Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

We've discussed the change a few times since a new law was passed in 2006 requiring all nonprofits to file. One positive effect that'll come from this change is that we'll get a clearer idea of how many small nonprofits are currently operating in the U.S. Tags: News. Otherwise, you'll need to file either the 990 or 990EZ).

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Problem 1: Doing Ineffective Research and Setting Unrealistic Expectations Instead of backing into their proposal-writing process by doing effective research and setting realistic expectations for time and costs, nonprofit organizations often say, “We have this much money and want to finish the project in this much time.

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Forum One

MAY 25, 2023

For local governments that rely on Twitter for law enforcement alerts, public transportation updates, and to hear directly from residents about service requests, this has been especially problematic. Are people tagging you and asking if something is legitimate? Is someone leaving spammy comments on all your posts? Delete those.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2009

who gave the keynote speech at UC Berkeley’s conference on law, ethics and technology, “ Social Networks: Friends or Foes? ,” complaints of hijacked accounts increased by one-third from 2007 to 2008. While the overwhelming consensus was that such behavior isn’t right, there are few laws on the books to address these scenarios.

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See3

APRIL 22, 2010

They’re looking for short videos that highlight the important role that courts play in shaping the laws that shape our lives. Tags: Video youtube contest video camera. Our friends at the American Constitution Society have just announced a contest of their own. The deadline is May 15, 2010, so get your camera out and act fast!

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

This campaign needs to communicate details about all hunting laws, most of which are completely unknown to the average person. The campaign will run targeted workshops to train hunters in regulation definitions and processes, and partnership meetings to reform the hunting permit system so it will be effective in supporting legal hunting.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 19, 2010

Sometimes we think we know everything we need to know to effectively run our nonprofit organizations. The by-laws are the organization’s bible, but many nonprofit leaders don’t have a good sense of what should be included in the by-laws. Tags: General Fundraising nonprofit professional development.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

Banking laws leave business customers vulnerable to Internet fraud" (March 21, 2010, Los Angeles Times). What many businesses (and nonprofits) don't realize is that Federal law doesn't protect commercial accounts the same way it protects personal accounts. Tags: Leadership Newsletter NPTech NTEN privacy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2009

Environmental Defense Fund tackles the most serious environmental problems with four pronged approach: sound science , economic incentives , corporate partnerships , and getting the law right. (If you want to learn more about the organization, their CEO, Fred Krupp , is on Twitter and does his own tweets!)

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

For government, they offered reams of paper showing that they were following the letter of the law in the use of their grants. At the same time, the scandals that resulted in the passage of Sarbanes-Oxley (including more than a few within the ranks of nonprofits) had a ripple effect on the sector.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2010

Take for example deploying 200 sensors throughout the Brazilian rainforest to measure and visualize the effects of climate change. Microsoft has heavily invested in networks and there are probably a lot of wisdom about network effectiveness there. Tags: Content Networks Philanthropy.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

Use your podcast for what it can deliver more effectively than other methods. This method is great for its ease of use and immediacy but will not allow you to add any sound effects, music, or cut in other voices and input. For sound effects, check out the Freesound Project. The bit rate determines the quality of the audio.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2005

" Cambodia has become a big player as a garment exporter by passing labor laws, providing decent conditions in factories, offering benefits we take for granted in us (vacation, maternity leave, paid overtime) and working with socially responsibility companies that sell clothing. Technorati Tags: net2 , cambodia , sweatshopfree

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

In a country where the majority of law school graduates are women, why not a court that is majority female? That the outcomes evaluation push of the last decade has been a dismal failure, is undoable and has had no effect on the efforts of social change organization? Tags: conversation guest blogging. More on this to come soon.)

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See3

JANUARY 21, 2009

11:40 - 12:10 - “Will Law and Policy Kill the Social Communications Revolution Before It Starts?&# - Glenn Manishin, Partner, Duane Morris LLP; Brock N. 4:30 - 5:00 - (C) “Exploring the effects of Social Media on the future of Communications&# (Aswath Rao + [TBA]). Tags: social media. 7:30 - Registration Opens.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2009

I interviewed technology practitioners from the poverty law community about how they approach ROI and significant technology systems investments like client databases, document assembly systems, or video conference systems. Tags: ROI. The basics include: benefits, value, metrics, and financial calculations.

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NTEN

JULY 8, 2009

Flickr Photo: _heather_r_ My mother-in-law is famous in our family for one phrase: "Get Over It." You may be providing a valuable service, but you owe it to them to provide it in the most efficient and effective way possible. As my mother-in-law would say, "Get over it." " Tags: innovation NPTech.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

MARCH 24, 2006

3) An effective way to test out open content without undue risk to your established, more conventional site is to create a secondary site for the more experimental activity at a different URL. Sad to say, Beth Kanter, who I met face-to-face for the first Wednesday, had to leave early because of the death of her mother-in-law.

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NTEN

JUNE 3, 2009

Without effective deterrents, Internet providers will continue to discriminate against lawful content. Tags: broadband free press internet access NPTech NTEN sheldon mains universal access. Establish a better complaint process for companies that break the rules and penalties for violators.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 6, 2010

The Law of Attraction, Quantum Physics and the ways our brains are designed help create those things upon which we focus our attention. Next, think about what would be a more effective belief or thing to think about. Tags: General Fundraising Inspiration nonprofit fundraising. What thoughts or beliefs get in your way?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 24, 2005

The session offered some great primers of the various technical terms and copyright laws as well as some metaphors for explaining free versus proprietary software. Turning to the law: Described the legal mechanisms that a proprietary software developer would use for protection. Technorati Tags: ilaw IP Protection for Software???

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 14, 2009

We’ll also hear from policy makers and activists working to change laws and unleash capital for social enterprises. Do you believe that traditional government approaches alone are going to bring the innovation and effectiveness that our global crisis so desperately demands?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

If possible, speak with an HR or labor law attorney about employees on protected leave. Sometimes short-term layoffs can be effective ways to save jobs while protecting the organization's financial status. Check your state laws to see if you are required to pay out all accrued vacation if you close down for a week or more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Extension programs use wikis, flickr, blogs, tagging, and other tools to share information and content. By using tagging and RSS extension programs are able to exchange information and share content freely. Nutrition or fill in your Extension topic/subject area in Blog posts , in tags and in the Blog Directory. It's messy.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 3, 2010

The cards were tagged with various legal structures, so that, for example, you knew that endowments only work for financing non-profits, stock options are only applicable to corporations, and so on. The foundation with the PRI effectively jumpstarts the viability of the L3C by taking on the most risk and lowest amount of return.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 5, 2010

Understand the laws governing their work (IRS, FEC, HIPAA, FERPA). Communicate effectively internally (to A.S. Tags: Advancement Services. Understand all the touch points in relations with constituents so they can help build a 360 degree view of relationships and interactions. Manage projects, budgets, and people.

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sgEngage

APRIL 22, 2021

The first Earth Day inspired and brought to life major legislative moments, including the formation of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the passing of laws like the Clean Water Act, OSHA, Clean Air Act, and Endangered Species Act. Below are a few tips to maximize the effectiveness of your Earth Day celebrations: Less is More.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 18, 2008

Second Life presents a whole new set of rules--governing everything from social interactions to the laws of physics--that have jolted me and museum colleagues out of the boxes in which we typically develop exhibits. Tags: virtual worlds design Tech Virtual. It's playful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2006

This screencast focuses on how nonprofits can use flickr and creative commons licensing to search for powerful visuals to use in their presentations without violating copyright laws. It's great to enhance your presentations with photos found in flickr, but you may be wondering about copyright laws. See here , here , and here ).

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2005

TechSoup this week is featuring a 2003 article by Lynn Mitchell about the law and its effect on non-profits. Since the article was written before the law took effect and disagreed in one respect with what I thought was the case I did a bit of further research. The federal law is known as the CAN-SPAM Act.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 29, 2021

And making people feel like insiders is remarkably effective because they want to kind of keep that insider status, and they’re more willing to engage with you in the future. So think about my mother-in-law. She’s donating to support her daughter-in-law. They know all the cool things you’re working on.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2005

The trick to effective blogging is to put a blogging process - a personal discipline - in place that governs the content creation and posting process. This way when you are already a day late and are staring at a blank screen, you can say, OK - this is the day for the piece of Moore's Law! But it doesn't have to be.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 23, 2007

Twas the night before Thanksgiving, and my mother-in-law had an important meeting to attend. Membership effectively packages the museum experience--in some cities, a group of local museum experiences--into something repeatable at low cost. Tags: marketing membership. Make members part of your family, and they will reward you.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 25, 2008

It’s not user-generated in the typical sense, but it fits the basic law of "architecture of participation with network effects": the services get better the more people use them. They do it to be more effective institutions. Tags: evaluation marketing membership visitors. Is this Web 2.0? Absolutely.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2007

It's The People Behind The Tags! I wonder which one is more effective or appropriate for MySpace culture - visual design or social design ? Tobias Schonwetter, discusses the analogy between copyright law and culture in many regions of the world and an interview with Anna Badimo, chairperson of LinuxChix Africa.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 21, 2010

Finally, report the racists to the Southern Poverty Law Center and right before you block them, let them know you did it too. Tags: Blogging Facebook MySpace Social Media Twitter YouTube. On your Blog, require comments to be reviewed before posting, then don’t post and report the person’s comment as Spam. Stay strong.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 3, 2022

A particularly grim example: requesters are not obliged to state that face-tagging tasks – common across all platforms – are used to train facial recognition algorithms. Effectively working inside a black box, workers are divested of all the usual ways to orient themselves inside the labour process.

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