Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

The next time you set your digital device of choice to record your favorite show so you can watch it whenever you want, take a moment to be thankful that you’re protected from lawsuits from the entertainment industry. It affected every step of the evolution of digital media—from the VCR to the digital video recorder to YouTube.

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Byte Technology

AUGUST 24, 2015

Millions upon millions of websites exist and operate in today’s digital world, offering an endless forum of information, entertainment and so much more. As a website owner or administrator, if you haven’t heard of DMCA—the Digital Millennium Copyright Act—you absolutely should be familiar with the groundbreaking legislation.

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Achieve

APRIL 2, 2020

Many nonprofits are so focused on the acquisition of funds during their fundraising campaigns that they forget there’s a step afterward – filing your 990 with the IRS. . That’s right, there are some up-sides to filing irritating tax forms every year. Your nonprofit will need to file one of four primary 990s: . You’re not alone!

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sgEngage

AUGUST 1, 2023

Even with double-digit, year-over-year increases, online donations have not cleared 15% and even have dropped for some institutions. Quarterly National Change of Address (NCOA) updates should be run every 90 days on your entire house file even if you are not mailing in this period. Direct mail makes for better retention rates.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

We are offering a Dell Latitude 10 tablet refurbished by our friends at CDI to the best “ Digital Connector ” story lead. We want you to tell us how you are using TechSoup product donations to promote digital literacy. The March 2014 TechSoup ‘Digital Connector’ Story Challenge (the “Challenge”).

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

We are offering a Dell Latitude 10 tablet refurbished by our friends at CDI to the best “ Digital Connector ” story lead. We want you to tell us how you are using TechSoup product donations to promote digital literacy. The March 2014 TechSoup ‘Digital Connector’ Story Challenge (the “Challenge”).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

federal law supports braille instruction. argued that we must shift from spending on the provision of hard copy braille to the provision of refreshable braille and the associated digital file formats to enable people to read so much more. “As Accordingly, U.S.

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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

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

copyright law. The publishing industry and disability organizations both agreed on this provision of copyright law. A professional with expertise in assessing disabilities needs to certify each Bookshare member as meeting these qualifications (the copyright law in the U.S. Employ "Social Digital Rights Management" technology.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

Last week, the National Federation of the Blind and 22 organizations serving people with disabilities filed detailed objections to a petition from a group of makers of e-reader devices led by Amazon to be exempted from accessibility requirements under the relatively new Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2007

From Icommons comes an incredibly useful legal brief to remixing media in the age of participatory media and campaigns by Steve Vosloo, Digital Hero Book Project. What's even better, you don't need a law degree to understand it! Currently this is only possible with MP3 audio files through embedding of metadata. in the future.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

This is totally the “how sausage and law are made” view, so don’t read this unless you want to know more about global accessibility in detail! WIPO has a mandate from its member states, and is working to address the need to change laws and get more accessible books flowing. law works: the one that made Bookshare possible.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Right now, we have multiple law school clinics that would love to tackle new projects with us, projects we actually have but lack the bandwidth to pursue. Digital signatures for parents/guardians wanting to sign up their children with disabilities for Bookshare. when we bring them to developing world countries. What’s next?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

You can read more about Martus and about our theory of change , but here’s the gist: with Martus, there’s no more reason to collect, transmit or store sensitive information about violations in vulnerable forms such as paper files and unencrypted hard drives. I invite you to check back on our website for ongoing updates about our work.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 2, 2012

Bookshare, Benetech’s pioneering digital library for people with print disabilities, celebrated its 10th birthday last night with a terrific party that was attended by many of our long-time friends and supporters. copyright law. They send Bookshare the same digital book files that they provide to Amazon, Apple or Barnes and Noble.

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3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 17, 2014

” In Caity’s example, we saw an organization where a 2 percentage point improvement in its donor retention resulted a fundraising increase of over $150,000 on a donor file of 60,000. There is a law of diminishing returns, where additional contacts are going to cause you to lose money on that donor’s giving.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

But everything we do online leaves a digital trail behind about our activities and our members. And once member lists, actions and events, emails and documents are collected and stored by an online service, outdated electronic privacy law is failing to keep this information safe from inappropriate access and potential misuse.

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 8, 2022

Under campaign finance law, any person or entity that makes an independent expenditure (IE) must disclose that IE to the FEC within 24 hours. This information must be filed with the FEC within 24 hours of making the expenditure. You must make sure that your ad buys comply with certain rules set by the FEC.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

It was founded in 2001 by Harvard law professor and activist Lawrence Lessig. Creative Commons basically provides a free and standardized legal infrastructure that joins up the free flow of online information with traditional copyright laws that were devised in an earlier age. Why TechSoup's Content Is Creative Commons-Licensed.

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Tech Soup

MAY 6, 2016

Over the past year, many different initiatives and projects have emerged that focus on tracking people killed during interaction with law enforcement. The image gallery is visually high-impact, and details on every person killed by law enforcement are noted on a datacard, providing information surrounding his or her death.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

We can use the same ebook file to deliver the content ten different ways. This concept has been pioneered by the Internet Archive with its Open Library can lend a digital copy of a book for a period of time as long as it (or a partner library) owns a physical copy of that book which it holds back from being lent to someone else.

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Everyaction

MAY 14, 2018

Do your research Every state has different laws when it comes to elections and voter registration, so research carefully to make sure that you are giving students accurate and up-to-date information. For the most accurate information, visit your secretary of state’s or board of elections’ websites. EveryAction's. social share tracking and.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Digital and mobile communications are changing the rules about social networks, intellectual property, and the availability of big data, with an overall blurring of the boundaries between state, for-profits, and nonprofits. copyright law. Our lower cost model allowed us to invert the power structure.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

2013 was the year of an ever-widening NSA spying scandal with its revelations of how little digital privacy we really have – even heads of state. gear up to administer standardized tests digitally next year. As our digital selves develop in to significant mirror presences, someone else will probably own them. Social Media.

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 7, 2019

But for those with permanent or temporary disabilities, these companies are accused of violating Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by lacking the proper digital accommodations to enable access to their coveted online offerings. This law ensures that information is available to those with disabilities.

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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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Connection Cafe

MAY 23, 2018

Though the heightened awareness and concern might be attributed to a recent flurry of events in the social media sphere, data privacy has really been a crucial conversation since the dawn of the Digital Age. Stay in the know about GDPR, privacy law evolution, and state level initiatives. If we have any changes in U.S.

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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

MAY 23, 2014

Up to now our digital selves have been pretty indelible on the Internet. The case originated in Spain where a man there filed a complaint arguing that Google's search results infringed on his privacy. He doesn’t run an organization; He's the digital media manager at Pathways to Education in Toronto.

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NTEN

JUNE 3, 2009

You have until Friday, June 8, to file comments online at the FCC website. Access and the Digital Divide. Without effective deterrents, Internet providers will continue to discriminate against lawful content. I learned about the public comment period in an email from Free Press. Stimulate broadband demand.

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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. Throughout this year, we’ve been talking about the Great Convergence of digital marketing and fundraising , where the best digital marketers are the best digital fundraisers.

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Cloud 4 Good

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The Engagement Manager will serve as the face of Cloud for Good for all managed service engagements – Campaign, CRM and/or Digital – for a designated portfolio of clients. Cloud for Good complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company operates. Location: ?Virtual:

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 29, 2011

Our social goal is that all students with disabilities which prevent them from effectively using a printed book, have the opportunity to read the same titles as students without disabilities, through the use of assistive technology and Bookshare digital books. More than half of U.S.

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NTEN

JULY 19, 2022

Are you interested in or have proficiency in using digital and web technology? This work requires skills to resize files, convert from one file type to another, edit and crop images, and sometimes, create your own visuals and graphics. What is a web content manager? Are you a good writer and editor?

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Whole Whale

MAY 5, 2021

Form 990 is the annual tax form that US-based tax-exempt 501(c)3 nonprofits with $100K in annual contributions or over $250K in assets are required to file. In 2021, data privacy needs to be a priority for nonprofits, especially with GDPR , CCPA, and SHIELD laws. IRS Form 990 (For U.S. Nonprofits). New to data privacy?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2013

It is important to respect copyright laws. An excellent source of images is to take them yourself with your digital camera or mobile phone camera. If you practice some the basic photography rules , you should be able to DIY some good images for your content strategy. Here’s a round up of resources and advice.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2022

The adoption of appropriate digital tools has the power to revolutionize operations, build trust amongst program participants and stakeholders, and offer more agency to those who depend on services. Getting bogged down in paperwork no longer has to be the norm.

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