The NonProfit Times

APRIL 24, 2024

Britta Fisher, president and CEO, said in an added statement that she has been aware of many of the issues since leaving a job with the mayor’s office in March 2023 and taking the helm at the Coalition where she previously worked more than a decade ago. Low pay is part of the problem in her view. and $25.14

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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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sgEngage

APRIL 23, 2024

As a grantmaker, be sure to review all your grant terms and conditions to ensure any additional policies that you require are in writing and easily accessible by your grantees. Whistleblowers who call attention to possible wrongdoing can save you significant time, resources, and reputational damage if you catch issues early.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 24, 2021

Stevenson is a lawyer who graduated from Harvard Law School and started EJI to dedicate his life to fighting the unequal treatment of marginalized communities. Bryan Stevenson (BS): It’s important that we have a new consciousness about the problems created by our history. You should seek a mission. It’s not always obvious.

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Qgiv

JUNE 30, 2021

Problems don’t stop there: What if you hire using an unlawful process? While some mistakes won’t cause legal issues, disgruntled employees will affect your bottom line. Gives Employees Access to Cost-Effective Comprehensive Benefits. Provides Access to Retirement Savings Plans. What if you consistently miss paychecks?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 22, 2013

Why Circumvention for the Purposes of Access is Crucial A Bookshare Briefing Paper Prepared for the Diplomatic Conference for Visually Impaired Persons The distributors of digital content often use technological protection measures (TPMs) to discourage the making of unauthorized copies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2020

We must not accept any technology as the default solution for our problems. It envisions this as an ethical guiding compass and a global normative bedrock allowing to build a strong respect for the rule of law in the digital world. Here’s just one example of the ethical issues we need to anticipate as we embrace AI.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

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. Before taking the steps to start a nonprofit, ask yourself these questions: What need or problem will the nonprofit address? The answer could be “both.”

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 1, 2016

Silicon Valley has a problem. With access to the information collected by a person’s smartphone, it’s probably straightforward to figure out everything important about that person. What laws they violate. The government does not, and should not, have automatic access to every secret. This is not a theoretical problem.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

federal law supports braille instruction. As we have explained in other Beneblog and Bookshare blog posts, these are exciting times for everyone who has been working to meet the imperative to provide people with print disabilities equal access to published information. Accordingly, U.S.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

The disparities highlighted by the COVID-19 health crisis in health access, education equity, underinvested neighborhoods, and lack of or underemployment, all play a role in the disproportionate impact the crisis will continue to have on Latino and underserved communities nationwide. Charitable giving declined in 2018 due to tax law changes.

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Qgiv

MARCH 11, 2024

Be sure to consider the root causes, scope, and severity of the problem and how you think your nonprofit will solve it. Define the demographic characteristics of who is most affected by the identified issues. Be sure to consult with legal counsel when getting started to ensure you are staying compliant with federal and state laws.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 4, 2021

Are there other opportunities, including self-paced online programs, you could provide to educate volunteers about your organization’s issue and create pathways for your most motivated volunteers to grow into leadership roles? Most volunteers don’t know the law exists. You may have applicable good samaritan laws in your state.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Accessible content. Incorporate accessibility best practices as you design or update your website to ensure you offer a positive user experience for all users, no matter their age, ability, or device. If you’re seeing any formatting issues, here are a few easy changes you can make: ?

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 15, 2015

It will depend on local laws, your storage needs, and your relationship to past customers. Basically, if there are no laws in Canada about what kinds of records you have to keep for a certain amount of time, then you are good there. Do you know what the issues are that would prompt their wanting to do away with historical records?

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 14, 2021

In addition, nonprofits must comply with the same federal, state, and local laws as businesses regarding the treatment of employees. Regulatory compliance: Just like all organizations that have employees, your nonprofit’s HR department is responsible for compliance with labor laws. appeared first on Get Fully Funded.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 14, 2009

I came away with a much better understanding of the issues they are exploring and certainly did my part to articulate why I support the positions we have. copyright exemption for serving the print disabled is commonly called the Chafee Amendment: Section 121 of copyright law. copyright law. Long post alert!]

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2017

Gender parity in education and equal pay for equal work are unresolved issues in 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. Law and Advocacy. Those themes hold to this day. Last year, U.S. Shortfalls.

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Tech Soup

JULY 31, 2017

In a recent blog post , in which our nonprofit, TechSoup, advocated for Net Neutrality, there were several responses that have an interestingly identical structure: (a) Government should stay out of the Internet; (b) There are technical issues involved that TechSoup does not understand; and. (c) Images: Image : mirtmirt / Shutterstock.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 13, 2016

Toyama offers up strong criticisms as well as constructive advice about how to best apply technology to social problems. He broadens this to tackling what he labels “the packaged intervention,” the neatly wrapped solution that will solve a social problem. Why is it in the social sector we think it is so easy?

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Navigating a challenging economy, the rising cost of living, and staffing issues, many nonprofits are feeling the heat. regulations governing email marketing in your recipients’ locations, but keep in mind laws are stricter in other parts of the world. But take heart. Fundraisers have been through real challenges before.”

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Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

And just like many other nonprofits, the more you start trying to address this need in your community, the more you realize the issue is a lot bigger than you originally thought. All too often, we have the tools to fight (or at least, those we can grow to fight) systemic issues at our disposal, we just need to learn how to use them.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2011

Did you know that defining the digital divide in different ways can actually change public perception of who's responsible for addressing the issue? This raises some interesting questions for how nonprofits and libraries talk about the digital divide and how they advocate for public access technology and technology skills development.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

Navigating a challenging economy, the rising cost of living, and staffing issues, many nonprofits are feeling the heat. regulations governing email marketing in your recipients’ locations, but keep in mind laws are stricter in other parts of the world. But take heart. Fundraisers have been through real challenges before.”

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

Our lead story in this issue of TechSoup’s Nonprofit Technology News is the creation of the Mobile Giving Alliance that will help charities develop their mobile giving. ” California’s New Smartphone Kill Switch Law. The problem this new law addresses is that last year an estimated 3.1

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 20, 2016

The problem is even more acute for nonprofits, which typically experience stricter budgets and more mission-related limits on what they can do when they market. An in-depth guide related to the target issues they care about, tools or templates, case studies, and ebooks are all great examples of this. That is what will win them over.

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Tech Soup

JULY 20, 2011

For them, it’s about having reliable and fast Internet access; accessing health care services via mobile in rural areas; voicing views online without fear of persecution, not having useful services blocked by Internet service providers (ISPs), not being exposed to cyberbullying, or fearing to become a victim of online fraud.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2014

There, she builds technology that connects local communities to resources that help them solve problems and impact issues. Can an app dramatically increase access to safe, supportive shelters for survivors of human trafficking? We heard from law enforcement about the urgent need for shelter after a legal activity in a region.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 29, 2014

There, she builds technology that connects local communities to resources that help them solve problems and impact issues. For us, the opportunity to quickly learn, have access to engaged coaches, and ask questions was phenomenal. The event was intentionally designed to provide immersive access to expertise.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2010

Microsoft researchers are collaborating with the academic community on environmental problems, such as aggregation and visualization of complex scientific data from many sources. Can't solve the world's problems with our money alone. Chatting with David Connor , we both had the same reaction – who knew?

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Solving basic social problems requires a level of sustainable investment that donors and government cannot provide alone. Shrinking government budgets and greater competition for ever-fewer dollars are reducing the scale and effectiveness of nonprofits in meeting the nation’s growing challenges and intractable problems.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

Father and daughter have been co-teaching a Harvard Law School course in Second Life this past semester, called CyberOne: Law in the Court of Public Opnion. And, while, I'm not a lawyer, the discussion was so relevant to technology adoption/change issues and it Rebecca was a damn good virtual facilitator. I learned a lot.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2014

Here are the 7 ‘can’t miss’ breakout sessions coming up at this year’s #14NTC : 50 Shades of Social Media: Navigating Policies, Laws, and Ethics [#14NTC Shades]. Why I’m excited: This diverse panel includes experience in the nonprofit industry, law, social media, fundraising and communications. When: Thursday, March 13, 10:30-12PM.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 29, 2011

We're up to more than 125,000 users, with over 95,000 books available, and our users are now accessing content at a rate of more than million downloads per year! 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.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 24, 2024

What are the issues that will impact the world of work this year? Are your social events or development activities accessible for employees regardless of geography, economic status, religious observance, caregiver responsibilities, and visible/invisible disabilities?

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Candid

JANUARY 13, 2023

As you might have guessed, the phrase “boots on the ground” originated in reference to soldiers, law enforcement, and related personnel who were “physically present in a military or police operation.” Now, without any more ado, we share the following words and phrases for our annual discussion. Boots on the ground. Latine / Latino / Latinx.

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Media Cause

APRIL 13, 2023

And for nonprofits, that skepticism may feel heightened due to issues like data privacy, transparency, and diving into new tools. Protecting Consumer Data is Important Luke Dringoli, VP of Tech This talk about the TikTok ban is just the tip of a bigger conversation—what we need is a comprehensive, national online privacy law.

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