Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 7, 2013

Bookshare International Library We’re always thinking about new ways in which Benetech could go deeper and help many more people. Bookshare , our flagship literacy program, is the world’s largest accessible library and currently serves more than 230,000 members with visual and learning disabilities.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2015

Benetech is hiring new Vice Presidents for our Global Literacy and Human Rights programs. We use technology today to help hundreds of thousands of students with disabilities succeed in school, as well as help human rights activists around the world document abuses and seek justice.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

Can we help stimulate the creation of far more technology-for-good ventures? Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice. Global Literacy Sixth Grader and Bookshare member Kevin Leong with Jim Fruchterman at Benetech''s offices.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 9, 2024

It can boost productivity and help your team allocate its resources effectively. As a marketer, you may need to supply more personalized marketing materials or help the development team adjust your case for support to align with the donor’s preferences. Data will help your nonprofit qualify major donor prospects.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

John Haydon helps to clarify Facebook''s changes to their news feed and how this will affect your organization''s account. TechSoup and NetSquared have put together a month of educational opportunities, from local events all over the world to day-long Twitter parties and a free webinar. Trying to connect with folks worldwide?

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Forum One

JUNE 8, 2022

Forum One received 11 awards in seven categories in this year’s awards for excellence and distinction in website design, development, and digital strategy across the categories of government, DEI, education, arts, health, cultural institutions, and annual reports for corporate communications. Distinction – Website for Education.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

I want to unveil several of these new initiatives, as well as sneaking in some of the incredible things happening in our core programs in literacy and human rights. CityOptions is an environmental initiative to help local governments—particularly small and mid-sized ones—plan and execute effective sustainability initiatives.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 2, 2012

They also demoed Read2Go, the accessible ebook application for the Apple OS and Route 66 Literacy, Benetech’s online literacy instructional program. Raman of Google Research, a long-time Bookshare member and advisor, was on hand to help us celebrate last night. I can feel it all over, it’s a hit!” said Stevie. Thanks Stevie!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Our Commitment is to increase service and expand the number of accessible books for blind people in India via our Bookshare International initiative. We expect to significantly improve access to books that blind people in India need for their education, employment and inclusion in society.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

There’s a plethora of seasonal themes to base your fundraisers around that can help you entice your supporters’ giving spirit into full bloom. Here’s a list of spring fundraising ideas to help you celebrate the season with your supporters: Spring fundraising ideas 1. Trash cleanup Spring cleaning shouldn’t be limited to homes!

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sgEngage

MARCH 4, 2024

Universities across the globe face challenges with successful digital transformation and what it means for their fundraising and alumni data, legacy systems, data literacy, and access to skills. Educational institutions have an abundance of data, but they are often challenged by making sense of it in the most effective ways possible.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Council for Advancement & Support of Education (CASE) / Fort Meyers, FL/ $445. USD School of Leadership and Education Sciences / San Diego, CA / TBD. Council for Advancement & Support of Education (CASE) / Indianapolis, IN / $695. Nonprofit Management / #AMI2019 / @NPL_Alliance. Nonprofit Management. Jan 24 - 25.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

The tools we develop for that purpose span a range of fields—from human rights , to global literacy , to the environment —but no matter what area we work in, we depend on an IP system that’s friendly to technological advances and to positive social impact. copyright law.

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Qgiv

MAY 23, 2022

Cleaning up and maintaining data is worth investing staff time, finding a contractor, training an intern/volunteer, or some other creative solution. Kennari Consulting has influenced hundreds of nonprofit organizations, helping them achieve greater levels of accomplishment. The system is only as good as what you put in there.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 12, 2014

The HathiTrust Digital Library (HDL) is a partnership of academic and research institutions that had created (with help from Google ) a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world. It allows users to search book content that contains a match for their search terms.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 20, 2013

The donation will cover installation and maintenance of necessary equipment, which will build upon existing free Wi-Fi areas, like City Hall and the San Francisco International Airport. For example, in the UK, Microsoft is a partner in the Cambridge TV White Spaces Consortium, which is helping Europe tap into free TV white spaces.

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Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Then, we’ll wrap up with three tips to help your organization make the most of the trends. This includes links to educational resources, volunteer opportunities, and other fundraising opportunities on Facebook and beyond. Help supporters be more successful with their fundraisers. Create educational resources about Facebook.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. This adaptability isn’t just for people with disabilities: personalized content helps everyone. And, the U.S.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 5, 2011

To help, Symantec has sponsored programs aimed at getting more women into and interested in science, computers, and engineering. Education received approximately 50 percent of Symantec’s dollars. Their support will help Room to Read extend its operations into new parts of India and reach over 20,000 children.

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NTEN

JULY 18, 2013

Throughout the day, well be living blogging sessions from MCON13 , a conference to help leaders engage the Millennial generation. z International Foundation discussing Millennial Leadership. They discarded whatever information or techniques that weren''t helpful. We''re attending virtually through the livestream.

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Tech Soup

JULY 20, 2011

This was originally posted on the GuideStar International Blog. International Economic and Policy Stakeholders Recognize the Internet’s Increasing Role. The importance of the Internet is recognized in such forums and should not be ignored by the wider civil society that has helped to drive its development so far.

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Forj

AUGUST 12, 2021

If you don’t already have learning opportunities and internal training to upskill your existing workforce, now is the time to really dive in. This allows companies to deliver educational resources at scale! Courses that are recommended based on your learners and past data. Make sure to recognize employee performance. Wrapping Up.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

The first part of the problem is that India still has low literacy rates - the 2009 Annual Status of Education Report shows that between classes 1 to 8 only around 40% of children can read a class 2 level text in their own language and an even lower 23% of children can ready easy sentences in English - sentences of the kind "What is your name?"

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 20, 2010

In general, we have patents and copyrights and trade secrets as commercial objects because we as a society think that it helps bring the benefits of new creations to everyone. But, what happens when something falls short of its potential to help all of humanity? What about literacy and education?

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 28, 2016

Brand Affinity “represents a mindset and an approach to brand management in which the focus is on shared social impact, rather than on individual internal organizational goals.” As an instructor, her primary areas of focus included reading, writing and literacy advocacy for students of all abilities.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

13 Causes I'd Give to If Friday the 13th Was My Lucky Day Art in Action: Youth Leadership Training Program Mission: "Art in Action empowers youth leaders by engaging arts for social change through personal, social, political, and cultural education." Enough's blog, Enough Said. Urban Sprouts blog is also their website.

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Top Nonprofits

MAY 6, 2021

If you want to embrace innovation, then there are some key strategies that will be really helpful. But, if you step back and you look at the bigger societal problem, like say you’re working on, early childhood education or hunger or poverty, look back at the bigger picture. This program, that’s helping 25,000 people.

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Candid

JANUARY 13, 2023

This is one we use a ton internally and don’t question nearly enough. It’s similar to how calling someone “a natural” can inadvertently undermine the years of training and education people have gone through to achieve their skillset. When communicating about literacy, we should always strive to avoid the term “illiterate.”

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Now seems like a good time for nonprofits to educate their constituents about the privacy issues surrounding these and other smart objects. This is an international trend. This helps to address the problem that 100 million Americans do not have a broadband connection. Nearly half of them were in the U.S. Another is surveys.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Adult staff members are not here to answer questions or help you. The adult educators and onscreen actors reward the group, saying things like "nicely done, that's correct based on what Ronald Reagan did," and "excellent work, President Reagan." You will make history. Lives are at stake. The responsibility is entirely yours.

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Neon CRM

JULY 20, 2023

You might see these in educational or family-focused nonprofits as they expand their services to help people in need. It will also help you identify potential problems so you can address them before the campaign. Let’s assume, in this case, that you decide to do it internally. That’s intentional!

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

The Press Institute for Women in the Developing World is an international nonprofit organization and citizen journalism initiative. So often, government control, or just lack of access to information and media, prevents people from really being able to be educated and informed about serious issues that are going on around them.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2022

By elevating the voices of community leaders and shining a light on the importance of climate justice, we can help bridge the connection between policy-level decisions and tangible impacts on local communities. She cites an example from her work helping communities adopt deep energy retrofits in San Diego, California. VP of IT, NAACP.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 20, 2008

I heard from CEOs whose center is the only one in their entire country (Chile), educators who work with students who have never encountered a computer before entering the science center (South Africa), and web managers whose sites are locked behind federal government firewalls and draconian restrictions (Australia).

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Forum One

MAY 25, 2022

Organized by the International Awards Associate (IAA) , a group of industry innovators, creators, designers, and communications professionals deeply committed to recognizing and honoring the outstanding performance, talent, and effort of the best digital and creative professionals around the world. Truman Scholarship Foundation. The Harry S.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Or maybe education staff are not willing to engage real-time visitors in dialogue around controversial issues. It’s not helpful to just measure outputs (number of visitor comments, length of stay) if those don’t translate to something that staff understand as useful outcomes. Sixth, you need other people to help you.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Department of Education gave us a major award on September 28, 2007. We want to ensure that every student with a disability no longer has the handicap of lacking textbooks or other important educational material. This response is a measure of how eager the environmental field is for a tool that helps better manage projects.

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