Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Delivering my opening remarks at the Martus'' 10th Anniversary A decade later, in 2003, Benetech —the nonprofit tech company I founded and lead—launched our Human Rights Program to address this very question. Being geeks, we thought of ways to address this challenge with technology.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Social media, like all technology, is developed by people. Problems were that many survivors had no internet access, let alone electrical power, let alone computers or even computer literacy. It evolves to meet our changing needs, to fit our changing lifestyles, and to integrate into the way we do our work.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

The intruder was able to get names, addresses, genders, birth dates, and even photos of children — more than six million children. Finally, here's the sci-fi technology that is becoming reality. I have some recommendations my What Is Nonprofit Technology article, featured in this month’s NTEN Connect."

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

We're sure we can do this because our technology allows us to cost-effectively and rapidly scale Bookshare.org. In this photo, Tyler is listening to a book from Bookshare.org on his school's laptop with the assistance of the Kurzweil 3000 audio software. Department of Education gave us a major award on September 28, 2007.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Flickr Photo by DonkeyHotey. Ironically, many of these users might buy commercial ebooks, but the anti-piracy technology built into many ebook systems are not compatible with the technology these users employ to get the books in Braille or synthetic speech. He offered to do this guest post about it. Wonderful stuff.

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APRIL 26, 2021

This is an example of a peer-to-peer event page by BEACON for Adult Literacy.]. BEACON for Adult Literacy’s peer-to-peer page draws users in with a branded banner image showcasing what this event is and the core mission—adult literacy. The fundraiser leaderboard and thermometer are testaments to the success of the event.

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