Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 17, 2012

How do the rules on lobbying play into our social media strategy? What if we’re asking people to take action on Facebook, does that constitute lobbying? What do we need to understand about copyrighted material and our content strategy? Find out whether organization has any significant history of regulatory action.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 16, 2013

owners, often to reduce the potential for legal action that may be taken by a user. Legal liability, copyright infringement and harassment claims. This is the key federal law affecting Internet use in schools, requiring any school district that receives E-Rate funding to filter or. Why Are AUPs Important? Lost productivity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2009

who is the Law & Technology Director at Fenwick & West LLP (F&W), a Silicon-Valley-based law firm. I can't share the specifics because of copyright issues, but it was informative to hear the lawyer's perspective and it has prompted some important insights for me. Brownstone, Esq.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 10, 2009

We have an action by Amazon that sets back years of work to make ebooks accessible. The Digital Millenium Copyright Act ("DMCA") workaround. Thanks to lobbying from the American Foundation for the Blind and others, it's actually legal under the laws of the U.S. The Textbook problem. The Closed Platform problem.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

We’re against piracy, and have made commitments to authors and publishers to encourage compliance with copyright law. Yet another example of bills written to catch criminals, that do very little to stop them, but end up screwing up law-abiding organizations. Unfortunately, that’s not the case. And then they go away.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 27, 2011

There has been a major breakthrough recently on international copyright negotiations in Geneva around improved access for people who have print disabilities. Answer : A copyright exception makes it much easier for people with print disabilities to get access to the materials they need for education, employment and social inclusion.

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Care2

AUGUST 8, 2008

Prior to joining Care2s campaign team, she worked for Amnesty International USAs Urgent Action program and the YMCA of Boulder Valley. Most recently, at the Marine FishConservation Network (MFCN), Eric helped lead a coalition of 190organizations to successfully reauthorize the national law governingfishing in U.S. ocean waters.

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Care2

JUNE 17, 2009

60) Search « Washington Post: Fundraising Via Email Is Way More Effective than via Social Networks | Main | Punching Up Your Action Alerts and Online Fundraising Appeals » Tuesday Apr 21 2009 Congratulations to Nonprofit Campaigners on Three Recent Victories Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 11:22PM | by Clinton OBrien 1.

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Care2

AUGUST 26, 2008

Prior to joining Care2s campaign team, sheworked for Amnesty International USAs Urgent Action program and theYMCA of Boulder Valley. Most recently, at the Marine FishConservation Network (MFCN), Eric helped lead a coalition of 190organizations to successfully reauthorize the national law governingfishing in U.S. ocean waters.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 10, 2011

This IRS action is long overdue. Shawn: The law is too cut and dry on distribution of charitable assets. If you really did miss the boat and want to try to get your exemption back, see what Pat Lewis had to say about it a few months ago, and read the tip sheet from the National Council of Nonprofits. Garbage in, garbage out.

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Care2

MAY 31, 2007

The 1916 law states that the "fundamental purpose" of the park service is "to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wildlife." May 31, 2007 | Amien Copyright © 2008, Care2.com 1 Comment | by Share Article in Care2 Case Studies Reader Comments (1) Nice reading! Thanks for the info! All rights reserved.

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Care2

AUGUST 17, 2007

Members who took this action were further prompted to sign up for MFCN’s mailing list, and Care2 delivered the signups (with full first and last name, email address, zip code and in most cases, full postal address) at regular intervals to MFCN. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com To create a new comment, use the form below.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2011

We’re against piracy, and have made commitments to authors and publishers to encourage compliance with copyright law. Yet another example of bills written to catch criminals, that do very little to stop them, but end up screwing up law-abiding organizations. Unfortunately, that’s not the case. And then they go away.

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Care2

OCTOBER 29, 2007

Also in the running and campaigning hard are (in alphabetical order) Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation; Citizens for Global Solutions, Faithful Security; Genocide Intervention Network; Global Green USA; National Religious Campaign Against Torture; and Women’s Action for New Directions. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

One axis represents nature of action: direct or indirect. They put most nonprofits in the direct action without systems change box: groups that do a good (or even excellent) job of delivering services under the existing system. They then place social entrepreneurs in the direct action and systems change box. and Osberg, Sally R.,

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

Now, our goal is to increase our conversions — the number of people who click on an ad and then sign up to join our e-mail list, or download a free resource, or take another action. This article was written by Robin Reed, Online Outreach Manager for the National Womens Law Center. Have you experimented with Google AdWords?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 17, 2012

The passage of SOPA and PIPA by the United States Congress and Senate would force social media platforms and other web sites that host user-generated content to pro-actively monitor and censor users to prevent them from posting words or images that may violate copyrights. Current copyright laws are occasionally misused in the U.S,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

However, being a non-profit also allows for something very powerful – a community call to action around a cause, in this case that of reading. Bio: Gautam John is a lawyer with a focus on copyright laws. Being both a non-profit and a small one at that, has its own downsides – of limited time, money and resources.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Another is the need for your content to persuade readers to take an action. But how do we structure content in a way that it is both great and persuades a visitor to take an action? Use Emotion As A Call To Action. Avoid Copyright Infringement. All of which impedes our ability to write great content. Introduction.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 10, 2006

He further says: "If information producers do not need to capture the economic benefits of their particular information outputs, or if some businesses can capture the economic value of their information production by means other than exclusive control … the justification for regulating access by granting copyrights is weakened."

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Care2

APRIL 20, 2009

As communicators who are fighting to change the world, we need to write passionately and tell stories that connect to people in order to motivate them to take action and donate some of their hard earned money. unlike most other countries) there is no law which requires employers to allow their employees to earn paid sick days.

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