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Towards Global Access for the Print Disabled

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I’m heading to Geneva later this month for the next major meeting at the World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”), to hear the latest and make my three-minute oration as an accredited NGO representative (first time for me!). A definition of formats that includes Braille, audio and digital text, but excludes large print and video.

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15+ Giving Tuesday Campaign Ideas (and Expert Tips) for 2021

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Any nonprofit or NGO can participate in Giving Tuesday, and there’s no payment or registration needed. The Friends of the Davenport Public Library had a successful Giving Tuesday “Stock the Pantry” drive in which they collected donations to launch their 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program: 13. Host a concert. Craft a follow-up plan.

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Benetech: the Equilibrium Change Machine

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Before Benetech was founded, blind people were read to either in person by a family member, volunteer, or paid reader, or via audio cassette tape. Bookshare is terrific, but it’s fundamentally a separate system where a specialized library becomes the primary source of books for its patrons. Enter the Born Accessible movement.

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106 Free or Low-Cost Online Tools and Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The Internet Archive Wayback Machine is an online library of almost 500 billion screenshots of websites since 1996. GoToWebinar enable organizations to host webinars with VOIP audio or toll free numbers, polls, analytics, and recording. Zoom is an affordable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing. MeetUp :: meetup.com.

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[VIDEO] Emerging Trends in Nonprofit Social Media Marketing

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We have a live library in our lobby here at Bloomerang. So, yes, I think the Global NGO Technology Report found the majority of nonprofits do agree social media is effective for creating brand awareness. It’s an audio-only app where people start different rooms around different topics, and then you can pull different people in.