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Your Nonprofit Should be Using Public Service Announcements (PSAs)

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A public service announcement (PSA) is a way to communicate to the public about an important topic or issue that affects most of, if not all of the general public. A PSA is communicated via radio, television, online, and via other media formats without charge so that the public is aware of the issue/topic and can take action. .

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Four Nonprofit Web Accessibility Best Practices for 2022

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Generally speaking, most nonprofits are required to abide by the ADA— any organization with 15 or more employees that has “public accommodations” or services or facilities open to the general public is required to comply. Include text alternatives for all non-text elements. Clean up forms. Live captions. Live ASL interpreters.

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Objecting to Accessibility Weaseling

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Last week, the National Federation of the Blind and 22 organizations serving people with disabilities filed detailed objections to a petition from a group of makers of e-reader devices led by Amazon to be exempted from accessibility requirements under the relatively new Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act.

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30 Virtual and Hybrid Event Fundraising Ideas for Nonprofits

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Although this appears at first glance to be beyond reach in a virtual setting, consider breaking down each aspect one by one to consider online alternatives. Alternatively, you might combine a silent auction with a shop by allowing buyers to either purchase an item at a buy-it-now or have the item awarded to the highest bidder.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

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To get that book in large-print or as an audio book somebody else (the publisher, in most instances) had to decide to make the book available in alternative formats. There are some options, but the selection is limited: fewer than 5% of books are available in accessible media.

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Guest Post: Nell Taylor on the Chicago Underground Library

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We catalog items by everyone who contributed—writers, editors, typesetters, photographers, interns—and link those people together in our catalog so that users can trace the connections between contributors as they move from one publication to the next. We’ve been doing this for close to five years and have accumulated over 2,000 publications.

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7 Reasons Nonprofits Need iPads

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Skeptics doubted the iPod in 2001 , but it went on to help revolutionize how people consume music and audio content. The fact that nine manufacturers are currently developing iPad alternatives is evidence that the industry is taking this tablet thing pretty seriously. Smartphone sales are soaring , with 54.5

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