Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 20, 2013

Remarks Here are my remarks to the Leadership Conference on receiving the Migel Medal from Carl Augusto and Paul Schroeder of AFB: It’s a great honor to address the leadership of this field, and receive the Migel Medal in recognition of our shared commitment to service to the community of people who are blind or visually impaired.

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Blue Fox

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

About Blue Fox: Our team provides customized, boutique financial and back office services for social impact organizations. Services range from standard bookkeeping and payroll services, to coaching and consulting, to comprehensive virtual CFO services. We tip our hat to them!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 27, 2014

With Bookshare’s accessible ebooks and reading tools, Zach made a successful transition to college. Zach’s encounter with accessible ebooks is but one example of how Benetech empowers people who often face difficult challenges and whose needs are neglected. Our work is made possible thanks to the generosity of our supporters.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 27, 2019

2019 marks the 20-year anniversary of the release of the first “Donate Now” service and while some online fundraising pioneers envisioned the tools available today, for many the evolution of online giving, especially through social media, would have been unimaginable. EcoCards.org :: ecocards.org.

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sgEngage

JULY 12, 2021

Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes , Stitcher , Spotify or your preferred streaming service for future episodes! Blackbaud Institute npEXPERTS 2021 eBook. Letting donors make decisions for themselves. Fundraising without big events. Listen Now: Resources: Marc A.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

This Nonprofit Trailblazer is using new digital platforms to transform and upscale its service delivery, from supported living services to learning opportunities, activities, professional training, and employment. A key goal of the shift was not only to improve the lives of its service users, but also those of staff.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 28, 2014

Gerardo helped Benetech dramatically increase our capacity to benefit larger populations by scaling our services, revamping our innovation process, and establishing a thriving network of industry partners and volunteers.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

It became a burden to his family and caregivers to constantly drop what they were doing to turn a page, so he began seeking out ebooks. It also demonstrates how each ebook that is added to the Bookshare collection is a brick in our members’ foundation of independence and inclusion. Eventually he had to ask others to turn pages for him.

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Bloomerang

JULY 7, 2021

The beauty of creating a digital resource like an eBook, video, or online course is that you create it once and use it over and over again. An eBook about how to help a loved one with a disease (Human Services). Use a sentence like this: “Before you go, open the eBook. Step 3: Offer and Thank.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

At Benetech, we always ask ourselves how our existing successful programs can reach more people who need our services and how we can apply technology in new ways to enrich and improve more lives. a11y accessibility Bookshare Braille DAISY ebooks Global Literacy print disabilities Reading'

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Candid

JANUARY 31, 2024

However, if in-person learning is more your style, visit your nearest Candid community location —libraries and nonprofit resource centers that partner with Candid to offer our tools and services at no charge to their communities. And if you prefer books, check out Candid’s library of ebooks and audiobooks.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

People with print disabilities around the world have a right to high-quality ebooks that they can read with assistive technology. Benetech’s Bookshare library continues to expand its international service providing accessible books and publications to members in more than 30 countries.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 19, 2021

Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes , Stitcher , Spotify or your preferred streaming service for future episodes! eBook: Set up Your Community Health Center for Federal Grant Success. Using budgeting and expense tracking to tie into performance measures. Listen Now: Resources: Stacy Fitzsimmons.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

Today, Bookshare serves over 330,000 American students with a rapidly growing collection of hundreds of thousands of accessible ebooks. Moreover, Bookshare basically breaks even in the United States thanks to contracts to provide the services, from the U.S. government and states like Texas. In 2013, with the most recent (and fourth!)

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Bloomerang

MAY 25, 2023

Nonprofit professionals, donors and volunteers put themselves on the front lines of service to others with their gifts of time, talent and treasure. The pandemic is an all too recent and vivid reminder of organizations being pushed to the limit of how to deliver much-needed services to more beneficiaries and in new and different ways.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 16, 2019

You’ll get faster speeds, stronger security, and extra managed services that are built-in to save you time. They’re known for having an overall solid service with extra attention to security and automations. WP Engine’s automated service keeps the core software up to date so you don’t need to worry about it.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 11, 2013

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. EAVI will purchase Bookshare memberships for any of its members interested in subscribing to our service.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2020

What You Need to Know about Hosting Effective Virtual Meetings a free ebook from boardable. Custom Zoom Backgrounds (Paid Service). List of Energizers. Planning and Design. A Crash Course in Translating Your Meeting Process to a Virtual Setting. It’s Time To Get Good At Virtual Meetings by Spitfire. Virtual Board Meetings.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

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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Cloud 4 Good

DECEMBER 7, 2021

However, unless you engage a partner, such as Cloud for Good, who can offer infrastructure and reporting services, this is an option that will require substantial up-skilling of your nonprofit team’s technical knowledge and infrastructure, in addition to causing your organization operational delays due to the lack of automation. .

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 15, 2012

Benetech has long been a pioneer in providing innovative services to people with print disabilities. Poet supports image descriptions for electronic books created in the international DAISY standard for digital talking books and will be compatible with descriptions for ebooks in the EPUB3 format.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 12, 2021

Peninsula Jewish Community Center (PJCC) provides programs and services designed to meet the wellness needs of everyone in their community. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, organizations that offered food bank services had to rethink their drop-off processes. eBook: Find & Engage Your P2Peeps. Raising Funds for a Campaign.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

We believe that this means that circumvention needs to be addressed in the Treaty to ensure that access does not become a dead letter in an increasingly digital world, where people with disabilities get locked out of ebook content by contractual and technical means. We don’t think the commerciality issue belongs in the treaty.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

This represents a 10x growth over the past 6 years, and a 20% and 25% growth, respectively, over less than a year: growth rates associated more with successful commercial services, and unheard of in our field. What about yet another order of magnitude beyond that?

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Greater Giving

AUGUST 24, 2022

It’s the best way to learn about new products and services and how they will work for your organization. Make sure you check out our Auction Games Ebooks for more great ideas to incorporate into your next event. Our goal is to provide resources, support, and services to our outstanding clients.

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Qgiv

MAY 4, 2021

Determine mission-centric units of service for each giving level. $10 Download Your eBook! Give it a name that fits with your organization’s mission. People like to belong and feel like they are personally impacting your organization. 10 a month provides this. $25 25 a month provides that. Make sure your website is ready.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 13, 2021

Learn more about getting others interested in your mission by downloading our free Nonprofit Storytelling eBook. In addition, see if they plan volunteer/service days and would be interested in adding your nonprofit to a list of organizations they help.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 7, 2013

These ebooks can quickly be turned into Braille, large print or be read aloud by a synthetic voice synthesizer. The first is developing strong local partners , such as disability NGOs, libraries or educational institutions that help us customize our services to the specific needs of their communities.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

In 2004, the United States passed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act , requiring schools to provide special education services to eligible students. Accessible ebooks and Bookshare have helped sixth grader Kevin Leong overcome his reading challenges.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 25, 2021

Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes , Stitcher , Spotify or your preferred streaming service for future episodes! Working in a Changing World eBook. Listen Now: Resources: Meico Marquette Whitlock. The Mindful Techie. 7 Steps for Mastering the Art of Work/Life Balance in a Digital World Starter Kit. Rethinking Change webinar series.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 10, 2010

Footnote: NLS stands for the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, part of the U.S. They also operate Web Braille, an online Braille ebook service with roughly ten thousand titles. We take all complaints seriously! Library of Congress and the nation's number one provider of books for blind people.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Ebook The Buyer’s Guide to Choosing a Nonprofit CRM Learn More 4 Top Fundraising Platforms for Nonprofits The top fundraising software solutions for nonprofits cater to different types of campaigns and events—and your organization’s resources will help you determine which is the best fit for you.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

You should also include any other relevant details about your organization’s programs and services. Download our Sponsorship Strategy eBook for more tips on how to recruit and keep sponsorship partners. For example, if you are a non-profit that supports a particular cause, mention it here!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Our social enterprise partners not only deliver a high quality product or service at a fair price, they also are using the revenues to train disadvantaged people who otherwise wouldn't have these opportunities. We call this our social enterprise supply chain. We really love this approach, which we think of making our money work twice.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2015

Technology is playing an ever larger role in increasing respect for human rights and delivering better services, and we have two rare opportunities to lead world-class tech-for-good programs. Benetech is hiring new Vice Presidents for our Global Literacy and Human Rights programs.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes , Stitcher , Spotify or your preferred streaming service for future episodes! Drexel University Professional Services Blog. Working in a Changing World eBook. Best practices for communicating virtually. Listen Now: Resources: Anne Converse Willkomm. Rethinking Change webinar series.

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