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Nonprofit Advocacy Can Be a Force Multiplier for Social Change

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

For many years, people frequently suggested that Benetech , the nonprofit tech company I founded and lead, get more involved in Washington, DC policy and legislative action. Bookshare today is part of a broader effort by Benetech’s Global Literacy Program to improve the lives and learning of students with the biggest challenges.

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Preparing Your Association for AI

Association Analytics

AI has garnered a lot of global and national attention across most industries in recent months. San Diego, California Orlando, Florida Seattle, Washington Let’s say these all sound appealing, but you want to get a bit more granular. The results?

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Join Us: Measuring the Networked Nonprofit Book Events in Washington, DC

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Many thanks to our generous hosts including the Foundation Center/SF, Zero Divide, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, TechSoup Global, and Stanford University. Next week, KD Paine and I will be doing several public events in Washington, DC and online. Please join us! October 24, 2012 10-12 Noon. … Read More

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Open Source and the Promise of Sustainable Nutrition Security

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Recently I had the opportunity to get introduced to Gerald Nelson , senior climate change researcher and Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Such efforts are necessary to address global nutritional needs in a world facing the challenges of climate change.

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Eye-Opening Workplace Statistics From Gallup That Business Leaders Need To Know

Eric Jacobsen Blog

is a private, employee-owned analytics and advisory company based in Washington, D.C. employees with desk and office jobs aren’t longing for the old workplace to return, and nearly 40% of employees say they would change jobs for an option to work full or part-time from a flexible location. and global productivity will go up or down.

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Social Media Benchmarking: Gauging Success for Project and Organizations in Global Health and Development

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here’s a guest post about the a group of organizations and projects working Global Health and Development are using it. Social Media Benchmarking: Gauging Success for Project and Organizations in Global Health and Development. By: Rebecca Shore.

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Why You Don’t Want this Job!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Why You Don’t Want this Job: You’ll have to show you have a unique combination of both social justice and technology cred; You’ll probably be paid half of what you’d be worth to a for-profit company; You’ll have to travel to both developing countries and Washington, D.C. and work often with people in miserable conditions (yes, in both places!);

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