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President’s Update: Fall 2013

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In all seriousness, 2013 has been an incredibly busy and productive year for us. Delivering Benetech''s statement to the WIPO diplomatic conference That’s why I’ve been actively advocating for a global copyright exception modeled after the great exception in the United States that made Bookshare possible.

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Nonprofit Technology News: 2013 Year in Review

Tech Soup

2013 was the year of an ever-widening NSA spying scandal with its revelations of how little digital privacy we really have – even heads of state. The much-heralded wearable computing era arrived with a crop of smartwatches during 2013. Neverware’s pricing is a subscription model – monthly per PC fee.

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Caltech: Founding Values

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Address on receiving Caltech’s Distinguished Alumni Award May 18, 2013 Caltech was founded to give back to society through science and engineering, to discover knowledge and apply that knowledge. Keep the business focus on those top markets that justify the venture capital returns, that feed our successful business enterprises.

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Building a Tech-Driven Legal Aid Network for the 21st Century

Saleforce Nonprofit

In 2013, CARPLS moved its case- and knowledge-management system to a customized version on Salesforce. Based on the success of this model and with the impetus of the COVID-19 crisis, CARPLS created and partnered with New Leaf Illinois , a statewide cannabis record expungement portal.

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Congressional Testimony Statement before the House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

On August 1, 2013, I testified before the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet on the subject “ Innovation in America: The Role of Technology.” And new technology and new operational models are needed to do far more good with the same or fewer resources.

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A decade of Nimble AMS: A flashback of favorite things

Nimble AMS

When we started Nimble AMS 10 years ago, w e looked at ways to change the industry, to disrupt the status quo of the association management software (AMS) space and help organizations rethink what an AMS actually is. That’s 10 years of following Salesforce seasonal release model. Period.” . Three releases every year, like clockwork.)

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Nonprofit Technology News for November 2013

Tech Soup

As we hurtle toward the end of 2013, it’s time for an update of nonprofit technology trends and news! The service requires no login or password and no special software or hardware, just use email from any type device. Did I say that their new Square Cash email service is free of charge? This actually sounds too good to be true.

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