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The Case for Copyright Exceptions and Fair Use

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

of America v. The Chafee Amendment allows authorized nonprofit entities like Benetech to create accessible versions of copyrighted books without the need to request permission from publishers (or pay a royalty) and then to distribute these versions exclusively to people with qualifying disabilities. Universal City Studios, Inc.,

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Most Popular Leadership Posts So Far This Year

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Most Popular Post In his new book, Fail Fast or Win Big: The Start-up Plan for Starting Now , author Bernhard Schroeder gives you the edge he believes you'll need to be an entrepreneur who can launch a profitable business—in 90 days or less. Schroeder calls this The Lean Model Framework. Do more than care: help.

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Research Friday: Social Impact Bonds: A New Tool for Scaling Impact

ASU Lodestar Center

Alexis de Tocqueville, a French early nineteenth century political thinker and scholar known for his book Democracy in America , often pondered questions of societal well-being, or social policy. One such model is the Social Impact Bond (SIB). Alexis de Tocqueville. This risk assumption is the SIB innovation.

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Encouraging Philanthropy at a Young Age: Teaching Your Kids To Give To Causes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" Be A Role Model of Generosity. He notes, "So we model the values that we hope our children will emulate, and support charities that our kids can see connections to. Parents and relatives are the best role model for their kids in sharing generosity, that is,generosity is passed on from generation to generation."

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Fair Trade Certified: An Interview with Paul Rice of TransFair USA

Have Fun - Do Good

Fair Trade is this exciting new model for addressing poverty around the world. Companies participate and get to use the Fair Trade Certified label when they open their books and demonstrate that they bought direct from the farmers and paid a fair price. You can read a transcript of the podcast below. I mean, really small.

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Notes from Craigslist Foundation Nonprofit Boot Camp

Have Fun - Do Good

A few of the books he recommended were: Cradle to Cradle by William McDonough Biomimicry by Janine Benyus Ecology of Commerce by Paul Hawken (I read this years ago. It is a GREAT book). We need to create positive creative alternatives. When he recruits he uses a "low touch, high value" model.

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[VIDEO] Power Of Community In Strategic Planning

Bloomerang

In America, that is definitely not how most of the police officers that I have spoken with would expect somebody to act at a traffic stop. We had surveyed an alternative high school and half the kids had said, “There’s no adult that I can talk to but I need to talk to somebody.” That could be a book topic, perhaps.