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The Struggle for Book Access: Amazon (Blog Post #2)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

But, we just saw Amazon fold when the Authors Guild pushed them to turn off the voice of these books: Amazon to flip on Kindle. We have an action by Amazon that sets back years of work to make ebooks accessible. Print-disabled people of the world shouldn't be surprised that Amazon isn't going out of its way to help them.

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Don’t EVER Doubt How Leadership Impacts the Employee Experience, Customer Experience, and Overall Brand Experience!

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Debbie Laskey: In the CORNER OFFICE section of The New York Times , there was a memorable interview on January 29, 2011, entitled, " Hey, Rock Stars: Take Your Show SomeplaceElse ," conducted by Adam Bryant of Michael Lebowitz, founder and CEO of Big Spaceship, a digital marketing and communications agency. Why or why not?

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AI for Nonprofits and Social Good: Link Roundup

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Most recently, we co-authored a policy brief for the Toda Peace Institute on the age of automation and it implications for civil society. Some recent examples include: Amazon’s AI recruiting software that learned to penalize résumés that included the word “women.” AI Technology. AI Is Getting Better At Conversation.

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NRDC Research Study: Is Your Server Room Being Overlooked?

Tech Soup

Headquartered in New York City, NRDC is an environmental nonprofit membership organization with 1.3 You may have heard about the Googles and Amazons of the world striving to make their enormous datacenters more energy efficient. This is a guest blog post by Drew Bennett of Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).

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[VIDEO] Building Your Nonprofit’s Engagement Engine

Bloomerang

And, as Steven mentioned today, we’re going to be talking a bit about some of the things in my new book, “The Nonprofit Communications Engine.” Or maybe even policy makers who have influence over government, you know, budgets, you know, for the CDC or things like that. Who could you engage with?

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How To Save The Planet: 10 Changes With The Biggest Impact

Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

Some changes you can make to make your voice heard on climate change are: Vote for parties and candidates who prioritise environmental policies. Contact your representatives and encourage your representatives to support environmental policies and changes. Encourage your friends and family to make changes and prioritise the environment.

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How To Save The Planet: 10 Changes With The Biggest Impact

Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

Some changes you can make to make your voice heard on climate change are: Vote for parties and candidates who prioritise environmental policies. Contact your representatives and encourage your representatives to support environmental policies and changes. Encourage your friends and family to make changes and prioritise the environment.

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