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What Is Volunteerism? A Guide to the History & Benefits

Bloomerang

Get a free Demo Volunteerism has a long and storied history, in both the United States and the world as a whole. Volunteerism in the United States stems all the way back to the Revolutionary War when civilians chipped in to support the war effort. See why nonprofits love our volunteer management software!

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Libraries pivot to survive pandemic

Candid

Bridging the digital divide has become essential during the pandemic as many communities, particularly rural ones, do not have sufficient access to Wi-Fi or computers for students. Libraries have helped fill the void by providing hot spot access and in some cases laptops computers to students.

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How to Win the Game of Facebook Fundraising

Get Fully Funded

For most organizations, this represents a significant number of prospects, especially organizations that invest time creating and sharing compelling Facebook content, building a large following. For an organization based in the United States to qualify for Facebook’s fundraising tools, you must be a 501(c)3. Ask me how I know!).

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A Call for Millions: Ending the Global Book Famine for the Blind

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Benetech has already solved this problem for students in the United States. The majority of donations stay local, sourcing content in local languages and creating jobs. Our Bookshare library has over 550,000 books that have been delivered digitally over 10 million times. We have a new business model.

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Technological Protection Measures and the Blind

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Why Circumvention for the Purposes of Access is Crucial A Bookshare Briefing Paper Prepared for the Diplomatic Conference for Visually Impaired Persons The distributors of digital content often use technological protection measures (TPMs) to discourage the making of unauthorized copies.

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[Breaking News] An Extraordinary Funding Opportunity For Nonprofits To Preserve Local Journalism

Bloomerang

Collaborative reporting: Nonprofits can facilitate partnerships between different news organizations to pool resources, share content, and cover stories more effectively. Collaboration with academia: Partner with educational institutions to create programs that benefit both students and local journalism.

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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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.