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CEO’s Update: Fall 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

He reads accessible ebooks from Benetech’s Bookshare library in braille format, and learns as quickly as his peers without disabilities. Case in point is our team’s work with local LGBTI groups in Sub-Saharan Africa to help them establish independent human rights documentation initiatives.

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"Press 2 for Chickens": Innovating African Radio Stations

NTEN

Bartholomew Sullivan, a regional ICT officer for AFRRI, and Farm Radio International had been in touch with Kubatana, the parent organization of Freedom Fone, in Zimbabwe and thought IVR technology could be used to improve programming at the stations by making the experience and content more interactive. . Listen to the jingle here.) .

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Peer-to-Peer Crowdfunding Myths & How To Ensure Success

The Modern Nonprofit

Build a school in Zimbabwe. Your focus should be on trying to get your local television station, your local newspaper, your local radio station – or maybe you pitch the national news (depending on the nature of the story). Help pay for Sally’s cancer treatment. The more specific, the better. It won’t hurt.

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Empowering Women Citizen Journalists: An Interview with Cristi Hegranes

Have Fun - Do Good

So often, government control, or just lack of access to information and media, prevents people from really being able to be educated and informed about serious issues that are going on around them. There is also a really practical level of source access. They can volunteer locally, or from anywhere. BB: How can listeners help?