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Going to Davos to Redesign the Planet

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Benetech's recommendation is to apply intellectual property to unmet social needs, by encouraging WEF stakeholders to think beyond solely profitable applications. Universities and government labs encouraging their technology transfer offices to make social licenses of new technology. We believe this can be accomplished by: 1.

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Is Privacy for Everyone (Including Donors) Dead?

Bloomerang

“I’m increasingly inclined to think that there should be some regulatory oversight, maybe at the national and international level, just to make sure that we don’t do something very foolish. The public demands it, and because of it, governments are responding. . We do not know the full power of artificial intelligence (AI) yet.

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Microsoft's Ecohero: How Sean Nicholson Is Saving the Earth

Tech Soup

This was mainly because refurbishers couldn't afford to put legal Windows licenses on used equipment. Refurbishers could either pay full price for licenses (and thereby price their equipment out of the market), or use pirated versions of Windows. The PC refurbishment industry was but a small, shadowy thing.

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How a small nonprofit organization survived the Great Recession

ASU Lodestar Center

Nonprofits, the fifth largest industry in Arizona, historically the recipient of a most generous donor base, now wear the burden of the downturn in the national economy. I filled out “wild-card” grant applications and wrote first-time proposals to national and government groups. to continue.

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A Better Way to Produce Nonprofit Annual Reports

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Treesaver is significant for nonprofits because it combines important trends – open source software, web standards and mobile applications. The report is often an important piece of research designed to show leadership on an issue and attract the attention of the press and governments to affect social change. The Nonprofit Report.

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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

Charity and government support remain crucial but are insufficient to address the magnitude of the task at hand. Solving basic social problems requires a level of sustainable investment that donors and government cannot provide alone. Social enterprise models may well offer an answer.

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Developing a BYOD and Mobile IT Strategy

Tech Soup

IT systems are expected to open their systems up for this, but in doing so, they tend to lose control of important organizational data, need to support additional applications that serve personal devices, and face legal liabilities in case a personal device is lost or stolen. Photo: Jacob Bøtter , CC license.

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