Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

NPR interviewed ethics expert Mason Marks, a medical doctor and research fellow at Yale and NYU law schools, and recently wrote about Facebook’s system, to discuss the ethical and privacy concerns. Some recent examples include: Amazon’s AI recruiting software that learned to penalize résumés that included the word “women.”

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MAY 25, 2023

For local governments that rely on Twitter for law enforcement alerts, public transportation updates, and to hear directly from residents about service requests, this has been especially problematic. While you may decide to deactivate or delete your profile, there are benefits to remaining on the site, even if your account is mostly dormant.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Many law firms do much more pro bono work than 50 hours. TechSoup has had an ongoing relationship with the famous Silicon Valley law firm, Cooley LLP for several years. TechSoup’s Pro Bono Law Firm, Cooley LLP. employment, intellectual property, business law etc). OK, I do know that lawyers in the U.S In the U.S.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2018

In light of the recent high profile suicides by Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, Vu Le wrote an excellent piece on what nonprofits need to know about mental illness. This is already happening in Europe (France has a no after hours email law ) and many Scandinavian countries focus on work life balance. … Read More

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2007

Both projects are engaging examples of virtual advocacy, with one creating a virtual representation of the detention center in the virtual world Second Life and the other, a flash-based web site that has a video game quality to it. government to close the real prison and the other to encourage public discourse.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 13, 2016

For example, I extracted many insights about the international development field reading books like Easterly’s Tyranny of Experts or Maren’s Road to Hell. His “Law of Amplification” was particularly insightful: “technology’s primary effect is to amplify human forces.”

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Global Giving

DECEMBER 19, 2018

For example, at GlobalGiving, we’ve used an open source tool called Metabase to allow everyone on our global staff to ask questions of our data, build dashboards and visualizations, and share important conclusions with colleagues without needing to write a line of code or pay for an expensive proprietary software package.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 6, 2019

Why does an EU law have such a monumental effect on privacy globally? Second, as the strictest privacy law in the world to date, it has become the gold standard for privacy frameworks. These events all pale in comparison, though, to the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”) in the European Union.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 18, 2022

Here are some examples of pro-bono work you can request from your community: Graphic design. Good places to find this information include press releases, corporate giving web pages, local news, and social media profiles. In contrast, volunteering is a more general service that doesn’t require prior experience or knowledge. Web design.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2009

There are no official rules, although there is some great advice in the O'Reilly Twitter Book on this topic for corporate examples. The example above is from Lisa Goddard who is the marketing director at the Capital Area Food Bank. Another way to approach is to include Twitter handles in staff profiles on the web site.

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Neon CRM

JULY 21, 2023

Duty of Obedience: It is the board’s job to ensure their organization follows all applicable local, state, and federal laws. Speaking about your work and your mission at other community functions or at personal and professional gatherings cuts through the noise to raise your nonprofit’s profile and engage new audiences.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 16, 2013

example, consider your stance on data security, cyberbullying and. This is the key federal law affecting Internet use in schools, requiring any school district that receives E-Rate funding to filter or. Is your policy in sync with state law or district policies on cyber bullying, cell phone use and filtering? cyberbullying.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Below are a few examples to help you get started. Example conflict of interest policies, whistle-blower, and document retention policies: Conflict of interest. Example board self-assessment tools: Board member self-assessment. Resources to create these documents and policies are available through many sources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2009

who gave the keynote speech at UC Berkeley’s conference on law, ethics and technology, “ Social Networks: Friends or Foes? ,” complaints of hijacked accounts increased by one-third from 2007 to 2008. While the overwhelming consensus was that such behavior isn’t right, there are few laws on the books to address these scenarios.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 23, 2012

Whether it is a custom graphic designed in Photoshop or simply your text-to-subscribe keyword and short code pitch (for example, “Text PETA to 73822 to sign up for text alerts!”) If your nonprofit has the ability to create custom backgrounds for your Twitter profile, it’s smart to add a text-to-subscribe keyword and short code pitch.

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Forum One

MARCH 15, 2010

The report cites a number of examples of successful contests, including from DARPA, Energy Department, EPA, and the U.S. One hurdle addressed in the memorandum is legal: how to comply with federal laws in this new realm. State Department. Much of the report draws on information from the recent McKinsey study " And the Winner Is.:

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2012

In time, it may become a platform for immigrant communities to help ACLU-NC drive momentous legal and policy victories.

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Association TV

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

You can be cute, like a law firm’s “contact us” button reading as “Lawyer Up” might be a clever and engaging way to communicate their brand to their audience. Become a member” is a helpful and inviting call to action that could live in a sidebar on a products page, a button underneath a company profile or at the bottom of a video.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Examples include: Cell Phones for Soldiers , a nonprofit that collects mobile phone donations and sells to recycling and used phone reseller companies like Mobile Karma. Mosieur told me this story as an example: "Recently I received a letter inside a package of donated phones. Phones 4 Charity. Very up-front. trade association.

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Kindful

OCTOBER 6, 2023

However, you need to fulfill the following to maintain your status: Follow your by-laws Maintain detailed financial records and minutes of all board meetings File your 990 each year with the IRS. Bylaws are the main governing document of your nonprofit and will act as a guide and decision-making tool for the board of directors.

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Candid

DECEMBER 6, 2022

For example, in addition to the annual Form 990, all nonprofits must submit incorporation forms, state required paperwork, charitable solicitation registrations for each state the organization will be fundraising in, board meeting minutes, and financial statements—and this is just to name a few of the requirements. Shared control.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 2, 2021

Also, it is against federal law to send bulk, unsolicited emails. Include a link on your profile and cover images to the page on your website where the supporter can donate and sign up for your email list. Do this every time you change your profile and cover images, as this change will be shared with your supporters.

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Cloud 4 Good

JUNE 22, 2022

Cloud for Good complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company operates. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JUNE 14, 2019

A year ago, NPQ profiled an attempt by the Silicon Valley-based nonprofit Benetech to develop a Yelp-like network that would “make the social safety net as visible as the business net is,” as Benetech founder Jim Fruchterman put it. With Service Net, it is a great example of a collaborative technology solution.”. From benetech.org.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Be sure to focus on your organization’s accomplishments, inspire people to get involved, share stories of the people you help and include all of the information mandated by law. Profile your top supporters. Should you choose to present your report, it should be accurate. Remember: compliance is important.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 28, 2018

After the Parkland shooting, students didn’t wait for professional advocates to step in: they began talking to reporters immediately (one courageous student covered the shooting as he hid in a school closet ) and were soon planning media appearances about changing gun laws. The best time to build a relationship with an influencer?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 1, 2010

Sunday, August 1, 2010 Always Follow Through Set a good example for your employees and follow through on everything you say you are going to do. If you promise to get an employee an answer, get it for him or her. If you say youll send a team member a report, do so.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

An example of positive feedback is : “Bob, your communications skills have dramatically improved over the past couple of months. So, skip the praise and give positive feedback that is more uplifting to your employees because it goes to the heart of their job performance and what they actually do.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

The law of candor. Posted by Eric Jacobson at 9:50 PM Labels: Books For Managers , Communications Skills , General Management Skills , Leadership Books , Leadership Skills , Management , Motivating Employees , Providing Feedback , Soliciting Suggestions , Team Building 1 comments: davidburkus said. Third to last is crucial.

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Neon CRM

JULY 27, 2023

Based on your experience, you create a fictional profile of four different donors who have interacted with your organization. Interests: Animals, Children/family events, Environmental site cleanups No interest: Environmental policy and laws, Black tie or formal events David Cantor David is a 62-year-old retired attorney.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2010

Much of what you read on my Blog may not be new to you, but hopefully, it’ll serve as a good reminder of things to consider when you lead your next employee, team or group.I’m

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Give an example of when you demonstrated good leadership. Saturday, October 23, 2010 Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Leaders The next time you are interviewing a candidate and you want to access their leadership skills, consider asking the candidate these questions: What personal qualities define you as a leader?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 15, 2011

Much of what you read on my Blog may not be new to you, but hopefully, it’ll serve as a good reminder of things to consider when you lead your next employee, team or group.I’m

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Much of what you read on my Blog may not be new to you, but hopefully, it’ll serve as a good reminder of things to consider when you lead your next employee, team or group.I’m

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Much of what you read on my Blog may not be new to you, but hopefully, it’ll serve as a good reminder of things to consider when you lead your next employee, team or group.I’m

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

You can find more examples of companies with impressive guiding principles in the book, 1001 Ways To Energize Employees. Is it easy for your customers to: Buy from you? Make returns? Get pricing and terms? Receive timely responses to their e-mails? Quickly get answers when phoning your company?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2010

Much of what you read on my Blog may not be new to you, but hopefully, it’ll serve as a good reminder of things to consider when you lead your next employee, team or group.I’m

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