sgEngage

OCTOBER 31, 2022

We are excited to introduce a new, FREE guide to leveraging the SDG Connector for your organization. Let’s say your organization advocates for high-speed internet access in rural areas, helping students of all ages achieve digital literacy and support quality education.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

We had just won the national contract to supply ALL disabled students in the United States, with ALL the books they needed to read to succeed in school, for free. She sweetly, and persistently, asked every major publisher to turn over all of their crown jewels, the master copies of all of their books for free to Bookshare.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

My personal goal is to channel the aspirations of the technology community to do more social good. More and more of my time is spent around both raising money and raising awareness of how much more could be done with technology to increase social impact. Consider third grade student Brennan Draves.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 11, 2021

For many students, these school closures could mean the end of their formal education. Our aim at Malala Fund is to create a world where every girl can access 12 years of free, safe, quality education. Syrian refugees and Lebanese students learn for free. . . Technology That Maximizes Donor Impact.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

Libraries, nonprofits, and schools are already working hard to teach digital skills and competency, but they need support of the entire community to help people thrive in the technology age. Access to technology is important, but teaching computer and information technology skills is just as vital. Defining Digital Literacy.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

For them, Bookshare —Benetech’s Global Literacy initiative and the world’s largest accessible digital library for people with print disabilities—opens up a lifeline to reading. For veterans with visual impairments, traumatic brain injuries or other disabilities, reading standard print is difficult, if not impossible.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

They achieve this through transformative digital advocacy, digital literacy, and tech certification training. Byte Back’s current headquarters in the NoMa neighborhood provides students access to cutting-edge technology in a clean, safe, and highly accessible environment. Programs and Impact.

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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. Today, we are poised at a moment in time where we can transcend the limitations of past book technologies and bring the power of books to all humans.

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NTEN

AUGUST 5, 2014

The last time I was in Baltimore was in 2007, with Amnesty International at their regional conference, attending as a bright-eyed student organizer trying to learn how to more effectively spread the good word of social justice and human rights (the story of how I got involved in nonprofit marketing!).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 11, 2006

To my delight, the Akshay Pratishthan school had a focus on teaching students with disabilities: roughly half the students had disabilities and were mainstreamed with students without disabilities. This school is run by an NGO (a nonprofit) and provides free education to children who come from disadvantaged backgrounds.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2014

The finalists are an impressive roster of charities from diverse fields doing great work in nonprofit technology. Bring Me a Book is creating a "literacy ecosystem" via social media in Alameda and Santa Clara Counties. Students develop and run a business, gain confidence, academic support, and mentorship.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2005

I'm working with an afterschool program/ctc lab to develop an instructional technology plan. In addition to the traditional methods of integrating technology, I want them to explore some simple ways to integrate these new tools such as tagging and blogging without running away screaming. These can be easily blogged as mini-lessons.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Specifically the 1989 flame-red Ferrarri Trapper Keeper I walked into fourth grade with. --> While TechSoup may not have Trapper Keepers, we have tons of free and donated resources to keep any busy adult up to speed. The National Commission on writing stated that 80 percent of grade school students are not proficient at writing.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

This means new challenges ahead in scaling Bookshare.org to serve every single student with a print disability in the U.S. In essence, we're being paid to deliver – free – accessible books to all students with print disabilities in the United States for the next five years. I bet you're wondering what we must accomplish.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

It’s also easy to address vegan or gluten-free guests with a few tweaks to the recipe. It’s also very easy for just about anyone to put on due to modern portable karaoke technology. One huge benefit of technology is that these are no longer cash-only events. Pancakes are cheap and easy to make and can be made in bulk.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 12, 2012

Those who envision what could be possible by having Benetech apply innovative technology to the areas of Literacy, Human Rights, and the Environment, and who enable us to explore new opportunities for creating social good. Department of Education that enables us to provide the Bookshare library services for free to all qualifying U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2011

We serve over 150,000 students with disabilities alone with free online services funded by the Department of Education (however, nothing contained in this post has anything to do with our funders). The problem is that we provide technology that allows for security, privacy and circumvention. Endangering Human Rights Activists.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

The speakers were part of a presentation during the "Broadband Technology Summit" held as part of the United Minority Media Association's Midwest/Southeast conference on October 15. He spoke about FCC's expansive efforts to increase "digital literacy" for both individuals and small businesses.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 13, 2011

This past year, we’re getting most of our content directly from top publishers: high-quality digital content for free. The amazing thing about serving 100,000 students right now is that our commitment to the U.S. Department of Education was to serve 100,000 students by the end of our five-year contract in late 2012.

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