Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

In the United States, there are all too many students like Kevin, who are denied equal opportunity to engage in the same curriculum as their peers without disabilities. In 2004, the United States passed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act , requiring schools to provide special education services to eligible students.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 10, 2009

Why You Shouldn't Depend on a For-Profit Business to Defend Your Civil Rights The Kindle2 is a hot topic in the disability field right now. But, it's a dream that the commercial ebook vendors keep dashing. We have an action by Amazon that sets back years of work to make ebooks accessible. The Closed Platform problem.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 10, 2014

With its rapidly growing collection of over 225,000 (and counting) accessible ebooks, Bookshare is the world’s largest library of its kind. This reality changed when both Kevin and Sophia learned about the accessible online library Bookshare , an initiative of Silicon Valley technology nonprofit Benetech. We ask the question: data for whom?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

As a different kind of Silicon Valley tech company—a nonprofit with a pure focus on social good—our goal is to see that the best of technology gets applied to social needs left unaddressed by for-profit businesses. students) with a collection of 220,000+ (and counting) accessible books—the world’s largest library of its kind.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

Of course, this is a familiar concept to me as someone who started his career building for-profit tech companies in Silicon Valley. The primary goal in the Valley is massive change, because when you’re a for-profit that magnitude usually yields massive profits. The first was the ebook.

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Care2

AUGUST 7, 2007

While the exact demographic numbers are somewhat disputed , without a doubt the typical user is a young student. at Butts In The Seats on August 22, 2007 Via Non-Profit Marketing Blog, are a couple links to Frogloop, a blog whose goal is to "catalyzing expertise in nonprofit online communication." Is it a random sample?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 11, 2013

Developing Open Source Software For Social Good For example, in the last few months, individual employees have used volunteer hours to create fun interactive, online learning tools for educators and students using Mozilla’s Webmaker.

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Care2

JULY 24, 2007

While the exact demographic numbers are somewhat disputed , without a doubt the typical user is a young student. at Butts In The Seats on August 22, 2007 Via Non-Profit Marketing Blog, are a couple links to Frogloop, a blog whose goal is to "catalyzing expertise in nonprofit online communication." Is it a random sample?

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Even though we’ve had an account for over two years, we only became serious with our Instagram strategy last spring and have seen a rapid growth in engagement from students and local brands. Let Students Run Your Instagram Account. And the best part – this idea came from a student. What’s Next?

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

In this presentation, Counter-Intuitive or New Path to Profit?: John Haydon is offering up [FOR FREE] 42 pages of eBook goodness to help you get more traffic, increase search rankings and boost conversions. What happens when you mix motivated college students, the #GivingTuesday movement, and #unselfies on social media?

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