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Fascinating Meeting at the Copyright Office

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Last Friday I spent almost two and a half hours in a wide-ranging conversation with Maria Pallante of the Copyright Office (and two other folks whose full names I didn't write down). I came away with a much better understanding of the issues they are exploring and certainly did my part to articulate why I support the positions we have.

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Bookshare’s Status as an Authorized Entity under Section 121

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Section 121 of the Copyright Act, also known as the Chafee Amendment (17 U.S.C. Dozens of publishers and authors have signed contracts with Bookshare that confirm and support its work as an authorized entity as well. In addition, the Library of Congress is the agency responsible for issuing regulations supporting Section 121.

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December 2010 Community Builder’s Chat Wrap-up #CommBuild

Amy Sample Ward

We heard from many people that there were too many holiday deadlines at work to make the chat so be sure to add your thoughts to the comments here after reading the archive to join in! And Claire Sale shared the British Red Cross guidelines: The British Red Cross values comments both complimentary and critical. Join the January Chat!

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Speaking of open social networks …

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

is a microblogging service based on an open source project, Laconica , and all of the updates are copyrighted by a Creative Commons (Attribution) license. There are an increasing number of third party apps that can use it (it supports the Twitter API.) at 5:50 am { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth Kanter 08.15.08

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Fear not, nonprofit professionals!

ASU Lodestar Center

With our CEOs support, this is my teams best opportunity to gain commitment from stakeholders on resourcing and supporting our programs priorities. If you have your own tips for nonprofit success, please share in the comments section below. But, the cards are copyrighted by Gallup. Sorry about the missing comments, folks!

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How Unused Gift Cards Can Support Nonprofits - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

60) Search « Strategies For Optimizing Your Nonprofits Website | Main | YouTube Launches Video Volunteers » Wednesday Jun 24 2009 How Unused Gift Cards Can Support Nonprofits Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at 12:14AM | by Allyson Kapin Do you have a pile of gift cards stuffed in an old draw? Sound interesting? All rights reserved.

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It’s 2013: Where’s your nonprofit’s social media policy?

ASU Lodestar Center

Should you change your nonprofit’s Facebook profile image to show support of a hot political issue? What do you do if someone comments with a racial slur on a photo of your volunteer? Should you take down a comment that discusses a negative experience that someone had with your organization? ASU Lodestar Center.