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Betsy Beaumon on Benetech's Literacy Program

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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! Have an Android device?

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3 Financial Statements to Watch Closely Each Month For Your Nonprofit

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There are so many resources (conferences, webinars, ebooks, and consultants) in the “fun areas” of nonprofit management but not as many focused on nonprofit organizational growth through financial stewardship. We’ve been in those meetings and we understand that financial literacy does not always span the entire boardroom.

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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, VP and General Manager, Benetech’s Global Literacy Program. With the goal of promoting braille literacy, this landmark meeting brought together braille experts from around the world to Perkins’ campus in Watertown, Massachusetts. In this sense, you could say that we are radical braille advocates.

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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. We can use the same ebook file to deliver the content ten different ways. I believe in the power of books to change the world. We can do better!

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Leveraging Impact through Technology (LIT)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Of course, accessibility is right up Benetech’s alley and the focus of our Literacy program. Bookshare is dramatically exceeding its five-year collection and member targets at the close of the fourth year of our Bookshare for Education (B4E) project funded by the U.S. This innovative approach is now opening up completely new horizons.

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CEO’s Update: Fall 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

He reads accessible ebooks from Benetech’s Bookshare library in braille format, and learns as quickly as his peers without disabilities. We competed against other participating organizations, racing against the clock to raise funds and secure matching funding from the Skoll Foundation. Martus Desktop 4.5 and Mobile Martus 1.2

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I Need a Good Lawyer

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We rely on free licenses to proprietary content and software, and typically get a “Yes!” But, I expect that 75% of the job will be about analyzing the legal issues from our programs, especially in our Global Literacy Program, which includes Bookshare, the largest digital library for the blind and dyslexic in the U.S., What’s next?