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Fair Use Victory Advances a Future of Accessibility for All

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

HathiTrust, a unanimous three-judge panel concluded that digitizing books in order to enhance research and provide access to individuals with print disabilities is lawful on the grounds of fair use —that is, a limitation and exception to the exclusive rights granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work ( Section 107 of the U.S.

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eBooks #2: So you want to e-publish? Mechanics…

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want to do to get my novels out in the world, and have been greatly influenced by Cory Doctorow in terms of copyright (or, more accurately, copyleft ). There are many methods for converting files to ePub and Mobi format. I’m talking in this post about self-publishing eBooks.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Making Your Media Matter

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And you should be interested — this is the most important communications method available to nonprofit organizations. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? This is the place to go if you are interested in the intersection of film, video, documentary, web video and social change.

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Webinar: Using Email to Engage Activists, Cultivate Donors - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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Comments Off | by Share Article in Email Marketing , Online Advocacy , Online Fundraising Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Eric has an MBA from the Carey School ofBusiness at Johns Hopkins University, an MA in government andinternational studies from the University of South Carolina and a BS inpolitical science from the University of Wyoming.

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5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits

Wild Apricot

There are 5 elements key to an effective transfer or exchange of knowledge, the report suggests: Audience, Message, Method, Messenger, and Evaluation: Audience. The choice of method for transferring and exchanging knowledge will depend on the audience and the message [but] knowledge is most effectively exchanged when using multiple methodsâ?

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Mike Remixes My CC Entry

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Mike isn't doing this particular mashup for fun, he's trying to move forward some debate about methods and issues with specific licensing uses for mashups. Remember the aim is to have your content turn up in searches for media that is suitable for remix. Mike is writing some great stuff on remix culture and creative commons license.

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Replay: Using Email to Engage Activists, Cultivate Donors - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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Email remains the most reliable method for engaging supporters andraising money online. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Incase you couldnt join us or want to catch something you missed, youcan still view a free replay of the webinar in its entirety here. But its not always easy. To create a new comment, use the form below.