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My Three Words for 2011: Seek, Sense, and Share

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My Three Words for 2011 inspired by Harold Jarche's Networked Learning Model. For 2011, my three words are: Seek, Sense, and Share inspired by Harold Jarche’s model for networked learning. How these words will guide me in 2011: Seek: Seeking is the process of keeping up to date in your field.

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Networked and Hyperconnected: The New Social (and work) Operating System

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

People are using social and Internet platforms – many of which have immense amounts of unstructured and often shallow information. The ability to distinguish between the “noise” and the message in the ever-growing sea of information. What will the future 2020 be like? Being strategically future-minded.

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Benetech: President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

President’s Update Fall 2011 Don’t be surprised, but we’re picking up the pace of change at Benetech! I want to unveil several of these new initiatives, as well as sneaking in some of the incredible things happening in our core programs in literacy and human rights. and James L.

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The Case for Copyright Exceptions and Fair Use

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

It’s because our mission depends on a balanced intellectual property system that encourages innovation. After all, our IP system was set up precisely to balance the interests of society with those of creators. We are especially concerned that the IP system ensures that it’s both easy to serve disadvantaged communities and to innovate.

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Fair Use Victory Advances a Future of Accessibility for All

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This is an immense victory for fair use as the basis of a balanced intellectual property system, and we, at Benetech, are delighted by it and by its tremendous positive implications for the public interest. In September 2011, the Authors Guild sued the HathiTrust, alleging massive copyright violations. copyright law).

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What is the Funder’s Role in Supporting Good Measurement?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Building infrastructure, in-house expertise, and data literacy of all staff is critical to their success so they have invested. The irony is that if nonprofits had good measurement systems in would enrich third-party evaluations and external rating approaches!

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Interesting Uses of Technology: Virtual Libraries in Second Life

Tech Soup

"The digital revolution is changing the hierarchy of information," said Dr. Valerie Hill in her recent visit to the Nonprofit Commons. " Today, information is published from the 'bottom up' or from user-generated sources. YouTube and Wikipedia are usually first choices for information seekers.