Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 5, 2009

Many of the comments critical of the proposed treaty come from parties that object in principle to copyright exceptions, rather than having a direct stake in the issue at hand. The money issue is actually not about serving people with disabilities, amazingly enough. Over two years ago, we agreed that this would be a good thing to do.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 13, 2022

The goal of the Request for Proposal (RFP) is to present a project in the context of the organization and its goals so that great vendors can submit the best possible proposals. Once you have written this proposal it is time to find great vendors to send you bids. Quality of proposal (1 low < 5 high). Check this out.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 9, 2013

Random House Mondadori and Expanding the Spanish-language Bookshare Program Benetech’s strong relationships with numerous partners across sectors are fundamental to our continued success. In a recent blog post , Ed explains why growth markets are key to this proposed merger of two of the publishing world’s biggest players.

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Candid

OCTOBER 13, 2022

But, if you have trouble getting to it, it can severely limit the impact of the content. To better deliver on our mission, and help you more easily find articles on foundation transparency, we have consolidated our funders’ content from Transparency Talk, the former GlassPockets blog, into Candid’s Blog.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

We’re extremely proud of what we’ve accomplished with Bookshare over the past four years and are hopeful that by the end of our OSEP contract term, we’ll have delivered double the results we initially proposed. Nor can they buy accessible content from the commercial sector. There are some 7.5 million students (15% of the U.S.

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EveryAction

MAY 4, 2016

While we've seen successful campaigns that exist almost entirely in the Twitterverse or even on Snapchat , social media is more a vehicle for your intended audience to get a sense of a campaign's flavor - from there, it's up to you to entice them to click through to your main campaign content. Main Course - Donation Page.

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Everyaction

MAY 2, 2018

Your board’s job is to look after the financial wellbeing of the organization and they will evaluate your proposals through this lens, so make sure to present your plans in a frame that will interest them. Your focus should be on showing them why the change that you are proposing is well worth the cost. Ditch the tech lingo.

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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. The Proposals A. Joint Recommendation Proposal (US-JR). The African Union Proposed Treaty (“AUPT”).

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Accessibility Global Copyright Law 133

Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Organizations should critically review proposed data collection and ensure that the intended benefits and impact justify the risks of data collection in the first place. Here are some tips for finding and managing that user data and content. Step One: Understanding Your Use Case’s Purpose and Threat Model.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

Three months later I had a prototype platform aggregating actions from RSS feeds, with a search element around that content. The vast majority of applications that have been built since 2008 match actions with related content: for example, by reading a blog post and searching the Social Actions dataset for related actions.

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Care2

JANUARY 30, 2014

In your initial conversations about the aesthetic you’re after, does the agency staff communicate in language that you can understand? In their proposal, have they accounted for additional costs unrelated to staffing, such as stock photography or software subscriptions? Do you have multi-language needs? Technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2016

I recently submitted a proposal for NTEN’s 2017 Nonprofit Technology Conference with colleagues Cindy Leonard, John Kenyon and Jeanne Allen called “ Supercharge Your Technology Training ,” so please take a minute to vote for it. . People can’t be as focused on content when they been sitting longer than 20 minutes.

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Everyaction

JULY 18, 2018

Check your organization’s website, recent RFPs, grant proposals, etc. for the most current language being used and incorporate it into your plan. Use this section as the “elevator pitch” for your fundraising proposal. Fortunately, much of this information is likely to exist already. Fundraising plan summary. The public.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 6, 2023

But the thing about blogging is that it’s not just a single piece of content. Good content ideas for nonprofits don’t require you to go back to the drawing board for every new post. Let’s use an example of a local animal shelter who wants to drum up support for a proposed law to ban puppy mills.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Whether it’s rethinking how they contact their donors, the language they use on donor calls, where they ’ re direct ing their funds, or even how they ’ re partnering with students to drive donor engagement. You can also explore additional resources around these topics on the Blackbaud Higher Education content hub.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 20, 2009

This project in Avesta, Sweden, in which visitors use special flashlights to explore a historic site and reveal interpretative content of interest, is an elegant example of how museums can innovative the label experience. First, a little explanation about "pull" content techniques.

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fusionSpan

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Clearly you are missing out on a lot of body language and other non-verbal cues. Connection Before Content. whether they agree with the proposed next steps. If folks do not know how to turn off the self-view, it can be wearing and anxiety producing to stare at yourself for hours. Yet with some intention it is possible.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 28, 2023

Is AI content from GPT tools detectable? It exists in the algorithms that govern your Facebook timeline, explains why YouTube always recommends the perfect video, or more recently, powers the Large Language Models (LLMs) like OpenAI’s Chat-GPT , Google’s Bard , or Bing’s AI Chatbot , and others that have made headlines.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Craft a strong appeal by sourcing your content early. Engaging individual board members will help you to expand your potential reach by leveraging their personal and professional networks, and it could also provide you with some new content and stories. Fiver uses their #GivingTuesday campaign to launch their year-end fundraising.

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BoardAssist

MARCH 20, 2014

Providing them with sample posts and engagement language is always a good idea and will increase the likelihood that it gets shared. • You will want to encourage them to personalize the posts (you can write it out for them) by adding how excited they are about a particular program or event, and their personal thoughts about the content.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 29, 2008

I like proposals that focus more on the project, and show clear understanding of the project. Pretty presentation with no content is useless. I’m made comfortable by folks who speak what I think of as a good mix of development-speak and normal language. I’m turned off instantly by sales-speak. I hate to be pushed.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Your board makes crucial decisions regarding your staff, budget, and overall fundraising strategy, and your proposal must get them on board with the plans your team has made to further your nonprofit’s mission, as well as update your members on current campaigns and projects.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 28, 2022

Language translation. When planning an international event, language has been a roadblock for attendees to engage with events in the past fully. Even though English is the most commonly utilized language for events, it is ideal for guests to understand the material in their local language. Build an engagement leaderboard.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

So if you have to leave or leave early, or maybe get interrupted or just want to review the content, don’t worry, we’ll get all that good stuff to you later today. . Weave in stories that are connected to the podcast and I’m going to share some model language for you. . ” or whatever that discouragement is.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

Provide engaging content that your supporters want to interact with and share with others— blog posts with human stories, striking images, videos that explain your mission, information on your volunteer program, event invitations, etc. Strong content like this will help establish your website as the central hub of your online presence.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 15, 2007

in costs in grant proposals -some organizations in the sector doesn't see it as an important -premature - orgs don't know what is available -can't perceive any value - pay for what? Without accrediation, Circuit Riders will not be taken seriously by those who they work for.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 27, 2011

Through negotiations, four competing proposals have been merged into a single document supported in June by the Latin Americans (led by Brazil), the U.S., Answer: Many Americans want to access materials from other countries, both in English and many other languages, for education, employment and cultural reasons.

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AccelEvents

MARCH 30, 2021

As event organizers, we spend a lot of time preparing content, marketing the virtual event, and curating the attendee experience. While these expectations weren’t always the case, the virtual event planner might recognize that only a handful of the online attendees would be highly engaged in the content.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 14, 2009

When you speak in the language of the institutional mission, executives will understand you better and be attentive to the new connections you draw from the mission to proposed projects. If your institution says it is bold and fearless, how do your programs support that? Second, you need to find the right tool to implement your idea.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

So, if you have to leave early, you just want to review the content later on, share with a friend or a colleague, don’t worry, we will get all that good stuff in your hands later on today. Maybe I am teaching computer classes, or English as a second language classes, maybe I’m teaching those and I have 10 students.

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AccelEvents

MARCH 30, 2021

As event organizers, we spend a lot of time preparing content, marketing the virtual event, and curating the attendee experience. While these expectations weren’t always the case, the virtual event planner might recognize that only a handful of the online attendees would be highly engaged in the content.

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Virtual Management FAQ Audience 59

Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Demonstrate the impact of your past programs and the projected impact of the proposed program, as well as the associated costs and risks. Effective writing uses clear, precise language. A bunch of flowery language doesn’t contribute anything but extra noise that detracts from your key points.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Let me give two specific examples that came up in my first conversation with a lawyer about the proposed bill: 1. We work all over the world, and our Martus software has been translated into Spanish, French, Russian, Arabic, Khmer and other languages. Bookshare is an online library for people who can’t read standard print books.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

I created some template language to cut and paste into emails, skype/im pings, and thank you messaging, etc. I did two because ChipIn only integrates with YouTube on the campaign (the player can be easily emedded) and Revver because they pay users for content based on ad click thrus. I used the ChipIn campaign page feature.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 1, 2010

This meeting was a follow-up for me from my attendance earlier this year at the main WEF meeting in Davos , where I presented my proposal as part of the GRI. My proposal was on ensuring that all of humanity benefits from the incredible knowledge and technology. We need to encourage limitations and exceptions (like the one in the U.S.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2008

Last week, I was reintroduced to Scratch , a graphical programming language designed by the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab. Inappropriate Content: Debatable. While this doesn't constitute a safety danger for any given user, it does mean that the content is not 100% controlled.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

It’s crucial to consider these “non-application” parts of your application with the same critical eye you apply to the rest of your proposal. To improve your organization’s web search ranking, update your website regularly and optimize the content to index better in searches. What will people see? Does it look professional?

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