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Join a Nonprofit Tech User Group This August

Tech Soup

Social media surgeries are informal drop-in sessions where anyone from the voluntary and community sector can come and pick the brains of our ‘surgeons’ (helpful volunteers who understand the world of Twitter, Facebook, and the rest). Manchester, United Kingdom: Social Media Surgery. Event Reports.

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Bookshare International’s Viji Dilip Profiled in Magazine

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Among the people I’m privileged to call a colleague here at Benetech is Viji Dilip, the International Program Coordinator for our Bookshare International service. After receiving an MBA and CPA from San Jose State in 1995, and working for Hewlett-Packard and several tech startups, Viji received an unexpected diagnosis from her doctor.

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10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Our team presented at multiple sessions at the recent RightsCon Silicon Valley conference , which brought together human rights defenders, security experts, and tech executives. Bookshare is helping Kevin— who had suffered a brain injury—to keep up with his school work. I encourage you to read his powerful story on our website.

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