NTEN

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

The 15th issue of the NTEN: Change journal is out, focusing on Advocacy and Visual Communications: How to Rise Above the Noise. Plus, learn how to use Storify to capture insights at your next event, discover low-cost tools for visual communications, and tips on how to build a compelling visual library. >>Enjoy,

Issue 99

Issue NTEN Advocacy Communication 99

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

I believe in the power of books to change the world. We have an array of copyright exceptions that cover the activities of archives and libraries, especially fair use and the copyright exception that benefits people with disabilities. Gerry did have one other piece of critical advice: change the name.

Accessibility 135

Accessibility eBook People Copyright 135

Whole Whale

APRIL 10, 2023

This leads to a rather large podcast graveyard in the iTunes library making it very hard to find current podcasts. We hope that you enjoy this summary of great nonprofit podcasts and please let us know if we left some off !

Podcast 96

Podcast Hunger Nonprofit Summary 96

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

Speed Geeking at the Gates Foundation Global Library Program about Bookshare International 9/22 Stanford Social Innovation Review online webinar "Nonprofit, For-profit, or Something in Between?" Of course, I have other trips planned for just meetings as well. 9/19 (tomorrow!)

Public 133

Public Change Connecticut Cleveland 133

Tech Soup

JANUARY 10, 2013

The vhemes can be tweaked and changed with Easel.ly's simple web-based editor. I preferred starting from scratch and using Easel.ly's library of shapes, images, and fonts to create my infographic. Full disclosure: Gliffy's offices are in the same building as TechSoup Global HQ, so we know them too!).

Library 74

Library Tools Chart Template 74

Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2014

Pottsboro Area Library in Texas. We of course got lots of great stories, and our winner is the Pottsboro Area Library. When librarian Dianne Connery came to the library a few years ago, she found a classic small town library situated in a converted post office building with the requisite institutional green paint job.

Library 54

Library Digital Story Teen 54

The MatrixFiles

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

At a time when higher education is facing public funding cuts, changing demographics and a challenging student debt environment, institutions are facing an uphill battle to sustain enrollments and stay relevant. This translates into the negative national narrative that college isn’t worth it.

Associations 130

Associations Industry Government Education 130

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Meet some of the people who help connect nonprofits, charities, libraries, and foundations with technology education and donated technology products and services. Most importantly, TechSoup's story is also a story about you: the nonprofits, foundations, philanthropists, libraries, and passionate technologists who are changing the world.

Video 55

Video Change Brain Help 55

Tech Soup

JULY 25, 2012

"The digital revolution is changing the hierarchy of information," said Dr. Valerie Hill in her recent visit to the Nonprofit Commons. Valerie Hill is an adjunct instructor at Texas Woman's University School of Library and Information Science and is also a librarian herself. The Rise of Virtual Libraries.

Second Life 48

Second Life Library Virtual Life 48

Tech Soup

JUNE 3, 2010

Over at Beth Kanter's new blog, she's written up an interesting piece about Microsoft's corporate social responsibility (CSR), philanthropy, and how they leverage, strengthen, and empower social change agents with technology. And that's keeping it simple.

Global 50

Global Technology Change Social 50

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2012

NYC Haunts is a mobile game created by the Global Kids Online Leadership Organization in a partnership with the New York Public Library. Created by local NYC students, this game is designed to be played in and around city libraries and teaches players how to use library resources. Additional Resources.

San Francisco 60

San Francisco Change Badge Library 60

Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2022

Change Happens Foundation. The Lisa Libraries. The Awesome Foundation is a global community advancing the interest of “awesome in the universe,” mostly through providing $1,000 micro-grants. Change Happens Foundation. The Lisa Libraries. Kellogg Foundation. Whole Kids Foundation. Emeril Lagasse Foundation.

Education 96

Education Grant Fund Resource 96

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.

Accessibility 194

Accessibility Celebrate United States Copyright 194

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Technology can be a force for good, especially when a company with resources and a mission for positive social change like Microsoft gets involved. The Microsoft Software Donation Program is one of the most popular with nonprofits and libraries here at TechSoup Global. Pacific time. Register now !

Library 40

Library Donation Tech Global 40

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Benetech’s Bookshare library is living proof that real, transformative change happens through partnerships and by helping people unleash their talents and energies. It is the Power of We that changes the way we create transformative positive change. With support from the Bookshare community, we changed that reality.

Library 164

Library Student eBook Accessibility 164

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

I’m honored to join my fellow contributors in sharing practical lessons we’ve learned throughout our journeys towards actualizing positive social change. We see tremendous innovations in social enterprise, but these are merely part of larger, global changes in the ways in which society organizes itself to create public goods.

Develop 144

Develop Social Library eBook 144

The NonProfit Times

MAY 9, 2024

In many low-income Black communities, support services come from locally-based nonprofits — day care centers, after-school programs, senior centers, libraries, churches, and so on. delivers life-changing programs and experiences to more than 110,000 girls through a network of 75 local organizations across the U.S. and Canada.

United States 52

United States Illinois Generation National 52

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

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

Highlights of this Update: Human Rights Global Literacy Benetech Labs and Board of Directors Human Rights In the age of hyper-surveillance, it is clear that at-risk human rights defenders are no longer the only ones who need the know-how to protect sensitive information. Our Bookshare online library is continuing to multiply its impact.

Literacy 158

Literacy eBook United Kingdom Accessibility 158

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

This is totally the “how sausage and law are made” view, so don’t read this unless you want to know more about global accessibility in detail! WIPO has a mandate from its member states, and is working to address the need to change laws and get more accessible books flowing. My biggest argument was the “library with holes” problem.

Accessibility 247

Accessibility License Copyright Library 247

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2015

Benetech is hiring new Vice Presidents for our Global Literacy and Human Rights programs. Our Benetech Labs is busy looking for the next tech social enterprises that could make similar global impact. We must help ensure that every report of abuse is a tool for justice. Check out our job postings and apply now !

Technology 100

Technology Literacy Social Uganda 100

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

How do you build a movement for institutional change? We see OF/BY/FOR ALL as an adaptable playbook for community change. We plan to fuel a distributed Change Network of organizations growing OF/BY/FOR ALL together. Change Network organizations will make specific pledges to become of, by, and for new communities.

Los Angeles 31

Los Angeles Network Oakland Change 31

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

.” But do selfies have benefits, especially for social change causes? I wondered whether selfies can be used as part of your social content strategy to help support a social good cause? I asked this question on my Facebook brand page, and here’s what I learned: The New York Public Library Photo Booth. Family is Familia.

Meme 112

Meme Philippines Photography New York 112

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 2, 2015

That’s radical change in a relatively short amount of time and it directly corresponds with the rapid rise of social media worldwide. Global Giving 2005. New York Public Library 2015. New York Public Library 2005. Also, over the last decade the amount of time we spend on the Internet has quadrupled. Oceana 2015.

Social Media 100

Social Media Design Web Media 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2017

This week I was lucky enough to do a Happy Healthy Nonprofit mini-workshop at the Global Giving office, an organization that I have known and worked for the past ten years. Global Giving’s office uses an open office layout to maximize collaboration and connections between staff and projects.

Open 107

Open Work Global Collaboration 107

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 5, 2013

After all, Benetech’s Bookshare initiative is the largest online library serving people with print disabilities in the world. And once the United States Senate ratifies the treaty, it will be possible for libraries like Bookshare to get more content for Americans from sources outside of the United States and in more languages.

Morocco 127

Morocco United States Copyright Library 127

NonProfit Hub

JUNE 15, 2021

This episode focuses on donor attraction in the ever-changing world of social media advertising. . Recent privacy changes and iOS updates led to a discussion about what social media advertising tools are worthwhile for nonprofits. She also shared her source for finding inspiration for beautiful ads: The Facebook Ads Library !

Podcast 71

Podcast Causes North America Social Media 71

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

This reality changed when Frank found out about Benetech’s Bookshare accessible digital library for people with print disabilities. Frank’s story exemplifies the life-changing power of access to information and reading. I could request books not already in the collection, and sometimes my wish would be granted.

Life 147

Life Gift eBook France 147

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

For example, one proposed change to the Treaty draft would make it the responsibility of an exporting library to need to know details about the publishing status of a book in another country before we could fill a request from a bona fide person with a print disability from that country. For what am I advocating?

Copyright 158

Copyright India Library United States 158

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Here's the latest news and discussion from all of us at TechSoup Global. Gil Martinez designs an installation to celebrate the launch of TechSoup Canada and the history of TechSoup Global. From TechSoup Global's grant-funded projects: MaintainIT Project. From TechSoup Global Labs: NetSquared.

Global 43

Global San Francisco Netsquared Canada 43

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

Twelve years ago, the Fund made its first grant to Benetech, in support of the then newly launched Bookshare , our accessible online library for people with disabilities that get in the way of reading print, including visual impairments and dyslexia. government and states like Texas. In 2013, with the most recent (and fourth!)

Fund 100

Fund India United States eBook 100

Tech Soup

APRIL 17, 2009

From TechSoup Global's grant-funded projects: MaintainIT Project. Chris notes that buying PCs for your library is harder than it looks. From TechSoup Global Labs: NetSquared. Meet this year's crop of NetSquared featured projects and Change the Web finalists. The wait is over.

Global 43

Global Netsquared NTC Classes 43

Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

Three key themes emerged from the Summit: The power of building strong relationships to achieve your mission; the importance of flexibility, integration, and innovation to support your mission in times of change and growth; and the value of having secure data to gain deeper insights. . From Climate Change to Navigating the Unexpected.

Nonprofit 73

Nonprofit New York City San Francisco Oracle 73

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 28, 2014

TED gives me the chance to brainstorm with loads of people who gather to discuss ways to change the world through technology and design. Bjorn has gotten a lot of attention for his recommendations to combat climate change by focusing on improved humanitarian efforts. If it worked, would it lead to behavior change that would save lives?

Ideas 223

Ideas Kenya Brain Software 223

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 10, 2013

But can Big Data also create positive social change? Massive amounts of data are collected on the pollution in our cities and the changes in our climate. Let me share two examples of the Big Data opportunities we’ve seized at Benetech: a long-standing use of data that has global implications and a nascent one that has just launched.

Profit 171

Profit Data SWF Syria 171

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

I’m in Austin, TX, today engaging with librarians, digital curators, and technologists working at the nexus of communities and knowledge at the Electronic Resources and Libraries annual conference. Libraries: The Oldest New Frontier for Innovation. You can follow along with the sessions today through Wednesday using #ERL11.

Library 241

Library Model Adopt Community 241

Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2016

And our Twitter chat was more global than ever before, with people from 20 countries participating! Best Video Winner — Learning to Improvise Can Be Life-Changing. Best Library Story — Libraries Transform Teaser. Libraries have fans, tons of fans. Please visit the site to view this video).

Taiwan 63

Taiwan Detroit Adobe Library 63