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Betsy Beaumon on Benetech's Literacy Program

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The Year That Was and the New Year Ahead Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, Benetech's VP and General Manager of the Literacy Program 2012 was a year of titanic shifts in the fields of consumer technology, education, and publishing, along with the requisite challenges brought about by such rapid change.

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Literacy for a billion: PlanetRead

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

One of the most exciting literacy social enterprises that I've run into is PlanetRead. Founded by Indian Institute of Management professor Brij Kothari, the first concept was same language subtitling. They have also done extensive measurements of their impact and see real progress on advancing literacy.

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Raise the Board’s Financial IQ

.orgSource

Financial literacy workshops. Cover topics like budgeting, investing, and managing debt. Don’t limit the possibilities to understanding monthly statements. Be creative and include a variety of options, such as: Providing financial education promotes a culture of learning. Presentations from experts.

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How to successfully recruit and retain staff with innovative technology

Nimble AMS

Here are three tips to embrace a modern association management software and increase staff recruitment and retention at your organization. . Technology investment is a requirement now,” says Wes Trochlil, President of Effective Database Management. . Why this disconnect in data literacy? Take the next step. Learn more.

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Membership Retention Rate: How Associations Can Retain More Members

Neon CRM

For example, consider an organization for educators focused on improving literacy rates. One proven method of addressing literacy—especially in children with learning challenges—is approaching reading as a science. Membership has an impact because it can help uplift other educators and improve overall literacy rates.

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Advancing Reading Equality with Bookshare’s Exponential Growth

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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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The Why, What And How Of Learning

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Keyes recaps his learned business lessons for top management and CEOs at companies of all sizes. Cultural Literacy : growing from the richness of diversity around us. In his book, Education is Freedom , author James W. He covers: Discovering what customers truly care about. It’s convenience, not products.