Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Organizations need to have structures and policies to support and enhance an individuals work/life balance and enable healthy technology use habits including a right to disconnect from the workplace. Nethope’s research identifies the benefits of using AI systems as well as many examples of how AI is deployed in the humanitarian sector.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Being aware of the benefits that a diverse work environment in the twenty-first century has on its staff and community is a fundamental requirement for any organization. Having a professional dedicated to creating and managing these policies will free up leadership to concentrate on their mission.

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JANUARY 22, 2024

the IRS defines nonprofits as “Organizations that are organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literary, educational or other specified purposes.” Look into relevant laws regarding starting a nonprofit in your community. Starting a Nonprofit: Basic FAQs What is a nonprofit?

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2021

There are others, such as Shawn Olds and Andrew Ng, who believe in the benefits of human and artificial intelligence partnership. To understand where we are, including fundraisers and nonprofits, with donor data protection, we have to take a look at what happened in souring the public on the idea that privacy was dead.

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sgEngage

JUNE 13, 2022

While funders may have in-country staff or advisors who can flag potential security risks, grantees are often in the best position to assess risk, and especially the risk to them from information being public. And, as another funder noted, the grantee’s decision on information being public or confidential may not be static.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 21, 2021

As a nonprofit leader, you are likely familiar with donation solicitation laws. However, given the specificity of the law, it is necessary to understand what counts as online donation solicitations and how crossing state lines can impact your online fundraisers. What is online fundraising? and Canada report preferring to give online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

CalNonprofits anticipates more state and federal policy efforts to emerge as this industry and these practices mature and has released this Open Letter to Crowdfunding Platforms. These Principles are meant to act as a guide for emerging legislation and as a call to the crowdfunding platforms to act in a fair, public-spirited way.

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Forum One

MARCH 9, 2023

Jay Finch is the founder and CEO of Polydelta, a platform that helps to deliver public sector outcomes with AI. He was recognized in Forbes magazine’s “30 under 30” for law and policy and as a Rising Star by Federal Computer Week. The rush to machine learning can overlook the benefits of regular rule-based coding.

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3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 11, 2014

In recent weeks, we’ve seen some important publications coming from our nation’s capital. For example, consumers by law have access to credit reports used in making financial decisions about the consumer. Consumer Data Privacy Activities in Washington. On May 1, the White House released a report on big data and privacy.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 28, 2020

On Friday, March 27, the House of Representatives and the President signed into law H.R. 748, the third relief package Congress has passed, and the President has signed into law to address the US response to COVID-19. There are more provisions of this bill that benefit social good organizations. These loans cannot be forgiven.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

Here is what we've found out about how drone technology is being used to benefit humanity. law enforcement agencies have been expanding their use of surveillance drones. Agriculture along with public safety (police and fire) drones will comprise 90 percent of the civilian drone field. Leslie Pratt / Public Domain.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2013

A thought leader in the intersection of philanthropy, law, policy, and technology, Bernholz writes about the business of giving in books, articles, and her award-winning blog, Philanthropy2173.com.

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Forum One

APRIL 1, 2021

This spring, we’ve been evaluating some of the new social platforms on the market to see if there is anything new that would help elevate nonprofit and/or public sector missions. It too offers the opportunity to demonstrate credibility with the public in terms of the services they provide. Key benefits. Time sensitivity.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 3, 2017

The charitable deduction is a vital nexus between the general public, the nonprofit organizations they support, and government policy. The resolution opens with the observation that the deduction “is one of the oldest preferences in tax law.” Urban Institute publications. So, Happy Birthday to the Charitable Deduction!

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Blue Fox

JULY 1, 2022

What we’re probably looking at to keep employer risk as low as possible is the setup of a Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) with clearly outlined policies on what types of expenses will be covered. Chantal NOTE: Blue Fox is an advisory and financial consulting firm, not a law firm or a public accounting firm.

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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. law (this is a wildcard issue right now). . • law (this is a wildcard issue right now).

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Tech Soup

JUNE 16, 2014

My TechSoup Global colleague Lewis Haidt was at the conference as well and penned Nonprofits Imagine a Better Sharing Economy , which provides a good primer on what it is and how a nonprofit-centric sharing economy can benefit all of us. Despite having modeled institutionalized sharing for literally centuries ( hello, public libraries! )

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2014

That’s also the scary part because there are no clear policies protecting people’s privacy of their individual data. I am huge fan of fitness devices and I personally have gotten a lot of benefit from being able to track my personal health metrics. It opens up the question: Who owns our data?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2009

who gave the keynote speech at UC Berkeley’s conference on law, ethics and technology, “ Social Networks: Friends or Foes? ,” complaints of hijacked accounts increased by one-third from 2007 to 2008. While the overwhelming consensus was that such behavior isn’t right, there are few laws on the books to address these scenarios.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2018

The American Institute of Stress , a nonprofit that aims to educate the public, found that job stress costs U.S. It is well documented fact that Americans are taking fewer and shorter vacations or forgoing them all together, despite having paid vacation benefits from work. Governments should address toxic workplaces in policies.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 15, 2014

New laws and policies will help, but any movement toward greater cultural and racial understanding and communication must be supported by our country’s cultural and educational infrastructure. University law schools are hosting seminars on Ferguson. I hope you will join us with your own words and actions. Things must change.

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Whole Whale

MAY 5, 2021

Communicating accountability, responsibility, and impact with the general public should be a priority for any organization. We’ll walk through the benefits of charity ratings, then delve into how to present your IRS Form 990 (for U.S.-registered Researched by Nicholas Azulay + Isabelle Brauer. Geography of a Nonprofit Financials Page.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 27, 2017

During this time, we saw policies such as child labor laws, suffrage for women and prohibition. With the development of an official “nonprofit sector” came the development of more rules, regulations and policies. In 1991, the World Wide Web became available for public use. From the late 1800s up until 1920, the U.S.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 1, 2013

Increasingly, policy and social change has been studied through the lens of the social economy, and there is now a developed scholarly literature in this field (much of it through the European Research Network ). The Blueprint returns to the need for the laws and regulations to catch up to the new paradigm. This is exciting!

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Today we are highlighting the work of Thom Reilly , Director of the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University. Historically, federal and state laws have viewed nonprofit and for-profit entities as mutually exclusive organizations whose work rarely, if ever, overlapped. Defourny et al.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Net neutrality has been the default law of the land since the Internet’s founding more than 40 years ago. Nonprofits have greatly benefited from the new information ecology, in which every organization is able to publish directly to an infinite audience of prospective supporters and contributors. But that condition is threatened.

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sgEngage

APRIL 24, 2023

According to research by NTEN, the Nonprofit Technology Network, 80% of nonprofits don’t have a policy to address cyberattacks. A good place to start building a policy (if you don’t already have one) is to assess your organization’s risk with our checklist. When you are away from home, be cautious with public Wi-Fi.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

This new technology has become available in time to help public schools in the U.S. I like their new free publication, Cloud Computing for Nonprofits. It’s a plain English primer on what cloud computing is and how it benefits nonprofit organizations. gear up to administer standardized tests digitally next year.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

For government, they offered reams of paper showing that they were following the letter of the law in the use of their grants. This was especially true for those that accepted (or largely lived on) public dollars -- primarily those that provide human services, international relief, health care or educational services.

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Care2

JUNE 26, 2009

Users exchange their unwanted or partially used gift cards and donate the cards with a minimum balance of $10 to benefit a list of nonprofits or DonorsChoose.org, a really cool organization that connects people to public school classrooms in need. All Care2 terms of service and privacy policies apply. Sound interesting?

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The 36th Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute will feature nationally recognized experts from private foundations, public charities, law, finance, and government discussing the latest tax, legislative and governance issues affecting nonprofit organizations. Philanthropy Southwest / Austin, TX / $675. Finance / @southwestfdns.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 20, 2015

From Dan Pallotta’s widely viewed TED talk, “ The Way We Think about Charity is Dead Wrong ,” to conferences and publications, overhead is hotly debated. Given the longer-term ramifications of paying or not paying PILOTs, having an existing board policy based on an understanding of the issue could facilitate a more thoughtful response.

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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.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 12, 2022

It also requires formalizing the informal economy and extending the coverage of labour law for protection to those who are the most vulnerable. Enhancing Data-Driven Policies and Programmatic Responses. Realizing Children’s Right to Education.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 3, 2023

Managing change can be difficult, but in looking back over the past 30 years of technology, it’s easy to see the benefits of continued evolution. Increased privacy laws such as FERPA and HIPPA also made their way into law. It’s what the nonprofit finance office looked like only a few decades ago. Be prepared for major events.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 30, 2021

Tech Against Trafficking was born out of a meeting at Wilton Park which brought together 60 stakeholders from key sectors — including policy makers, law enforcement, business, civil society, and academia — for an expert exchange on the creative uses of digital technology in tackling modern slavery.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 3, 2023

Managing change can be difficult, but in looking back over the past 30 years of technology, it’s easy to see the benefits of continued evolution. Increased privacy laws such as FERPA and HIPPA also made their way into law. It’s what the nonprofit finance office looked like only a few decades ago. Be prepared for major events.

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