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JULY 29, 2004

Last week I was reading the Sunday paper (the San Jose Mercury News) and I saw a speech that Jeff Skoll gave upon receiving a major philanthropy award. It was great to read about the nice things he had to say about Benetech in his Commonwealth Club speech ! I also saw an article in the Mercury yesterday about the Social Entrepreneurs boot camp at Santa Clara University.

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San Jose Press Award Philanthropy 100

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 26, 2004

As some of you know, we started providing newspapers and magazines through Bookshare.org as a prototype project with NFB's Newline project. I just received a user email that made me excited. I checked back and was granted permission to quote this! Since the NFB convention in Atlanta, I've been periodically downloading the national magazines that have been made available.

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Atlanta New York Public Grant 100

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 20, 2004

After a great vacation with my family, I'm back in town for a while, working on strengthening our team. In addition to recruiting for a senior manager for our Bookshare.org enterprise, we have just opened up a position for a new Vice President of Marketing. It's exciting to build our team further, and I am especially looking forward to talking to our leading candidates.

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Open Team Discussion Build 100

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JULY 6, 2004

I had the honor of addressing the National Federation of the Blind Convention this past week. We aren't ready to release the press release, but I did get the ok to post my remarks. Here they are: Remarks for the NFB 2004 Convention on Bookshare.org and Newsline Jim Fruchterman, President, Benetech. Hello, Federation!! The dream of Benetech has been to make print access for the blind as easy as it is for the sighted.

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United States Literacy Accessibility Press 100

Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker

Across the nonprofit sector, organizations invest heavily in donor retention efforts, yet the struggle of cultivating lasting relationships remains. While attracting new donors is crucial, the lack of repeat donors poses significant financial risks. Through a comprehensive analysis of industry data, experts argue that there is a direct correlation between donor burnout, donor retention, and the talent retention crisis.

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