Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. Today, we are poised at a moment in time where we can transcend the limitations of past book technologies and bring the power of books to all humans.

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NTEN

AUGUST 5, 2014

Think about goals and audience: Before you create content, first think about the ultimate goal and the target audience. While my workshop on Day 1 focused a lot on internal processes and best practices, the next question that we anticipated from attendees was, "What tools can I use to help create this compelling content?"

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Social media, like all technology, is developed by people. There are two types of media we will look at here: direct and indirect content. Direct Content. The first example of direct content is the use of Wikipedia during the 7/7 bombings in London. Indirect Content. Now for indirect content or Mash-ups.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2015

One finalist's pitch was: "We have buy-in from the community, we have rich networks on the ground, and we are building on pre-existing technologies." Empowering Marginalized Communities Using Technology. Dd's mission is "to empower marginalized communities to use technology to defend their rights."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2008

What is the best mix of content between social networking profiles and main web site page? What technologies do you need to encourage user-generated content on video? How do increase internet literacy with communities? Before content, you need to know your audience. Where do they access the content?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

What's different is that the backchannel is being used in non-technology conferences. If you’re courageous and know your content backwards, display the back channel on a screen that everyone (including you) can see. For those of us who have been attending blogging and tech conferences, the backchannel is not new.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

We sell our content to mainstream and other media organizations all over the world. I learned to speak the language fluently, and was there at a really intense time in terms of the civil war, and a lot of the political uprisings that were going on. We do sell our content to media organizations all over the U.S.,

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 14, 2009

When you speak in the language of the institutional mission, executives will understand you better and be attentive to the new connections you draw from the mission to proposed projects. Especially when working with technology, leading with tools instead of mission-driven projects is a mistake.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Ironically, many of these users might buy commercial ebooks, but the anti-piracy technology built into many ebook systems are not compatible with the technology these users employ to get the books in Braille or synthetic speech. The problem is that we provide technology that allows for security, privacy and circumvention.

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Forum One

JANUARY 26, 2023

Key components of data governance The people, processes, and technology are at the center of your entire data strategy. You need to consider and implement the right technology or platforms that enable working with your data to achieve your goals.

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