Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 13, 2011

Our Nonprofit Legal Expert Continues to Offer Wise Advice My last post mentioned our recent Benetech board meeting. He’s a principal at Adler & Colvin, San Francisco's top law firm specializing in nonprofit law. Rob is also a lecturer at Stanford Law School where he teaches the Law of Nonprofit Organizations.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2013

I was reminded of this because of the American Bar Assocation's National Celebration of Pro Bono last week. Many law firms do much more pro bono work than 50 hours. TechSoup has had an ongoing relationship with the famous Silicon Valley law firm, Cooley LLP for several years. TechSoup’s Pro Bono Law Firm, Cooley LLP.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 17, 2019

SEI is a national program, offered in Phoenix by the ASU Lodestar Center , that provides training and certification to selected nonprofits that are committed to implementing exemplary volunteer management practices to achieve their missions. Words of advice? She showed me her spreadsheet and asked me to confirm her data.

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Everyaction

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Over 50 EveryAction partners - including Greenpeace USA , Equality Federation , and National Women's Law Center - joined us at our headquarters for an afternoon filled with panel discussions, product showcases, and ample networking opportunities. Last week, we had the honor of hosting our first ever User Summit in Washington D.C.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

Today, we are poised at a moment in time where we can transcend the limitations of past book technologies and bring the power of books to all humans. However, as a technology, printed books come with serious challenges for some communities (like blind people) that technology can unlock. Love of the print book. And, the U.S.

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APRIL 13, 2018

We at Web Courseworks are in the business of helping national associations stand up an online learning business using our CourseStage learning management system. That’s good advice, as GDPR might require quite a bit. This law provides transparency to how consumer data is being used or not used. GDPR Key Components.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Vu’s passion to make the world better, combined with a low score on the Law School Admission Test, drove him into the field of nonprofit work, where he learned that we should take the work seriously, but not ourselves. There’s tons of humor in the nonprofit world, and someone needs to document it. ignitedfundraising.com. And counting.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 14, 2009

I come out of the business sector and I admire what business can do in terms of creating jobs and new technology and new ways for people to communicate. We have political leaders with an active interest in changing the status quo— for finding innovative and scalable solutions to the challenges facing our cities, states, nation and the world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

It will be interesting to see how this evolves given the technology platform came before the social design , but as online community pundits note, web2.0 Netsquared Technology Innovation Fund which is high on the agenda of this year's Netsquared Conference. applications have changed the rules of online community. Also announced 2.0

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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. AnnieCannons.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Have you experimented with Google AdWords?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 31, 2009

I think at the national level we're always going to have The New York Times , CNN, and The Washington Post to do national investigations, but what we really are threatened to lose in the next year to five years is local investigations and local reporting. What advice do you have for journalists right now? Yes, definitely.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 29, 2011

Background Information Benetech is Silicon Valley’s deliberately nonprofit technology company. The legal framework for Bookshare is the Section 121 copyright exception in federal copyright law: all Bookshare users must have a disability that qualifies under that section. What is the school signup process for Bookshare?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Finally, here's a screencast on strategic blog commenting, although a lot of the advice is mostly for those who already have a blog, much can be learned. Photo Sharing around an organization's programs/mission - Global and National Youth Day. You may be wondering whether copyright laws and remix culture are at odds with one another.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 16, 2020

Andrea has been a leader in the museum technology field. Among other highlights, it was an honor to lead the ambitious AR project Lumin , which helped us, and the field at large, to confirm that it is possible to create meaningful AR experiences , even when technology has some catching up to do. I knew that I too, had to go.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Since 1972, the National Women’s Law Center has worked tirelessly to protect and advance the progress of women and girls in virtually every aspect of their lives. In recent months, fueled by the increasingly polarizing political and social climate, the National Women’s Law Center has become a pivotal player in the resistance movement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2008

She has also worked with SOS Racisme, the national immigrant rights organization in Paris, France. FIRM, the Fair Immigration Reform Movement is a national coalition of grassroots immigrant rights groups working together for immigrant justice. How do you use technology as part of your organizing work? Tell me about FIRM.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 6, 2007

Everybody says great idea, but you have to make sure you watch out for this, and everybody's got some advice, but nobody has said bad idea. They build a building, and then they just fill it up, and there's an architecture firm, and a law firm, and whatever. Kevin: In the Green Festival my title is the Executive Co-Producer.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

I asked four of the women who I had previously interviewed for the Big Vision Podcast to share what brought them to their work, and their advice for the graduate and undergraduate women who attended the conference. I hope you'll take the time to read it, because they all have some great advice.

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