Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

On February 16th in Los Altos, California, I shared these thoughts on Robin Seaman’s impact on the world with her family and friends at her Celebration of Life. However, I'm here to spotlight the impact Robin had on millions of people who never had the pleasure of meeting her personally. The sister, the aunt, the friend, the mentor.

eBook 100

eBook United States Literacy Library 100

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2018

23: World Book Day — #WorldBookDay. 17: National Nonprofit Day — #NationalNonprofitDay (Internationally recognized). 17: National Nonprofit Day — #NationalNonprofitDay (Internationally recognized). 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. 7: World Health Day — #WorldHealthDay.

Calendar 279

Calendar Awareness Causes Giving 279

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Our team has been thinking hard about scaling positive social impact of technology work. I want to unveil several of these new initiatives, as well as sneaking in some of the incredible things happening in our core programs in literacy and human rights. and James L. and James L. Read2Go Bookshare goes mobile!

Guatemala 159

Guatemala Literacy Qatar Open Source 159

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2017

23: World Book Day — #WorldBookDay. 17: National Nonprofit Day — #NationalNonprofitDay (Internationally recognized). 17: National Nonprofit Day — #NationalNonprofitDay (Internationally recognized). 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. 7: World Health Day — #WorldHealthDay.

Calendar 252

Calendar Awareness Causes Giving 252

sgEngage

AUGUST 24, 2023

More engaged supporters, increased donations, and a wider impact on the community.  Participants track the number of pages they’ve read or books they’ve completed on a leaderboard to support literacy and education. The result? Read-A-Thon   Combine the love of reading with friendly competition.

Track 71

Track Activities Active Activism 71

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

10X: ten times the impact. Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice. Global Literacy Sixth Grader and Bookshare member Kevin Leong with Jim Fruchterman at Benetech''s offices. Our Bookshare online library is continuing to multiply its impact.

Literacy 158

Literacy eBook United Kingdom Accessibility 158

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Highlights of this Update: Global Literacy Human Rights Benetech Labs Communications Global Literacy Bookshare celebrated a double milestone this summer, reaching over 200,000 available titles in our collection and serving over 250,000 members with disabilities! While the majority of our members are U.S.

India 142

India Literacy Global Accessibility 142

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

The tools we develop for that purpose span a range of fields—from human rights , to global literacy , to the environment —but no matter what area we work in, we depend on an IP system that’s friendly to technological advances and to positive social impact. copyright law. In the U.S.,

Copyright 196

Copyright Law Accessibility Library 196

NonProfit Hub

MARCH 2, 2021

Cause Camp, presented by Nonprofit Hub and Do More Good , has been nationally recognized by Forbes as a “must-attend” for the nonprofit sector. Through speaking, training, and consulting, she shows social purpose organizations how to use social media and storytelling to build communities, showcase impact, and advance their causes.

Causes 92

Causes Consultant Empowerment Storytelling 92

Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2014

We were shocked when we saw the 25 winners of the big $100,000 to $500,000 Google Impact Challenge Awards. Google Global Impact Award competitions have been held in India and the UK, and most recently in the San Francisco Bay Area. Of course find the full roster of Bay Area Google Impact Challenge Award winners here.

San Francisco 61

San Francisco Award Google Challenge 61

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

The nexus for this work is the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the United Nations agency that deals with such matters. The Marrakesh Treaty was signed last year, and now the efforts are ramping up to ratify and implement the Treaty, with the goal of helping overcome the book famine faced by people with print disabilities.

Accessibility 247

Accessibility License Copyright Library 247

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Our breakthrough in the conception of Martus came in 2000, when I was looking to expand Benetech to new frontiers of social good beyond our origins—helping disabled people access books in what is now our Global Literacy program. Here, we realized, was an opportunity to create real, lasting social impact.

Burma 168

Burma Analysis Guatemala Law 168

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

GivingTuesday is a movement to create a national day of giving , kicking off the giving season. And w e would like to spotlight a few in the TechSoup community who have joined us in championing this second annual national day of giving : InvestED has launched a volunteer and donation program specially designed around Giving Tuesday.

Philadelphia 52

Philadelphia China Children Canada 52

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 2, 2007

One thing I am definitely going to do is write the book I've been kicking around for the last five years. Under our new CTO, Patrick Ball (see my last President's letter), we are building a tech team to work on our incredibly varied list of projects in literacy, human rights and the environment.

Literacy 100

Literacy San Jose Guatemala Bangladesh 100

Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Host a pub-style quiz for your community and include some questions about your mission as a fun way to share your organization’s impact. Reading challenge Issue a community-wide reading challenge this spring to encourage literacy in your community. Use silent auction software to seamlessly collect bids from your event attendees.

Ideas 95

Ideas Fundraising Celebrate Hosting 95

Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

Over the past year, we've been doing TechSoup Impact stories about nonprofits, churches, and libraries doing great work with TechSoup product donations. million people through national media outreach, including an appearance on "Good Morning America." Here are the ones we especially liked from the past year!

Share 36

Share Organization Cisco Tech 36

Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2006

The REAL hot 100 is a list featuring young women from around the country who are breaking barriers, fighting stereotypes, and making a difference in their communities or the nation. One of the projects she helped create was an investigation of the impact of images of women in popular music videos on young women and young men.

Blogher 40

Blogher Chicago Seattle Literacy 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2011

A few weeks ago, Beth was kind enough to host a book giveaway and New Year resolution contest for nonprofits to celebrate the launch of my new book Breakthrough Nonprofit Branding , which I co-authored with Jocelyne Daw, Kristian Darigan Merenda and Anne Erhard. Now that’s social impact! We’re the Safe America Foundation.

Puerto Rico 96

Puerto Rico West Virginia Ideas Fort Worth 96

Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 10, 2006

I was at that time working at a wonderful organization called Streetside Stories , which is a literacy arts organization with programming in various Title 1 middle schools in San Francisco. It definitely has had an impact on the way that I have learned about myself and learned about my ability to fight and to fight back.

San Francisco 40

San Francisco Oakland Teach Training 40

EveryAction

MARCH 16, 2017

Organizations like Room to Read , the Poetry Foundation , and Books in Homes USA work to promote literacy and the significance of literary works in our society - support their work today, bookworms! Do you love ladies in literature? Sheroes in the Sciences. Gertrude B. Are you passionate about conservation and environmental causes?

Story 133

Story Angola Sierra Leone Artist 133

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 13, 2011

Reviewing where we were at the beginning of 2009, it’s amazing to see the growth in impact that Benetech and our team have had in the world. We just added 847 books to the collection in one day—that’s more than we used to add in a month! And the price to the Dept. of Education won’t change: we’ll do twice as much for the same price.

Conservancy 140

Conservancy Norway Congo Sweden 140