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The University of Alabama at Birmingham: Transforming Student Journeys Through Salesforce

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The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is an internationally-renowned, public doctoral research university and academic health center dedicated to transforming the student experience. Thrailkill elaborates, stating, “We see with students that text messaging is how they want to receive communications, especially since COVID.

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Debunking 3 Myths About Digital Transformation

Saleforce Nonprofit

The nonprofit and education leaders I work with each have a different definition of “digital transformation.” At Salesforce.org, digital transformation means integrating technology into your organization in a way that enhances your ability to deliver on your mission. Myth #1: “Digital transformation is a distraction from our mission.”.

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Welcome to the 2021 Digital Inclusion Fellows

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While many in the digital inclusion sector have been pushing for digital equity for decades, there are others for whom the pandemic brought these issues to light. We saw more organizations and individuals becoming digital equity champions, affirming that we need government support in the sector.

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Team-Up for Textbooks: Volunteer to Help Students with Disabilities

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

all too many students with print disabilities might not have the textbooks they need for class. When a Bookshare student member with a print disability needs a book for school that is not yet in the Bookshare collection, the member submits a request and Bookshare creates an accessible digital version of that book.

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Is Your Digital Strategy Ready for 2023?

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We’re continuing to explore the ideas sparked at the Digital Impact Summit this fall when we were joined by more than 200 leaders and doers from the nonprofit and public sectors who shared what’s working and what’s not within their organizations. Communications and awareness. Case in point: The Nation’s Report Card.

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Making the Book Truly Accessible for All Students

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) selected our successful Bookshare library as the provider of accessible materials to every student in the U.S. Bookshare has grown into the largest online digital library of accessible books and periodicals in the U.S., million students (15% of the U.S.

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Digital Divide Data: our Partner in Laos

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Our first partner in this work was Digital Divide Data, an organization that has an outstanding training program in the area of data entry and outsourcing. The DDD student staff people work half days at DDD, proofing textbooks to make them accessible to students with print disabilities.

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