Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 10, 2009

Many print-disabled people (people who are blind, severely dyslexic or a have a physical disability that keeps them from reading regular print books) see electronic books as a dream come true. But, we just saw Amazon fold when the Authors Guild pushed them to turn off the voice of these books: Amazon to flip on Kindle.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Creative Commons is a charity that champions reduced restrictions on copyrighted work by creating licenses that make it clear how material can be used, changed, and shared. It was founded in 2001 by Harvard law professor and activist Lawrence Lessig. Creative Commons has devised a set of six free and easy-to-use copyright licenses.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

In particular, electronic books (or e-books) offer the possibility of dramatically improving access for students with disabilities – and for disadvantaged children everywhere. This is because e-books (unlike traditional print) can easily be rendered in many different ways and presented in the format that best suits one’s needs.

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See3

MAY 9, 2007

There are laws about having people doing things on behalf of the campaign — either they are “on-the-books&# and you as the campaign have to account for everything they say and do, or they are totally “off-the-books&# and you can’t even talk to them without fear of breaking federal election laws.

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See3

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

Lets say I am that law partner and by making a lot of calls I can get 50 people to max out for my candidate. People wouldn’t write the checks or fill out the forms, but they can click and give, just like they click to buy a book or a Pez dispenser or, in 2008, pay their parking tickets. I become a Hillraiser. 350,000 donors!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

I just read the new book from Sally Osberg, President and CEO of the Skoll Foundation, and strategy guru Roger Martin, Getting Beyond Better: How Social Entrepreneurship Works. The book is an expanded version of their seminal article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review from 2007, “Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for Definition.”

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See3

JANUARY 30, 2008

A totally bizarre title, contrived by the publisher since memoir-writing was not “in&# when the book was published, Rosen overlays the two very different stories of his grandmothers with a meditation, mediated by a literary view of Jewish history, on change and alienation.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 29, 2011

We're up to more than 125,000 users, with over 95,000 books available, and our users are now accessing content at a rate of more than million downloads per year! million per year to provide accessible book services to students with qualifying print disabilities nationwide. What is the school signup process for Bookshare?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

To add more fuel to the fire, the Direct Marketing Association says that due to rising consumer hostility toward Direct Mail, laws have been proposed in 15+ states to create “Do Not Mail” registries. February 24, 2009 | Laura Copyright © 2008, Care2.com All Care2 terms of service and privacy policies apply.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2013

The session will focus on exploring how nonprofits are expanding their efforts to influence public policy through social channels and understanding the legal issues and how to evaluate the work. (I’ll The “ Influencing Public Policy in A Digital Age ” is their comprehensive guide.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

To add more fuel to the fire, the Direct Marketing Association says that due to rising consumer hostility toward Direct Mail, laws have been proposed in 15+ states to create “Do Not Mail” registries. February 24, 2009 | Laura Copyright © 2008, Care2.com All Care2 terms of service and privacy policies apply.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 7, 2013

The goal of the treaty is to make it possible for people who are blind, or have other print disabilities, to get access to the books they need for education, employment and inclusion in society--no matter where they live. law--positions that would be hard for me to imagine passing our Congress.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 3, 2022

The following is an excerpt from Work Without the Worker: Labour in the Age of Platform Capitalism (2021) by Phil Jones, reprinted with permission from Verso Books. 45 Now these refugees, prisoners and victims of occupation are forced into microwork by law or circumstance, to undertake the grave work of furthering the superfluity of others.

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