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Accessibility Excitement in Geneva

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This is totally the “how sausage and law are made” view, so don’t read this unless you want to know more about global accessibility in detail! Even though Benetech doesn’t have donor funding for this, our VP of Global Literacy, Betsy Beaumon, and I thought it would be worthwhile to attend this meeting.

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The Art of the Backchannel at Conferences: Tips, Reflections, and Resources

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Raymond raised some good reflective questions about backchannels that are still very relevant four years later as back channels goe more mainstream and search for best practices on how to incorporate them into our conferencing experience. Warning she says the F-word on the clip.)

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The Birth of a Field: Digital Media and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

While the speakers were talking, the avatars in Second Life were carrying on a lively debate in chat about the points raised, suggesting questions to be asked in the room in New York City, and passing along urls/resources related to the discussion at hand. He noted that media literacy has to be integrated as a skill set in all places.

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President's Update: Summer 2008

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In this photo, Tyler is listening to a book from Bookshare.org on his school's laptop with the assistance of the Kurzweil 3000 audio software. The project has been so successful at raising student reading skills that they hope to provide similar services to their non-disabled students as well.

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10 Types of Fundraising Event Software for Virtual Events

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This is helpful if an emergency occurs that prevents face-to-face meetings (like bad weather or a global pandemic) or if you simply want to increase participation with digital attendees. A dedicated peer-to-peer virtual fundraiser can raise a lot of money and thrives on your supporters’ personal networks. Let’s dive in!

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