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Betsy Beaumon on Benetech's Literacy Program

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The Year That Was and the New Year Ahead Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, Benetech's VP and General Manager of the Literacy Program 2012 was a year of titanic shifts in the fields of consumer technology, education, and publishing, along with the requisite challenges brought about by such rapid change. Not just a couple, but 100 of them.

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5 Webinars That Are More Fun than a Beach Vacation

Tech Soup

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? This webinar will be fun, fast-paced, and filled with action steps. Be a better trainer.

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60+ Spring Fundraising Ideas for Every Nonprofit

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Scavenger hunt Scavenger hunts are fun family activities that can really excite your supporters! Your supporters can purchase a ticket to participate and spend a day going through fun clues around your community that focus on your mission. Spring provides the perfect weather and some great scenery for a fun run event.

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The AI Writing Prompt Formula and Prompt Ideas

Whole Whale

Brand Personality : XYZ has a fun and helpful tone. XYZ’s founder was originally a comedian. Data : Here is a list of XYZ’s services and a recent email to customers {data}. From here you can then make a request for something to be written and then refine it through a narrative or by updating the initial prompt directive.

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Who Are Education's Big Visionaries?

Have Fun - Do Good

One of the results of my creating a Generosity Plan was that I remembered how much I care about public education, literacy education, and arts education. Who is making big, innovative, creative, positive changes in public education, literacy education, and arts education? No funding for a librarian? Another cause that breaks my heart).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We just hit 20,000 titles on our electronic book library for people with print disabilities. We are delivering more and more books that meet the literacy needs of our users, by providing the latest bestsellers, textbooks and daily newspapers into accessible form. Should be a fun week, and important for moving access to books forward.

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3 Email Newsletters "Dos" and 1 Big "Don't"

Tech Soup

TechSoup sends out a few newsletters, including two written by me ( By the Cup and TechSoup for Libraries ). This is a great way to show your organization's personality and a fun way to engage your staff in the newsletter. It's also a tactic to share important resources or things that are simply fun with your subscribers.