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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. Our eBook collection offers plenty of options to perk up your ears. Discover what it means to become a true leader in this New York Times bestseller. Ah, summertime is in the air! Whole Hearts.

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Social DRM: It’s About Equal Access for All

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Guest Beneblog by Gerardo Capiel, Benetech's VP, Engineering One of the highlights of my meeting circuit each year is the O’Reilly Tools of Change conference in New York City. There is no better place to engage with colleagues about new technologies, changing business models, fresh ideas, and shared standards.

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What Humans of New York Can Teach You About End of Year Fundraising

Connection Cafe

Download this awesome new eBook to make sure you’re prepared!). If you’re not familiar with Brandon, he’s the blogger/photographer behind Humans of New York (HONY). That means that in 115 days, the biggest giving day of the year will be upon us.

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Donor Spotlight: Lavelle Fund for the Blind

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

It funds primarily organizations that serve the New York City metropolitan area or New York State. This first grant allowed us to pilot a Bookshare outreach project in the New York metro area, with a de facto focus on senior citizens with vision loss. government and states like Texas.

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University Presses Cooperate with Bookshare

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We recently announced partnerships with The University of Chicago Press, the University of California Press and New York University Press, where they will be sending digital files of their books to Bookshare to be made available to people with print disabilities.

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Digital Divide Data: our Partner in Laos

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Although we've worked with DDD on and off for seven or eight years, this was the first time anyone from Benetech had had the chance to visit their offices in Laos (I've been to their New York City offices where founder Jeremy Hockenstein is located and where their sales efforts are based, but Laos is much cooler to visit!).

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10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Moreover, we recently held a two-day workshop in New York City, bringing together a wide range of activists and funders, developing a model we plan to replicate around the world. Ugandan LGBTI activist and Martus user Richard Lusimbo at the 2014 RightsCon human rights conference. What about yet another order of magnitude beyond that?

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