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Benetech’s New Image Description Tool Improves Accessibility of Graphical Content for Students with Print Disabilities

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This week, Benetech’s DIAGRAM Center has announced the release of an open source web application for creating and editing crowdsourced image descriptions in books used by students with print disabilities. This is especially true as more and more important textbook content is only presented in a graphical form.

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Supercharge Your Intern Program: 18 Proven Assignment Ideas Across Marketing, Data, & More

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Meta descriptions and tagging Interns can be given assignments to clean up tagging and past content on platforms like YouTube or Pinterest which will help discoverability. Website content SEO clean-up Have interns use Google Analytics to identify frequently visited pages that have been ignored. Many eyes make for light work.

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Association 4.0—A Playbook for Success

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Use Data to Drive Decisions The fancy graphics and charts that technology makes available aren’t show ponies. We’re also watching the statistics carefully to ensure that the content we roll out is relevant.” requires the courage to never stop being a pioneer, a student, and a risk-taker. Starbucks is not dictating my behavior.”

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6 Strategies to Boost Donation Revenue for Your Nonprofit

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For example, compare the impact of the following statements: “Because of our nonprofit’s tireless efforts, we were able to provide 100 laptops for local students interested in pursuing computer science careers.” Jay and his team grew the company to more than 10,000 nonprofit clients, charting a decade of record growth.

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14+ Excellent Nonprofit Annual Reports

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However, throwing a million charts and graphs together or writing a 10,000-word essay on why your nonprofit is the best isn’t going to be so effective (or worth anyone’s time). DREAM’s annual report is doing everything right: beautiful images, student stories, and (of course) thanking their donors. DREAM (formerly Harlem RBI).

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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

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In what is known as the “ braille provision ,” the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 2004 mandates that the teams who help write educational plans for students with disabilities presume that all blind and visually impaired children should be taught Braille unless it is determined to be inappropriate. Accordingly, U.S.

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How to Tell Your Donors Where Their Money Is Going

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For example, if you say you’re trying to raise $100,000 to build schools in Africa, also mention that it will cost each student $100 per year to attend. If you want to go the extra mile, you can create charts and graphs that show how you allocate funds. Make it visual.

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