Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 27, 2014

“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!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

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. It also demonstrates how each ebook that is added to the Bookshare collection is a brick in our members’ foundation of independence and inclusion. Eventually he had to ask others to turn pages for him.

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Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 3, 2021

But before you can move ahead in your search, evaluation, purchase, and implementation of new technology, you still need one thing: board approval. . Gaining board approval for a new technology investment requires you to make a strong business case. Share feedback with each other on important issues affecting the organization. .

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 30, 2013

There is no better place to engage with colleagues about new technologies, changing business models, fresh ideas, and shared standards. Next month, I will be heading to TOC a couple of days early in order to participate in a W3C Workshop on eBooks and the Open Web Platform, where I will be talking about Social DRM (Digital Rights Management).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The world has finally moved beyond just electronically creating books that are then distributed as ordinary print books to actually delivering digital ebooks. In technical terms, this means that the next version of the DAISY format, version 4, will be the same as EPUB3, the main format used by commercial publishers of ebooks.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

We all live in a world filled with technology, which can prove to be a help and hinderance to our work and personal lives. Furthermore, for those of us in the nonprofit world who rely on technology every day to do our jobs, the efficiencies gained by this technology can make a significant impact in the funds we deliver to improve social good.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

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.

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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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 16, 2011

This is becoming crucially important as the problem of delivering access to text is increasingly solved by the move to ebook publishing and solutions like our Bookshare library. The initial part of the project was to do a detailed survey of existing assistive technology products, to get a baseline for current support for accessible graphics.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 15, 2009

The Boston Globe published an article in September, subtitled, “Billions of dollars and a Nobel Prize later, it looks like ‘microlending’ doesn’t actually do much to fight poverty.&# " – I'm interested to hear what you all think about this issue, especially now during the 'giving season.'

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

There is a draft of the treaty that was finished on Friday, November 23, and many issues have been settled over the last year or two of negotiations. The first issue is that the treaty would not permit direct access by consumers to international authorized entities. Alternative B qualifies this issue so much as to make it ineffective.

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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). Check out this eBook to help you get started on your AI journey. Use these prompts to effectively use ChatGPT.

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Nimble AMS

JUNE 10, 2021

This approach ensures your organization is keeping up with the latest technological advances without budget-busting fees and broken customizations. Download this guide to discover three keys to adopting this kind of future-focused technology for your association. It will be able to quickly diagnose any issues and deliver fixes.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Bookshare’s role was mixed: we didn’t end up attending many of these meetings and critiqued early efforts that were crippled by heavy-handed publisher influence, although we did propose at one point to supply technology to TIGAR based on Bookshare. The disability groups understood the issue, but didn’t want to agree to provide such a carrot.

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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 get a huge amount of pro bono assistance from the legal profession, both because of our social impact as a nonprofit, and because of the challenging and interesting issues we tackle.

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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

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

This isn’t a new issue. 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! The ship has sailed.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

We think that all publishers should sell accessible ebooks when they sell their books through mainstream channels, but the copyright exception leaves that decision to the publishers except for this narrow community of people who are significantly disabled when it comes to print. Employ "Social Digital Rights Management" technology.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

It could be anything from help with learning a new skill to companionship for someone with health issues or a disability. Download the Trailblazer Celebration eBook to learn more about how Oranje Fonds is using Salesforce to engage their community and drive action. About the Author. Susan Mahon.

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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. The contention that piracy of movies, music and books is a national security issue that necessitates secrecy is implausible to say the least (but it’s the current Administration excuse).

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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

AUGUST 7, 2013

The Treaty of Marrakesh, Top Issues: What’s the goal of the Treaty? Technological Protection Measures. print disabled Treaty for the Blind copyright law a11y VIPDC books Bookshare exceptions print disabilities accessibility book famine blind copyright dyslexia copyfight Marrakesh treaty ebooks WIPO'

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 18, 2007

We'll be working for Guam to help set up a system for assistive technology and media for disabled students with nine Pacific island entities. The week kicked off with a major meeting hosted by the National Federation of the Blind around increased access to ebooks by blind people. That's an issue I'm quite passionate about.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 14, 2009

I came away with a much better understanding of the issues they are exploring and certainly did my part to articulate why I support the positions we have. The most interesting part of the conversation was around what I call the “dueling moral high grounds” issue: authors rights and the rights of people with disabilities.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

We expect that many of the big issues with the current text will get ironed out this week. After the last WIPO session in November, the World Blind Union convened a group of experts to review the current Treaty draft and make recommendations to the WBU on the most important issues for WBU to work on in this next session.

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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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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 20, 2016

An in-depth guide related to the target issues they care about, tools or templates, case studies, and ebooks are all great examples of this. Connect your SEO strategy to your issue, not your organization. Do this by establishing your organization as the principal authority on the issue. That is what will win them over.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

For more advice on how to lead your organization through the pandemic, see Grossman’s new (free) ebook, 12 Tips for Employers to Navigate the Future World of Work. For every employee, consider what enhancements are needed for safety, productivity and wellbeing.” -- David Grossman, Founder & CEO, The Grossman Group.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

For more advice on how to lead your organization through the pandemic, see Grossman’s new (free) ebook, 12 Tips for Employers to Navigate the Future World of Work. For every employee, consider what enhancements are needed for safety, productivity and wellbeing.” -- David Grossman, Founder & CEO, The Grossman Group.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2020

For more advice on how to lead your organization through the pandemic, see Grossman’s new (free) ebook, 12 Tips for Employers to Navigate the Future World of Work. For every employee, consider what enhancements are needed for safety, productivity and wellbeing.” -- David Grossman, Founder & CEO, The Grossman Group.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Have you ever wanted to connect with an IT expert who understands nonprofit needs and issues? 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. We serve thousands of nonprofits through our social media, eBook and web content.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 20, 2013

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

The common link among our projects is information technology, which can be applied to just about every aspect of the social sector. Yet, nonprofits frequently lag behind the for-profit world in applying technology to their work. Benetech has a unique opportunity to repeatedly use technology as a social change agent.

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Qgiv

MARCH 31, 2021

Download eBook. Increase awareness on relevant issues. A peer-to-peer fundraiser will not only help you reach your revenue goals, but also raise awareness on the issues that your community faces. What technology is your staff going to need to fulfill their roles? Let’s dive into how.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 14, 2022

With the current economic downturn and cost-of-living crisis, it has never been more important to use technology to empower social housing organisations to provide real help to those in need. If you’re curious about how technology can support these efforts, let me share my story with you. By using the right technology for the job!

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Backed by its committed community of volunteers, and with its most critical processes supported by technology, Greenpeace Nordic won’t give up its fight to raise awareness and change practices and laws until the climate emergency is averted and a greener future is assured. People power, underpinned by technology. About the Author.

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