Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2009

By announcing we're doing open content college textbooks with Flat World Knowledge, a cool for-profit startup. Parents, teachers, teachers-in-training, people with disabilities, people who can't read, people who just want to hear a book talk: they can all have these books for free! How were we going to top that one?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 20, 2023

Check out the sample of the book club below!) You learned something from that, and can move on with that knowledge informing your next steps. 3) A book club Subscription giving is growing. This will help you create a more compelling and meaningful campaign. 4) Think of each fundraiser as a test. That’s ok, too!

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 18, 2009

I just got my first copy of the Social by Social book I co-authored earlier this year with David Wilcox , Andy Gibson , and Nigel Courtney and Clive Holtham from Cass Business School. That’s the book next to the SocialBySocial.com website where you can read the book for free or download the free PDF. BOOK GIVEAWAY!

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.orgSource

JULY 10, 2023

Our books “Positioning for Success in an Era of Disruption” and “An Entrepreneurial Approach to Risk, Courage, and Transformation,” summarize those conversations. We began this project because, as early adopters of digital solutions, we could see that technology was creating waves and that a rogue tsunami was not out of the question.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 19, 2019

Here are some of my favorite takeaways from the book, The CollaborationImperative , by Ron Ricci and Carl Wiese: Across every organization lies hidden treasure just waiting to be discovered. The more you empower them to share their knowledge and skills, the more successful your organization will be.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 21, 2023

Several years ago, my business partner Kevin Ordonez and I, wrote two books. Our goal was to help association professionals navigate a new technological era or Industry 4.0. Hitch Curiosity to Possibility A strong technology infrastructure unites curiosity with possibility. Association 4.0

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 23, 2023

This article aims to demystify the process of adopting AI for nonprofits and show some of the advantages this technology can bring. Whether it’s brainstorming a long-dreamed-of children’s book for your cause or exploring a campaign idea that’s been on the back burner, passion makes the process more enjoyable.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2010

During 2010, I been able to read, blurb, write reviews, do blog giveaways, or author guest posts and interviews for a lot of terrific books that would be useful to nonprofit professionals in the social media, marketing, and ICT areas. I read the manuscript over the summer so I could blurb this book. More about the book here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2013

E-Book #1: Fundraising and Marketing Tips for Nonprofits. The npEXPERTS e-book includes Forbes’ most influential, top bloggers, CFRE/ACFREs, animal lovers and association pros, pioneers and innovators, peer-to-peer fundraisers and direct response agitators, online fundraising experts and direct mail gurus all in one place.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

I hope to use the knowledge we have gained from social media to determine future allocation of resources and help the organization in bold ways that help wildlife as well. We have also partnered with several iPhone apps and are constantly rethinking how we do things to incorporate mobile technology more. Book Tour?. ?Book

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 7, 2009

NTEN, the Nonprofit Technology Network, puts on a massive, be-there-or-be-square conference for nonprofit professionals every year (in 2009, we met in San Francisco). But, if you don’t want to wait until April to dive into the knowledge and expertise in the NTEN network, you don’t have to!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2016

I am thrilled to announce the official launch of my third book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout with co-author Aliza Sherman. The book explores why burnout is so common in the nonprofit sector and simple ways to practice self-care and bring a culture of well-being into the nonprofit workplace.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

Restless Knowledge Sharing. One thing I’ve noticed about the NTEN award winners is their restless knowledge sharing in an array of subjects all over the place – not just in their own organizations. He is a contributing author to the book, Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games With God.

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.orgSource

MARCH 28, 2023

We were living in the midst of cultural, technological, and economic instability long before the pandemic. Although the firm that I worked for was one of the leading providers of association software, when the company saw the investment in resources and time that was needed to switch to the new technology, they decided to stop production. “On

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 28, 2013

We have the technology, we have the content, and now we have the legal framework to make it possible for every person with a print disability on the planet to get access to the books they need for education, employment and social inclusion! For years, we have been working to end the worldwide book famine.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

It also underscores just how critical a balanced copyright law is for technology innovation. As a different kind of Silicon Valley tech company—a nonprofit with a pure focus on social good—our goal is to see that the best of technology gets applied to social needs left unaddressed by for-profit businesses.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

Restless Knowledge Sharing. One thing I’ve noticed about the NTEN award winners is their restless knowledge sharing in an array of subjects all over the place – not just in their own organizations. He is a contributing author to the book, Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games With God.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 11, 2013

Creating the World’s Largest Collection of Accessible Arabic eBooks Access to knowledge is the critical first step on the path to economic, educational, and social development. In 2011, we began collaborating with the Mada Center (Qatar Assistive Technology Center) to create accessible Arabic-language digital books.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

I was presenting a strategic technology workshop at one of their conferences. Akhtar Badshah, Senior Director of Global Community Affairs for Microsoft kicked off the day with an interactive presentation about the trends in technology. By all accounts , the event held the space for peer learning. It’s a design challenge.

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NetWits

MARCH 25, 2013

npEXPERTS: Fundraising Ideas and Marketing Tips from the Pros (#npEXPERTS) is a a 46-page free e-book collaboratively written by a cross-section of npEXPERTS in fundraising, marketing and communications, social media, mobile technology, digital advertising, and more. by Jeff Patrick, President of Common Knowledge.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 15, 2014

As a long-time advocate for a global copyright exception and the founder of Benetech—which I started twenty-five years ago in order to make technology tools to address the needs of people with print disabilities—I was thrilled to become an active player in global diplomacy and witness the adoption and signing of this landmark Treaty.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 7, 2013

Reading a Bookshare-downloaded book on the BrailleNote portable device Launched in 2007 to replicate the proven Bookshare model internationally, our Bookshare International library has already grown to serve members in more than 40 countries , many of whom are in the developing world. The second principle is sourcing locally relevant content.

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sgEngage

MARCH 15, 2024

That’s where technology can make a real impact. This technology has helped Cassie Chilcutt, prospect research manager for the Conservancy, reduce major gift officer portfolios by more than one-third after removing low-likelihood prospects. This can be inspiring, but it is not always scalable and definitely not measurable.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

We discuss issues and trends in modern web technologies that help your organization achieve more with less. This blog is sponsored by Wild Apricot membership software : a set of tools for membership administration , event registration , website management , online fundraising - with friendly and knowledgeable tech support.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 22, 2011

This one-day intensive social media and mobile technology how-to training is ideal for nonprofit communications and development staff. Presented by Heather Mansfield of Nonprofit Tech 2.0 , attendees will gain practical knowledge about how to successfully launch and maintain social media and mobile marketing campaigns for your nonprofit.

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Pamela Grow

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

In the email, the Wikimedia Foundation employs principles discussed by renowned psychologist Robert Cialdini in his book “Pre-Suasion.” It detailed the specific initiatives my contribution would support, ranging from content creation and updates to technological advancements that enhance user experience.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2014

They voraciously consume nonprofit technology blogs and study the mobile and social media campaigns of other nonprofits for inspiration. Rather than feeling overwhelmed by the speed at which technology now moves, they are energized by it. HTML Knowledge. A new media manager should also be skilled in conducting online research.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 18, 2011

This one-day intensive social media and mobile technology how-to training is ideal for nonprofit communications and development staff. Presented by Heather Mansfield of Nonprofit Tech 2.0 , attendees will gain practical knowledge about how to successfully launch and maintain social media and mobile marketing campaigns for your nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

NTEN and Jossey-Bass/Wiley is hosting the " Online NTC ," a 2-day online conference based on the book, Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission. It is a learning event to help you better understand how to manage technology. I'm honored to have a chapter in the book about ROI and you can hear geek out about it here.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2013

I met key Congressional staffers who deeply cared about disability issues, and who had comprehensive knowledge of the issue. Advocacy, we’ve recognized, is essential for realizing our vision of a world where the benefits of technology reach all of humanity, not just the richest five percent.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 30, 2011

This one-day intensive social media and mobile technology how-to training is ideal for nonprofit communications and development staff. Presented by Heather Mansfield of Nonprofit Tech 2.0 , attendees will gain practical knowledge about how to successfully launch and maintain social media and mobile marketing campaigns for your nonprofit.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 22, 2023

The new book, The Empathy Advantage , speaks to anyone with responsibility for recruiting, engaging, leading and retaining the next generation of workers – a workforce shaped by the pandemic that fundamentally transformed the relationship between individuals and organizations. Fortunately, book authors Heather C.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Authors Jeff Kavanaugh’s and Rafee Tarafdar’s new book, The Live Enterprise , is all about how to create a continuously evolving and learning organization. In their book, the authors use eight themes to offer guidance on how to change perspective and view the enterprise as a living organization, enabled by technology.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In her new book, Rising Together , Sally Helgesen draws on three decades of work with leaders and aspiring leaders around the world to offer practical ways to build more inclusive relationships, teams and workplaces. Thank you to the book's publisher for sending me an advance copy of the book.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

I was delighted when Ron Schultz invited me to collaborate with him on his latest book Creating Good Work – The World’s Leading Social Entrepreneurs Show How to Build a Healthy Economy. What I liked most was the idea to create a body of knowledge that’s truly helpful to prospective and emerging social entrepreneurs. copyright law.

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Cloud 4 Good

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Inspiring stories from institutions like USC Annenberg and the Queensland University of Technology regaled how Salesforce has helped transform operations. I foresee the new Slack-based Case Swarming to have a great effect on internal interview processes, appointment bookings, and quality of life improvements across advising departments.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Access to information and knowledge is a basic human right and a necessary first step towards personal, economic, and social development. They include people who are blind, visually impaired, have dyslexia, or have a physical disability that prevents them from reading regular printed books. How Does the Treaty Help My Country? ·

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