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We filed the following comments to the Copyright Office's request for comments on issues about access for people with print disabilities. Background on this can be reviewed at the Knowledge Ecology International website. student with a qualified print disability needs, we have a wonderful domestic copyright exemption.
Department of State, about empowering the world’s billion people with disabilities ; or to talking with my peer Skoll Award winners about writing software for development, social justice and human rights needs—CGI 2013 was a nonstop flow of sessions and exchanges with partners on ways to leverage resources towards each organization’s mission.
The annual observance of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) is today, December 3rd. Today I’m delighted to share the exciting news about the new award we just received from OSEP to build upon Bookshare’s success and significantly improve access for students with disabilities. In the U.S.,
Among the people I’m privileged to call a colleague here at Benetech is Viji Dilip, the International Program Coordinator for our Bookshare International service. When we received a grant from the Bernard Newcomb Foundation in 2007 to take Bookshare international, I asked Viji to become Bookshare’s International Program Coordinator.
The next 10X opportunity is to go global, by ramping up Bookshare International to serve the millions of people with print disabilities worldwide. The Oak Foundation just awarded us a grant to provide accessible content to people with qualifying learning differences (like dyslexia) in Brazil, India, and the United Kingdom.
In addition, we acknowledged the critical support of Bernie Newcomb who helped fund our International Bookshare service. copyright law. A little over 4 years ago, we won a competitive contract award from the US Department of Education which took a bold risk on Bookshare.
students, we also serve adults, seniors, veterans, and international subscribers in over 40 countries. Delivering Benetech''s statement to the WIPO diplomatic conference That’s why I’ve been actively advocating for a global copyright exception modeled after the great exception in the United States that made Bookshare possible.
The winner will be awarded an all-expense paid trip to the 2009 NTC to be held in San Francisco. Videos can be from a wide variety of issue and interest areas including (but not limited to) activism, environment, education, disability, economic development, human services, international development, health, and the arts.
Each year the Electronics Reuse Conference awards a lifetime achievement award in my name (it's a long story on how that came to be). This year the award went to Kyle Wiens, the co-founder of iFixit. Copyright Office, completed its "triannual" rulemaking on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
Soon afterwards in 2007, we won our first major award from the United States Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), which, in turn, allowed us to build Bookshare into a national asset. This experience helped us prove the potential of Bookshare to meet the needs of students with disabilities.
We are in the middle of the DoGooderTV Nonprofit Video Awards. These are annual awards sponsored by See3 and NTEN to showcase the video work of nonprofits in the US and around the world. You can see for yourself at the home page of the DoGooderTV Nonprofit Video Awards and click on the Watch button to see the videos.
Here are the results for the 2008 Innovator Awards: Advocacy campaign or program Honorable Mention: National Parks Conservation Association Winner: Freepress for their StopBigMedia.com campaign Over 200,000 comments sent to the FCC and Senate and overturned and FCC ruling to block monopolies in media companies. All rights reserved.
Two-thirds of our panelists were in the top 10 of all evaluations (Steve Daigneault / Amnesty International and Tim Fullerton / OxFam America) and the overall evaluation of our session was very high. Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today!
The individual will be responsible for developing and executing new media strategies to support the Foundation’s organizational as well as internal and external communication goals and objectives. Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today!
We worked with Alia when she was at Donordigital on videos with Amnesty International. Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Our friend Alia McKee from Sea Change Strategies wrote a blog post about nonprofits using video and gave some great examples.
He sees a business model where I assume the big international stuff is covered by the professionals but it’s supplemented by lots of detailed and organized posting from the neighborhood. Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!
for 18 international locales * Perform custom queries optimized for 18 international locales * Customize player UI and control video playback (pause, play, stop, etc.) Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!
Once students complete the AH certification, which also includes a full-time, 600-hour semester as an intern, they have the tools and confidence necessary to begin working for a nonprofit organization and immediately make a significant contribution. Additionally, many of the graduates were selected for various awards and scholarships.
Though turnout was the strongest in Bogotá (where estimates range from 500,000 to 2 million people ), the international scale demonstrates both widespread awareness of the issue and solidarity with the Columbian people. How much planning did the event take, how many organizers were there and how did they coordinate on an international scale?
One of the most successful organizations at showing their activities as tangible items is Heifer International – where you can actually gift a water buffalo to a poor family in a developing nation. Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today!
For example, Mary Tyler Moore acts as the JDRF’s international representative and has often represented the organization in its hearings with Congress. They have changed the perception of the AIDS crisis to that of an ongoing problem, rather than as a short-term international crisis. You have a very, very interesting blog.
A: This is the number of emails in your file that go inactive each year, there are different ways of determining whether an email is inactive, the most important thing is to be internally consistent in how you measure this. One common measure is if the email hard bounces, unsubscribes, or does not open in 12 months. All rights reserved.
A: This is the number of emails in your file that go inactive each year, there are different ways of determining whether an email is inactive, the most important thing is to be internally consistent in how you measure this. One common measure is if the email hard bounces, unsubscribes, or does not open in 12 months. All rights reserved.
She acknowledged it can be very time consuming, and reiterated a suggestion See3 often makes to our clients: get interns and volunteers! Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! I agree based on sheer traffic volume, the first 3 are no-brainers for any nonprofit to start.
Some highlights: In 2004, Natalie Portman, then a 22-year-old fresh from college, went to Capitol Hill to talk to Congress on behalf of the Foundation for International Community Assistance, or Finca, a microfinance organization for which she served as “ambassador.” Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!
GCAP , an international campaign fighting to raise awareness about poverty was struggling with this issue. Campaign Stats: 6 employees and 2 interns, all working on other projects were responsible for the successful campaign launch with over 100,000 online participants who created 1,000 avatars online.
At Greenpeace, they have a team of interns who work to respond to people it pays off. Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! She had a nice analogy for this. “A friend on a social network is like putting on a bumper sticker.&# Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!
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