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International Human Rights Day 2011

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Since its adoption at the United Nations General Assembly in 1948, the Declaration has become a universal standard for the promotion and protection of human rights worldwide. 2011 has been an amazing year for human rights defenders. 2011 has been an amazing year for human rights defenders. and the European Union.

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Using Twitter to Build a Community and Recruit Volunteers

Amy Sample Ward

Last week, I had the opportunity to present at the 2011 Volunteer Management for Nonprofits Conference here in New York. National Theatre screws up, what we can learn from mistakes. Using Twitter for a Global Conversation. There are so many resources out there that hopefully this list will help filter and curate for you!

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Our WIPO Statement on the Treaty for Access for People with Disabilities

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Statement of Benetech to the 22nd Session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights at the World Intellectual Property Organization June 15, 2011, Geneva, Switzerland • Greetings from California’s Silicon Valley! Now, more than 30,000 current copyrighted books are available globally on Bookshare to thousands of users. •

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Great reads from around the web on March 23rd

Amy Sample Ward

New Report: 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study | NTEN – "A high unsubscribe rate is bad, right? Not necessarily, according to the 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study, just released at the 2011 NTC by M+R and NTEN. As it turns out, a high unsubscribe rate correlates directly with high fundraising results.

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Fair Use Victory Advances a Future of Accessibility for All

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In September 2011, the Authors Guild sued the HathiTrust, alleging massive copyright violations. This fair use victory is crucial not only for our present work, but also for our social mission at large and for the future of our work under our Global Literacy program. copyright law, also known as the Chafee Amendment.

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Using Pinterest To Raise Awareness About Violence Against Women in Nigeria

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

.” According to Mari’s email, this coalition had worked for 10 years to get a comprehensive Bill passed by National Assembly legislators which criminalizes sexual and physical violence against women and girls, and that it had been rejected/failed to pass twice, both in 2010, and again in 2011.

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Meet with your finance committee now: Lessons from the Great Recession’s impact on charitable giving amidst current market shocks

ASU Lodestar Center

The dual shocks of COVID-19 and an oil price war have roiled global markets. Uncertainty is likely to continue as the dual shocks on the global economy are increasing the probability of recession. Remember the global financial crisis (GFC), aka the Great Recession, of 2007-2010? We have to look at the financial markets.

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