Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Our team has been thinking hard about scaling positive social impact of technology work. 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. and James L. and James L. Read2Go Bookshare goes mobile!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Highlights of this Update: Global Literacy Human Rights Benetech Labs Communications Global Literacy Bookshare celebrated a double milestone this summer, reaching over 200,000 available titles in our collection and serving over 250,000 members with disabilities! We also received our largest-ever award for human rights, a two-year, $2.2

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2023

Give Context : Make your style clear by using descriptive language about your audience and flex that thesaurus for tone. When building through the API For more advanced users, there are ways to better tune models with more variables beyond language. This helps the AI understand your requirements better and provide a relevant response.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

One CVA who organizes volunteers in the Dallas metro area lamented the impacts of COVID-19 on their operations. Relying too heavily on technology means that those who lack the resources, language skills, and savvy to use technology to its full potential are left behind. English as a second language. But now we are limping along.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 4, 2022

Thanks to a combination of six dots, people with visual impairments are able to translate a whole language with their fingertips. Braille literacy — and the ability to spell and write that comes with it — is important for everything from employability to not having to rely on technology.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 16, 2023

Personalize the ask In a study of email fundraising campaigns, we found that the emails with the highest engagement rates addressed the recipients by name and used “you” language, speaking directly to the recipient. Demonstrate impact Specificity is key in demonstrating impact to donors.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 16, 2022

Other organizations bring in $3,000 to $5,000 each month to support their operations and make a bigger impact in communities. . As with all Asks, center your language around the things you’ll be able to do with the donor’s money – like the lives they’ll be able to change. Very good question. Monthly donors make this work possible!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2009

Yesterday, Twitter announced its first corporate social responsibility effort on its blog: We're just getting started as a company, but we believe thinking long term about making a positive impact will allow us to grow in the right direction to make a difference as both a technology and a business.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

We are here to talk about reporting impact, specifically creating tools and some good processes to do that for your donors. You know, impact is always good for year end. well, five areas of conversation revolve around, “What is impact reporting? What is impact? So we have several different topics today and the four.

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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. The library leaders represented here are in the vanguard, helping realize bright future for the expanded impact of the book in its ebook form.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 14, 2021

A/B testing can help determine which language resonates and which does not. . The point isn’t just to digitize to become “modern” but to do so because it impacts your bottom line. You can’t build meaningful connections with folks unless you know what matters to them. Closing Thoughts: Time to Thrive in the Digital Age.

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Candid

JANUARY 13, 2023

Chances are, even if you have, that’s not your actual title (although we recognize some job descriptions do use this language). When communicating about literacy, we should always strive to avoid the term “illiterate.” More often than not, people who are described as “illiterate” likely have a low level of literacy. Illiterate.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

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. This wouldn’t make a big impact on hardcopy Braille books, because almost no publishers sell them. My biggest argument was the “library with holes” problem.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Problems were that many survivors had no internet access, let alone electrical power, let alone computers or even computer literacy. Power : lastly, and very importantly, we see our contributions making an impact. I will explain the use of mapping, fundraising, and crowdsourcing. What’s Next?

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 30, 2011

Of all the wonderful things that computers and other smart machines do to enhance our lives, I can't think of any other ICT field that make as profound an impact as accessible technology, sometimes also called assistive technology. These are now available to eligible nonprofits and libraries through TechSoup's donation program.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Microsoft is developing a Mandarin-language version of something like that for the Chinese market called Xiaolce. "There are many groups, locally and nationally, making real impact around digital skills and access to devices. "The emergence of big data to measure social impact. My Prediction: The U.S.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

Read on to learn how the World Food Program USA, Partners in Health, and The Mission Continues have customized one story for different platforms so they can reach more people with their impactful work. The blog’s vibrant design and vivid language warmly invite readers into Rani’s narrative. World Food Program USA: Rani’s Story.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

While many nonprofit professionals are digital immigrants , we’ve had 20 years now to learn the language and customs of the digital native world. Augmented Reality will take storytelling to an immersive level that allows donors to see the impact of their giving like never before. Livestream fundraising will become a big thing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2007

How do those learning environments impact institutions? Emphasis is on digital literacy. Translate what gamers do into the language of "normal traditional education" and out of school time learning? New learning environment puts games at the center. It is a new form of teaching, not just skill-based learning.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 2, 2006

Here is a partial transcript from my interview with Viet-Ly: Viet-Ly: Streetside Stories is a nonprofit literacy arts program based in San Francisco and we work with the middle schools -- the public middle schools -- of the San Francisco Unified School District. A lot of that has to do with language development, too, that I've seen.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Emphasize what you will do with the gift and how it will impact the community. Local literacy program supporting students in Haiti raises record-breaking funds, moves 24 students off waiting list. Write the release in a straightforward manner, including relevant information with no sentimental language. Avoid exclamation points.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

I learned to speak the language fluently, and was there at a really intense time in terms of the civil war, and a lot of the political uprisings that were going on. It was written in very scribbled Nepali, her literacy skills were incredibly rudimentary, but what she ended up writing was a piece of journalism. I said, "You write it.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Classes Nonprofit organizations often offer classes that cover a wide array of topics, from literacy and language skills to financial literacy and job training. Nonprofits often organize these events to empower emerging leaders within the community, promoting positive change and social impact.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 10, 2006

I was at that time working at a wonderful organization called Streetside Stories , which is a literacy arts organization with programming in various Title 1 middle schools in San Francisco. It definitely has had an impact on the way that I have learned about myself and learned about my ability to fight and to fight back.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2011

We work all over the world, and our Martus software has been translated into Spanish, French, Russian, Arabic, Khmer and other languages. The costs and impacts far outweigh any (unlikely) benefit Hollywood would receive. Wonderful stuff. And, tons of human rights groups have protested against the U.S. Let’s not do this as a country.

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Forum One

JANUARY 26, 2023

More and more, we’re seeing mission-driven organizations begin investing in a cohesive, centralized data strategy that can pull in what previously seemed like totally disparate parts of your organization to drive greater data transparency and impact. What’s in your data vision?

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

Therefore, we are the only foundation I know of that will accept requests in any language, and in any format. How do you know that you are making a difference or an impact; how do you measure that? For them, that was a measure of change and a measure of impact. Those are some of the ways in which we try to make those decisions.

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