Remove Digital Remove eBook Remove Philanthropy Remove Technology
article thumbnail

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

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Our Bookshare library has over 550,000 books that have been delivered digitally over 10 million times. We have the technology. Cheap devices and internet connectivity mean everything is digital. We have the ebooks. We have hundreds of thousands of ebooks in a dozen languages already available globally.

Global 109
article thumbnail

The Gift of Reading, a Circle of Life

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

It became a burden to his family and caregivers to constantly drop what they were doing to turn a page, so he began seeking out ebooks. This reality changed when Frank found out about Benetech’s Bookshare accessible digital library for people with print disabilities.

Life 147
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Join Benetech in the Skoll Foundation’s 2014 Social Entrepreneurs Challenge!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

“They get frustrated and don’t want to read,” she says, “but access to digital books and reading technologies changed all that for Zach.” Zach Bryant The change happened when Zach was in high school and his Assistive Technology teacher introduced him to Benetech’s Bookshare library. Thank you for your support!

Challenge 144
article thumbnail

Digital Transformation: A Tale of Two Resilient Nonprofits

Connection Cafe

Digital transformation is, to put it simply, rethinking how our organizations operate through the use of digital technology. In a recent webinar poll , the audience was evenly split when asked what digital transformation means to them. Question: What started your digital transformation journey?

Digital 29
article thumbnail

CEO’s Update: Fall 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

My personal goal is to channel the aspirations of the technology community to do more social good. More and more of my time is spent around both raising money and raising awareness of how much more could be done with technology to increase social impact. Are you excited about technology benefiting the world?

article thumbnail

10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

How can we use technology in a new way to improve people’s lives that is an order of magnitude better? Can we help stimulate the creation of far more technology-for-good ventures? Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice.

Literacy 158
article thumbnail

April Member Round-Up: Digital strategy from street outreach, top nonprofit blogs, and how to communicate when you don't agree

NTEN

Sixteen nonprofit tech experts (including NTEN Members: Jeff Shuck , David Neff , Donna Wilkins , Frank Barry , and NTEN''s Amy Sample Ward ) share their ideas and fundraising best practices in Blackbaud ''s new free ebook, The Future of Fundraising. Direct service can teach you a lot about digital strategy. Save the Date!

eBook 36