Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 2, 2012

Bookshare, Benetech’s pioneering digital library for people with print disabilities, celebrated its 10th birthday last night with a terrific party that was attended by many of our long-time friends and supporters. In addition, we acknowledged the critical support of Bernie Newcomb who helped fund our International Bookshare service.

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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. Knight Foundation, our SocialCoding4Good initiative will kick off later this year. library that serves people with print disabilities (on less than one-sixth the budget)!

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2013

I had the opportunity to participate in the launch of the new Kansas City Digital Inclusion Fund. I say thorny because despite the nearly $300 million in stimulus funding awarded by the U.S. The Community Driven Fund. The fund is being administrated by the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation.

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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. By this, I am not just talking about the publishing business, but also the nonprofit libraries committed to universal accessibility.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 16, 2016

Join TechSoup on August 23 for a tour of training resources available to help your nonprofit, library, church, and foundation staffers increase their technology literacy and grow their tech skills. What Can Libraries Count? Be a better trainer. Getting a Grip on Social Media Numbers. Get a grip. Get to Know GrantStation.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

He reads accessible ebooks from Benetech’s Bookshare library in braille format, and learns as quickly as his peers without disabilities. We competed against other participating organizations, racing against the clock to raise funds and secure matching funding from the Skoll Foundation. Martus Desktop 4.5

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

It also provides tools that facilitate program management, funding development, and global collaboration. Foundations can streamline funding development and partnerships by creating a grant submission and approval process with Box. Its employees use Box to share digital asset libraries and collaborate with third-party vendors.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2007

Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind, which funds this magazine as well as eye research programs at universities across the United States. According to the Bookshare.org Web site, a $25 initiation fee and a $50 annual subscription "gives patrons access to a library of more than 30,000 books and 150 newspapers.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Symantec gives a lot back to the nonprofit and library community through their donation program here at TechSoup — See what organizations like yours are saying about their donated Symantec products. In Lindon, Utah, 50 employee volunteers planted trees that Symantec donated to TreeUtah using its local Community Outreach funds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2007

MacArthur Foundation. What do libraries look like in the future? National Science Foundation. Funded the infrastructure, and less well on content. How to find the right funding mechanism to facilitate collaborative teams? Emphasis is on digital literacy. The power of games have caused to rethink many things.

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Neon CRM

JULY 20, 2023

Whether you’re trying to construct a new building, complete upgrades, or expand your organization, a capital campaign will allow you to raise the funds to do that. A capital campaign is an aggressive funding push to support a large, expensive project. A capital campaign allows an organization to achieve ambitious goals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

This morning I attended the MacArthur Foundation Digital Learning briefing that was taking place at the Natural History Museum in NYC. He was also in NYC and live blogging the event as was Danah Boyd - the official MacArthur Foundation live blogger. He noted that media literacy has to be integrated as a skill set in all places.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Auctions Auctions are a major source of funding for a lot of nonprofit associations because they engage the competitive spirits of supporters. Of course, they’re also challenging to manage as you’re handling the donations of items on one end and funds on the other. Organizations can gain funds through entry fees and individual pledges.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 12, 2012

Our financial story begins with Benetech’s forward thinking funders: our users, individuals, foundations, corporations, partners, and government agencies. As a nonprofit, different types of funding fuel our work. For example, our 2008 major human rights grants from the Oak Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Stopping fund raising and subscription revenue for Bookshare, the largest online library for people who have print disabilities. Bookshare is an online library for people who can’t read standard print books. Let me give two specific examples that came up in my first conversation with a lawyer about the proposed bill: 1.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 13, 2011

Bookshare Hits 100,000 Members Boy reading at a computer with teacher in the background.Since the beginning of 2009, we’ve tripled the number of people with disabilities Bookshare is serving with our accessible library of ebooks. Literacy, human rights and the environment are critically important to the future of humanity.

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