Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

I’m thrilled to share with you some of the recent amazing impact of Bookshare , a Benetech Global Literacy initiative and the largest accessible online library of copyrighted content for people with print disabilities. a11y accessibility Bookshare Braille DAISY ebooks Global Literacy print disabilities Reading'

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 9, 2012

Discover tips on how to effectively manage your nonprofit or library’s events. Acteva event management experts will share information on best practices and event management tools to help make the most of your planning efforts for community building, networking, training, and fundraising events. Pacific time.

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 9, 2024

Meanwhile, private funders cannot address the issue on these large scales; and as leaders at The Bridgespan Group have noted , “nor are philanthropic grants to Black-led organizations reparations” just because the funds are to be managed by Blacks. Here is one practical approach.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 14, 2011

Right then I wanted to try and find a way for nonprofits and libraries to have the same experience. In order to do that, TechSoup Global and the U.S. EPA Energy Star Program are teaming up to bring you a free webinar called " The Biggest Green IT Opportunities for Nonprofits and Libraries " on Tuesday, June 28, at 1 p.m.

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NetWits

MARCH 21, 2012

TechSoup Global wants to learn more about how nonprofits, libraries, foundations and all types of NGOs use traditional and cloud-based technology. Take the survey or share it with others you know. All ranges of IT influencers are invited — from accidental techies to IT directors. Don’t wait to long. Take the survey today!

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Whole Whale

APRIL 10, 2023

This leads to a rather large podcast graveyard in the iTunes library making it very hard to find current podcasts. While it is easy to create a podcast, the difficulty comes with the ongoing work needed to maintain a podcast month after month.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

The Microsoft Software Donation Program is one of the most popular with nonprofits and libraries here at TechSoup Global. Tech For Good: Microsoft Donations for Nonprofits and Libraries will help you make the most of your Microsoft software donation. Register now ! Discussion topics will include: Types of software available.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

The use of technology is essential in today’s global market and the following companies have risen to contemporary challenges and are thriving in today’s volatile climate according to StayClassy.org. TechSoup Global. TechSoup Global presents their product in an easy, no strings-attached kind of way.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2015

Benetech is hiring new Vice Presidents for our Global Literacy and Human Rights programs. You are the leader we are looking for if you see the combination of social good and businesslike management as the answer to pressing problems throughout the world. We must help ensure that every report of abuse is a tool for justice.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

This is totally the “how sausage and law are made” view, so don’t read this unless you want to know more about global accessibility in detail! Even though Benetech doesn’t have donor funding for this, our VP of Global Literacy, Betsy Beaumon, and I thought it would be worthwhile to attend this meeting.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2022

Grant writing tip: While the task of writing a proposal often falls on the shoulders of a project manager or grant writer, anyone—even an outside consultant—with the proper skills could write the proposal. The Lisa Libraries. The Lisa Libraries. The Barney Family Foundation. Change Happens Foundation. Guitar Center. First Book.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

Highlights of this Update: Human Rights Global Literacy Benetech Labs and Board of Directors Human Rights In the age of hyper-surveillance, it is clear that at-risk human rights defenders are no longer the only ones who need the know-how to protect sensitive information. Our Bookshare online library is continuing to multiply its impact.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

We’re operating at the forefront of copyright limitations and exceptions, both in the United States and globally. We are now looking for a half-time general counsel to join our team and manage the host of legal issues we are always investigating. We serve human rights activists in more than 100 countries. Authors Guild vs. HathiTrust.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 5, 2013

After all, Benetech’s Bookshare initiative is the largest online library serving people with print disabilities in the world. And once the United States Senate ratifies the treaty, it will be possible for libraries like Bookshare to get more content for Americans from sources outside of the United States and in more languages.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2009

Elliot wonders what the end of Encarta means for libraries and education nonprofits. This TechSoup user needs advice on managing a mailing list for an annual event. From TechSoup Global's grant-funded projects: MaintainIT Project. From TechSoup Global's grant-funded projects: MaintainIT Project. Donate Your Brain.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2009

Becky recommends an Idealware report on open-source content-management systems. From TechSoup Global's grant-funded projects: MaintainIT Project. Sarah asks for your thoughts on computer specifications for libraries. Brenda reflects on last week's webinar on technology grants for libraries.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Getting started: The nonprofit tools you need to set up shop and grow your organization TechSoup is a global nonprofit organization that offers discounts and technology solutions as well as IT consulting and courses to nonprofits. Aplos is built for nonprofit accounting and has donor management tools built in. And, it’s free!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2017

This week I was lucky enough to do a Happy Healthy Nonprofit mini-workshop at the Global Giving office, an organization that I have known and worked for the past ten years. Global Giving’s office uses an open office layout to maximize collaboration and connections between staff and projects.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 3, 2010

As a staff member at TechSoup Global, one might immediately want to note my bias toward Microsoft due to our product donation program with them, and to some degree you'd be right. Paying $20 for a license of Office Pro versus paying $400 is an enormous benefit to the nonprofit, library, and social benefit sectors. read more.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

While some user input is required to set up the features, event management software will be able to take in that data, present it in discernable ways, integrate that data into other programs (such as CRM software), and provide automated alerts. Facilitate globalized networking. Better content management. Agenda builder.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 18, 2012

The Foundation Center and TechSoup Global have announced a new strategic alliance ! Our goal is to leverage our extensive and complementary networks of individuals and organizations to provide knowledge, training, and tools to nonprofits, libraries, and NGOs around the world. and, increasingly, global grantmakers and their grants.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

I’m in Austin, TX, today engaging with librarians, digital curators, and technologists working at the nexus of communities and knowledge at the Electronic Resources and Libraries annual conference. Libraries: The Oldest New Frontier for Innovation. You can follow along with the sessions today through Wednesday using #ERL11.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2013

TechSoup donor partner, Huddle , which is our cloud-based collaboration and content management donor partner has just broken that mold. Huddle is offering its online service to charities and libraries at a one-time admin fee, and a very reasonable one at that. Huddle is very useful for collaboration and also for project management.

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Forum One

MAY 10, 2021

At Forum One, we build a lot of sites and applications with Drupal and WordPress, and both content management systems incorporate layout features out of the box. We found that the roles were too siloed and there was too much emphasis placed at the page level rather than the more global design system. What we learned.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

TechSoup started the RCI program because we wanted to offer low-cost, high-quality computers to charities and libraries, including good solid warranties and free end-of-life recycling. Our customers are organizations like the Waukesha Public Library. This library serves 100,000 patrons in its 72,000-square-foot building each year.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

The Summit welcomed some of the most impressive individuals and organizations in the nonprofit sector, including Boys & Girls Clubs of America , Mary’s Meals, World Central Kitchen, the Ford Foundation, Greenpeace, Save the Children, and more to speak at the event’s global mainstage, in breakout sessions, and on thought leadership panels. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2019

By Paige Kutliek , SEO Manager at GoFundMe ––a free fundraising platform for charities, people, and the causes you care about. Clearly state who will be managing all of the donations. Launch a fundraiser for your nonprofit today and start making an even bigger impact locally, nationally, or even globally.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

This reality changed when Frank found out about Benetech’s Bookshare accessible digital library for people with print disabilities. They are the one who understand best what it means to have any one of these books available to them on the library’s virtual shelves, anytime, anywhere.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Leading a charity presents unique challenges like managing the roles of marketing and fundraising, building a brand, and growing in a way that aligns with your mission. From motivating your team to rallying volunteer support, we’ve assembled a great variety of resources to help you manage the many hats and maybe even take off a few. .

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

While some user input is required to set up the features, event management software will be able to take in that data, present it in discernable ways, integrate that data into other programs (such as CRM software), and provide automated alerts. Facilitate globalized networking. Better content management. Agenda builder.

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2014

He was our social media manager. He taught me how to listen for the pulse and passions of charities and libraries over social media. Eli van der Giessen, TechSoup Community Manager and NetSquared Organizer, shares: "Michael was my guide when I first joined the TechSoup Global Media team two years ago.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

At the recent Spark13 conference (also known as the 4th Global Forum on Telecentres) in Granada, Spain, TechSoup Global launched OneRoof. OneRoof is software that manages all operations of an Internet café or telecentre or computer lab. OneRoof is a new social enterprize venture by TechSoup Global and OneRoof Inc.,

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Forum One

JULY 22, 2021

USAID’s Education in Crisis and Conflict Network & Global Reading Network. As part of USAID’s Education-Links program, Forum One helped the agency migrate two of its largest network websites — the Education in Crisis and Conflict Network and the Global Reading Network — from Drupal 8 to Drupal 9.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2013

TechSoup's Senior Content Manager Ariel Gilbert-Knight details how the MicroMappers apps work in the Guardian Global Development Professionals Network , a blog associated with The Guardian. The network is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, as well as other global sponsors.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2012

SF Heroes is a disaster preparedness iPhone app for the San Francisco area created for the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management. NYC Haunts is a mobile game created by the Global Kids Online Leadership Organization in a partnership with the New York Public Library. Additional Resources.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2021

I’m not sure even the global scientists, engineers, and futurists have a full sense of where we’re heading with AI. Facebook, which is the dominant social networking platform globally with 2.4 Google, which is the most-used search engine globally, was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while both were Ph.D.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

That's why we’ve created a month-long global campaign built around the transformative power of storytelling, uniquely customized to the nonprofits, libraries, and social benefit organizations we serve. Here at TechSoup, we’re big on stories because we believe they can change lives. Are You Up for the Challenge?

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