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The Gift of Reading, a Circle of Life

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

First we identified the titles we wanted to add—all requested by Bookshare non-student members, including some of the best science books of 2013 as reported by NPR’s Science Friday show. It was a rewarding project that took us to many wonderful recommendation sources.

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Optimistic about Marrakesh Treaty!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The hope is to be able to celebrate the milestone globally on December 10, 2015, Human Rights Day. One attendee pointed out that the cross-border sharing of content wouldn’t be of much use unless you had the USA or Europe on board: that’s where a lot of content will come from for people with print disabilities in the rest of the world.

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5 Steps to Content Marketing Success for Arts and Cultural Nonprofits

Connection Cafe

According to the new Nonprofit Content Marketing report from Blackbaud and Content Marketing Institute , 38% of nonprofits plan to increase their content marketing budget in the next twelve months. How can arts and cultural organizations start leveraging content marketing? Create Content. Promote your Content.

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Crowdsourcing Events: The Citizen Gulf Project

NTEN

At the time, the most impressive thing about the concert was not how much money was raised, or how many musicians were involved, but how global it was. Concerts took place mainly in the UK and the US, but also in Australia, Japan, France, and a half a dozen other places around the world. How would Live Aid look today?

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Breakthrough on Global Access at WIPO in Geneva!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Answer : • Countries should provide for a copyright exception in their national laws to allow nonprofit organizations serving people with disabilities to make accessible versions of inaccessible books and other content • Import and export of such accessible materials shall be permitted 2. Question: Why is this a good idea?

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NpTech Tag Summary: Free Ranger Rick, Green Geekery, and Blog Day is Next Week!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NpTech Tools Sounds like Gavin of Gavin's Digital Diner had a great time sipping Burgundy wines in France, but even better wrote a detailed description of his damn DAM system. Rayt allows users to rate the content of web sites by making a comment and also to rate other people's comments. Global NpTech. What's Hiafux ?

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A Little Bit of Gloom Between Two Slices of Hope: Diet for a Hot Planet Author, Anna Lappe

Have Fun - Do Good

After reading each of her books: Hope's Edge (that she co-authored with her mother, Frances Moore Lappé), Grub (that she co-authored with Bryant Terry), and now her new book, Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do About It , I've felt hopeful and energized. Not Anna Lappé's books.