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Apply for the 2021 Digital Inclusion Fellowship

NTEN

Launched in 2015 in partnership with Google Fiber , the Digital Inclusion Fellowship builds capacity and leadership in nonprofits to address digital inequity in their communities. Ellie Avis, a fellow in Josephine County, OR, launched a hotspot lending program that allows library patrons to bring their connectivity home.

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Are You Passionate about Technology and Social Good? Benetech Needs You!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Benetech is hiring new Vice Presidents for our Global Literacy and Human Rights programs. You are someone who dreams about using your management and leadership skills and love of technology for social impact, exceeding the bounds of what a regular for-profit business can do. Check out our job postings and apply now !

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CEO’s Update: Fall 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Then I’ll share the latest stories on the impact of our tech volunteerism and human rights tech efforts as well our new tech leadership. He reads accessible ebooks from Benetech’s Bookshare library in braille format, and learns as quickly as his peers without disabilities. Bookshare has made my homework easier,” Brennan says.

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Remote Technology in the Pandemic: Rebalancing Toward Equity and Access

Non Profit Quarterly

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. A volunteer manager at a library in Oregon explains why translation tools are not enough: A couple years ago there was a Spanish language Facebook page for the library.

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13 Causes I'd Give to If Friday the 13th Was My Lucky Day

Have Fun - Do Good

13 Causes I'd Give to If Friday the 13th Was My Lucky Day Art in Action: Youth Leadership Training Program Mission: "Art in Action empowers youth leaders by engaging arts for social change through personal, social, political, and cultural education."

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Symantec Gives Back

Tech Soup

Symantec gives a lot back to the nonprofit and library community through their donation program here at TechSoup — See what organizations like yours are saying about their donated Symantec products. Symantec also has an abundance of other corporate social responsibility efforts going on as well.

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Online Collaboration: Taking Education to New Heights

Tech Soup

And one in five, or 23 percent of the adult American population , is functionally illiterate or lacks basic skills past a fourth-grade reading level. Pamela began by homeschooling her own children, and then transitioning into a leadership role in the charter schools of northern Ohio. Taking Education to New Heights.