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Fair Use Victory Advances a Future of Accessibility for All

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

HathiTrust, a unanimous three-judge panel concluded that digitizing books in order to enhance research and provide access to individuals with print disabilities is lawful on the grounds of fair use —that is, a limitation and exception to the exclusive rights granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work ( Section 107 of the U.S.

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How to Set Up Your Nonprofit Accounting System RIGHT So it Helps You Grow

Get Fully Funded

It should be part of your organization’s internal culture. A simple report with a pie chart can easily show you that. When your nonprofit is new, it’s tempting to use the cousin, friend, neighbor, or in-law that does “bookkeeping.” So set up your Chart of Accounts right from the get-go. One size does NOT fit all here.

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Classy Welcomes Ford Foundation COO Depelsha McGruder to Its Board of Directors

Classy

During her tenure, she played a critical role charting NYPR’s path forward in the midst of an evolving media landscape, setting the course for the organization’s digital content and local news, talk, and cultural programming. McGruder is also the founder and president of Moms of Black Boys United and M.O.B.B.

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Were We Crazy to Pursue Service Enterprise Certification? Our Rewarding Journey with SEI

ASU Lodestar Center

It’s all about sharing our mission with our board members and demonstrating how they are in step with the certification rubric and action plan It’s all about flipping our organization chart with the Board at the base as a foundation and our volunteer positions spread across each department and tied to each staff member.

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Community-Driven Social Impact: Presentation, Case Studies, and Workshop

Amy Sample Ward

Whether it seems important in the moment or not, it’s really valuable to make a list or chart or picture, whatever you want, of all the information you have about your community. But both the community and your organization want to see certain laws passed, things improved, programs created or groups supported.

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Shifts in Nonprofit Finance: Looking Back at 30 Years of Evolving Technology

sgEngage

Often what’s happening in the for-profit sector gives nonprofit organizations new tools for growth and opportunities to tighten their internal controls. Increased privacy laws such as FERPA and HIPPA also made their way into law. Consumers also got accustomed to having more information about their finances at their fingertips.

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[VIDEO] Counting the Costs: Where Capital Campaigns Often Miss the Mark

Bloomerang

That’s our internal evaluation of are they even ready? You know, that all flows up the org chart to me at the top. Sometimes that can be done internally, but sometimes it has to be externally. . Aaron: You know, I’ve seen org charts. And that starts kind of with a readiness assessment and a gap analysis.