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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

For the content of books, this flexibility is expressed in ideas like public domain, when the copyright owned by the author or publisher ends at some point. By this, I am not just talking about the publishing business, but also the nonprofit libraries committed to universal accessibility. My idea was completely legal!

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Interesting Uses of Technology: Virtual Libraries in Second Life

Tech Soup

"The digital revolution is changing the hierarchy of information," said Dr. Valerie Hill in her recent visit to the Nonprofit Commons. YouTube and Wikipedia are usually first choices for information seekers. " Today, information is published from the 'bottom up' or from user-generated sources.

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Is your site optimized for mobile?

Connection Cafe

Author: Sally Heaven. Boring/dumb is what I currently have, by the way - early adopter I'm not.) First, go to one of my favorite sites - Wikipedia. Wikipedia will sense that you are using a mobile device and will automatically display the version of the site that is optimized for mobile. First - some stats.

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Your #NPtech Community Calendar for July

Tech Soup

Have you ever thought about hosting nonprofit technology events in your community? Not only will you be contributing your skills to local nonprofits, you'll also be building your reputation and connecting with your tribe. Kitchener, Ontario: Monthly Nonprofit Sysadmin Meetup. You should, because it's awesome fun.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Scarcity Thinking, Social Network Fragmentation?, and Engagement Strategies

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Some recent nonprofit tech posts addressing this topic here , here , here , and here. Netsquared Net Tuesday next week in SF is about " How Nonprofits Can Use And Build Online Social Networks ," featuring speakers from Change.org and Ning. How and Why Nonprofits Are Using Web2.0 What do you think?

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

which was a remix of Marnie Webb 's Ten Ways Nonprofits Can Change the World. I'll be using a new online learning platform that I haven't used before and the participants are a slightly different audience than nonprofit staff or at least I think. adoption strategies ( remix from Association 2.0). I'm nervous. Openness - ????

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Designing Nonprofit Experiences

Connection Cafe

Reprinted here by the author. . Designing nonprofit experiences can be quite different from designing retail or commercial experiences. Nonprofits aren’t selling a product or a service; they’re selling a cause and a set of values. I like to compare the nonprofit design world to small town fashion.

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