on to other local radio stations upon listener request.

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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. Acteva: Mobile Technology Impacts NPOs.

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Tech Soup

JULY 14, 2016

Every website has four major components: brand, content, technology, and design. This approach is called the 4 Strategic Foundations of Effective Websites™ and has helped many clients achieve these results. The Four Strategic Foundations of Effective Websites. Putting It to Work. Brand Strategy. For a website, it means.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

I also lead a workshop on social media strategy for communications professionals who work with networks, nonprofits, and foundations. My reflections have mostly that has been around the subject matter of how nonprofits and foundations are thinking about and using social media. Know Your Audience’s Social Technology Adoption.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Each year, the Tides Foundation awards a $10,000 cash grant to an individual or group who has created an open-source software project that benefits nonprofits and movements of social change. The winner will be announced at the next Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in April 2012. About the Prize. Past Winners.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 3, 2011

The project arose from a grant announcement from MetLife Foundation around community engagement and outreach. Your recording booth asks participants for audio stories plus photos of themselves with their objects. We came up with a system that was much more structured and is based on audio, not video. How do you edit the stories?

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Recently, we''ve been talking at our museum about techniques for capturing compelling audio/video content with visitors. The project arose from a grant announcement from MetLife Foundation around community engagement and outreach. Your recording booth asks participants for audio stories plus photos of themselves with their objects.

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MAY 13, 2021

Before we dive into the many lessons learned in the quick pivot to virtual association events in 2020, let’s briefly touch on the basics of hosting a virtual conference to ensure we’re building from the same foundation. Use closed captioning alongside audio elements. Compare your virtual event platform against the WCAG standards.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2006

I just received my copy of Henry Jenkin's Convergence Culture which has been on my list ever since I heard him speak at the launch of the MacArthur Foundation's Digital Learning and Media Initiative. I listened to the audio feed of him talking to the kids, answering their questions. technologies don???t Again, it???s

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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 video). Mark Karnes" by Soddo Christian Hospital (Ethiopia).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2008

Robin Yap left a comment that he was leaving for Manila to teach social media to educational technology students, so I decided to part with my cherished copy of Dave Warlock 's Classroom Blogging. My ultimate dream would be to send Dave Warlock 's Classroom Blogging over to the Sharing Foundation's fledging computer school.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 6, 2008

Who's doing audio tours on iPods? The Museum Computer Network and Museum Software Foundation have teamed up to bring you MuseTech Central , a site where you can share your own technical projects and search through a growing resource list of others. I hope the registry will help us understand the trends in technology use.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 21, 2016

Our partner See3 will announces the winners of the 2016 GoDooder Video Awards at the 2016 Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC). April 5, 2016 — Storymakers 2016 #NPTechChat with our partners, the United Nations Foundation and +Social Good. Want to see inspiring examples? What Can You Do?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2015

It's all made possible by the church's creative use of technology. The core of the church is a 2,000-seat theater with a fully functional performance stage and state-of-the-art audio and video capability. The Hoss Foundation Partnership. Casual dress and enthusiastic participation are encouraged.

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Forum One

JUNE 9, 2008

Read More » Webinar Recap: Foundations and Online Collaboration Joe Anderson in Influence 24 Jun 2010 Forum One hosted a webinar on June 23 on online collaboration for philanthropic organizations. Chris Wolz manages this blog with the help of his colleagues at Forum One Communications, a web strategy/technology firm in the Washington DC area.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 7, 2007

Read More » Webinar Recap: Foundations and Online Collaboration Joe Anderson in Influence 24 Jun 2010 Forum One hosted a webinar on June 23 on online collaboration for philanthropic organizations. Chris Wolz manages this blog with the help of his colleagues at Forum One Communications, a web strategy/technology firm in the Washington DC area.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

This morning I attended the MacArthur Foundation Digital Learning briefing that was taking place at the Natural History Museum in NYC. He was also in NYC and live blogging the event as was Danah Boyd - the official MacArthur Foundation live blogger. That's my avatar, I'm live blogging from Second Life. local time).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

Doug concluded his welcoming remarks with posing some important questions for the future for participants to reflect over the next few days: How do we keep a balance between the emerging and traditional technology so we keep in touch with digital natives and those who have limited connectivity? No one clicks on the button.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 12, 2020

In order to capitalize on this momentum and host a successful virtual conference, there are a few foundational elements and processes that absolutely need to be considered or addressed. Event technology , like most other technology, can experiences glitches or failures. Have Robust Tech Support.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

I just read the new book from Sally Osberg, President and CEO of the Skoll Foundation, and strategy guru Roger Martin, Getting Beyond Better: How Social Entrepreneurship Works. That’s the group the Skoll Foundation wants to invest in: social entrepreneurs driving large-scale change. The authors present a two-by-two matrix.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2007

She introduced me to a utterz , a micro audio blogging tool. Elizabeth Dunn works for the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod, but she is also a nonprofit technology blogger. I love her writing about social media trends. She tagged me for media snackers meme that is traveling through the blogosphere. I met her through Jane.

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CauseVox

MAY 11, 2023

Examples of Beneficial Artificial Intelligence Technology for Nonprofits In this section, we will explore some examples of artificial intelligence tools for nonprofits you can use to augment your work. For instance, this particular type of technology has come to play a crucial role in wildlife conservation.

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DNL OmniMedia

JULY 14, 2021

Your organization uses nonprofit technology to track data, research donors, communicate with volunteers, and market upcoming opportunities. Let’s walk through the benefits of using technology in your training strategy and how you can create e-learning courses that make an impact. Why not use it to train your team as well?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2006

The technology is cheap (compared to a few years ago). Current offers TV time; Sunlight Foundation and moveon.org ran contests for the best ads, with Sunlight offering cash prizes. For example, perhaps not have the talking head the whole time, but keep the audio and incorporate still photographs and titles to tell the story.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 12, 2020

In order to capitalize on this momentum and host a successful virtual conference, there are a few foundational elements and processes that absolutely need to be considered or addressed. Event technology , like most other technology, can experiences glitches or failures. Have Robust Tech Support.

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