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The FCC and Accessibility

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Overview One of the great things about the Obama Administration is that they've generally lowered the bar for citizen participation in federal policy. The FCC just did a series of four blog posts asking for feedback on their new accessibility plans. Here are my comments on the big picture and a couple of their proposals.

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Towards Global Access for the Print Disabled

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

A Policy Update from an engineer, Jim Fruchterman of Benetech June 8, 2010 The international copyright negotiations in Geneva around a proposed Treaty for the Visually Impaired (“TVI”) have been steadily heating up. Counterproposals have been made, governments have been engaging with rights holders, consumers and NGOs (or not!)

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Public Policy and SOX: Pricey or Priceless!

ASU Lodestar Center

It is not often that public policy intended for the publicly traded-corporate world directly impacts the nonprofit corporate world. These require policies covering whistle-blower protections and document preservation. Conflict of interest policy. Whistle-blower protection policy*. Whistle-blower protection policy*.

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10 Awesome LGBTQ Organizations You Should Support This Pride Month

Everyaction

Pride Fund to End Gun Violence is a Political Action Committee (PAC) that supports candidates who will act on sensible gun policy reforms while championing LGBTQ safety and equality. The foundation offers grant funding to nonprofits that work to advance equality through research, education, policy, and the legal system.

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4 Reasons to Embrace Gen-Mix Volunteerism

VQ Strategies

However, according to research by Points of Light , post-pandemic Gen Z (those born 1997-2010) are more likely to volunteer. Organizations must create appropriate gen-mix volunteer opportunities, have the in-house management and tech capacity, build a positive culture, and ensure that safeguarding policies for young and old are robust.

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2013 NTEN Lifetime Achievement Award: Lauren-Glenn Davitian

NTEN

Lauren-Glenn Davitian is widely credited with establishing strong community access to cable television throughout Vermont. Lauren-Glenn is a founding member and serves on the board of Vermont Access Network (a trade group of 27 public access tv centers in Vermont). 2010: Ed Happ , International Red Cross.

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27 Recommended Affordable or Free Nonprofit Software Tools

Bloomerang

Carefully consider fee structures to find the right balance between access to features and a high net donation amount. Although it may seem like this is an easier way to manage data, it comes at the cost of the following drawbacks: Security: What happens if your computer is stolen and someone gains access to all of that donor data?