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Thursday Thoughts: attracting passionate nonprofit advocates

EveryAction

When you have a goal to meet—like asking a governing body to sign a bill into law, telling a CEO or other stakeholder to change a behavior or policy, or meeting goals around educating decision-makers on your issue area—you know you can’t do it alone. You need to activate your base and to move the needle on your issue.

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Is Privacy for Everyone (Including Donors) Dead?

Bloomerang

“I’m increasingly inclined to think that there should be some regulatory oversight, maybe at the national and international level, just to make sure that we don’t do something very foolish. I think this is fair to say we have leading minds on both sides of the issue. We do not know the full power of artificial intelligence (AI) yet.

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How to Start a Nonprofit: 12 Essential Steps for Success

Bloomerang

Before you start a new organization, it’s worth it to fully think through the problem you’re hoping to address and whether a nonprofit is the right way to solve the issue. Can you clearly articulate the issue you’re hoping to solve? Is it one distinct problem or multiple issues? The answer could be “both.”

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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Betsy Beaumon I recently had the honor to speak at the first-ever Braille Summit , hosted on June 19-21, 2013 by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) and Perkins School for the Blind. federal law supports braille instruction. Image by the National Braille Press, a DIAGRAM subcontract.

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The Case for Copyright Exceptions and Fair Use

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Such action, the Court decided, didn’t constitute copyright infringement because it was fair use , that is, a limitation and exception to the exclusive rights granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work. It also underscores just how critical a balanced copyright law is for technology innovation. copyright law.

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Accessibility and ACTA

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Provisions designed to handle copyrighted materials could conflict with fundamental exceptions in copyright law like fair use of copyrighted works and the Chafee Amendment. Disability advocates should, at minimum, press for a seat at the ACTA table. These approaches usually lock out people with disabilities.

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A Nonprofit’s Guide to Risk Management

NonProfit Hub

There are plenty of things that could cause potential issues for a nonprofit. Risk management is also essential because it helps nonprofits to understand the threats and opportunities that they’re facing and then prioritize the issues. Many nonprofits store information that’s protected by law as confidential.

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