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Towards Global Access for the Print Disabled

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The treaty does a lot of things, but let me highlight a few: • A global norm that there be copyright exceptions that allow for the making of accessible versions of copyrighted works for free on a nonprofit basis by a broad range of people or organizations, without having to get permission from the rightsholders. Support the TVI or AUPT.

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Thank You, Gerardo!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

He also championed an open source ethos so that our work can be broadly shared (you can view all our open source projects on GitHub ). a11y accessibility Bookshare engineering executive Gerardo GoRead innovation open source Read2Go'

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4 Ways to Boost Your Nonprofit’s Digital Storytelling with WhatsApp

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Elizabeth Ngonzi , is an Adjunct Faculty at New York University Center for Global Affairs where she teaches Digital Storytelling, Innovation and Fundraising. She has worked with Candid, Cornell University, the United Nations, and Vital Voices Global Partnerships, among others. Recent data indicates that there are in excess of 1.5

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How to Set Up an Event Live Stream

AccelEvents

By live streaming, you are opening up your brand a little bit more to show your customers your persona. . With a live video, live audio, and even live comments, your online attendees will see your brand in a different light. For example, someone might slip on the audio and accidentally say a swear word.

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Five Tips for Nonprofits to Avoid Virtual Fatigue

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Experts point to several reasons why we are feeling a loss of vitality, productivity, and wellbeing in our virtual workplaces: Online-mediated interaction and communications deprive us a full sensory experience as we are only limited to audio and visual experiences (when using video conferences) or just text. That is the dance floor.

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How Nonprofits Can Use Clubhouse to Build Community & Deepen Engagement

Saleforce Nonprofit

As social distancing left those of us non-banana bread bakers searching for entertainment, podcasts came to the rescue even more — with a 42% increase in listens globally. . Audio-based entertainment is flexible. Clubhouse is an audio-based social media platform that is gaining significant attention. The reason?

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TechSoup Global Donor Partner Profile: BetterWorld Telecom

Tech Soup

They also offer a discounted audio conferencing. I also like their TechSoup Global Donation Program Case Study of FishWise , a nonprofit that provides market-based tools to the seafood industry, enabling consumers and grocery retailers to support marine conservation through their seafood purchasing decisions.

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