Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

For them, Bookshare —Benetech’s Global Literacy initiative and the world’s largest accessible digital library for people with print disabilities—opens up a lifeline to reading. All the organizations participating in the Challenge are recipients of the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 31, 2025

or I understand this grant program awards $5,000 to successful applicants. Focus Area: Include a list of options, such as youth literacy, nutrition, and workforce readiness. Location: If you serve specific counties or zip codes, reflect that in your question and answer options.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

The Bay Area Chapter of the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network recently announced the winners of its 2010 Young Nonprofit Leader Awards , and TechSoup's own Kami Griffiths was one of the honorees. As TechSoup's training and outreach manager, Kami manages TechSoup Talks! and various other training initiatives.

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Care2

OCTOBER 29, 2012

The recent award winners of the 2012 Grinnell Prize are a great example. To find those creative solutions, it’s important for nonprofit advocates, communicators, and program directors to challenge barriers, habits, and assumptions that separate us from other offices, “competing” peer organizations, and disciplines.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 2, 2007

I was awarded one of the 2006 MacArthur Fellowships. These awards are based not so much on past achievements, as an expectation that you will do something exciting in the future. Route 66 Literacy Our newest project is Route 66 Literacy, and it includes a demonstration site that anyone can try out.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

The CTK Foundation “Heroes with a Heart” Grant Award asks YOU to nominate a “Hero with a Heart,” and give them a chance to win $5,000 – a simple thanks for the hard work that they do. Blogger’s Choice Award Lastly, there will be a Blogger’s Choice Award of $1,000 (USD).

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2014

We were shocked when we saw the 25 winners of the big $100,000 to $500,000 Google Impact Challenge Awards. Google Global Impact Award competitions have been held in India and the UK, and most recently in the San Francisco Bay Area. The guiding principle of the awards is to “apply a Silicon Valley mindset to social innovation.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

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.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 3, 2011

Of course, accessibility is right up Benetech’s alley and the focus of our Literacy program. 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.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 2, 2012

They also demoed Read2Go, the accessible ebook application for the Apple OS and Route 66 Literacy, Benetech’s online literacy instructional program. 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. and that risk paid off.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

It's why NTEN is here, and it's why we're fans of The CTK Foundation's "Heroes with a Heart" grant awards. Blogger's Choice Award: Lastly, there will be a Blogger's Choice Award of $1,000 (USD). Applications for all Heroes with a Heart grant awards close Wednesday, February 29th, 2012 at midnight.

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Tableau

JUNE 2, 2022

that Emily Kund and Matt Francis brought to the seventh annual Vizzies award show. CJ Mayes produced a visually stunning piece on the misconceptions around African literacy rates and global health. Closing the Youth Literacy Gap by Iron Viz champion Will Sutton.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Highlights of this Update: Global Literacy Human Rights Benetech Labs Communications Global Literacy Bookshare celebrated a double milestone this summer, reaching over 200,000 available titles in our collection and serving over 250,000 members with disabilities! We also received our largest-ever award for human rights, a two-year, $2.2

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2013

A thought leader in the intersection of philanthropy, law, policy, and technology, Bernholz writes about the business of giving in books, articles, and her award-winning blog, Philanthropy2173.com. com. She is working on her second book, tentatively titled, The Future of Good.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The first grants are to be awarded later this year. Community engagement: Nonprofits can support initiatives that engage the public in the news-making process, such as town hall meetings, citizen journalism projects, or community media literacy programs.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Department of Education gave us a major award on September 28, 2007. Route 66 Literacy was put on the back burner last year because it ran out of funding. I'm looking forward to reporting on the latest from Route 66 Literacy on my blog and in future updates. I bet you're wondering what we must accomplish.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Your own historical data on grants awarded accumulates with every grant cycle. While lists are great for helping you identify a specific piece of information, such as a total of grant dollars awarded year to date, it can be difficult to visualize your information or clearly see a comparison of several data sets.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 12, 2012

Those who envision what could be possible by having Benetech apply innovative technology to the areas of Literacy, Human Rights, and the Environment, and who enable us to explore new opportunities for creating social good. For example, our largest single funding arrangement is a competitive award by the U.S.

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Tableau

JUNE 2, 2022

that Emily Kund and Matt Francis brought to the seventh annual Vizzies award show. CJ Mayes produced a visually stunning piece on the misconceptions around African literacy rates and global health. Closing the Youth Literacy Gap by Iron Viz champion Will Sutton.

Web 98

Web Las Vegas Literacy Chart 98

Tableau

JANUARY 24, 2023

The total prize provided in Jabar Dataviz Competition 2022 was 75++ million (IDR), consisting of prizes in cash, book, credit for Cloud Service, and an award certificate from the West Java Provincial Government which was given at the JDVF awards night.

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Tableau

JANUARY 24, 2023

The total prize provided in Jabar Dataviz Competition 2022 was 75++ million (IDR), consisting of prizes in cash, book, credit for Cloud Service, and an award certificate from the West Java Provincial Government which was given at the JDVF awards night.

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Pamela Grow

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Whether you specialize in healthcare , financial literacy, environmental advocacy, or animal welfare, consider how you can leverage your unique experience and expertise to create quality web content. These awards indicate that your nonprofit has been vetted and verified by a trusted group of third-party experts.

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Tableau

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Bringing the Narrative Science award-winning, world-leading AI in analytics team and their innovations to Tableau will help us reach millions more people who are underserved with data. It will help us close the data literacy gap, reimagine an entirely new analytics experience, and set people up for success in this digital-first world.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2021

Users advance through a standard syllabus, playing for 15 or 20 minutes a day, with the app listening to their performance and awarding one to three stars based on how many mistakes they made. “We want to make musicality to be as common as literacy,” Thür said. per month.

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Tableau

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Bringing the Narrative Science award-winning, world-leading AI in analytics team and their innovations to Tableau will help us reach millions more people who are underserved with data. It will help us close the data literacy gap, reimagine an entirely new analytics experience, and set people up for success in this digital-first world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2012

The ability to search effectively for information online and to be able to discern the quality and veracity of the information one finds and then communicate these findings well (referred to as digital literacy). Synthesizing (being able to bring together details from many sources). Being strategically future-minded.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 29, 2021

Sydney Anh Mai is an award-winning product designer at Kickstarter. Even then, there was a growing need for basic data literacy in the tech industry, and it’s only getting more taxing by the year. Sydney Anh Mai. Contributor. Her work has appeared on The Verge, Design Weekly and Core 77. I guess that’s just me then.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 20, 2010

What about literacy and education? Series of TV or print articles on these social applications, or an award for the tech transfer office that made the best socially responsible licensing deal. What about a life-saving drug that poor countries can't afford?

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NTEN

JUNE 13, 2014

Matt is the recipient of the 2011 Edelman Chicago “Eddy” Award for Innovation. In addition, Matt co-founded and served as Director of Technology for 2MC, a Chicago-based internet consulting firm. To get a jump-start on conversations for LCS, we asked Matt a few questions, shared below.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2013

I say thorny because despite the nearly $300 million in stimulus funding awarded by the U.S. Digital Divide libraries digital inclusion digital literacy tspubliclibraries' It addresses the thorny problem of bringing the 25 percent or so of people in the city who are still not participating in the information age to inclusion.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 14, 2021

As you make new hires and consider ongoing employee development, keep in mind that data literacy skills will be foundational to every role at every level of an organization in 2021 and beyond and will critically shape who survives and thrives as leaders going forward. . Determine what you’ll track moving forward (e.g.,

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

To enter the raffle to win a copy of this Indie Excellence Award winning book, leave a comment below about an "ordinary" person you know who is doing extraordinary things to change the world. a nonprofit organization that promotes youth literacy. Please include your email so I can contact you if you win.

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sgEngage

MAY 8, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services, the government awarded $726.1 While the movement for Trust-Based Philanthropy is growing, most grants do have significant reporting requirements throughout the award period and once the grant cycle ends. The agencies that award the grants often have detailed reporting requirements.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 3, 2010

It will take you to a page with a link for each type of grant the government awards. Step 3: If you are just learning to search for grant opportunities, I suggest that you click on “browse by category.” This is the option I like to use. Step 4: Click on the category of the grant opportunity you are searching for.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2011

He is the CEO of Benetech, which concentrates on applying technology to challenging problems facing our society, including literacy for people with disabilities and human rights monitoring and analysis.

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TechCrunch

MAY 31, 2022

The contest is nationwide, asking young folks age 13-18 to submit their project, company, or however they like to define it, and five each in three categories are awarded $5,000. A winner from each category gets an additional $5,000 plus a pitch-off with T-Mo brass, and a chance for a final $5,000 check. Books N Bros (St.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2008

You can vote for who will be awarded $100,00, named CNN's Hero of the Year, and be honored at "An All-Star Tribute" with Anderson Cooper at 9 ET Thanksgiving night. According the CNN Heroes site, they received nearly 4,000 submissions from 75 countries that were narrowed down to 10 candidates by a Blue Ribbon Panel.

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