Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

Last week, the National Federation of the Blind and 22 organizations serving people with disabilities filed detailed objections to a petition from a group of makers of e-reader devices led by Amazon to be exempted from accessibility requirements under the relatively new Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

But, I'm also interested in improving my skills as a trainer - especially facilitating social learning or learning in public. What is Social Learning or Learning in Public? But, I think that social media is unleashing a new opportunity for social learning or learning in public for adults. Twitter Training Notes and Audio File.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 15, 2011

On our Facebook page , our community is reflecting on their technology accomplishments. We understand that executive directors may not have the time to attend webinars or conferences about technology. We knew we didn’t want to get into the print publications business – we’re a technology organization!

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Greater Giving

JUNE 17, 2021

Running a livestream is an investment of time and often money, and many nonprofits hired production and audio-video vendors to create high quality, immersive programs for virtual guests. This wasn’t surprising, given the rapid rate at which nonprofit organizations were forced to learn brand new technology.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 23, 2020

And as event technology advances and people become more and more familiar with a digital format, the benefits of a virtual trade show become abundantly clear. Streaming video for presentations, webinars, and branded virtual booth experiences. Scheduled video, audio, or VR sessions.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

But if they are farther afield, consider having them appear through a real-time virtual session or video conferencing set up. . If the speaker is popular and engaging enough, your audience will eat it up no matter if they are there in-person or appearing through a video feed. . Use the Right Technology.

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AccelEvents

JULY 8, 2020

With the development of new and better technologies, the popularity of virtual events has seen a steady increase. Text, audio, and/or video chat will foster greater engagement and interaction between attendees and the exhibitors. Live video streaming can help you engage a large audience. Support Live Streaming.

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

Virtual Fundraising Event Production and Technology. JP helped with efforts related to the Collaborative’s use of different communication technologies and digital flow. The first half of pre-production focuses on preparing your technology. During this phase: Check audio to make sure speakers sound loud and clear.

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Classy

MARCH 24, 2021

Businesses are able to help nonprofits fill financial gaps when donations have waned, and nonprofits have helped businesses find ways to actively support their communities during the public health crisis. You may also want to create a simple video message highlighting your partnership.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

How can we use technology in a new way to improve people’s lives that is an order of magnitude better? Can we help stimulate the creation of far more technology-for-good ventures? Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

Today, we are poised at a moment in time where we can transcend the limitations of past book technologies and bring the power of books to all humans. However, as a technology, printed books come with serious challenges for some communities (like blind people) that technology can unlock. Love of the print book.

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sgEngage

APRIL 18, 2022

With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and vaccination campaigns capturing public attention, accurate, user-friendly healthcare websites are more crucial than ever. Robust: Your website’s content should be robust enough that assistive technologies can accurately interpret the information.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 23, 2020

And as event technology advances and people become more and more familiar with a digital format, the benefits of a virtual trade show become abundantly clear. Streaming video for presentations, webinars, and branded virtual booth experiences. Scheduled video, audio, or VR sessions.

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Tech Soup

MAY 27, 2011

Elliot will be talking with participants about technology planning for nonprofits, and Evonne and Susan will be talking about interactive online events and social media tools. has potential for global meetings, public educational events with participation, and remote engagement via webcam. We think Watchitoo.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 7, 2013

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. Technological Protection Measures. It doesn’t cover movies. Article 2(c). Defines Authorized Entity.

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AccelEvents

JULY 8, 2020

With the development of new and better technologies, the popularity of virtual events has seen a steady increase. Text, audio, and/or video chat will foster greater engagement and interaction between attendees and the exhibitors. Live video streaming can help you engage a large audience. Support Live Streaming.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

But if they are farther afield, consider having them appear through a real-time virtual session or video conferencing set up. . If the speaker is popular and engaging enough, your audience will eat it up no matter if they are there in-person or appearing through a video feed. . Use the Right Technology.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2013

The case studies were presented by Zoe Blumenfeld, communications manager for Global Fund for Women , and Viktor Sjöberg, digital services librarian at Escondido Public Library. Sjöberg introduced the work of Escondido Public Library by noting how historically libraries have provided content to be consumed.

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Tech Soup

JULY 28, 2014

Dubbed "Model B+," it's the third model the organization has released to the public since Model A went on sale in 2012. It includes a CPU, graphics processor, RAM, USB port (multiple ports in later models), audio and video ports, and an Ethernet port (later models only), and runs a Linux-based operating system.

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Tech Soup

JULY 15, 2014

It generated a robust public debate, and a good deal of it sided with Yahoo against telecommuting. ” I’d have to add that telecommuting is regarded as a green technology because it reduces car commuting and other types of travel. Audio and Video Conferencing Toolkit. How We Do It at TechSoup.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Making wise and affordable technology investments can help in all of this. Content management programs like Windows SharePoint Server 2010 for Internet Sites (admin fee: $708) are used for deploying and managing a public-facing website. ESD (admin fee: $35), a handy HTML editor for design and publication of your website.

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NTEN

APRIL 15, 2010

That's why we were particularly pleased to learn that Yaw Anokwa -- a lead developer on Open Data Kit , a modular set of tools helping nonprofits around the world collect data, via mobile phones, on everything from deforestation to human rights violations -- has won the fourth annual Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public Interest.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 18, 2017

Videos have captioned text, so that those with hearing impairments can still get the message you are trying to communicate. 
. Within the HTML for a web page, all photos and graphics have ALT tags, allowing someone with a sight impairment to hear, via their special audio browser, what graphics and photos are on a page. 
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Forj

MAY 13, 2021

This means that the reach of your event is limitless, but also that you’ll need to get creative to emulate in-person connection through technology (more on this later). Use closed captioning alongside audio elements. While we’re a year into virtual events, that doesn’t mean that everyone is familiar with this technology.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

A definition of formats that includes Braille, audio and digital text, but excludes large print and video. A definition of formats that includes Braille, audio and digital text as well as large print. Excludes video. • has been very negative on a treaty in the past: their public statements have been softening lately.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Skeptics doubted the iPod in 2001 , but it went on to help revolutionize how people consume music and audio content. Showing a lawmaker a photo slideshow, short video, animation, or visualization will feel more natural on a panel than on a laptop. Smartphone sales are soaring , with 54.5 Only time will tell.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

And don’t forget to use the hashtag #GivingTuesday to publicize your campaign and let supporters know about your involvement. Check out this video to learn more: The Boys and Girls Club of Indianapolis reached 101% of their fundraising goal on Giving Tuesday 2020 by using Qgiv’s platform. Read on to learn more!

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Forum One

OCTOBER 13, 2008

Under Kundra's leadership, the District is using simple technologies to become, arguably, one of the most transparent metropolitan governments in the nation. We've blogged about Kundra's presentation previously, but now his slides are available for the first time (with audio). I've embedded them below. You can register now !).

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

As part of Social Media September (#SocMedSep), we've been tapping into the wisdom of our global TechSoup and NetSquared communities as well as experts in nonprofit technology. We create additional social media material (flyers and a video) and they are consistently among our best-performing posts.

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Forum One

APRIL 28, 2010

As we do every year, Forum One participated in the annual Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC). It helped me meet and reconnect with some of the most inspiring people in our industry, catch up on the latest social media technologies ( Whrrl !) Michaela and Brian at the World of Coca Cola. As always, the event was a blast.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 3, 2011

Lots of museums these days have video comment booths to invite visitors to tell their stories, but how many of those booths really deliver high-impact content? Last week, I talked with Tina Olsen, Director of Education and Public Programs at the Portland Art Museum, about their extraordinary Object Stories project.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2011

The project is being managed by IIE and builds on a highly successful program launched in the Middle East five years ago, Women in Technology that trained over 10,000 women from 9 countries in the Middle East and in collaboration with over 60 training partners. In the above video, Naeema Zarif. explains the how and why.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

These licenses provide a plain-language, standardized way to give the public permission to share and use creative work — on conditions of the creator's choice. We therefore want charities and libraries to make maximum use of our articles, blog pieces, how-tos, tech-for-good news, and other nonprofit technology information.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

There's still time to submit your nomination before October 31, 2011 for this year's Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public interest. The winner will be announced at the next Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in April 2012. About the Prize. Past Winners.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

For events, ongoing series, or recurring celebrations online, consider the following options for publicity: 1. They can be a video interview with the donor about the mission. Send a video or audio “thank you” through social media or email. Events (publicity or other perks). Mention the donor on the event web page.

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NTEN

MAY 9, 2011

Last summer I explored the distinction in an online piece that argued that communication is what transforms data into useful information, and that this communication process has been fundamentally altered by the latest wave of digital technology. and a video interview explaining "data" as anything that can be digitized.)

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2012

" Or so said Aaron Pava , a strategist at CivicActions in his 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference. Mobile devices allow multi-touch and gesture navigation, precise GPS-based location tracking; have audio, video, and camera capabilities; let you send real-time notifications and SMS messaging; and more.

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