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Two Leaders Join Benetech’s Senior Team!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

For more than a decade, Nadine has worked at the intersection of policy and media in major markets including New York, Chicago and Washington, DC. a technology and media venture based in San Francisco and Los Angeles. She spent more than 15 years at major international law firms, including Jones Day and Dechert LLP.

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How Drones Are Being Used to Benefit Humankind

Tech Soup

law enforcement agencies have been expanding their use of surveillance drones. Many local police departments like the one in Los Angeles are experimenting with them. Foreign Policy magazine's Predators for Peace Drones is a short history of humanitarian drones. The FBI and other U.S.

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Why Privacy Matters (or Should) to Nonprofits

NTEN

Banking laws leave business customers vulnerable to Internet fraud" (March 21, 2010, Los Angeles Times). What many businesses (and nonprofits) don't realize is that Federal law doesn't protect commercial accounts the same way it protects personal accounts. What is your bank doing to protect you?

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LACMA's Magritte Exhibition: This is not fair use

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The "Magritte and Contemporary Art: The Treachery of Images" exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art manages to both celebrate and betray fair use at the same time. The anti remix message: The exhibition policy on photos: no photos are allowed in the exhibit.

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Preparing for the Next Disaster: The Future of #crisisdata

NTEN

Andrew Noyes, manager of public policy communications at Facebook, noted Facebook's involvement after the earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, as well as after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, explaining how the platform is educating the public and letting them know how they can help. Frequently, they are simply bystanders.

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The 2019 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

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. Digital Marketing Conferences (DIGIMARCON) / Los Angeles, CA / $897.

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Nomad Cafe: How to Start a Green Cafe

Have Fun - Do Good

We shared that distinction with big players like American Honda Motor, Frito-Lay, Lockheed Martin, and the Los Angeles Zoo. Both of those laws passed and are now in effect. Change has to happen on a broad policy level, but the policy invariably emerges around the grassroots groundswell.

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