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Accessibility Excitement in Geneva

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This is totally the “how sausage and law are made” view, so don’t read this unless you want to know more about global accessibility in detail! WIPO has a mandate from its member states, and is working to address the need to change laws and get more accessible books flowing. law works: the one that made Bookshare possible.

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How Do Fundraiser Bonds Protect Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

One way government agencies help curb professional fundraising fraud is by requiring individuals and businesses to purchase surety bond insurance before they can be licensed to work on behalf of nonprofits and other organizations. But how do nonprofits know that the professionals they choose to work with will appropriate the funds in full?

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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. We see this with a much greater ability to lower prices, to offer all you can read subscription pricing plans, to choose to license content freely, to publish open access articles, and so on. And, the U.S. Senate just ratified the Treaty!

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

When you take the time to comment on a post, you become part of the blogger's community and if you are writing a blog, they will most definitely read your post and perhaps become a reader of your blog. It is an idea closely tied with the term user-generated content and creative commons licensing. " Think through why.

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7 Fantastic Free or Low Cost Sources To Get Images for Your Content Strategy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It is important to respect copyright laws. That’s not the definition of fair use. Some images are in the public domain and some of licensed through creative commons which can be used as long as you give proper attribution. Here’s a round up of resources and advice. These should get you started.

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Case Study: Moving to Google Apps

NTEN

My job was to keep everything up and running: the network, file servers, computers, printers, email systems, etc. Technology was not part of the strategic plan and the budget for technology was included in the office supply budget -- definitely not any room for technology improvements, even if the desire was there.