Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 28, 2013

We have the technology, we have the content, and now we have the legal framework to make it possible for every person with a print disability on the planet to get access to the books they need for education, employment and social inclusion! The Benetech team is delighted by its adoption today.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The National Association for College Admission Counseling reported in 2015 that 36% of first-time freshmen apply to seven or more colleges. That means your university is competing with many other higher education institutions across the nation that are all catering to your potential students. requires a solid content strategy.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 19, 2021

Terri has over 30 years of success in higher education, politics, international affairs, and nonprofits, including roles as Provost at Menlo College, Vice Provost at University of Texas at Austin, and positions on numerous boards. This is just a snapshot of the content at Unite. in International Studies, Human Rights, from the Henry M.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The 36th Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute will feature nationally recognized experts from private foundations, public charities, law, finance, and government discussing the latest tax, legislative and governance issues affecting nonprofit organizations. National LGBTQ Task Force / Detroit, MI / $500. Jan 23 -27.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Joanna Pineda, founder, CEO, and Chief Troublemaker at Matrix Group International, Inc. Brent Gibson, Chief Health Officer at the National Commission on Correctional Health Care and Managing Director of NCCHC Resources, Inc. We’re also watching the statistics carefully to ensure that the content we roll out is relevant.”

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Forum One

JUNE 8, 2022

Forum One received 11 awards in seven categories in this year’s awards for excellence and distinction in website design, development, and digital strategy across the categories of government, DEI, education, arts, health, cultural institutions, and annual reports for corporate communications. Excellence – Website for Government.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

GOLD – Government Website. Gold – Government Website. National Council for Mental Wellbeing. The National Council on Mental Wellbeing drives policy and social change on behalf of over 3,100 mental health and substance use treatment organizations and the more than 10 million children, adults and families they serve.

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Forum One

APRIL 18, 2023

The National Council for Mental Wellbeing (NCMW) was struggling with their content development workflows. We conducted interviews with internal stakeholders—anyone who had a hand in content development, from ideation to pressing publish in their website CMS.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

Next, the Summit featured a conversation between Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation , a $16 billion international human welfare and social justice philanthropic organization, and Dr. Una Osili , Associate Dean for Research and International Programs at Indiana University’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.

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fusionSpan

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Read More August 15, 2023 GCCA Moving Mountains, Delivering Solutions: How Global Cold Chain Alliance Keeps Its Cool with Salesforce Solutions Salesforce Implementation The Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA) – an international association representing all major industries engaged in temperature-.

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Forum One

JUNE 9, 2021

Organized by the International Awards Associate (IAA) , a group of industry innovators, creators, designers, and communications professionals deeply committed to recognize and honor the outstanding performance, talent, and effort of the best digital and creative professionals around the world. National Air & Space Museum.

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Forum One

JUNE 29, 2021

To boot, the PDF version of the report recently won a 2021 Vega Awards Winner for Branded Content. Created by ZERO TO THREE as an initiative of Think Babies , they identify issues regarding paid leave, access to education, and healthcare across the nation. Girls Who Code. social media, website, email, etc.)

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Under the theme “Achieving Our Vision through Empowerment and Partnerships,” this was the first-ever combined General Assembly of both WBU and the International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment ( ICEVI ), another world-class organization in the field. The November 2012 General Assembly took place in Bangkok, Thailand.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 29, 2010

A strong example of this work was shown on October 18th when Benetech statistical consultant Daniel Guzmán presented expert legal testimony in the trial of two former agents of the Guatemalan National Police, Abraham Lancerio Gómez and Héctor Roderico Ramírez. The estimated 31.7 You can read more about the case at [link].

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 5, 2013

I’ve been actively advocating for an international copyright exception model that would greatly benefit people with disabilities, as anyone who has read my blog over the years can attest! We could serve many more with a comparable international model. We help more than 250,000 people with print disabilities thanks to our U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

CityOptions is an environmental initiative to help local governments—particularly small and mid-sized ones—plan and execute effective sustainability initiatives. Our goal is to revolutionize the effectiveness of local governments in responding to climate change and other environmental impacts. Read2Go Bookshare goes mobile!

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

It also offers an interactive opportunity to discuss key forms and governing documents(Form 1023 and Forms 990 and 990-PF.). National LGBTQ Task Force / Washington, DC / 475. The National LGBTQ Task Force’s 2018 Creating Change Conference convenes in Washington, DC, January 24-28, 2018. The Corps Network National Conference.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Expert testimony by Benetech statistical consultant Daniel Guzmán provided critical evidence in the conviction of the former Guatemalan National Police officers Abraham Lancerio Gómez and Héctor Roderico Ramírez. million documents in the Guatemalan National Police Archive.

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Forum One

MAY 27, 2021

The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History DIY Exhibits. The National Museu m of Natural History has a mission to promote a greater understanding of the natural world and our place in it. National Endowment for the Arts. Excellence – Website for Cultural Institutions. Distinction – Website for Art.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 7, 2013

First, it makes creating a national domestic copyright exception an obligation of countries that ratify the Treaty. It’s a nonprofit or government agency that makes accessible copies of Works, and limits distribution of those copies to people with bona fide disabilities, the “Beneficiary Persons,” defined in the next article.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 16, 2008

The incoming Obama administration is pledging to use some innovative internet strategies to expand citizen access to government information and processes. government CTO, spoke about how DC has created more than 200 data feeds on D.C. A tall order. For example, Vivek Kundra, the Washington, D.C. city issues and indicators.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

" [Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: National Wildlife Federation – Here is a terrific interview with my friend and colleague Danielle Brigida of the National Wildlife Federation – she discusses both the tools she uses and the lessons she's learned from managing the social media presence for the NWF.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 20, 2010

Some folks call newly developed knowledge "intellectual property," but this obscures the fact that we don't treat ideas and content the same way as we treat a house or land. If you give all knowledge away freely, you'll discourage people and companies from investing in creating valuable technology and content.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) NTI Nuclear Security Index (NTI Index) is the preeminent global data resource on nuclear security, assessing countries’ progress, highlighting security gaps, and recommending actions for governments to better protect nuclear materials and build an effective global security architecture.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

A Policy Update from an engineer, Jim Fruchterman of Benetech June 8, 2010 The international copyright negotiations in Geneva around a proposed Treaty for the Visually Impaired (“TVI”) have been steadily heating up. Counterproposals have been made, governments have been engaging with rights holders, consumers and NGOs (or not!)

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Care2

JULY 23, 2012

Join Engaging Network’s Ghazal Vaghedi, Humane Society International’s Elise Ledsinger, and Care2’s own Eric Rardin for a deep dive into tactics that you can use today to quickly improve results from your email fundraising appeals: "10 Ways to SUPERCHARGE Your Online Fundraising Campaigns" -- Tuesday, July 31st at 2PM EDT.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Teaser: Across the ocean and the international date line, there is an organization doing amazing nonprofit technology work -- Connecting Up Australia. Blog Content: Across the ocean and the international date line, there is an organization doing amazing nonprofit technology work -- Connecting Up Australia.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

We can use the same ebook file to deliver the content ten different ways. This adaptability isn’t just for people with disabilities: personalized content helps everyone. For the content of books, this flexibility is expressed in ideas like public domain, when the copyright owned by the author or publisher ends at some point.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2006

Speakers: Douglas Thomas, USC Center on Public Diplomacy Hardy Merriman, International Center on Nonviolent Conflict Stephen Friedman, MTV U Douglas Thomas: We're closet gamers. " Came to the idea that if people play together, they tend not to think of people as different nationalities. Will clean up later.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

Accessibility However useful the Section 121 exception has been for Bookshare, it is very narrowly drawn to cover nonprofit organizations and government agencies with a primary purpose to serve people with disabilities. Making content accessible for the blind has been a traditional example of fair use.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2011

My main takeaway was that nonprofits need to think differently about content. There are different media forms that mandate different types of content — and nonprofits must consider this as part of the online content strategy. Treesaver divides content into pages, automatically adjusting to the size of any screen.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Instagram, the popular Millennial photo sharing site, is gaining traction with world leaders, government leaders and nonprofit executive directors. Here’s a summary of content posted by world leaders. Instagram is about photo sharing and tell stories in photos. What to Post? Campbell above. Need more inspiration?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 6, 2011

This post was written by Jeff Ramos, Community and Content Manager at Games for Change. Our Pre-Festival Summit, (Monday, June 20), will feature a day-long series of case studies focusing on hyper-local community building, national civic engagement, international development issues, and psychological health concerns.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

On September 17, 2017, leaders from government, business and nonprofits gathered alongside celebrities, activists, journalists and concerned citizens at the 92 nd Street Y in New York City for the 8 th annual Social Good Summit (#2030NOW ) to discuss how technology , media and activism can build a better world.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is the only national conference expressly designed to prepare 400+ college students for a career in the social sector. 12th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. 12th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. Governance / @usdsoles. Governance. Leadership. Fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

In ongoing conversations with John Gautam on Twitter, I've learned more about how their overall social publishing strategy which balances their curated content or "branded" content with community conversations to co-create social content. Curated Content. India has a reading problem and the problem is two fold.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

Policy-oriented organizations have long produced dizzying amounts of statistical content. You should spend as much time and energy making your data, charts, and tables findable as you do making your reports and other content. Washington DC’s City Government is doing a great job of feeding its raw data to the world.

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