Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Many of our projects turn on legal questions, and our attorneys are a core part of figuring out solutions that will have real positive impact on society. Right now, we have multiple law school clinics that would love to tackle new projects with us, projects we actually have but lack the bandwidth to pursue. What’s next?

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 20, 2013

" Local humor aside, the project is exciting: 31 public parks in San Francisco will get free Wi-Fi for at least two years. At TechSoup, we support the efforts of nonprofits and public libraries working to build digitally inclusive and literate communities through donated technology from our corporate partners. century jobs.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

Libraries, nonprofits, and schools are already working hard to teach digital skills and competency, but they need support of the entire community to help people thrive in the technology age. Defining Digital Literacy. But first, what exactly is digital literacy? " The Role of Libraries. The Role of Schools.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

He reads accessible ebooks from Benetech’s Bookshare library in braille format, and learns as quickly as his peers without disabilities. Within a short period, SocialCoding4Good has gone from a Labs pilot project to a growing community driving social impact. Bookshare has made my homework easier,” Brennan says. Martus Desktop 4.5

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2015

Benetech is hiring new Vice Presidents for our Global Literacy and Human Rights programs. The Vice President of Global Literacy leads Benetech’s biggest program, standing at the confluence of some of the most active and rapidly evolving fields: digital content, EdTech, domestic and international education, and user-centered design.

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Tech Soup

MAY 3, 2013

Dana Abbey is the Health Information Literacy Coordinator for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, MidContinental region. She has a background in public libraries, library consultation, and prescription drug monitoring. It is also the way to get your library listed as a consumer health library.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

His new project is a social media literacy website to help homeless people learn how to use the Internet to tell their stories, build community and connect with support services. Mark founded InvisiblePeople.tv , a nationally-recognized nonprofit that fights homelessness using the power of social media.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2007

Although the members of our board were impressed with all three nominees, they awarded Carrie Karnos of Palo Alto, CA, the 2006 Veale Award for her work with an accessible online library called Bookshare. Benetech's origins start with its Arkenstone project. The market was small and for-profit companies were not interested.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

The first part of the problem is that India still has low literacy rates - the 2009 Annual Status of Education Report shows that between classes 1 to 8 only around 40% of children can read a class 2 level text in their own language and an even lower 23% of children can ready easy sentences in English - sentences of the kind "What is your name?"

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 20, 2006

The goal of this on-line library is to stop the scanning of textbooks for K-12 education - a job which is now done by parents, teachers and students. At what we all believe is the last meeting for this project, a lawyer for the largest educational publishing house in the U.S. Whatever it took to slow things this project down.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 19, 2009

From TechSoup Global's grant-funded projects: MaintainIT Project. Brenda loves the Pulaski County Public Library's Literacy Bell, a simple way to celebrate children's literacy. Stephanie announces a free webinar next week, Technology Grants for Libraries 101. Tools Using the Web and Internet.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 13, 2011

Bookshare Hits 100,000 Members Boy reading at a computer with teacher in the background.Since the beginning of 2009, we’ve tripled the number of people with disabilities Bookshare is serving with our accessible library of ebooks. Literacy, human rights and the environment are critically important to the future of humanity.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Amira Learning is helping young students improve their reading literacy with an AI-powered tutor, while CodeSignal has built a platform for tech workers to pick up new technical skills and practice soft skills through AI-powered simulations. Smalt also boosted average revenue for workers, up 20% compared to 2023.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2013

The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project reports that the main reason they don’t go online is because they don’t think the Internet is relevant to them. The Kansas City Public Library System will also have a role in this work. So why is Kansas City investing more money on digital inclusion?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

This post originally appeared at TechSoup for Libraries. GCCE and the New Mexico State Library are partners in Fast-Forward New Mexico (FFNM), a BTOP-funded project. Among other things, the project provides for 64 hours of free Internet training in 17 libraries around the state.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 2, 2011

Photo from '05 for Net2's I Want Change project I need inspiration, and I'm hoping you can help. One of the results of my creating a Generosity Plan was that I remembered how much I care about public education, literacy education, and arts education. No funding for a librarian? Another cause that breaks my heart). Open my eyes.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 7, 2010

With shrinking budgets, providing increased access to the Internet and training for computer literacy can be particularly challenging for libraries and public computing centers. read more.

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Tableau

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Together they toiled in a library basement—the newly arrived with little knowledge of English and computers to create vibrant slide presentations about things they love, birthday cards for their children, and even résumés. Digitunity’s vision to close the technology gap.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

She's also the executive director of Community Technology Network , a nonprofit that brings information access and digital literacy to underserved Bay Area populations. TechSoup is currently driving a study of BTOP-funded projects. Check out the Surdna tag at TechSoup for Libraries for more information.).

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 30, 2013

The project is a Facebook led coalition that includes phone-makers, Samsung, Nokia, Ericsson, and also mobile chip-maker Qualcomm. " Before it launched the Internet.org project, Facebook's efforts to widen Internet access include Facebook Zero , a feature phone friendly text-only version of its services. about Internet.org.

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Tableau

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Together they toiled in a library basement—the newly arrived with little knowledge of English and computers to create vibrant slide presentations about things they love, birthday cards for their children, and even résumés. Digitunity’s vision to close the technology gap.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 7, 2014

Last week, TechSoup for Libraries held a webinar called Public Tech Instruction: Teaching the Public on Internet Safety. The presenters, Austin Stroud of the Monroe County Public Library and Crystal Schimpf of TechSoup for Libraries, shared resources for teaching online safety and security. Assessments/Quizzes.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 26, 2011

TechSoup has partnered with goQ Software to make their writing assistance and speech recognition software, WordQ + SpeakQ , available to eligible nonprofits and libraries. According to Proliteracy , low literacy's effects cost the U.S. WordQ + SpeakQ Is a Solution for Those Who Struggle with Writing.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 9, 2014

This project is a great resource for libraries to share with patrons. San Francisco libraries have varying hours and might not always be open. Library staff can tell patrons to use this service when the library is closed or if all the computers are in use. Bond & Me. Image 1: Caravan Studios.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 29, 2013

Libraries Building Bridges. Public libraries are also working diligently to close both the digital and the opportunity gap: from giving free classes on resume-building to providing free access to technology. TechSoup for Libraries: Edge Benchmarks: Gadget Instruction. Digital Divide Microsoft libraries youth education'

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2011

Subscribers will also be given access to free digital literacy training. According to the Pew Internet and American Life Project , the digital divide still affects about a third of Americans, particularly low-income Latinos, African-Americans, Native Americans, disabled people, and the elderly. A number of U.S. Department of Commerce.

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Tableau

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Proficiency: User education, measuring adoption and engagement, and increasing data literacy within your organization are important elements that require change management. For example, building out a robust library of onboarding and reference resources helps the community self-serve and answer commonly asked questions.”

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

She asked each student where they’d saved their project. About halfway through a recent nine-month research project, he’d built up so many files that he gave up on keeping them all structured. “I They were all getting the same error message: The program couldn’t find their files. Garland thought it would be an easy fix.

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Tableau

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Proficiency: User education, measuring adoption and engagement, and increasing data literacy within your organization are important elements that require change management. For example, building out a robust library of onboarding and reference resources helps the community self-serve and answer commonly asked questions.”

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

So, we assembled a research team at Arizona State University and set off on an ambitious research project to survey and interview volunteer managers across the U.S. A volunteer manager at a library in Oregon explains why translation tools are not enough: A couple years ago there was a Spanish language Facebook page for the library.

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Towards Data Science

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Authenticate BigQuery client: service_acount_str = config.get('BigQuery') # Use config credentials = service_account.Credentials.from_service_account_info(service_acount_str) client = bigquery.Client(credentials=credentials, project=credentials.project_id). def load_table_from_dataframe(table_schema, table_name, dataset_id): #!

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Dining for Women's blog Enough Mission: "The Enough Project is helping to build a permanent constituency to prevent genocide and crimes against humanity." I Love Libraries Mission: "Friends of I Love Libraries was created to provide a means for library advocates to strengthen grassroots efforts in support of America’s libraries.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 16, 2016

Join TechSoup on August 23 for a tour of training resources available to help your nonprofit, library, church, and foundation staffers increase their technology literacy and grow their tech skills. What Can Libraries Count? Be a better trainer. Getting a Grip on Social Media Numbers. Get a grip. Get to Know GrantStation.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

A call went out over a combination of listservs and social media channels asking local nonprofits and libraries to share their most pressing needs and dirtiest jobs with TechSoup via video or text. While social media as a volunteer recruitment tool has been a popular topic recently, TechSoup flipped the equation on its head a bit.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2008

I've included part of the nominees' profiles below, as they are written up on the site, but added links to their organizations and projects where I could find them. Carolyn LeCroy "After serving time in prison, Carolyn LeCroy started The Messages Project to help children stay connected with their incarcerated parents. Her nonprofit St.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 30, 2011

In time, the project became a free national computer donation service that accepts donations of working used computers and supplies them to nonprofits, schools, and other agencies that want to refurbish them and provide them to disabled and disadvantaged people. This nonprofit has been running for over 20 years.

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Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2015

They will create and promote digital literacy programs. In addition to NTEN's fellowship project, NTEN's March 2015 edition of its quarterly journal, Change, is devoted largely to digital inclusion. The organization already has a significant array of members , which include mostly cities, libraries, and nonprofits.

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