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Accessibility and ACTA

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The digital measures designed to defeat piracy usually end up equating accessibility with piracy. Accessibility of digital media has been repeatedly and systematically denied because of digital measures to “protect” content. The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is being negotiated in secret.

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Towards Global Access for the Print Disabled

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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. A definition of formats that includes Braille, audio and digital text, but excludes large print and video.

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Tools Galore in Online Communications - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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Educate, inform and move people emotionally - inspire action Influence decision-makers; impact public policy To get started and to review more case studies, visit: [link] Questions & Answers: What do you think about the idea of organizations only using social media tools as an online presence instead of a traditional website?

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A Nonprofit’s Legal Counsel Is The Social Media Manager’s Best Friend!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. And enforcement is rare.

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Top 8 Social Media Tracking Tools - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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However, it’s important to note that none of them are 100% at measuring results. Meaning the lack of knowledge of traditional digital media gets in the way of something that the social media - and service providers related to it - kind of make up for. Even with a more traditional digital approach. Lets dig in.