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An Open (Online) Book: What SB 272 Means for California Public Records

Byte Technology

Johnson signed into law the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), a sweeping measure that suddenly allowed all American citizens access to public records that where previously out of reach to anyone but government employees. It may seem hard to imagine but it’s been 50 years since President Lyndon B.

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An Open letter to Crowdfunding Companies from the California Association of Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: The crowdfunding industry has sponsored legislation in California to clarify what is legally permissible. The California Association of Nonprofits is seeking feedback from the broader nonprofit community about these proposed guidelines. Jan Masaoka’s guest post provides more details. Background.

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Preparing Your Association for AI

Association Analytics

Types of AI Tools To start, it’s important to know about some of the models already available to the public. It’s also crucial to remember that by using a public AI tool, your organization’s data can become part of the training dataset. LLMs are meant to produce conversational human language responses. The results?

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George Hara: Public Interest Venture Capitalist

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

They were going to bring Bangladesh better wireless internet than exists in California, and they’ve done it. George is a financial mastermind with one foot in Asia and the other in California. Public Interest Capitalism is his personal brand of social change.

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New Public Search Module

VisionLink

Public users searching for resources, services and other community assets are about to enjoy a powerfully effective search algorithm, and a new interface as well. To the many customers, particularly those in New York, California, and Texas for their suggestions and refinements to this new design.

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[Breaking News] An Extraordinary Funding Opportunity For Nonprofits To Preserve Local Journalism

Bloomerang

Community engagement: Nonprofits can support initiatives that engage the public in the news-making process, such as town hall meetings, citizen journalism projects, or community media literacy programs. Hope FM in Port Huron, MI and KAWC Colorado River Public Media in Yuma, Arizona.

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8 Nonprofits Championing Environmental Sustainability on Earth Day

Classy

The UK will ban new gasoline or diesel car sales by 2030, and California plans to follow . California State Parks Foundation. How California State Parks Foundation Takes Action on Earth Day. California State Park’s Virtual Earth Day Report helps them track their progress and record their impact for prizes.

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