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Zero-cost, maximum-impact professional development for fundraisers

Candid

We offer a wide variety of free training resources on fundraising topics, including live webinars as well as on-demand courses. These locations provide some of Candid’s in-person trainings, along with access to tools and resources. And if you prefer books, check out Candid’s library of ebooks and audiobooks.

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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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Upcoming Webinar on July 30: Adult Library Programs Gone Mobile

Tech Soup

Bringing mobile devices into adult library programs can be an excellent way to promote library e-media and teach digital literacy skills. Eastern) for Adult Library Programs Gone Mobile , where you can learn how libraries can help meet the need and demand for mobile-device assistance through creative programming.

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TechSoup for Libraries Spotlight: Amber Slaven of Bellevue Library

Tech Soup

We've got a new spotlight up at TechSoup for Libraries that nonprofits might learn from, as well. This one's about Amber Slaven, a librarian who got her start at Bellevue Library with a pretty great gig: driving a Winnebago outfitted as a mobile computer classroom. Read the whole spotlight at TechSoup for Libraries.

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Receiving the 2013 Migel Medal

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

From my college dorm room, where I thought that pattern recognition could do more than target missiles, to my first successful high tech company where we built technology that could read just about any font without training, to Benetech’s founding with the Arkenstone reading machine for the blind. We hope you’ll join us on this journey.

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Digital Divide Data: our Partner in Laos

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

When we do something that creates entry level jobs in quantity, we reach out to social enterprise partners who specialize in job creation and training. For example, our Bookshare online library for the blind, uses several different social enterprises to do data entry and proofreading work on textbooks. We scan the books in the U.S.,

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Bookshare without Borders: #3/3

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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 the first installment of this series, I described the Bookshare International library and where we hope to take it next.