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July 16, 2018
Using Software and Data to Change the World
I had the honor to be the opening keynoter for the first-ever Good Tech Fest , which was h…
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September 19, 2017
A Call for Millions: Ending the Global Book Famine for the Blind
There’s a global book famine afflicting people with disabilities. They lack the books they need for education, employment, a…
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March 29, 2016
From Money to Meaning
Big complex social problems. Your skills and experiences. Benetech. Combining those three potent ingredients is how we chang…
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February 03, 2016
Commercial Availability: The Poison Pill for Marrakesh Treaty Implementation
If you can buy a book, you can’t borrow it. That’s the lobbying position of some companies in the intellectual property fie…
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May 04, 2015
Silicon Valley Gives to Bookshare
Tomorrow is an exciting day for our Bookshare online library for students with dyslexia or visual impairments. We have incr…
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January 05, 2015
Donor Spotlight: Lavelle Fund for the Blind
What is it like for a nonprofit to have a successful, lasting partnership with a private philanthropic foundation? And what …
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December 01, 2014
Ethics and Responsibility in Technology-for-Good: A Human-Centered Approach
Our networked world has advanced to a point where information technology is touching all aspects of society. The cost of pro…
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November 26, 2014
Accessible eBooks for Equal Opportunity
Kevin Leong was in kindergarten when he experienced an organic brain injury that forced him to relearn everything from walki…
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November 10, 2014
The Gift of Reading, a Circle of Life
“Frank” (who anonymously shared his story with us) has always been an avid reader, but the progression of his neuromuscular …
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October 27, 2014
Join Benetech in the Skoll Foundation’s 2014 Social Entrepreneurs Challenge!
Zach Bryant loves reading non-fiction. This wasn’t always the case, though. Zach has Cerebral Palsy , which causes movement …
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September 16, 2014
Team-Up for Textbooks: Volunteer to Help Students with Disabilities
The new school year is in full swing, yet across the U.S., all too many students with print disabilities might not have the …
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September 12, 2014
Advancing Reading Equality with Bookshare’s Exponential Growth
At Benetech, we always ask ourselves how our existing successful programs can reach more people who need our services and ho…
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July 28, 2014
Thank You, Gerardo!
The Benetech team has just bid goodbye to VP of Engineering Gerardo Capiel, who is moving on to his next adventure. A passio…
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July 15, 2014
The Road to Accessibility without Borders: Celebrating the One-Year Anniversary of the Marrakesh Treaty
One year ago, on June 28, 2013, at a diplomatic conference in Marrakesh, Morocco, the World Intellectual Property Organizati…
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June 23, 2014
10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014
10X: ten times the impact. That’s what’s been on my mind lately. How can our existing successful programs reach ten times mo…