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. The third pillar of Bookshare International is developing new language capabilities. My second blog post in this series will describe how we are growing our Spanish-language program.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Under our copyright exception, we simply buy a copy of the needed print book, scan it using optical character recognition, and create an accessible ebook. With the advances in publishing and technology, it is now within reach to ensure equal access to books for all. Charities fret about whether they might get in trouble.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 7, 2013

Technological Protection Measures. Bookshare will get more books published in other countries, in far more languages. This will be important for books in languages that cross national boundaries, languages like English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Bangla/Bengali, Indonesian, Swahili and so on.

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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! Is Spanish more your bag?

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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.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 7, 2020

It’s also the release date of our eBook co-authored with Cuseum , “ The Ultimate Guide to Surviving & Thriving As A Cultural Organization ,” which you can pre-download here. 2019 saw more than 55,000 museums across 150 countries participate. For more ideas, watch our recent webinar on this subject here.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Political marketing messages often include language that lets voters know that “many of their neighbors” are voters, and similar messages can be easily adapted for nonprofit use. 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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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

That same big-picture trait that gets my heart a-flutter for classic lit is why I’m excited about the NEW 2016 Big Idea eBook. Whether they help you retarget your donor outreach, streamline your technology systems, or tell more powerful stories, they will help you focus your work to have the most impact.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 14, 2009

The Author’s Guild asserts that they control the audio rights and that delivering a text ebook to a device which could speak it aloud with synthetic text-to-speech and that their commercial market for audio books will someday be significantly affected by TTS. Of course, the Librarian of Congress has pronounced on this topic already!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

We provide accessible ebooks that can be spoken aloud, turned into Braille or large print. Ironically, many of these users might buy commercial ebooks, but the anti-piracy technology built into many ebook systems are not compatible with the technology these users employ to get the books in Braille or synthetic speech.

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Qgiv

MARCH 26, 2024

Use this blog for updates on how to use technology for fundraising. Take advantage of Qgiv’s resource library for free fundraising eBooks and templates. This AI-powered tool assists in generating natural language text, helping streamline content creation processes—including generating ad copy—and enhancing communication effectiveness.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2011

We provide accessible ebooks that can be spoken aloud, turned into Braille or large print. Ironically, many of these users might buy commercial ebooks, but the anti-piracy technology built into many ebook systems are not compatible with the technology these users employ to get the books in Braille or synthetic speech.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Along with storing donors’ contact and demographic information, this technology helps build relationships with supporters by saving previous engagement data, such as past donations or events attended. Bloomerang’s segmentation eBook can provide more insight into smart ways to segment your database if you’re just getting started.

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Neon CRM

MAY 18, 2023

Donor Data is a Top Priority Track Performance Using KPIs Prioritize Donor Stewardship Use Technology to Automate Processes Set S.M.A.R.T. Use Technology to Automate Processes Take advantage of the tools and technology that you have—especially those that are built specifically to handle fundraising for nonprofits.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 14, 2014

Duolingo – is a free language-learning app and website that is also a crowdsourced web translation service. Their team of journalists pull together a politics and technology news feed that condenses the essential information of the day and makes easy to look at on the small screen. It reduces the risk of online identity theft.

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Neon CRM

MAY 31, 2023

Nonprofits can personalize their messaging by using language that resonates with specific donor groups, mentioning their past donations or volunteer work, or highlighting their connection to the cause. What kind of language is going to grab the attention of different donor groups?

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

With technology improving, virtual and hybrid events rising in popularity, and new event ideas coming to fruition, it can be hard to determine the best fundraising event that aligns with your audience, goals, and overall mission. Download eBook. Something like an expensive gift certificate or new piece of technology are great ideas.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 6, 2014

Mobile for Good is written as practical how-to guide in simple language with a companion “Mobile and Social Fundraising Success Checklist” at the end. The following is an excerpt from Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits. Mobile and Social Fundraising Strategic Plan. ?

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Bloomerang

MAY 28, 2021

One is this ebook. A lot of the concepts that I’m sharing with you today are in this ebook. I was panicking and, “Technology is not my thing.” “More useful tips about language we should use.” ” You can say, “This is really helpful language. Well, I didn’t check.

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