Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

These partners include the Norwegian Library of Talking Books and Braille (NLB), the Hoerbuecherei des OSBV Talking Book Library in Austria, and the Dorina Nowill Foundation in Brazil.? Benetech looks forward to working with all these groups to provide the latest books, especially textbooks (primarily in English). ?These

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

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. But what about everybody else? The time has never been better to think 10X bigger!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2014

I’ll be talking about how individuals and NGOS can have a great impact by building relationships online and inspiring their networks to take action – whether volunteering, giving money,or educating others. Given that I am in Brasil, I wanted to participate and experience local activities. No problem.

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NTEN

JUNE 24, 2013

Flickr: chotda This week''s Member Round Up draws from all corners of the sector in both region and topic, from the energy in the streets of Brazil to Facebook contests and assistive technology used by the Bridge School--see what the nptech community''s been up to! Read about their inspiring work in a recent TechSoup Global interview.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 31, 2012

David Evan Harris - Global Lives David Evan Harris is Founder and Executive Director of the Global Lives Project and Research Director at the Institute for the Future. questions surrounding globalization and social justice. employers in Brazil and the US. In Brazil, David wrote and directed. His forthcoming.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 24, 2010

A hot topic at the SCCR20/WIPO discussions in Geneva on global access to materials by the print disabilities is the term "Trusted Intermediaries"("TIs"). The concept of TIs uses U.S. and similar copyright exceptions as a starting point. In the U.S. This is a crucial point.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2015

The current population of Gen Z is estimated to be about 2 billion, or 27 percent of the global population. While there are larger numbers of Gen Z in India, China, and Nigeria compared to UK or US, they are truly a global organization. Be Prepared to Be Blown Away by Gen Z. Be Prepared to Be Blown Away by Gen Z.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 20, 2012

David Evan Harris - Global Lives. David Evan Harris is Founder and Executive Director of the Global Lives Project and Research Director at the Institute for the Future. In Brazil, David wrote and directed newscasts for CurrentTV. Aaron Bramley is the Co-founder and Director of Communication/Education for Lights.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 3, 2012

TechSoup Global's partner in Germany, Stifter-Helfen.de – IT for Nonprofits , has been collecting case studies from the organizations it works with over the last year. Streetfootballworld supports a worldwide network of organizations in well over 50 countries.The photo above is of one of their programs in Brazil.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

required for jobs, but our collective approach to educating and. Among others, the International Youth Foundation identified these troubling global trends. than ever have access to education, but too many drop out of school or. than ever have access to education, but too many drop out of school or. today and tomorrow.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 8, 2015

NetSquared holds free or low-cost educational events for people and organizations who want to learn more about using technology for social good. Our events are powered by a global network of volunteers dedicated to building strong, self-sufficient, local communities of nonprofit technology practitioners. Newest NetSquared Groups.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2015

The current population of Gen Z is estimated to be about 2 billion, or 27 percent of the global population. While there are larger numbers of Gen Z in India, China and Nigeria compared to UK or US, they are truly a global organization. Be Prepared to Be Blown Away by Gen Z. Be Prepared to Be Blown Away by Gen Z.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 27, 2011

Through negotiations, four competing proposals have been merged into a single document supported in June by the Latin Americans (led by Brazil), the U.S., Answer : A copyright exception makes it much easier for people with print disabilities to get access to the materials they need for education, employment and social inclusion.

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Tech Soup

MAY 31, 2013

We proudly welcome NGO partners Vietnet-ICT and the Lin Centre in Vietnam, as well as ASEAN Foundation , Kopernik Marketplace , and YCAB Foundation in Indonesia to the TechSoup Global family. Indonesia has the world’s second highest level of biodiversity (after Brazil).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2005

Issues of poverty, socially responsible investing, human rights, education and health were an integral part of the conversation. We also agreed that we had to work harder at delivering our core common message that disadvantaged communities globally need much more than charitable handouts, they need access to the tools to help themselves.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

An inclusive environment that cultivates engagement from a global community. They create a space for nonprofits, educational institutions, partners, and Salesforce employee volunteers to identify, prioritize and build solutions that improve the Salesforce user experience for nonprofits and schools. App Advice & Consumer Reports.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 24, 2007

At the heart of Fair Trade is the notion of direct trade, kind of like a farmer's market gone global. PR: I was in Brazil a few months ago, and in this village in Brazil there are about eighty or ninety families that are all very small coffee growers. Now, three hundred bucks a year doesn't sound like a lot of money, right?

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Candid

APRIL 21, 2021

Some 20 years ago, when working as vice president for peace and social justice at the Ford Foundation , I was approached by the Vera Institute of Justice about a global initiative focused on prosecuting the police. This is a fraction of what philanthropy spends each year in support of education, for example, but it is something to build on.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 10, 2009

The one incredibly newsworthy item was Kareem emailed me (during the meeting) a statement he drafted on the topic of the Global Treaty that was discussed in late May at the SCCR event at the World Intellectual Property Organization. Tags: Kareem Dale blind SCCR18 copyright Obama copyfight SCCR global library Bookshare WIPO.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2006

The newest Big Vision podcast is up , and it is an interview with Ilyse Hogue, the Global Finance Campaign Director for the Rainforest Action Network and one of the founders of SmartMeme , a non-profit collective of long term organizers, strategists, trainers and communications professionals. you know, I thought, "Wow!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

It’s the week of the United Nations General Assembly and the Clinton Global Initiative. This time I had three agenda items for my conversations with congressional staff: Advocating for funding for special education. New York Every year, social entrepreneurs and donors (along with a whole lot of other folks) converge on New York City.

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