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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

federal law supports braille instruction. and critical for the inclusion and empowerment of people in developing countries. One of the biggest reasons is that among people who are blind, braille literacy has been linked with higher education levels, higher likelihood of employment and higher income. Accordingly, U.S.

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4 bbcon Takeaways for Philanthropic Organizations to Power 2019 Planning

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Taking the time to identify the most important information, and understanding privacy laws as we reviewed in “Cybersecurity and Data Privacy”, will result in an unprecedented understanding of your stakeholders and a strong relationship between each party. . Success is bridging the gap between data and strategy .

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Microsoft’s Networked Approach To Accelerating Social Change Through Technology

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But as Daniel Ben-Horin said, “Our theory of change states that software products are necessary, but not sufficient for empowerment of social change organizations. Chatting with David Connor , we both had the same reaction – who knew? We embed the product donation with a connection to the community and capacity building.&#.

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Empowering Change: Caitlin Cohen of the Sigida Keneyali Project

Have Fun - Do Good

Practically, what this means is that the principle component of our program is a Community Health Action Committee (CHAG), responsible for designing, implementing, and evaluating their own public health and social development projects. We feel that true development is about civil society, laws, attitudes, and institutions.

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Mr. Jim Goes to Washington (and New York, and Nairobi, and Seoul, and Kampala, and Boston…)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

law needs to change to comply with the treaty (the hope is that these changes are minimal). The Benetech team is very excited about helping with this important application: we’ve already built an initial prototype of the app for Kipp and his partners to evaluate. The Marrakesh Treaty. Bookshare was there with two offers.

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