Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 9, 2013

Digitization and globalization are giving rise to growing publishing markets that promise new business opportunities. Globalization and the digital transformation of the book industry also stand behind the recent big news in the publishing world about the mega-merger of Penguin and Random House , says Ed Nawotka.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 14, 2017

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. Concern Worldwide’s global community operates on the belief that eliminating extreme poverty is possible.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2010

We now have global permissions for around 8,000 copyrighted books out of our 70,000. • Most publishers don’t say yes or no.

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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. I especially heard strong interest in building the Amnesty movement in Latin America and Asia.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2014

TechSoup Global’s Dara Westling attended the recent Global Donors Forum in Washington, D.C. She is our vice president of development alliances and global media for TechSoup Global’s domestic and international programs. We connect the local with global resources.” Dara Westling.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

As the operators of Bookshare in the USA, which was made possible through a great exception in our copyright law here, we would love to make all of our books available to people with qualifying disabilities around the world. Don’t create a global Swiss registry of nonprofit organizations qualified to use exceptions.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

Third, the print book is not universally accessible. By this, I am not just talking about the publishing business, but also the nonprofit libraries committed to universal accessibility. Together with the World Blind Union and other campaigners, we set out to get a global treaty that would not only replicate the U.S.

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MARCH 9, 2023

Global Development Lab, one of the premier Innovation Labs in the development industry, that she helped create in 2014. He was recognized in Forbes magazine’s “30 under 30” for law and policy and as a Rising Star by Federal Computer Week. She previously served as the Chief of Applied Innovation & Acceleration in USAID’s U.S.

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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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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Foundations and the Law." from University of North. Carolina School of Law and a Certificate in Nonprofit Management from. the University of North Carolina School of Social Work. College and Harvard Law School. " Kelly holds a J.D. philanthropic community about the requirements of international.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2017

women became the majority of law students. The UN finds that 119 countries have now passed domestic violence laws, though enforcement remains a problem. According to the nonprofit American Association of University Women , the U.S. Jane Meseck , senior director of global programs at Microsoft Philanthropies. Shortfalls.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2012

Previously, as associate general counsel at Walmart Stores, she managed privacy law and compliance for domestic and international ecommerce, marketing, social media, and mobile initiatives. Alexandra graduated from UC Hastings College of the Law and has an undergraduate theater degree from Northwestern University.

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APRIL 20, 2021

McGruder, the Ford Foundation’s Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer, oversees Ford’s global operations and finances for its offices in New York, Africa, Asia, and Latin America. United for Social Change, sister organizations working to positively influence how black boys and men are perceived and treated by law enforcement and in society.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, VP and General Manager, Benetech’s Global Literacy Program. That’s why braille is an important focus for us in Benetech’s Global Literacy Program — we know that we must keep braille relevant and make it more available. federal law supports braille instruction. Accordingly, U.S.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

Nonprofit Quarterly quoted president Global Healthy Living Foundation, Seth Ginsberg, on the affect on charities: “The transformative power of Facebook — like the popularity of the site itself — is neither preordained nor guaranteed going forward. ” California’s New Smartphone Kill Switch Law.

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JULY 23, 2012

Ghazal manages the North American offices of Engaging Networks, a global eCRM software company, servicing organizations such as Oxfam, Save the Children, PETA, World Vision, CARE, Humane Society International, and many more. This Expert Webinar is FREE but space is limited, so please register today!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2011

A few years back a fellow activist asked how the Universal Declaration of Human Rights could be embedded into Web 2.0 There have been significant initiatives in this area from groups like the Global Network Initiative but more momentum is needed. What are legitimate constraints on free speech under international human rights law?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

law enforcement agencies have been expanding their use of surveillance drones. Inhabitat wrote a story on researchers at New York University who created a tiny drone that mimics the movement of a jellyfish as part of a research field called "biomimicry." Image 2 : Simon Fraser University - University Communications / CC BY.

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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.

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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. Achieving Universal Access to Social Protection. About the Author. Kevin Cassidy.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 12, 2007

The law is the same for everyone; it should be applied in the same way to all. These are 5 of the 30 points listed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. . • Nobody has the right to torture you. • You should be legally protected in the same way everywhere, and like everyone else. •

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JANUARY 21, 2009

11:20 - 11:40 - (M) Jeff Jarvis, Associate Professor and Director of the Interactive Journalism program at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. 11:40 - 12:10 - “Will Law and Policy Kill the Social Communications Revolution Before It Starts?&# - Glenn Manishin, Partner, Duane Morris LLP; Brock N.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 21, 2005

Meanwhile, Mean Lux has become a digerati of sorts -- his story and the story of other bloggers was published in the Cambodia Daily, one of the largest English language newspapers in Cambodia, in an article in Wired News , and Global s Online. I earned a bachelor of law from Royal University of Law and Economics in 2003.

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sgEngage

MAY 6, 2021

196 0s – Anti Vietnam War protests and the push for peace in the United States is well-known for the actions taken by University students and protesters, but also involved outspoken members of the business community. In the same year, the Global Reporting Initiative was founded in Boston. Read the entire report here! . .

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Yesterday at the NetHope Global Summit , Salesforce President and Chief Financial Officer, Amy Weaver spoke with Dr. Bruce Aylward from the World Health Organization (WHO) about the importance of trust and data to power co-innovation. AW: We know that solving complex global challenges requires partnerships that are rooted in trust.

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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. Historically, federal and state laws have viewed nonprofit and for-profit entities as mutually exclusive organizations whose work rarely, if ever, overlapped. Banks were not lending.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

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. Students outside the United States are not covered by this national copyright exception, because every country has its own copyright law.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 28, 2012

The term social enterprise is in common use globally to describe enterprises that have a social welfare intent. Universities have programs on learning how to run social enterprises. Once universities have courses in a subject area, it would seem clear that the term is quite generic. Social enterprise is descriptive.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

The 33rd Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute features leading nationally recognized experts from private foundations, public charities, law, finance and government to discuss the latest tax, legislative and governance issues affecting nonprofit organizations. AIDF Global Disaster Relief Summit. AIDF Global Disaster Relief Summit.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

She holds a master’s degree in Political Sciences, Public Law and Contemporary History from University of Konstanz, Germany. A recent graduate of Rice University, Lum is working on her PhD in statistics at Duke University. As an intern, Kristian has spent her summer doing what she loves: statistical analysis.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The other thing that I think is happening globally is that there’s greater economic inequality. David Dunlop, who many of you will know as from Cornell University, spent his life there, took 13 years to get a $100 million-plus gift. Local university, my wife was working there as a major gift person.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 21, 2008

Our members envision a world in which the global community is willing and able to protect civilians from genocide and mass atrocities. Governor Schwarzenegger signed the California State Divestment Bill into law, and from there Adam took the campaign nationally. this past Sunday was the Global Day for Darfur. This was in 2006.

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Candid

APRIL 21, 2021

Some 20 years ago, when working as vice president for peace and social justice at the Ford Foundation , I was approached by the Vera Institute of Justice about a global initiative focused on prosecuting the police. My own experience with police reform. it was next to impossible in many other countries.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

While virtual tools make it possible for a far-flung team to work with or for an organization that has global impact, I am reminded about the importance of “face time&# for effectiveness – there is simply no other way to build relationships. Some concepts and ways of expressing them can be universal.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 3, 2022

But Amazon is less the ‘everything store’, more a universal logistics system. 37 Now the global leader in cloud computing, AWS provides governments with data storage space, the military with algorithmic power and other companies with logistics solutions and machine learning. A global ‘servant economy’ beckons, writes Jason E.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Annabelle Sreberny, Professor of Global Media and Communication, School of Oriental and African Studies (with special interest in Iran, bloggers & social media). site we had to be compliant with Chinese law. We already have universal access provisions for things like telephones. Kevin Anderson, blogs editor of the Guardian.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 19, 2021

And I mean, we were small, and I was the one person doing it all, so it was very easy for me to just either know who knew who, because we had such a small universe, or the young professionals were also encouraged to each send me a report at the end of the month and just, you know, shoot me an email, right. And Z for zoomer. I like that.

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