Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. To bring the power of books to everybody on this planet, we must make books truly accessible. Third, the print book is not universally accessible.

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The NonProfit Times

APRIL 24, 2024

An organizer told The NonProfit Times they have gathered signatures of support from close to 200 of the slightly more than 600 non-management colleagues, enough to trigger a unionization vote under the National Labor Relations Act’s minimum 30% threshold. The total of management and non-management employees at the nonprofit is about 800.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

Betsy Beaumon I recently had the honor to speak at the first-ever Braille Summit , hosted on June 19-21, 2013 by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) and Perkins School for the Blind. federal law supports braille instruction. Accordingly, U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 22, 2013

Why Circumvention for the Purposes of Access is Crucial A Bookshare Briefing Paper Prepared for the Diplomatic Conference for Visually Impaired Persons The distributors of digital content often use technological protection measures (TPMs) to discourage the making of unauthorized copies.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

Such action, the Court decided, didn’t constitute copyright infringement because it was fair use , that is, a limitation and exception to the exclusive rights granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work. It also underscores just how critical a balanced copyright law is for technology innovation. copyright law.

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

National Development Council. With 80-90 employees working remotely across the United States, the National Development Council was looking for a better solution to staying connected. Women’s Law Project. “People are telling me that they feel more connected. ”" CTO, Antonio Palumbo. Path Point.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

Look into relevant laws regarding starting a nonprofit in your community. For example, different states have different processes for filing articles of incorporation and the fees required. Look into pro-bono services offered by local bar associations or law firms. You can either file Form 1023 or 1023-EZ.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

Twelve years ago, the Fund made its first grant to Benetech, in support of the then newly launched Bookshare , our accessible online library for people with disabilities that get in the way of reading print, including visual impairments and dyslexia. This pilot paved the way for our work in the education field.

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Cloud 4 Good

MARCH 30, 2021

My previous position taught me that if you cannot pinpoint what exact data was accessed during a security breach, the assumption becomes that all data was accessed. Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) Similar to HIPAA, PIPEDA is Canada’s federal law protecting patient privacy.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Our breakthrough in the conception of Martus came in 2000, when I was looking to expand Benetech to new frontiers of social good beyond our origins—helping disabled people access books in what is now our Global Literacy program. We did just that and handed the Witness.org domain over to what is now WITNESS.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 15, 2017

Groups or individuals that advocate, support, or practice (or, in the sole discretion of Sponsor, are believed to advocate/support/practice) discrimination based on age, ethnicity, gender, national origin, disability, race, size, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic status are NOT eligible. Submission Restrictions. (a)

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 10, 2011

Yesterday, they published the list of organizations that have lost their exemption from paying income tax due to failure to file required reports in 2007, 2008, and 2009. The National Center for Charitable Statistics notes that 90 percent of these organizations have never filed any kind of return. This is great news.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 7, 2014

As part of National Cyber Security Awareness Month and TechSoup's Safer Online for Nonprofits initiative, TechSoup is raising awareness about how nonprofits are taking practical steps to keep their organization safe: in the office, in the field, and on the go. Dispute Resolution/Governing Law/Waiver of Jury Trial. b) Void States.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2014

Groups or individuals that advocate, support or practice (or, in the sole discretion of Sponsor, are believed to advocate/support/practice) discrimination based on age, ethnicity, gender, national origin, disability, race, size, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic status are NOT eligible. (b) b) Void States. a) In General.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

Groups or individuals that advocate, support or practice (or, in the sole discretion of Sponsor, are believed to advocate/support/practice) discrimination based on age, ethnicity, gender, national origin, disability, race, size, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic status are NOT eligible. (b) b) Void States. a) In General.

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NTEN

JUNE 3, 2009

Flickr Photo by Chi King The Federal Communications Commission is seeking public comment on how to draft America's national broadband plan. If you're an NTEN Member -- or have been lurking around for awhile -- you know that Universal Broadband Access is an issue we care deeply about. Access and the Digital Divide.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

Groups or individuals that advocate, support or practice (or, in the sole discretion of Sponsor, are believed to advocate/support/practice) discrimination based on age, ethnicity, gender, national origin, disability, race, size, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic status are NOT eligible. (b) b) Void States. a) In General.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2014

Groups or individuals that advocate, support or practice (or, in the sole discretion of Sponsor, are believed to advocate/support/practice) discrimination based on age, ethnicity, gender, national origin, disability, race, size, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic status are NOT eligible. (b) b) Void States. a) In General.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 13, 2015

Groups or individuals that advocate, support or practice (or, in the sole discretion of Sponsor, are believed to advocate/support/practice) discrimination based on age, ethnicity, gender, national origin, disability, race, size, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic status are NOT eligible. (b) b) Void States. a) In General.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 30, 2015

Groups or individuals that advocate, support or practice (or, in the sole discretion of Sponsor, are believed to advocate/support/practice) discrimination based on age, ethnicity, gender, national origin, disability, race, size, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic status are NOT eligible. (b) b) Void States. a) In General.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 30, 2015

Groups or individuals that advocate, support or practice (or, in the sole discretion of Sponsor, are believed to advocate/support/practice) discrimination based on age, ethnicity, gender, national origin, disability, race, size, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic status are NOT eligible. (b) b) Void States. a) In General.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Vu’s passion to make the world better, combined with a low score on the Law School Admission Test, drove him into the field of nonprofit work, where he learned that we should take the work seriously, but not ourselves. There’s tons of humor in the nonprofit world, and someone needs to document it. Kristen Hadeed. kristenhadeed.com.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Office 365 is basically a full-featured online version of Microsoft Office that includes Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, OneNote, Publisher, and Access. It also has back-end tools including hosted Exchange (email), SharePoint (file serving), and Lync (messaging and conferencing). MyDigitalBridge. The list goes on and on.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 29, 2011

We're up to more than 125,000 users, with over 95,000 books available, and our users are now accessing content at a rate of more than million downloads per year! That's why it's painful to hear about disputes over denying students with very real print disabilities access to these resources. serving students with print disabilities.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Nonprofit organizations are vital to the nation’s economic well-being and have nearly doubled in the last 30 years (National Center for Charitable Statistics, 2015). Historically, federal and state laws have viewed nonprofit and for-profit entities as mutually exclusive organizations whose work rarely, if ever, overlapped.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Other Examples: An Annual Giving Campaign, like National Center for Youth Law did $10k for a new Alzheimer’s research project Raise $25,000 to fill a new school library. SOS Children’s Villages Illinois acquired 75% of their new donors for the entire year with their year-end peer-to-peer fundraising campaign.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 17, 2022

It was updated on 8/17/2022 for National Nonprofit Day. Human trafficking organizations advocate for stronger anti-trafficking laws, provide services and support for victims of trafficking crimes, and develop long-term strategies to end human trafficking. *This post was originally published on 7/28/17.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2022

Imagine a social good ecosystem where case managers can immediately locate an individual’s file, understand the individual’s story, visualize the web of additional providers supporting them, identify the right next step to continue their care, and support them in taking this step, all in one click. Such circumstances are not uncommon.

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Whole Whale

MAY 5, 2021

We see those feel-good stories about amazing fundraisers on our feeds: “Viral Irish GoFundMe Raises Millions for the Navajo Nation In Act of Generosity That Bridges Historical Debt of Gratitude ”. In 2021, data privacy needs to be a priority for nonprofits, especially with GDPR , CCPA, and SHIELD laws. We’ve all been there.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Photo Sharing around an organization's programs/mission - Global and National Youth Day. You can think of it as having 24/7 access to another users filing cabinet, but each user's collection of bookmarks helps to build an rich knowledge network. Tourism Campaigns or celebrate a place or county or state. Can you find more?

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 10, 2015

Organizations that advocate, support or practice (or, in the sole discretion of Sponsor, are believed to advocate, support or practice) discrimination based on age, ethnicity, gender, national origin, disability, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic status are NOT eligible. (b) b) Void States. a) In General.

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Since 1972, the National Women’s Law Center has worked tirelessly to protect and advance the progress of women and girls in virtually every aspect of their lives. In recent months, fueled by the increasingly polarizing political and social climate, the National Women’s Law Center has become a pivotal player in the resistance movement.

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