Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 15, 2014

As a long-time advocate for a global copyright exception and the founder of Benetech—which I started twenty-five years ago in order to make technology tools to address the needs of people with print disabilities—I was thrilled to become an active player in global diplomacy and witness the adoption and signing of this landmark Treaty.

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Candid

JULY 2, 2021

billion, $420 million, and $100 million, respectively, over five years in support of efforts to advance gender equality globally. billion to advance gender equality globally." Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation press release 06/30/2021. The beauty of our fight for gender equality is that every human being will gain from it.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 14, 2017

WRC advocates for programs and policies that create opportunity and drive change for these communities. From publishing the first-ever global research report on disabilities among refugees to playing a significant part in the passage of two critical UN Security Council Resolutions, WRC has long been a pivotal player in humanitarian action.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2021

I’m not sure even the global scientists, engineers, and futurists have a full sense of where we’re heading with AI. Facebook, which is the dominant social networking platform globally with 2.4 Google, which is the most-used search engine globally, was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while both were Ph.D.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

Consider whether your community has a wide range of potential giving sources willing to help out, including individual donors , corporate sponsors, foundations, and government agencies. Who will make up your main audience of donors, volunteers, corporate partners, foundations, and other supporters that will help keep your nonprofit operating?

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Forum One

MARCH 9, 2023

Alexis Bonnell is the former Chief Innovation Officer of USAID, where she had the privilege of working with thousands of innovators, inside and outside of USAID who are changing the world and helping millions of people become self-reliant. Last, AI is helpful for handling non-uniform inputs. Jay has advised U.S.

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Top Nonprofits

APRIL 20, 2022

By following these suggestions during your planning process, you’ll be better prepared to drive awareness and make meaningful change at a local, national, or global level: Set clear campaign goals and identify a timeline. Which goals helped you stay on track in past campaigns? What policies have they supported? How old are they?

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Maximizing each partners’ strength, global reach and diverse experience, we are coming together to tell the story of progress (and lack thereof) for girls and women against the promises guaranteed in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

Our lead story in this issue of TechSoup’s Nonprofit Technology News is the creation of the Mobile Giving Alliance that will help charities develop their mobile giving. Help for Charities to Develop a Mobile Giving Campaign. The Mobile Giving Foundation already provides help to charities in developing mobile giving capacity.

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Forum One

APRIL 1, 2021

This spring, we’ve been evaluating some of the new social platforms on the market to see if there is anything new that would help elevate nonprofit and/or public sector missions. It helps create a vibrant, spontaneous conversation around an issue or topic that ties to the organization’s goal. Data security & privacy law.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

However, the time has come when we need a really smart attorney to join Benetech and help us navigate the intersection of technology and social good. We’re operating at the forefront of copyright limitations and exceptions, both in the United States and globally. No, we’re not being sued (and we want to keep it that way).

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 5, 2022

It’s no secret that as a global society we’ve had a few changes thrown at us in the last few years. Even aside from a global pandemic, an ever changing landscape of technology and politics have caused all of us to have to navigate change. Strategic Change – this involves changes to the policies and processes.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Maximizing each partners’ strength, global reach and diverse experience, we are coming together to tell the story of progress (and lack thereof) for girls and women against the promises guaranteed in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

AI was founded in 1961 on the inspiration of British lawyer Peter Benenson, whose article “The Forgotten Prisoners” launched the first Prisoners of Conscience campaign, which ignited overwhelming global support and marked the birth of AI.

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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. EXPLORE MORE TRENDS.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

This is a huge step forward for ocean conservation and international law. All Care2 terms of service and privacy policies apply. Care2 was honored to play a part in this effort, in partnership with CGI, by mobilizing thousands of Care2s civically active members to send emails to their senators in support of the treaty. Nice blog.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

their charitable status and to help the funders comply with their extra. NGOsource , a new service that will help to speed up the equivalency determination process. Public Policy," "How to Calculate the Public Support Test," and "Family. Foundations and the Law." College and Harvard Law School.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JULY 4, 2023

Through the Elder Response Initiative, For The Struggle aids marginalized seniors at risk of displacement by offering critical home repair services, future planning assistance such as will preparation and Power of Attorney set-up, and help with obtaining property tax relief.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2016

In 2016 half a billion women still cannot read, 62 million girls are denied the right to education and 155 countries still have laws that differentiate between men and women. In 2015, Noel helped them to publish their mobile app, Women Fight Back , on the Google Play store. Tech2Empower: Helping Women in Cambodia.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 16, 2014

My TechSoup Global colleague Lewis Haidt was at the conference as well and penned Nonprofits Imagine a Better Sharing Economy , which provides a good primer on what it is and how a nonprofit-centric sharing economy can benefit all of us. Blurred Policy Lines and the Downsides of Sharing. Does the Sharing Economy Enable Social Good?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 14, 2009

copyright exemption for serving the print disabled is commonly called the Chafee Amendment: Section 121 of copyright law. copyright law. We did some exploration of the likely impacts on the market for audio books: that seems to be one of the major policy concerns about the text-to-speech issue. The Chafee Amendment The U.S.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Though the idea of helping and giving back to others has existed since Biblical times, nonprofit organizations in the United States have a much shorter history. During this time, we saw policies such as child labor laws, suffrage for women and prohibition. From the late 1800s up until 1920, the U.S. entered the Progressive Era.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 14, 2009

We have a global economic meltdown. And we have this thing called the global climate crisis. When charity goes beyond helping someone in need and creates dependency and even creates disincentives to self help — we can’t afford charity like that. I’m here because I want to help build that movement. Next, business.

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Tech Soup

MAY 31, 2013

We proudly welcome NGO partners Vietnet-ICT and the Lin Centre in Vietnam, as well as ASEAN Foundation , Kopernik Marketplace , and YCAB Foundation in Indonesia to the TechSoup Global family. The organization has a particular mission to help charities (particularly those who work to aid women) and to promote gender equality.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 12, 2022

And even as these dire consequences are known, child labour has increased globally to 160 million. It also requires formalizing the informal economy and extending the coverage of labour law for protection to those who are the most vulnerable. Enhancing Data-Driven Policies and Programmatic Responses.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

However, drones are also being used for humanitarian purposes, such as delivering aid, tracking environmental conditions, and helping out in disaster relief. law enforcement agencies have been expanding their use of surveillance drones. Foreign Policy magazine's Predators for Peace Drones is a short history of humanitarian drones.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 24, 2024

The good news is that there are many steps organizations can take to not just weather the stormy waters ahead, but also help their employees and businesses to thrive. Communicate openly with employees about these principles and policies to bolster trust and confidence. What are the issues that will impact the world of work this year?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

This new technology has become available in time to help public schools in the U.S. Social Misfits Media and Aegis Media in the UK have just launched a new free online social media guide for charities to help relieve our perplexity. Neverware’s pricing is a subscription model – monthly per PC fee. Social Media.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Today we are highlighting the work of Thom Reilly , Director of the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University. In order to make change that is sustainable and scalable, additional funding sources need to be considered to help nonprofits achieve their core missions. Banks were not lending.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The 36th Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute will feature nationally recognized experts from private foundations, public charities, law, finance, and government discussing the latest tax, legislative and governance issues affecting nonprofit organizations. Philanthropy Southwest / Austin, TX / $675. Finance / @southwestfdns. Mar 11 - 13.

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Care2

JUNE 17, 2009

These three leading nonprofit organizations at various times enlisted Care2s support to help them in this great cause -- and as a result more than 100,000 of Care2s activist members took action to support the campaign. House and Senate both have passed the bill, and President Obama is expected to sign it into law on April 21st.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

Not every student in my class is focused on the same policy issue. They will be placed with organizations working on policies in these areas, many part of large international networks, nonprofits, and government. Here’s what I learned: Global Social Media and Mobile Usage Studies and Internet Penetration.

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Whole Whale

MAY 5, 2021

Your organization’s public disclosure of financial and tax documents can help instill confidence in donors, yes, but also grant making foundations, future hires, journalists, charity rating organizations, and the general public more broadly. How many students did you help? Get an in-depth guide to nonprofit privacy policy.

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sgEngage

MAY 6, 2021

Here’s a timeline with links to articles about significant events over the last century that helped form our current context: . These laws have protected millions of men, women and children from disease and death and have protected hundreds of species from extinction.” The protocol then went into effect in 2005. .

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Care2

OCTOBER 29, 2007

Also in the running and campaigning hard are (in alphabetical order) Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation; Citizens for Global Solutions, Faithful Security; Genocide Intervention Network; Global Green USA; National Religious Campaign Against Torture; and Women’s Action for New Directions. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 30, 2021

Our tech solutions are designed to help world-changing nonprofits — like those supported by Tech Against Trafficking (TAT) — to maximize their impact and drive long-lasting change. From this, a coalition of tech companies came together to work with global experts and survivors to help eradicate trafficking using technology.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Accessible ebooks and Bookshare have helped sixth grader Kevin Leong overcome his reading challenges. Moreover, these accessible books are available for free, since the United States Government funds the Bookshare library to meet requirements in national disability rights and education laws.

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