Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 11, 2013

Creating the World’s Largest Collection of Accessible Arabic eBooks Access to knowledge is the critical first step on the path to economic, educational, and social development. In 2011, we began collaborating with the Mada Center (Qatar Assistive Technology Center) to create accessible Arabic-language digital books.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

“As organizations,” Osborne said, “we must liberate spending to focus on the promotion, learning and innovation around braille,” and recognize that we ought to embrace today’s changing economics and technology so that braille can be part of an equation which delivers access to information for all, not just to those who can afford it.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

As technology evolves, there are new ways nonprofits like yours can take advantage of advancements to save time and raise more money. At the forefront of these new technologies is artificial intelligence (AI). For example, Qgiv provides AI to help your organization write peer-to-peer emails, as well as other donor communications.

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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 10, 2020

This required adapting their technology and related processes for remote access, collaboration , and security. For example, American Society for Surgery of the Hand automates many of their processes using Nimble AMS: “Nimble AMS, built on Salesforce, is the foundation for anything we can think of. Embrace change. Download now.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

She also said that they learn about new technology mostly by word of mouth throughout their church network. Church Technology Listservs. particularly interesting like her piece 4 Technology Options that Might Kill the Church Bulletin. Lauren Hunter has written a series of free eBooks. ChurchTechToday.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 16, 2011

The goal of the DIAGRAM R&D Center is to greatly improve access to graphical information for students with print disabilities (for example, helping blind students get access to important graphics inside textbooks). But, it’s turned out to be one of the best surveys of assistive technology we’ve ever seen.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

Benetech was a proud endorser of these objections (under our legal organizational name of Beneficent Technology, Inc.). We all want the same ebook that people without disabilities buy (sorry, I mean license) to work perfectly well for people who are blind, physically disabled or dyslexic.

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Cloud 4 Good

DECEMBER 7, 2021

It is available inside your CRM as shown in the image above of Tableau CRM or as a standalone application that allows you to bring data from multiple data sources as shown in the example below. . eBook: Your Guide to Migrating from Raiser’s Edge to Salesforce . Would You Like to Learn More About How Cloud for Good Can Help You?

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 24, 2020

With that in mind, Blackbaud has published an eBook entitled “Becoming a Resilient Nonprofit” that includes a round-up of sector resources and critical thinking on key strategies to ensure sustainability. Nonprofit missions grind to a halt without the automation and digital tools that technology brings to the table.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

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?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 15, 2012

With technology, you can do incredible things, but with a galvanized community of supporters who work together toward a greater good, we can do anything. By partnering with all these stakeholders, we reinvented the traditional library for people with print disabilities and brought modern ebook technology to this underserved community.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

While our activities often creates jobs beyond the core high technology jobs around software development and user support, we don't see it as our core competency. For example, our Bookshare online library for the blind, uses several different social enterprises to do data entry and proofreading work on textbooks.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

As we hurtle toward the end of 2013, it’s time for an update of nonprofit technology trends and news! If you’re a nonprofit news junkie, have a look at all our Nonprofit Technology News pieces from this past year. TechSoup Technologies for Good. Hacker Helper is all about not reinventing the technology wheel.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 16, 2021

It is nonprofit technology for use cases like constituent management, fundraising, marketing and communications, and program management. For example, there is a ton of opportunity to integrate with your email marketing program. A great example of this is Human Rights Watch. Get a 360-Degree View of Constituents.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

In it, we pointed out the irony that the first generation of ebook readers being inaccessible to blind people. This irony continues: it’s a terrible shame that Amazon (and other ebook device vendors) keeps putting out ebook products that are inaccessible to the blind! years ago entitled the Soundproof Book. The ship has sailed.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 7, 2013

These ebooks can quickly be turned into Braille, large print or be read aloud by a synthetic voice synthesizer. For example, in developing countries, we aim to help our members pursue educational and employment opportunities. Moreover, earlier this year we began offering books in MP3 format.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

We believe that this means that circumvention needs to be addressed in the Treaty to ensure that access does not become a dead letter in an increasingly digital world, where people with disabilities get locked out of ebook content by contractual and technical means. We don’t think the commerciality issue belongs in the treaty.

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NetWits

APRIL 13, 2013

If you’re at The 2013 Nonprofit Technology Conference we’d love for you to join us > [link]. The most engaging person on twitter will win a bound copy of our new npEXPERTS fundraising and marketing eBook. Do you have examples of nonprofits doing exceptionally well using social to raise money? During the 1.5

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 10, 2009

But, it's a dream that the commercial ebook vendors keep dashing. We have an action by Amazon that sets back years of work to make ebooks accessible. A recent example of this was web site accessibility. I also have a Kindle1, and have bought a bunch of Kindle ebooks. The Closed Platform problem.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

It also underscores just how critical a balanced copyright law is for technology innovation. As a different kind of Silicon Valley tech company—a nonprofit with a pure focus on social good—our goal is to see that the best of technology gets applied to social needs left unaddressed by for-profit businesses. copyright law.

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Tech Soup

JULY 24, 2014

She will share tips for instilling technology confidence in staff and providing user-driven training. She will also share some examples of one-on-one ebook appointments at various libraries. Ann Awakuni will share her experience planning multiple e-reader fairs while working at the Mountain View Public Library (California).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

The Year That Was and the New Year Ahead Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, Benetech's VP and General Manager of the Literacy Program 2012 was a year of titanic shifts in the fields of consumer technology, education, and publishing, along with the requisite challenges brought about by such rapid change. Thanks again!

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

If you are targeting the tech industry, for example, you can create rooms based on different parts of the industry or different audience segments. In this example, you might consider a room where people can go to discuss the future of the industry or a room that connects minorities with one another. .

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2020

The result is relevant innovations and improvements that include people-focused and technology-focused solutions. Download this free eBook for more details about Peace Arch Healthcare Foundation’s journey mapping experience as well as case studies from other healthcare organizations. Real-World Results. First Step: Do your research.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 17, 2015

It is the primary successful example of the UN’s World Intellectual Property Organization Development Agenda, and will lay the groundwork for more advances in the Development Agenda. · It helps hasten the development of a domestic electronic book industry in your country, since ebooks are one core format for providing accessible books. ·

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 15, 2009

A great (bad) example is Adobe, one of the leading ebook technology vendors, who just introduced their Digital Editions. People with disabilities are repeatedly left out in the cold because accessibility concerns don’t rank high on tech company priority lists.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

For example, if you are hosting a hybrid meeting and you will have a live audience on-site, be sure to inform your virtual audience that this is happening. Some hybrid conferences require that attendees attend at least one session or presenter in order to reap some type of benefit (like a free eBook or the recorded content).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 7, 2013

It includes people who are blind, visually impaired, reading disabled (example: dyslexia) or have a physical disability that gets in the way of effectively holding a book, turning pages or focusing on the page. Technological Protection Measures. These are the digital locks that make it hard to copy digital content.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

This is why the making of accessible books is a classic example of market failure: if publishers could make a lot of money selling braille, large print, audio, and fully accessible textbooks, we wouldn’t need a copyright exception. For example, we run Bookshare in the U.S. The biggest challenge for access is that it’s expensive.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

If you are targeting the tech industry, for example, you can create rooms based on different parts of the industry or different audience segments. In this example, you might consider a room where people can go to discuss the future of the industry or a room that connects minorities with one another. .

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Although the election-year onslaught of political marketing can sometimes seem excessive, in many ways it is extremely effective and offers a unique example for nonprofits to follow. As technology continues to advance and improve the efficiency of running a campaign, an age-old strategy has been making a reappearance this year.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

For example, if you are hosting a hybrid meeting and you will have a live audience on-site, be sure to inform your virtual audience that this is happening. Some hybrid conferences require that attendees attend at least one session or presenter in order to reap some type of benefit (like a free eBook or the recorded content).

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

MAY 18, 2020

If you’re looking to partner with a business, for example, to collect donations in their store, working with a local business can show you prioritise lowering emissions, and only support businesses who share this priority. Reduce paper use. The cost difference is often very little, and it will show supporters that you care about the planet.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Most charities and many libraries have part time or accidental techies taking care of their technology. Is it any wonder that proper technology planning is something we have a hard time getting to? Conducting a technology assessment and inventory of current software and hardware assets. How do you currently use technology?

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Connection Cafe

MAY 4, 2020

Digital transformation is, to put it simply, rethinking how our organizations operate through the use of digital technology. Throughout our sector, each and every nonprofit is in a different place when it comes to using digital technologies and foundational data. Question: How will digital transformation help you to diversify revenue?

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

Carolyn is a major gift fundraiser and nonprofit communications expert who uses technology to amplify her impact and do more with less. CA: What if you are an accountant, for example? And download a free copy of Qgiv’s eBook: Grant Writing Toolkit. Meet Carolyn Appleton! Q: Is it possible to transition from other fields?

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 14, 2020

Upon registration, for example, participants may have an “in training” t-shirt for the upcoming event delivered directly to their door. Using technologies such as Strava, Zwift, Boundless Motion, or the livestreaming capabilities of TeamRaiser, participants can come together on a virtual course either at the same time or separately.

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