Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2013

For many years, people frequently suggested that Benetech , the nonprofit tech company I founded and lead, get more involved in Washington, DC policy and legislative action. We didn’t have to convince them that students with disabilities had important needs. Isn’t that where good ideas go to die?” I was wrong. Fast-forward six years.

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Everyaction

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

There are nearly 800,000 people protected under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). They hold the government accountable for unjust immigration laws and educate the American public on the longstanding importance of immigrants in the US. National Immigration Law Center. American Immigration Council. Learn More.

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DipJar

APRIL 14, 2022

While their non-violent direct action wasn’t the first of its kind, it was the one that captured the attention of the nation. It sparked thousands to participate in similar protests in 14 states to challenge racist Jim Crow laws and norms. The $10 contribution funds a free student admission and is the most popular amount.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

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. Accordingly, U.S.

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

National Development Council. “People are telling me that they feel more connected. It’s the little intricacies that really add value to people’s workday.”" With 80-90 employees working remotely across the United States, the National Development Council was looking for a better solution to staying connected.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 22, 2013

This has created the ironic situation where blind people, who because of their disability require access to digital copies, have been effectively locked out of purchasing ebooks for the last decade. So, the student might be able to read only 60% of the relevant content, and have no idea about what the equations say. NLS in the U.S.),

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

The goal of the Treaty is to make a copyright exception for the blind and other people with disabilities that stop them from reading print, and to make import and export of accessible content legal. we don’t have these kinds of barriers, and we’re doing a great job of getting people the books they need. So, in the U.S.,

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

The mission of the Lavelle Fund is to support programs that help people with visual impairments, including blindness, lead independent, productive lives. Frankly, it didn’t go as well as we had hoped, and Lavelle worked with us to retarget the grant to focus on students with visual impairments.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 12, 2009

Why shouldn’t visually impaired and disabled students in the United States have easy access to the study of the languages? Why shouldn’t students in Puerto Rico benefit from our technology and services? One of the teachers enjoyed the training so much that he gave me his Puerto Rican national baseball cap!

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Qgiv

JULY 28, 2022

Because people are often more engaged with causes during their related awareness months. Nonprofits that should fundraise in January: Hospitals Clinics Human trafficking prevention nonprofits Law enforcement agencies. The first is Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Month, and the other is National Poetry Month.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

The Election Protection Hotline : 1-866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683), will be answered live from trained volunteer on National Voter Registration Day from 9:30 AM-8 PM Eastern. Select people and organizations you trust and see their positions on issues and candidates. PollVault: There are two very cool features to PollVault.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2017

That year, the United Nations declared International Women's Year , and began sponsoring International Women's Day every March 8. women became the majority of law students. The UN finds that 119 countries have now passed domestic violence laws, though enforcement remains a problem. Law and Advocacy.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Marrakesh is intended to end the book famine for people who can’t read regular books because of their disability. Libraries for people who are blind or dyslexic are the primary source of accessible books in audio, large print or braille. That would pretty much defeat the purpose of having a library.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is a capstone experience for students seeking the Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) credential. National LGBTQ Task Force / Detroit, MI / $500. The National LGBTQ Task Force’s 2019 Creating Change Conference convenes in Detroit, Michigan January 23-27, 2019. Fundraising & Grants.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

A guest Beneblog by Max Schneider People don’t typically associate boisterous merengue music with high-tech statistical analysis. When I was in Santiago Atitlán, a small lakeside village where military troops murdered 25 people in 1980, I visited a cemetery for victims of the massacre, where I met a young man who lost his family in the war.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 5, 2008

Japan is the biggest source of tourists for Guam, with growing numbers from other Asian nations like South Korea. The native people of Guam are called Chamorros, and the language is resurgent. Although some of the island states are independent nations, they all implement U.S. Not quite ready for students, yet!

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

SMS allows conservation campaigns to reach a bigger audience, especially of people who are harder to find in rural and expansive areas. This campaign needs to communicate details about all hunting laws, most of which are completely unknown to the average person.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 10, 2009

Many print-disabled people (people who are blind, severely dyslexic or a have a physical disability that keeps them from reading regular print books) see electronic books as a dream come true. And that is setting back the cause of people with disabilities who need that kind of access. Roy Blount Jr. The Textbook problem.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2014

" Program is creating new distribution channels for affordable produce to low-income people. Students develop and run a business, gain confidence, academic support, and mentorship. They use science and clean water laws to improve habitats and communities reliant on a thriving Bay ecosystem. Its "Good.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2005

I was particularly eager to hear the afternoon lecture , Cyber Strategy for a Developing Nation , by Charles Nesson at iLaw. Taking that process from individual level and extrapolating to national level." He first has students have fun building the truck out of legos and then teachers them to make it move.

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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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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2011

A 2008 study shows that the nonprofit sector employs approximately 13 million people in the United States. [1] The ASU Nonprofit Management Institute (NMI) is one of only 56 continuing education professional development programs in the nation. [2] We welcome your comments and feedback. I'd like to look at the numbers more closely.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 1, 2004

The opportunity to talk to brilliant people is one of the best parts of my job. I've been in Boston this week, and had the opportunity to visit WGBH/NCAM (nation's leading captioning group for the disabled), National Braille Press, as well as folks at BU, MIT and Harvard.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

In the United States, there are all too many students like Kevin, who are denied equal opportunity to engage in the same curriculum as their peers without disabilities. In 2004, the United States passed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act , requiring schools to provide special education services to eligible students.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Other Examples: An Annual Giving Campaign, like National Center for Youth Law did $10k for a new Alzheimer’s research project Raise $25,000 to fill a new school library. Let’s look at an example from Fiver: Once upon a time, there were students in New York. Because of that, students know it’s ok to be different.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2007

Good Magazine as its tagline says is for "people who give a damn" and describes itself as a publishing platform to "change the world." 826 National is a family of seven nonprofit organizations dedicated to helping students, ages 6-18, with expository and creative writing. Here's how it works.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 29, 2011

We're really proud of the rapid growth of our Bookshare online library for people with print disabilities. That's why it's painful to hear about disputes over denying students with very real print disabilities access to these resources. serving students with print disabilities. What is the school signup process for Bookshare?

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2014

The court has decided that people can request the removal of data related to them that seem to be "inadequate, irrelevant or no longer relevant, or excessive in relation to the purposes for which they were processed." Very sophisticated for a student team. Find out more on this new service here.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 17, 2022

The speech was given in 1963 at the March on Washington at the Lincoln Memorial, where 250,000 people showed up to protest racial injustice. It emphasizes why direct action to break unjust laws is needed, rather than waiting for justice or equality to arrive. A career exposure panel with Lehman and Bronx Community College students.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is the only national conference expressly designed to prepare 400+ college students for a career in the social sector. Impact National Conference / Amherst, MA / Less than $200. frank is the foremost gathering of people who use strategic communications to drive social change.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 16, 2023

The speech was given in 1963 at the March on Washington at the Lincoln Memorial, where 250,000 people showed up to protest racial injustice. It emphasizes why direct action to break unjust laws is needed, rather than waiting for justice or equality to arrive. A career exposure panel with Lehman and Bronx Community College students 3.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

is the only developed nation in the world without paid maternity leave. National Anti-Vivisection Society. Because you can judge a nation by how it treats their animals. National Campaign to Prevent Teenage Pregnancy. National Coalition for the Homeless. National Geographic Society. Moms Rising.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 17, 2022

It was updated on 8/17/2022 for National Nonprofit Day. Human trafficking organizations advocate for stronger anti-trafficking laws, provide services and support for victims of trafficking crimes, and develop long-term strategies to end human trafficking. *This post was originally published on 7/28/17.

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Cloud 4 Good

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Because most of the work of the Senior Cloud Consultant is client-facing, communication skills and a genuine interest in helping people are very important. Cloud for Good complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company operates.

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Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 15, 2022

Because most of the work of the Senior Project Manager/Business Analyst is client-facing, communication skills and a genuine interest in helping people are particularly important. Cloud for Good complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company operates.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

is the only developed nation in the world without paid maternity leave. National Anti-Vivisection Society. Because you can judge a nation by how it treats their animals. National Campaign to Prevent Teenage Pregnancy. National Coalition for the Homeless. National Geographic Society. Moms Rising.

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