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SPARK Global Forum on Telecentres: May 28 and 29 in Spain

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Granada, Spain this coming May 28-29 at the Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos. If your organization, charity, library, or community technology center offers public access computing, this global forum might be right for you! The SPARK conference , also known as the 4th Global Forum on Telecentres, is set to take center stage in.

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Bookshare without Borders: #2/3

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In this second installment of the three-part blog series (the first one is here ) on Bookshare International, I’m excited to share some of the ways in which our Bookshare library is part of the latest trends in the digital publishing world and is thus going deeper and serving many more people.

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Optimistic about Marrakesh Treaty!

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While the meeting was going on, we heard that Spain’s government had forwarded the treaty to their parliament for ratification. While it’s not clear where this fits in the Euro-wrangles, the hope is that this development will drive the Treaty’s ratification to the next level in Spain.

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OneRoof Telecentre Software Launched at the Telecentre.org Spark Conference

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At the recent Spark13 conference (also known as the 4th Global Forum on Telecentres) in Granada, Spain, TechSoup Global launched OneRoof. On May 29, 2013, TechSoup Global CEO Rebecca Masisak spoke at the 4th Global Forum on Telecentres in Granada, Spain. Her address starts about 10 minutes in to the video).

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What Are Social Enterprises, Anyway?

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TechSoup is now helping to improve technology for charities and libraries in 40 countries. The world’s largest social enterprise is Mondragón Corporación Cooperativa in Spain. She turned one of the big regional Goodwills into a thriving green organization. Rebecca Masisak is, of course, TechSoup’s gifted CEO.

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Delhi University

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We had a wide array of key people at the meeting, including the head of IT at the university, another blind professor, top librarians, the heads of NGOs serving the blind and the head of library services for the blind [check titles]. Jags and I then joined a blind technical/professional couple for dinner: Dinesh and Madhu Kaushal.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2014

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The case originated in Spain where a man there filed a complaint arguing that Google's search results infringed on his privacy. He taught me how to listen for the pulse and passions of charities and libraries over social media. A search of his name brought up an auction notice of his repossessed home from 16 years ago.

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