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Making the Book Truly Accessible for All Students

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

with a legally qualifying print disability per the Chafee Amendment to the Copyright Act. public school population) who could benefit from accessible books but currently go without them or get them at great cost in both time and funds to schools and educators. There are some 7.5 million students (15% of the U.S.

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eBooks #2: So you want to e-publish? Mechanics…

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want to do to get my novels out in the world, and have been greatly influenced by Cory Doctorow in terms of copyright (or, more accurately, copyleft ). There are many methods for converting files to ePub and Mobi format. I’m talking in this post about self-publishing eBooks.

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Webinar: Using Email to Engage Activists, Cultivate Donors - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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Date: Thur, Aug 21, 2008 Time: 2:00 PM EDT Duration: 1 hour Cost: Free Registration: click here Natasha Nummedal is Senior Campaign Manager at Care2. Natasha has a background in field organizing and grassroots organization from 18 years of volunteer and work experience in the human rights movement. But it’s not always easy.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Mountaintop Mining – Seeing is rejecting.

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You can read about it more in today’s New York Times. MTM SPECIFICALLY ALLOWED UNDER SMCRA MTM is a mining method that the United States government is largely responsible for creating. I know because I helped work on several projects funded by those agencies. Obvious isn’t it.

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Reflections on Extension 2.0 Webinar

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I did my first presentation about the Internet when I started working with Arts Wire in 1993. And, there were times when situations happened that I had not anticipated. Like the time I was doing a session in an artists loft and the phone jack was 150 feet away and my phone cord was only 125 feet. But it worked out, I think.

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Convio Releases Nonprofit Online Marketing Benchmarks Study - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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Charities need to communicate with their constituents about the impact of their work and continue building relationships. Focus on methods to convert traffic into online supporters by maximizing sign up opportunities across your website. Keep up the great work on FrogLoop! Donors hate feeling like cash machines.”

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The Great Debate: DM vs. Online Acquisition - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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The items that come to me by mail seemingly approach the process of separating me from my money by appealing to my human decency and asking me to "become a member" or "support the work of (fill in the blank). We then analyzed subsequent gift behavior POST first time online gift. All rights reserved.