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Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights at WIPO

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This is the international forum for discussing copyright issues, and it is the body considering the Treaty for the Visually Impaired (TVI). I'm here in Geneva for the 20th Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights meeting. I was one of the co-drafters of the treaty language] The U.S.

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Copyright treaty in Geneva Advances!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We've been supportive of an effort by the World Blind Union to get an international treaty in place that sets up a global system much like the one we have today in the United States. Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay joined together to propose that WIPO consider this treaty.

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Join a Nonprofit Tech User Group This August

Tech Soup

Find your closest NetSquared group on our global map. Guayaquil, Ecuador: The Guayaquil NetSquared Meetup Group Monthly Meetup. Ben Teoh in Adelaide looks at faith and international aid. Find your local #nptech tribe and consider sharing your skills as a volunteer surgeon by joining a NetSquared Local group. Tuesday, August 13.

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Getting Social with Your Local Nonprofit Tech Community

Tech Soup

We're a global movement with chapters in 20 countries. Every month our global network of community organizers host Tech4Good events in more than 60 cities. The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in. Guayaquil, Ecuador: The Guayaquil NetSquared Monthly Meetup.

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How to Turn Video Views Into Life-Saving Dollars

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

These funds will be donated to the Diabetes Hands Foundation and they will use the donation to help the Life for a Child program, run by the International Diabetes Federation, and Insulin For Life , two global, humanitarian organizations that provide diabetes medication and supplies to children in the world’s poorest countries.

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April NetSquared Events in Your Community

Tech Soup

NetSquared’s global network of volunteers will be organizing more than 30 events this April in communities as diverse as Mukono, Uganda; Wellington, New Zealand; and Boston, USA. Guayaquil, Ecuador: The Guayaquil NetSquared Meetup Group Monthly Meetup. Guatemala: EgarageTec-Day International Girls in ICT 2014.

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NetSquared Events for September: Featuring #Storymakers2014

Tech Soup

Join our global tweet chat on September 4 for the best examples of nonprofit storytelling. Jump to events in North America or go international with events in. Guayaquil, Ecuador: The Guayaquil NetSquared Monthly Meetup. We have $13,000 in prizes available! Looking for inspiration for your digital story? No local group?