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Zero-cost, maximum-impact professional development for fundraisers

Candid

In a sector working to address urgent issues, development professionals are under constant pressure to enhance their fundraising skillset. Here are some ways you can leverage Candid’s resources for professional development—regardless of time and budget constraints.

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16 free nonprofit books for your summer reading list

Candid

It’s the perfect time to relax, get away, and kick back to enjoy some good books from Candid’s free nonprofit eBook collection. We’ve scoured our online library to find you our best quick reads and easy listens that will inspire you and help you recharge. Our eBook collection offers plenty of options to perk up your ears.

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15 nonprofit books to inspire your New Year’s resolutions? 

Candid

As we enter 2023, we’ve compiled a list of nonprofit books from Candid’s free digital library that can help inspire your nonprofit’s New Year’s resolutions. BeneFactors: Why Some Fundraising Professionals Always Succeed  by Joshua M. Please visit this knowledge base article, How can I access Candid’s eBook collection? ,

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Increasing Accessible Publishing Globally

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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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Leveraging Impact through Technology (LIT)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In my Fall 2011 President's Update , I mentioned some of our incredible recent achievements in this core program, including the amazing milestones of our Bookshare library. Exciting new tools, including a free, open source Android ebook reader and a free web-based ebook reader along with an accessible bookshelf in “the cloud.”

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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Betsy Beaumon I recently had the honor to speak at the first-ever Braille Summit , hosted on June 19-21, 2013 by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) and Perkins School for the Blind. Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, VP and General Manager, Benetech’s Global Literacy Program.

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Betsy Beaumon on Benetech's Literacy Program

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

After all, in the world of eBooks, ten years is pretty old! What began as a small online library, with a collection built in large part by its users, is now the primary national supplier of electronic accessible educational materials for students with print disabilities. Thanks again!

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