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Receiving the 2013 Migel Medal

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Earlier today, I attended the American Foundation for the Blind’s (AFB) National Leadership Conference in Chicago where I received the 2013 Migel Medal. The Migel Medal, often called the highest honor in the blindness field, is awarded annually to one or two individuals whose careers exemplify exceptional accomplishments in the field.

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The Top 54 Auctioneers for Nonprofit Fundraising Events

Nonprofit Tech for Good

This year’s top auctioneers are driving impactful change, raising crucial funds and leveraging their expertise to make a difference for great causes worldwide. 17) Lyla Stebbins Lyla Stebbins (bidfirefundraising.com) is a 16-year-old, 11th-grade student at Bethlehem Central High School in Delmar, New York. You were born to do this!”

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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Betsy Beaumon I recently had the honor to speak at the first-ever Braille Summit , hosted on June 19-21, 2013 by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) and Perkins School for the Blind. Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, VP and General Manager, Benetech’s Global Literacy Program. Accordingly, U.S.

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Betsy Beaumon on Benetech's Literacy Program

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

One of the biggest changes to Bookshare in the last ten years has been in the area of education, through funding from the Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). At the close of 2012, we are five years into our work in education and are serving over 230,000 students.

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Nonprofits Who are Making A Difference Through Play

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

GlassLab ( [link] ) explores the potential for existing, commercially successful digital games to serve both as potent learning environments and real-time assessments of student learning. SimCityEDU has been piloted by over 100 teachers and 3,000 students. Games provide tremendous opportunities for learning about real-world issues.

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How Can Nonprofits Address the Challenges and Opportunities of Disrupting Technologies?

ASU Lodestar Center

One study has found that 47 percent of US jobs are at high risk of automation (Frey and Osborne, 2013). Nonprofits can, and should, advocate for an expansion of funding grants and other sources of funding that will allow them to scale their services. Elon Musk doubles down on universal basic income. Norton & Company.

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NextGen philanthropists and the transfer of intergenerational wealth

ASU Lodestar Center

continuing series, we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. I think if there is a project that we could choose to fund, we would want do it in several locations." Will they dive into new funding mechanisms? References: NextGenDonors: Respecting Legacy, Revolutionizing Philanthropy (2013). As part of a.