Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

First, they are place-based. What if you live in a place without physical books or can’t get to where the books are? Together with the World Blind Union and other campaigners, we set out to get a global treaty that would not only replicate the U.S. Consider the issues with printed books. And, the U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2009

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. law that made it legal for us to scan just a bout any book without needing to get permissions first.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

Look into relevant laws regarding starting a nonprofit in your community. Look into pro-bono services offered by local bar associations or law firms. Vision statement: To accelerate progress against catastrophic disease at a global level. State and federal regulations for starting a nonprofit.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Countries implementing the Marrakesh Treaty, might benefit from hearing the experience of other countries which have already put such copyright exceptions into place. As Bookshare, we believe we can find money to extend the availability of our collection globally to the poor. Richer countries like the U.S.,

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2013

Founding donors to the fund include Google Fiber , the Illig Family Foundation, Sprint , Global Prairie , Polsinelli Law , and J.E. The Kansas City Public Library System will also have a role in this work. The fund is being administrated by the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation. Dunn Construction. The City Of Reinvention.

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Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

All too often, we have the tools to fight (or at least, those we can grow to fight) systemic issues at our disposal, we just need to learn how to use them. Lesson 2: Understand the laws. 2 This important, nationwide law empowers nonprofits and other like-minded folks to be able to share donated food amongst people in need.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 30, 2015

Both laptops come preloaded with Microsoft Office 2010, a Windows operating system, and Microsoft Security Essentials. Sponsored by TechSoup Global (" Sponsor "), 435 Brannan St., Dispute Resolution/Governing Law/Waiver of Jury Trial. Dell Core Windows 7 Laptop from InterConnection. iPad 2 from CDI. Official Rules.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 30, 2015

Both laptops come preloaded with Microsoft Office 2010, a Windows operating system, and Microsoft Security Essentials. Sponsored by TechSoup Global (" Sponsor "), 435 Brannan St., Dispute Resolution/Governing Law/Waiver of Jury Trial. Dell Core Windows 7 Laptop from InterConnection. iPad 2 from CDI. Official Rules.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 6, 2005

Met with Pamela Hartigan, the head of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship , on Friday afternoon, after the end of the Global Philanthropy Forum at Stanford. Her point is that there is no field of social entrepreneurship like there is a field of medicine, law, engineering or science.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

Delivering humanitarian goods, especially medicines to remote places with bad roads. A good place to look first is Andreas Raptopoulos' TED Talk about Matternet drones delivering medicines, food, and other high-value goods for disaster relief like they did in Haiti. How Are Drones Being Used for Good? Tracking storms.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 12, 2022

And even as these dire consequences are known, child labour has increased globally to 160 million. 70% of all child labour takes place in the agriculture sector. It also requires formalizing the informal economy and extending the coverage of labour law for protection to those who are the most vulnerable. About the Author.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2013

All of our RCI-refurbished PCs come with the Windows 7 operating system, and all come with Office 2007. All models also come with Symantec Norton Antivirus and also with system restore capabilities. They're a busy place. TechSoup Global has had a long association with PCRR. How Green Is RCI? Using the U.S.

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sgEngage

APRIL 15, 2024

If you are a grantmaker, you know how important it is to have a reliable and efficient software system that can help you manage your grants, track your impact, and collaborate with your stakeholders. It is even easier to manage version controls and format your form, so it is not only visually appealing, but also just makes sense.

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sgEngage

MAY 6, 2021

A nti-war wasn’t the only movement that took place in the 1960s. According to Earthday.org, “b y the end of 1970, the first Earth Day led to the creation of the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the passage of other first of their kind environmental laws, including the National Environmental Education Act,?the

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Gyrus

APRIL 10, 2018

How To Foster User Adoption In Your New Learning Management System? As you are planning to transition from your outdated Learning Management System (LMS) to your new LMS application it is important to keep in mind your users’ perception of the change. Know the System Benefits. Keep Users involved in the Selection Process.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 21, 2006

It's another to have the education to support that desire, to support that change, and so we're looking at long-term, sort of systemic and generational change, not necessarily just short-term fixes, and that takes pretty profound work and education to do. And then, of course, we have a strong commitment to economic development, as well.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

The other axis represents systems change: does the world work better and differently now as a result of these efforts? They put most nonprofits in the direct action without systems change box: groups that do a good (or even excellent) job of delivering services under the existing system. The authors present a two-by-two matrix.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 17, 2022

Human trafficking organizations advocate for stronger anti-trafficking laws, provide services and support for victims of trafficking crimes, and develop long-term strategies to end human trafficking. the goal of Polaris Project is to systemically disrupt the human trafficking networks that rob human beings of their lives and their freedom.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

We've scoured the nonprofit-sphere for high-quality conferences and forums, informal trainings, and more that will be taking place all over the world, focusing on essential topics like: Nonprofit management. CMF2016 is the place to hear from best and the brightest minds in the world of doing well by doing good. Fundraising. Accounting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 17, 2012

Sites includes Wikipedia , Reddit , BoingBoing , and Global Voices are “going dark” and will black out the Global Voices Advocacy site for 12 hours on January 18 beginning at 8 am. Global Voices has issued a statement explaining why they are supporting this Internet strike. and can result in de facto speech restrictions.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

Of course 50 is just a tiny percentage of the nonprofits that work and sacrafice to make our country a better place to live. Because in a global society all our human rights need to be fought for and protected. Because 700,000+ American children need advocates in our judicial system each year. Southern Poverty Law Center.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2013

According to Park Young-Woo of the United Nations Environment Program, the Asia-Pacific region now produces more than half of global e-waste. The WEEE Directive is the set of laws that governs the proper collection and disposal of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) in the 27 countries of the European Union.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 2, 2013

The good news is that electronics recycling is increasingly no-cost as more states are enacting recycling laws that require computer makers to cover the costs of end-of-life recycling. is now covered by a state e-waste recycling law. Some Good Places Online To Refer Equipment Donors. This is the best place on the web in the U.S.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The other thing that I think is happening globally is that there’s greater economic inequality. And I want to say this, the money we spend on administrative costs is our financial accounting system. And there was a big study a number of years ago, and really, people can get a tax deduction over a million places.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

or software that gathers all the news feeds in one place where you can scan/read them quickly. What if all those sources were in one place and you didn't have to search for new information on the page you??????d Tourism Campaigns or celebrate a place or county or state. The content is delivered through ??????news Enterprise 2.0

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 21, 2008

Our members envision a world in which the global community is willing and able to protect civilians from genocide and mass atrocities. It is in our best interest, and in the interest of those who are victims or suffering in places where their states or governments have failed to protect them. His campaign was successful.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

According to the Washington Post article, If It Feels Good to Be Good, It Might Only Be Natural , another study found that when, "volunteers placed the interests of others before their own, the generosity activated a primitive part of the brain that usually lights up in response to food or sex. Research Summary: Graff, L.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 7, 2013

I''m an engineer and social entrepreneur, trying to make the world a better place for people with disabilities, and I rarely step into the role of vocal advocate. law--positions that would be hard for me to imagine passing our Congress. The Obama Administration is turning its back on people with disabilities--and I''m outraged.

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EveryAction

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

This list is by no means exhaustive and many of these nonprofits do intersectional work that falls under multiple issue areas, but we hope offers a good place to get started. Southern Poverty Law Center. Lakota People's Law Project. National Immigration Law Center. LGBTQ Rights. Immigration & Refugees. Legal Advocacy.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 6, 2007

Kevin Danaher is the co-founder of the nonprofit Global Exchange which co-sponsors the Green Festivals with Co-op America. Kevin talks about the Global Citizen Center, a large mixed use building in downtown San Francisco that will serve as a hub for ecologically and socially responsible enterprise, education and economic development.

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Global Giving

MAY 11, 2018

This definition is broader than past privacy laws, and it may impact data that previously was not subject to regulations. As a result, many nonprofit organizations are considering a global approach. What if they ask to erase all data of them from your systems? You need to have a lawful basis for processing information.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 3, 2022

The drone then drifts over the home of someone who has just logged onto the site Scale, which sources workers across the Middle East and Latin America to label images used to guide automated drones systems. 1 The worker remains unaware of what is taking place above them, just as they remain unaware of the purpose of their work.

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Non Profit Quarterly

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Costello: But to Reich, this humanistic approach to tech is, increasingly, an anomaly in places like Silicon Valley. Costello: The new book by Weinstein, Sahami, and Reich is called System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot. What are the guardrails we need to be putting in place?

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 4, 2019

WordPress is also the most popular content management system (CMS), with over 33% of all websites using it to store, update, and deliver content. Thorn is a global nonprofit organization that tackles the growing problem of child trafficking and sexual exploitation. WordPress Is Cost Effective. WordPress is extremely cost effective.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 19, 2021

And they’ve done this presentation for a bunch of places, and I was like, “We got to have it for Bloomerang.” Sarah is in a semi-public place, because she’s at a hotel for a conference. Louis area. Well, I should say both of these fine folks are from St. So give them a shout-out if you are too. I like that.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

In Iran we’ve seen it used to get out information and resist censorship but have also seen it used by the government to alter a mobile phone system and monitoring calls. Annabelle Sreberny, Professor of Global Media and Communication, School of Oriental and African Studies (with special interest in Iran, bloggers & social media).

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

And also, because I've always been involved with nonprofits, which are about helping other people and trying to make the world a better place, and I've done a lot of career counseling, I'm always trying to give people advice and share information. And it was really easy for me to share that information and link to those places.

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