Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

A Policy Update from an engineer, Jim Fruchterman of Benetech June 8, 2010 The international copyright negotiations in Geneva around a proposed Treaty for the Visually Impaired (“TVI”) have been steadily heating up. Counterproposals have been made, governments have been engaging with rights holders, consumers and NGOs (or not!)

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Care2

JULY 13, 2011

What will you be measuring? Respect copyright laws by quoting and linking to the full text and only use images that you have permission to use (i.e. Adopting an attitude of generosity on the web goes a long way. What policies and expectations have helped put your bloggers at ease? Are you trying to start a conversation?

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Care2

JUNE 4, 2009

Does your organization have a firm grasp of social media, the tactics for leveraging its potential, and a plan to measure the success of each tactic? It is with great anticipation that we look forward to learning from you how we can better the Adopt a School FunCard campaign via Social Media. Thank you for beig so Generous.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

But, if you have a good percentage of your constinuents who are early adopters and tech savvy, its a great place to be. We are all after real world changes, so how do we measure our use of these tools on real world impact? Link to things that can be measured. Dont measure things for the sake of measurement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2013

The session will focus on exploring how nonprofits are expanding their efforts to influence public policy through social channels and understanding the legal issues and how to evaluate the work. (I’ll The “ Influencing Public Policy in A Digital Age ” is their comprehensive guide. Being proactive is also important.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

Many early adopters in nonprofits got started this way - outside of the firewall. see for example the post about blogging policy ). In a nut shell, 1000 people may have installed it, but a lot more may be seeing it and while this is not the kind of traffic we can measure, it is interesting to think about.

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