Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 15, 2012

The Poet application developed by DIAGRAM helps level the playing field by making otherwise inaccessible graphic content available for students and other readers who cannot read traditional books. Our DIAGRAM Center is dramatically changing the way image and graphical content for accessible educational materials is produced and accessed.

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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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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

For the entire month of October, TechSoup and our donor partners will be participating in National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (also known as NCSAM). At TechSoup, we believe that everyone should have basic security skills, but it is especially important for nonprofits and public libraries. Kick Off NCSAM with a Free Webinar.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 12, 2014

The HathiTrust Digital Library (HDL) is a partnership of academic and research institutions that had created (with help from Google ) a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world. It allows users to search book content that contains a match for their search terms. in addition to the text?only

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

RoundUp App is the nation’s largest tool for rounded up donations. Access to an entire library of marketing templates, sample fundraising campaigns, and industry best practices. The format and tone of your content should be specific to the channel. That’s where RoundUp App comes in.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 2, 2015

Social, shareable content. National Audubon Society 2015. National Audubon Society 2005. New York Public Library 2015. New York Public Library 2005. United Nations 2015. United Nations 2005. Bold imagery. Large font. Simplified, tappable navigation and calls-to-action. Dramatic use of color.

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Forum One

AUGUST 31, 2023

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Best Science Website The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC) is a multipurpose research facility operated by Stanford University for the U.S. Overall, this work has helped to empower NRDC’s content managers, engage their audience, and amplify their impact. Department of Energy.

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M+R

JUNE 5, 2023

As incredible as they might sound, these are just a few of the new “children’s rights laws” that could become a reality under a new United Nations program if fully implemented by the Carter administration. Search key terms and hashtags and see whose content grabs you. QA: make sure they’re value-aligned.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 15, 2014

I have previously written about the top issues addressed by the Treaty , but to recap, the Treaty is a wonderful instrument because it requires exceptions for people who are blind or have other print disabilities in national copyright laws.

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Bonterra

MARCH 13, 2024

Create bespoke learning pathways and content in Bonterra Academy to meet your specific organizational training needs. Receive access to a library of best practices developed from Bonterra’s experience serving 20,000+ social good organizations.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

Last week, the National Federation of the Blind and 22 organizations serving people with disabilities filed detailed objections to a petition from a group of makers of e-reader devices led by Amazon to be exempted from accessibility requirements under the relatively new Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

Betsy Beaumon I recently had the honor to speak at the first-ever Braille Summit , hosted on June 19-21, 2013 by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) and Perkins School for the Blind. Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, VP and General Manager, Benetech’s Global Literacy Program.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 10, 2010

Bookshare is adding so much content that favourite authors of mine are creeping into the collection without my noticing. Footnote: NLS stands for the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, part of the U.S. Library of Congress and the nation's number one provider of books for blind people.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

A copyright exception allows specialist organizations (generally a government agency or disability NGO or library) to make an accessible version of a published book without having to get permission from the author or publisher. This includes the kind of legal advocacy pursued by the National Federation of the Blind in the U.S.,

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Forum One

JULY 22, 2021

With thousands of content creators and over 80,000 pages of content, the EPA needs a robust, intuitive system for publishing content to advance its mission of protecting the environment. National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 5, 2013

After all, Benetech’s Bookshare initiative is the largest online library serving people with print disabilities in the world. And once the United States Senate ratifies the treaty, it will be possible for libraries like Bookshare to get more content for Americans from sources outside of the United States and in more languages.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 10, 2023

This renaissance of the medium presents a fantastic opportunity for deeper content to be created and consumed by people interested in the nonprofit world. This leads to a rather large podcast graveyard in the iTunes library making it very hard to find current podcasts.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Libraries for people who are blind or dyslexic are the primary source of accessible books in audio, large print or braille. But, some companies want to empty the library shelves and insist that only books that can’t be purchased are allowed to be stocked in such libraries. Bookshare was created under the Section 121 U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 7, 2013

However, as the founder of the Bookshare online library, we have a great deal at stake in how the Treaty gets implemented. First, it makes creating a national domestic copyright exception an obligation of countries that ratify the Treaty. These are the digital locks that make it hard to copy digital content.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

The goal of the Treaty is to make a copyright exception for the blind and other people with disabilities that stop them from reading print, and to make import and export of accessible content legal. Rely on national law in each country to qualify the nonprofits that can use these exceptions to help people with disabilities.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

What began as a small online library, with a collection built in large part by its users, is now the primary national supplier of electronic accessible educational materials for students with print disabilities. In 2012, this meant a growing push to add image descriptions, especially to math and science content.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

Bookshare: Solving the “Accessible Book Famine” Twelve years ago, we had an idea for recreating the traditional library for people with print disabilities—such as those who are blind, cannot physically turn the pages of a book, or have learning disabilities, like dyslexia—using the then-emerging technologies of digital books and crowdsourcing.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 16, 2011

This is becoming crucially important as the problem of delivering access to text is increasingly solved by the move to ebook publishing and solutions like our Bookshare library. Of course, just as we're solving the text problem, more and more content is moving to richer, more visual forms like graphics, simulations and flash!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 22, 2013

Support open data, open access to research, open content and open source. open source Syria technology Richard Feynman open content intellectual property science Guatemala social entrepreneurship Caltech' But, allow the benefits of technology to reach far beyond the top of the pyramid. To the greatest extent possible, be open.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Route 66 pairs this reading content with teaching tools and learning exercises, effectively empowering any literate person to become an early reading instructor. It is the world’s largest online accessible library, adding books at nearly four times the rate of the next most prolific U.S. This is a huge legal victory!

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VisionLink

MARCH 17, 2010

Thanks to a wonderfully coordinated effort (no pun intended) by both the national CAN staff and VisionLink''s development, Q&A and Help Desk staff, the new national Coordinated Assistance Network solution has been released across the Web.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

They started by using technology to connect data across their 4,900 Club locations so that national leaders could gain a real-time view into members’ needs and preferences. . They shared valuable insights that addressed the many challenges nonprofits are facing around smart tech adoption, content strategy, change management, and leadership.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

Our Bookshare online library is continuing to multiply its impact. The Oak Foundation just awarded us a grant to provide accessible content to people with qualifying learning differences (like dyslexia) in Brazil, India, and the United Kingdom. What about yet another order of magnitude beyond that?

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Qgiv

JUNE 8, 2021

A prolific writer and speaker, he curates Bloomerang’s sector-leading educational content and hosts their weekly webinar series. Steven has contributed content to the National Council of Nonprofits, AFP, NTEN and Nonprofit Hub, and is a frequent conference speaker. Steven Shattuck is Chief Engagement Officer at Bloomerang.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

This was part of the national conversation when schools pivoted to online classrooms, which catered to families with reliable internet, ample supply of modern devices, and space to use them. CVAs lament how technology gaps can exclude some people in systematic ways. During the pandemic-induced quarantines, these gaps widened.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Mark founded InvisiblePeople.tv , a nationally-recognized nonprofit that fights homelessness using the power of social media. The content is fantastic — particularly the tutorials. The content is fantastic — particularly the tutorials.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

Its key points are: • A recommendation that import and export be permitted under national law in all WIPO-member countries between Trusted Intermediaries (“TIs”), a narrow class of nonprofits and government agencies with a primary mission to serve the print disabled, with the option of charging TIs for the privilege to do so. •

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Interesting and informative content can truly set your fundraiser apart from the rest, and the right photos can help tell your story in a unique way. Fundraiser flyers: Create flyers for your fundraiser and post them on bulletin boards in libraries, grocery stores, coffee shops, and anywhere else that gets a lot of traffic in your community.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 21, 2020

They are producing innovative online campaigns, reusing available content in creative ways, finding ways to create new content from home, and doing most of this with little to no budget, limited or no access to physical objects, and limited access to their colleagues. Hello, my name is Tim and I am the head of security for The Cowboy.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Learn how to maximize the reach of your nonprofit or library's posts to Facebook. What is content curation and why should your organization try it? What is content curation and why should your organization try it? TechSoup for Libraries. Social media is a powerful tool for libraries as well. NetSquared.

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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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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 24, 2021

In this interview, Stevenson shares his thoughts on how we seek to reconcile as a nation, how he personally handled prejudice and racism, his path to his true calling, and how he finds the strength everyday to keep on fighting. When we built our National Memorial to the victims of lynching, we couldn’t do that.

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