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Bookshare without Borders: #1/3

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Benetech is on a mission to make information accessible and affordable for all individuals with print disabilities who could benefit from our innovative literacy solutions. We’re making securing new funding for Bookshare’s international expansion a top priority! We have built Bookshare International upon three principles.

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Nonprofit Technology News: 2013 Year in Review

Tech Soup

Neverware’s pricing is a subscription model – monthly per PC fee. It’s a plain English primer on what cloud computing is and how it benefits nonprofit organizations. Ushahidi in Kenya has developed a device called a BRCK that addresses frequent Internet and electricity outages in much of the developing world.

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Enabling a Participatory Culture using Creative Commons Licenses

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: Lately, a question on my mind is whether or not the concept of Networked Nonprofits is a global one as I’ve had the opportunity to share some of the ideas beyond the US borders in Kenya and UK. I think Pratham Books , an NGO in India, is a networked nonprofit. Creative Commons to the rescue.

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Brahm Ahmadi, People's Grocery, Podcast Transcript

Have Fun - Do Good

Oakland has changed its laws in the last few years where you have to pay per transfer. We saw that there was a need, and we saw that if you build this powerful business model that was this source, or hub, of economic organizing, and food systems organizing and education, it would be powerful. But we wanted to do it.

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