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Technological Protection Measures and the Blind

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Why Circumvention for the Purposes of Access is Crucial A Bookshare Briefing Paper Prepared for the Diplomatic Conference for Visually Impaired Persons The distributors of digital content often use technological protection measures (TPMs) to discourage the making of unauthorized copies.

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What is in the Treaty of Marrakesh?

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

So, this means books, periodicals and other similar textual works, including audio versions of those titles. It covers music in the form of sheet music, but not audio or videos of performances. This is satisfied by having a law like the Chafee Amendment in the U.S., or similar laws in other countries like India and the EU.

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From Stories to Support: The Nonprofit’s Guide to Acquiring and Using Testimonials

The Modern Nonprofit

Consider in-person opportunities, such as events or meetings, to capture video or audio testimonials. Ensure this system respects privacy laws and regulations, especially regarding data protection and consent. These can be more personal and engaging. Engaging Your Community: Involve your community in this campaign.

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Donor Spotlight: Lavelle Fund for the Blind

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Embracing measured risk, The Fund has been willing to make early bets on Benetech, and has repeatedly chosen to invest in our prototype projects. I’d like to share our experience with Lavelle, where they took a series of calculated risks in grantmaking. In 2013, with the most recent (and fourth!)

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Navigating Resilience & Opportunity in a Changed World

Saleforce Nonprofit

Traditionally, Erica said, we measure our working relationships by quantity, such as how many meetings we have or how many people we connect with. Connectional intelligence and digital body language can create trust, build relationships, support work-life balance, and prevent burnout.

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Towards Global Access for the Print Disabled

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I’m measuring this entire effort by how it much it does to change this sorry state of affairs, in both the short and long term. It is narrower than the Treaty, and is not binding as a treaty would be (some call it “soft law” compared to the “hard law” of a treaty). law (this is a wildcard issue right now). . •

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NpTech Tag: Roundups from and about Facebook and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" If your organization is using social media, perhaps you've been wondering how to measure or whether if you can even measure "embeds" (that cut and paste script for videos, badges, widgets, and the like). Rashmi Sinha offers some thoughts on how to do it. You'll also need some video editing software.

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