Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

A Policy Update from an engineer, Jim Fruchterman of Benetech June 8, 2010 The international copyright negotiations in Geneva around a proposed Treaty for the Visually Impaired (“TVI”) have been steadily heating up. Counterproposals have been made, governments have been engaging with rights holders, consumers and NGOs (or not!)

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 9, 2013

Random House Mondadori and Expanding the Spanish-language Bookshare Program Benetech’s strong relationships with numerous partners across sectors are fundamental to our continued success. Digitization and globalization are giving rise to growing publishing markets that promise new business opportunities.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 7, 2013

Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global. Big Data and Global Development. It was originally published on NetSquared. Data Use by Citizens.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 17, 2015

First, “NGO” is an acronym meaning “non-governmental organization” whereas “ONG” means “non-governmental organization” in countries where a romance language is spoken i.e., Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Romanian. The same is true for.NGO and.ONG.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 16, 2011

. • These publisher agreements have also included permissions to distribute books outside the United States: most frequently, we are provided global rights. Now, more than 30,000 current copyrighted books are available globally on Bookshare to thousands of users. •

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 7, 2013

Although it might seem like a complicated document , we’re really excited about it because we think it will greatly improve global access for people with bona fide print disabilities. Once the Treaty is in effect, we expect that existing Bookshare users will qualify under the Treaty’s terms for international accessibility.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 5, 2013

I’ve been actively advocating for an international copyright exception model that would greatly benefit people with disabilities, as anyone who has read my blog over the years can attest! We could serve many more with a comparable international model. We help more than 250,000 people with print disabilities thanks to our U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

The print book doesn’t work for people who are blind, partially sighted, dyslexic, have physical limitations, people who haven’t learned to read, or people who can’t read the particular language of a specific book is written in. Ten years ago, I was one of a handful of leaders who got together to create a first draft of a global treaty.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Government funding is slim, and not available in most of the world. As Bookshare, we believe we can find money to extend the availability of our collection globally to the poor. We now have volunteers throughout India adding local language titles such as Tamil into Bookshare. Richer countries like the U.S.,

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Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2013

According to our 2012 NGO Global Cloud Survey , collaboration is already one of the top ten current uses for cloud-based software among charities. It is usable with PCs, Macs, and mobile devices, and is available in 15 languages. I used it to project manage our recent global NGO cloud survey. To get down to specifics, Huddle.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 14, 2009

We discussed Chafee, especially in the context of the Amazon text-to-speech brouhaha, and the proposed international treaty that was tabled at the WIPO SCCR meeting in Geneva last month. Of course, if there is an international treaty on the topic and the U.S. These seems to be an important part of international copyright law.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

Issues-Based Strategic Planning Model An issues-based strategic planning model can be used when your organization’s internal operations are in more turbulent conditions. Goals are created as responses to the direct impact that external forces have on your organization’s internal operations. What is it that you’re trying to accomplish?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

As I was listening to the panels surrounded by global social innovators, the multiple meaning of the word “social” struck me. In a world with more than 6,000 languages we need to support people, cultures, and countries in developing and delivering options that work for them. conference (Rio+2.0: O is for options.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 14, 2011

During the month of October, join TechSoup.org and the TechSoup Global Network for our Cloud Computing Worldwide campaign. It's a highly diverse country where 415 languages are spoken, 30 of which are major languages with over one million speakers each. billion people, of which over 70% are rural.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 20, 2021

In an effort to align global efforts to mitigate the refugee crisis, the United Nations designated June 20th as World Refugee Day. A refugee is a person who is forced to flee their country due to war, persecution or because their home government cannot or will not protect them. This blog was updated on June 20th, 2021.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 27, 2011

There has been a major breakthrough recently on international copyright negotiations in Geneva around improved access for people who have print disabilities. Answer: Many Americans want to access materials from other countries, both in English and many other languages, for education, employment and cultural reasons.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 20, 2022

In 2001, the United Nations designated June 20th as World Refugee Day in an effort to align global efforts that would mitigate the refugee crisis. A refugee is a person who is forced to flee their country due to war, persecution or because their home government cannot or will not protect them. This blog was updated on June 20th, 2022.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

This is an international trend. Microsoft is developing a Mandarin-language version of something like that for the Chinese market called Xiaolce. government initiative that aims to bring accessible broadband access to residents of low-income housing throughout the U.S. Another is surveys. Here's a disappointing one for me.

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sgEngage

MAY 6, 2021

While not a new concept or strategy, environmental, social and governance (ESG) programs are on the rise. 1980s – The concept of ESG continues to accelerate, especially around actions taken by the United States Government in the “Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act”, which outlawed any additional investment in South Africa. .

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 7, 2015

It was wonderful to again be immersed in French culture and language. As a representative of an organization with a global mission, it is important that I am a citizen of the world who is well-traveled, well-informed, and can converse with absolutely anyone.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 17, 2015

It was wonderful to again be immersed in French culture and language. As a representative of an organization with a global mission, it is important that I am a citizen of the world who is well-traveled, well-informed, and can converse with absolutely anyone.

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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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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2013

It's an intellectual journey through the history of communication and information, from the language of Africa's talking drums all the way up to modern information theory and the information age with its deluge of news, tweets, images, and blogs. " Ginny Mies, Global Content Curator. Images: TechSoup Global.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

So people that speak multiple languages or that live in different countries that have different ways of communicating and of seeing the world. So WhatsApp is available in multiple languages. So you can download the app in any language almost. The second step is talk to people in their language. for a while.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 13, 2009

One of the ones I am continuing to support is Women for Women International. I was thrilled when Zainab Salbi, Women for Women International's Founder and CEO, agreed to an interview with me for the Big Vision Podcast. Our conversation began with Zainab describing how Women for Women International serves women survivors of war.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

As for tactics, well, we mostly relied on “proven” or “successful” efforts; lessons learned from other organizations working in an analog paradigm like government, unions, and churches. We didn’t even really have the language to use to create documentation, or, at least we didn’t think we did. Analog Tactics.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2013

It's an intellectual journey through the history of communication and information, from the language of Africa's talking drums all the way up to modern information theory and the information age with its deluge of news, tweets, images, and blogs. " Ginny Mies, Global Content Curator. Images: TechSoup Global.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Are you going to use this to evaluate your internal operations so that you can become more efficient, more effective. Maybe I am teaching computer classes, or English as a second language classes, maybe I’m teaching those and I have 10 students. ” What are the things donors want to see?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The other thing that I think is happening globally is that there’s greater economic inequality. And Canada’s 180 international development agencies, what makes you different from them? Some of them are, you know, doing child sponsorship, others long-term international development, others emergency work.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2014

It tells the story of the mounting international e-waste situation. For more info on this, I like Laura Orsini’s plain language description on ReadWrite. The big report has a tiny nugget of good news, finding that several governments and businesses around the world are making plans to adapt to climate disruptions.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 13, 2021

For many of us, it’s new language. Most people agree that Bitcoin was in some ways a reaction to the financial crash of 2008 and sort of this pervasive distrust of the banking system and global finance. A government can’t just come in and decide to print more like the U.S. government might decide to print more U.S.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 13, 2021

For many of us, it’s new language. Most people agree that Bitcoin was in some ways a reaction to the financial crash of 2008 and sort of this pervasive distrust of the banking system and global finance. A government can’t just come in and decide to print more like the U.S. government might decide to print more U.S.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 22, 2008

Very dangerous things (health and safety) Adult camp-in “Partner Swap Among the Dinosaurs” An exhibition on techniques, tips, and tools for covert eco-terrorism aimed at affecting government policy. Failure of NIH drug testing design An exhibit only in a language other than English Santa Claus – Real or Not?

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

She is donating 100 percent of the royalties from the book to the Global Fund for Women. And, at a time when the international women's movement is facing challenges, it would be great to have a reminder that good news is going on, that good work is being done, that progress is happening. Paola Gianturco: My name is Paola Gianturco.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Giving Tuesday is an international day of charitable giving at the beginning of the Christmas and holiday season. Dulingo provides access to free online language learning tools. For nonprofit social media managers that work internationally, Dulingo’s design and gamification make it fun to learn the basics of a new language.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 13, 2018

Dulingo provides access to free online language learning tools. For nonprofit social media managers that work internationally, Dulingo’s design and gamification make it fun to learn the basics of a new language. Global NGO Technology Report :: techreport.ngo. Global Trends in Giving Report :: givingreport.ngo.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 2, 2017

Dulingo provides access to free online language learning tools. For nonprofit social media managers that work internationally, Dulingo’s design and gamification make it fun to learn the basics of a new language. Worldometers tracks stats in real-time about world population, government and politics, natural resources, health, and media.

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