Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 17, 2015

As the nonprofit operator of Bookshare ,the world’s largest online library for people who are blind, visually impaired, dyslexic, or have a physical disability that prevents them from reading books, Benetech strongly recommends the ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty. There is still much to do, however, before the treaty takes full effect.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

The Bookshare Library Experience I am the CEO of Benetech, the nonprofit organization that provides the world’s largest online collection of accessible books, for people with disabilities that interfere with reading, through our Bookshare library. Assisting the blind has been a moral imperative for societies and religions since ancient times.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Digital and mobile communications are changing the rules about social networks, intellectual property, and the availability of big data, with an overall blurring of the boundaries between state, for-profits, and nonprofits. 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

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

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

As the operators of Bookshare in the USA, which was made possible through a great exception in our copyright law here, we would love to make all of our books available to people with qualifying disabilities around the world. Don’t create a global Swiss registry of nonprofit organizations qualified to use exceptions.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 20, 2016

The problem is even more acute for nonprofits, which typically experience stricter budgets and more mission-related limits on what they can do when they market. Nevertheless, great marketing is possible for nonprofits. In the nonprofit context, this means reaching out to members of your community. Join the open source culture.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2014

” The Google.org sponsored project invited Bay Area nonprofits to share information about their great work to make a better world. The finalists are an impressive roster of charities from diverse fields doing great work in nonprofit technology. Google then invited the public to vote for the top winners.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Benetech, is a leading nonprofit organization based in Silicon Valley. We’re against piracy, and have made commitments to authors and publishers to encourage compliance with copyright law. We provide accessible ebooks that can be spoken aloud, turned into Braille or large print. Endangering Human Rights Activists.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

They put most nonprofits in the direct action without systems change box: groups that do a good (or even excellent) job of delivering services under the existing system. We were trying to analyze the Benetech secret sauce: how do we go about changing the world for the better as Silicon Valley’s deliberately nonprofit tech company?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 18, 2021

For more than two decades, this Nonprofit Trailblazer has investigated, exposed and used non-violent creative confrontation to shine a light on environmental problems and abuse, and held governments and corporations accountable for their actions. People power, underpinned by technology. Download Trailblazer Celebration Ebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2011

He explain the SOPA Bill and why, as a nonprofit leader, he was concerned. Benetech, is a leading nonprofit organization based in Silicon Valley. We’re against piracy, and have made commitments to authors and publishers to encourage compliance with copyright law. He offered to do this guest post about it.

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Neon CRM

MAY 31, 2023

You work for a nonprofit that is totally stuck in the donor acquisition cycle from hell. If that sounds familiar, then what your nonprofit lacks is a sound donor management strategy. Donor management refers to the strategies and processes a nonprofit organization uses to cultivate and maintain relationships with donors.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 13, 2019

86% of nonprofits expected demand for services to increase in 2018 while 58% said that federal funding policies have become more challenging. Source: 2018 State of the Nonprofit Sector Survey, Nonprofit Finance Fund). Brock Klinger, Nonprofit Account Executive, Harbor Compliance. Assess the impact on your operations.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. Using the 18-page ebook, youll learn : •what a strategic messaging plan should encompass (and what it shouldn’t). Thanks David, for another useful ebook!

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