Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice. Global Literacy Sixth Grader and Bookshare member Kevin Leong with Jim Fruchterman at Benetech''s offices. Our Bookshare online library is continuing to multiply its impact. But what about everybody else?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Of course, part of the role is the bread-and-butter work of a nonprofit GC: day-to-day transactions, reviewing our 990, providing counsel to our senior team and board. as well as our Human Rights Program, which supports activists fighting injustice around the world. when we bring them to developing world countries. What’s next?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

There was also an associated effort called the Trusted Intermediary Global Accessible Resources (TIGAR) project, to ease the exchange of accessible book files between libraries for the blind and print disabled. My biggest argument was the “library with holes” problem. The view of the World Blind Union was that the rightsholders (i.e.,

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2013

The Kansas City Public Library System will also have a role in this work. Library director, Crosby Kemper, envisions expanding library services further into public housing and community centers. Digital Divide libraries digital inclusion digital literacy tspubliclibraries' He’s a very impressive guy.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 7, 2010

With shrinking budgets, providing increased access to the Internet and training for computer literacy can be particularly challenging for libraries and public computing centers. read more.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 21, 2014

information on low-cost computers and digital literacy training brings. While EveryoneOn has partnered with many local Internet service providers, Mobile Beacon’s offer plays an important role in filling some gaps. Libraries can offer access to underserved patrons such as the elderly and disabled. Lastly, spread the word!

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2023

Create a donor persona chatbot and then have a conversation with it and test what it thinks about marketing messages in a role-playing game. Pro-tip here is to increase temperature setting to increase randomness and decrease the presence penalty. Build a model trained on your founder and then have it summarize articles with opinions.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2011

A version of this post originally appeared on the TechSoup for Libraries blog. This raises some interesting questions for how nonprofits and libraries talk about the digital divide and how they advocate for public access technology and technology skills development. What About Nonprofits and Libraries? suggests just that.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Last month, the radio show This American Life ran a fascinating episode called " Kid Politics ," which starts with a long segment about the Air Force One Discovery Center immersive experience at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. It's disingenuous--and makes for a lopsided role playing experience--if there's only really one path to take.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 10, 2015

Pamela began by homeschooling her own children, and then transitioning into a leadership role in the charter schools of northern Ohio. " In this spirit, New Heights provides everything from tutoring services to curriculums, a library with more than 3,000 books, field trips, and online classes. Inspiring Optimism Through Results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

But it was pointed out that there is a lot known about the numbers and less is known about how they are using, the role it plays, and what it means to them. Young people have access to computers in schools and libraries, but there is a difference in the quality of experience. It starts in the home. Parents are facing challenges.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 14, 2008

What’s in the crystal ball for museums and libraries? The IMLS (Institute for Museum and Library Services) has commissioned a preliminary proposal for an NAS (National Academy of Sciences) report on museums and libraries in the 21st century. What are the essential differences and similarities between libraries and museums?

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