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To Strengthen Democracy in America, Think Tech

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Democracy tool recently launched by Foundation Center, out of a total of 18,446 grants awarded since 2011 by more than 1,300 funders focused on the broad range of issues and efforts related to democracy, just 962 have been focused on technology. Image 1: TechSoup. Image 2 and 3: Foundation Center. Image 4: Micah L.

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The Case for Copyright Exceptions and Fair Use

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of America v. DIAGRAM: Making Images Accessible Fair use also has continued relevance to our social mission as we look to the future of our work within our Global Literacy program. One of our goals is to lower the cost of making an image accessible by at least a factor of ten. This ruling by the Supreme Court in Sony Corp.

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Storymakers 2014: Meet Our Esteemed Judges

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Erinn joined the GuideStar team when Philanthropedia was acquired in 2011. She works with nonprofits throughout North America — including BC Children’s Hospital Foundation, Union Gospel Mission, Share Family and Community Services, and Cancer Care Connection — and is an internationally recognized speaker.

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Apps for Youth, By Youth

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The app was a finalist in Microsoft's 2011 Imagine Cup, a student technology competition. ClassTalk was made through Code for America , a nonprofit that connects app developers with civic leaders to solve city problems. Image: App Inventor Workshop ( Flickr ). Additional Resources. Let us know in the comments!

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Nonprofit Technology News for October 2013

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TechSoup donor partners, Microsoft and Cisco are teaming up with Google , the Omidyar Network , USAID , UKaid , and a host of additional charities and tech companies to launch the initiative. One little bright spot is that some former Google and NSA engineers have gotten together to launch a free service called Disconnect Search.

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