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Real-world lessons in the painful consequences of outdated software

Nimble AMS

When in-person school was no longer possible, Fairfax County Public Schools, in Northern Virginia, launched virtual school for its 189,000 students. Troubles began immediately , with teachers and students having problems logging in to the online school system. The challenges went on and on. Why did this happen?

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Rockstar Nairobi Social Entrepreneur

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

She runs a for-profit social enterprise named Daproim that provides data entry services using disadvantaged students as their primary workforce. Bookshare is our large digital library for students with disabilities such as blindness or dyslexia. Daproim has more than 7600 applications from Kenyan students who want to work there.

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Technological Protection Measures and the Blind

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The digital content is presented as text, but the built-in read-aloud capability is disabled because of ambiguity over audio rights. Common problems are the inability to go back, pause, spell words (or names) or access footnotes (or be forced to hear all footnotes).

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Flexible Space: The Secret To Designing Powerful Training

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Graduate Students at MIIS Class Doing Group Exercise in Flexible Classroom Space. Classroom style with desks puts a barrier between the students and the instruction, especially when people are using laptops or tablets to take notes. Join me for a FREE Webinar: Training Tips that Work for Nonprofits on Jan.29th

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Think You’re Not a Writer? Your Guide to Writing a Great Fundraising Appeal

The Storytelling Non-profit

In the brief, I also like to map out five elements that I know I’ll cover in the appeal, which are: Context Core problem Solution Compelling reason to give Urgency Going through this process might seem time consuming, but it actually helps you get a head start on organizing some of your ideas for writing. I do this about 50% of the time.

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10 Volunteer Training Ideas for Onboarding All Types of Volunteers

Qgiv

The founder will take on the problem, which leads directly to the start of your nonprofit. You can decide whether the story is written, told in video , or audio, spoken person to person or to a group, or better yet, in some combination of the above. Discuss what you do today.

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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In what is known as the “ braille provision ,” the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 2004 mandates that the teams who help write educational plans for students with disabilities presume that all blind and visually impaired children should be taught Braille unless it is determined to be inappropriate. Accordingly, U.S.

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