Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

It funds primarily organizations that serve the New York City metropolitan area or New York State. Today, Bookshare serves over 330,000 American students with a rapidly growing collection of hundreds of thousands of accessible ebooks. government and states like Texas. In 2013, with the most recent (and fourth!)

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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. 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.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

to share files, and sundry web applications for online communications. She also said that they learn about new technology mostly by word of mouth throughout their church network. That’s not surprising since faith-based organizations are all about community. Church Technology Listservs. ChurchTechToday.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

Last week, the National Federation of the Blind and 22 organizations serving people with disabilities filed detailed objections to a petition from a group of makers of e-reader devices led by Amazon to be exempted from accessibility requirements under the relatively new Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act.

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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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

We see tremendous innovations in social enterprise, but these are merely part of larger, global changes in the ways in which society organizes itself to create public goods. In my contribution to Ron’s book, I discuss the framework that guides us at Benetech, the technology nonprofit I lead.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

The nexus for this work is the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the United Nations agency that deals with such matters. As the most internationally engaged library for people with disabilities, we’re trying to find funding and partnerships to help bring both Bookshare’s collection and technology to bear on this problem.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

The publishing industry and disability organizations both agreed on this provision of copyright law. Employ "Social Digital Rights Management" technology. Because the names of the users who downloaded the content are almost always still in the files in plaintext! How do we know it's inadvertent?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

However, the time has come when we need a really smart attorney to join Benetech and help us navigate the intersection of technology and social good. We’re not an advocacy organization, but our technical insights are in great demand from advocates. I was an expert witness in the case, and we’ve filed an amicus brief in the appeal.

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BoardAssist

MARCH 6, 2014

For guidance on this topic we turned to Pat Callihan, Executive Director of Philadelphia nonprofit Tech Impact, and asked how nonprofit board members can help improve tech efficiency at their organizations. It sounds expensive to pay someone else to run your organization’s email, but, if you are a nonprofit, this service is free.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 22, 2013

We recently updated our book, The Resilient Organization: A Guide for Disaster Planning and Recovery. While we are providing the document as a PDF file also, ebooks are easier to resize fonts and thus easier to read, especially on an e-ink device. Ideally you would be writing them as an HTML file in the first place.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 23, 2014

Getting rejected by seven different technologies is exhausting – in relationships and in fundraising. Many times organizations create strategies based on convenience or recycle tactics that were successful for the masses. Check out the eBook for more donor acquisition advice! She responds via text message.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 23, 2014

Getting rejected by seven different technologies is exhausting – in relationships and in fundraising. Many times organizations create strategies based on convenience or recycle tactics that were successful for the masses. Check out the eBook for more donor acquisition advice! She responds via text message.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

We'd like you to meet Linda Widdop, Tech Impact’s, Director of Technology Services. Linda is one of the great ones in nonprofit technology. I was hired as the first Senior Consultant at the organization and provided technical planning, network setup and support to local nonprofits. was growing.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Benetech, is a leading nonprofit organization based in Silicon Valley. We’re getting very worried that our organization and the people we serve: people with print disabilities (i.e., And, if we’re worried, a lot of other good organizations should start getting worried! Or file a DMCA notice. No need to send us a letter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

Consider things like ebooks, video or audio files, or even a private livestream session with a celebrity. You could even make a film or documentary about the core purpose of your organization as a nonprofit. A last resort may be to organize a tour of your facility and staff. 9) Movie screenings. 13) Scavenger hunts.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

Even though I’m a Skoll Award winner, it really made me think about my organization, Benetech, and what we are trying to accomplish. The common link among our projects is information technology, which can be applied to just about every aspect of the social sector. The first was the ebook. And that’s what we did with Bookshare!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Benetech, is a leading nonprofit organization based in Silicon Valley. We’re getting very worried that our organization and the people we serve: people with print disabilities (i.e., And, if we’re worried, a lot of other good organizations should start getting worried! Or file a DMCA notice. No need to send us a letter.

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Qgiv

APRIL 26, 2021

Ensure your form is branded to your nonprofit organization. As soon as you land on this event registration page , you’re immediately met with the organization’s colors and branding. This is because those who are registering are actually signing up to fundraise on behalf of your organization. Download eBook.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 6, 2014

However, for those nonprofits that have purchased the ebook version of Mobile for Good it is impossible to use the checklist since ebooks are static in their functionality and content. Organize a meeting to ensure organizational buy-in. ? Get master copies of Photoshop files for all e-newsletter graphics from your designer. ?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2015

For those who have purchased the ebook of Mobile for Good , it is impossible to use the checklist since ebooks are static in their functionality. Interactive, web-based ebooks will transform publishing in the near future, but until the technology arrives, you can copy and paste the checklist below in Word document.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 5, 2017

From donor retention to nonprofit marketing to organizational leadership, every ebook is an invaluable resource. This post is all about analytics and the vital role it should play in your organization: Let Go of Your Fear – Anyone Can Be Data-Driven. Technology drives change. Donor retention rates across lifecycles.

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