Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

argued that we must shift from spending on the provision of hard copy braille to the provision of refreshable braille and the associated digital file formats to enable people to read so much more. “As This allows a much broader group of experts to keep working on the problem. A 3D graphic test on paper substrate of a circuit diagram.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

We’re deep believers in the benefits of openness, which means we publish open source software and create open content under Creative Commons licenses. Authors Guild vs. HathiTrust. I was an expert witness in the case, and we’ve filed an amicus brief in the appeal. What’s next?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 8, 2022

This open-source, accessible solution enables workers and volunteers to collect data wherever they need to go. We have already had some feedback on broader needs, like the ability to upload files and conditional logic, so we have those in the roadmap now. Enter: Grassroots Mobile Survey, now available to install.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Here are some tips that the authors recommend: Hide your personal folders. TrueCrypt is a free and open-source tool that makes it relatively easy to encrypt your data, using encrypted volumes. This basically makes it harder for thieves to retrieve your data, though by no means is it a fool-proof method.

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Forj

AUGUST 12, 2021

Your team, subject matter experts (SMEs), and eLearning consultants work together to author content for your courses. Your choice in course authoring software is just as crucial as the tools you choose to deliver the content to learners. What are the best eLearning authoring software? What is course authoring software?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2007

Functionality : graphics quality; APIs for simulation; interface tools; authoring tools; links to 2D web; chat/voice capabilities; support for multiple instances; ADA issues. Compatibility : support for multiple platforms; import/export of standard CAD files; APIs for widely used physics and other engines; firewall co-existence.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

If web users knew of someone else who needed help, 44 percent would ask other people in their social network to contact authorities, 35 percent would post a request for help directly on a response agency’s Facebook page and 28 percent would send a direct Twitter message to responders. Here are my slides from the presentation.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

We’re against piracy, and have made commitments to authors and publishers to encourage compliance with copyright law. If any single publisher or author of any one of the more than 130,000 accessible books in our library gets antsy, they can send a notice to VISA and MasterCard and say, stop money from going to Benetech and Bookshare.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2011

We’re against piracy, and have made commitments to authors and publishers to encourage compliance with copyright law. If any single publisher or author of any one of the more than 130,000 accessible books in our library gets antsy, they can send a notice to VISA and MasterCard and say, stop money from going to Benetech and Bookshare.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 16, 2017

For basic texting (SMS); group, video, and picture messaging (MMS); and VoIP phone calls, try Signal from Open Whisper Systems. Bruce Schneier, a respected security technologist and author, has high praise for Signal. Semaphor from SpiderOak is a completely encrypted group chat and file-sharing system (think Slack meets Box).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

In Cake, the database build is separate from the application building (you do it yourself), whereas in Symfony, you use Symfony to build the database with schema files written in YAML. Example: Author hasMany Comments, Author hasMany Article. I set up both on my laptop, and tried out some really simple app development.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2014

Heartbleed is an OpenSSL bug that creates openings in cloud servers in which attackers can go in and extract passwords, private keys, and other data. OpenSSL is nonprofit open source software that provides security on e-commerce and other websites by creating an encrypted channel between your device and the website.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Nonprofit Technology Magazine is a free monthly multimedia iPad publication that provides some of the best technological information available from leading authorities in the nonprofit field. A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

Some of the free services I like are the different frames you can put around a photo, text captioning, the ease of sharpening a blurry photo, and a feature under ‘image setting’ that allows you to adjust the file size of the image so you can use it for the web or make it email-able. is a free open source application.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 4, 2022

It can feel like this even if you have a great filing system and can draw from past efforts, because each application requires something a little bit different. About the Authors. Stephanie Zeitz. Stephanie is passionate about helping nonprofits and education institutions move their work forward through technology.

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