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10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

How can we use technology in a new way to improve people’s lives that is an order of magnitude better? Can we help stimulate the creation of far more technology-for-good ventures? Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice.

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Data and the Human Touch

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

He could no longer keep up with his peers in the classroom. Sophia and her family were left confused and concerned about her future in the classroom. This reality changed when both Kevin and Sophia learned about the accessible online library Bookshare , an initiative of Silicon Valley technology nonprofit Benetech.

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Accessible eBooks for Equal Opportunity

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

He could no longer keep up with his peers in the classroom. Accessible ebooks and Bookshare have helped sixth grader Kevin Leong overcome his reading challenges. The good news is that major changes in technology are reforming education.

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How Faith-based Nonprofits Can Use Peer-to-Peer Fundraising

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Download eBook. What technology is your staff going to need to fulfill their roles? For example, they display a photo of children in a classroom with a caption saying that part of this revenue will help “under-resourced communities have their physical and spiritual needs met.”. Let’s dive into how.

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30 Virtual and Hybrid Event Fundraising Ideas for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Anything people might want to learn, from hands-on activities such as painting to more classroom-type settings such as Spanish lessons. Consider things like ebooks, video or audio files, or even a private livestream session with a celebrity. Worried that you don’t have the tools or technology to carry out the event you really want?

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Get A Handle On Your Millennial Employees

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Surges in technology made virtually anything seem possibly if we just give it enough time and effort. And with the introduction of smart technology, this information is only one click or thumb-tap away. Receive his new ebook , Trusted Leadership Advisor by subscribing to his website or follow him on Twitter. You can do it!

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How False Conviction Could Help Science Centers Be More Human

Museum 2.0

It’s not every day that a science center releases an ebook about wrongful conviction in rape and murder cases. This interview is not really about an ebook. My hope is that we can find a way to get it into the science and humanities classrooms in colleges and universities, and I am working on that. You can find it here.

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