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Call for Partners! The 2020 Global Trends in Giving Report

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Example 3: You are a crowdfunding website in Brazil. In exchange for promoting the survey, you’ll receive the data for donors based in Brazil. There is no personal identifiable information (name, mailing address, email, etc.). Example 4: You are a volunteer recruitment website in Malaysia. How to Apply. About the Report.

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Reflections from Social Good Brasil and a New Word: PhilanthroTeen!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’ve just returned from keynoting the first Social Good Brazil conference that took place in Florianapolis, sometimes referred to the “Silicon Valley” of Brasil and where the nonprofit, social good, innovation, and technology community is leading the social change movement. I had a lot of fun with my keynote.

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Using Social Media Internationally: How Not To Get Lost in Translation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What language are you speaking? You would never presume that every person who speaks English is going to respond to a brand in exactly the same way. The same is true for many other languages. Do you ever write a social media update in formal language, the same as you might use in a report or presentation? Probably not.

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Authorized Entities Trusted Intermediaries

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This was first introduced (to my knowledge) in the Stakeholder's Platform discussions, which were the quickly ginned-up alternative option created in response to the original introduction at WIPO of the Treaty for the Visually Impaired ("TVI") by Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay (and now co-sponsored by Mexico). The concept of TIs uses U.S.

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Vietnam and Indonesia Join TechSoup Asia’s Growing Family

Tech Soup

English is increasingly favored as a second language. The organization promotes ASEAN awareness through language training, mass media, and youth exchange activities (such as volunteer programs and youth camps). The official language is Bahasa Indonesia, which is a Malay language. There are 54 ethnic groups in Vietnam.

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Fascinating Meeting at the Copyright Office

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The hot topic was the proposal made by Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay, for a global treaty (a treaty for which I was part of the expert drafting team). I'm not the best person to advise on advocacy strategy, but I've certainly heard from the advocacy professionals that this treaty needs the support of the Obama Administration.

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Cybersecurity: What All Nonprofits Need to Know

The Modern Nonprofit

It’s imperative to make online safety a top priority for your nonprofit to protect both your work-related information and the personal information of your supporters. If they’re able to figure out that single password, they can access all of your personal information. Hackers continue to become more sophisticated.

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