sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Although nonprofits are often composed of good, trustworthy individuals, there are still times when someone close to an organization steals its money or technology. In order to maintain their tax-exempt status, nonprofits are subject to many regulations that for-profit organizations aren’t. Compliance. Grant application requirements.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 13, 2011

He’s a principal at Adler & Colvin, San Francisco's top law firm specializing in nonprofit law. Rob is also a lecturer at Stanford Law School where he teaches the Law of Nonprofit Organizations. Rob has a deep understanding of what makes nonprofits successful. Rob is committed to the success of social enterprises.

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San Francisco Law Lecture Advice 140

Classy

APRIL 20, 2021

So, why raise financing when the company is already strong and profitable? We’re also exploring synergetic markets like corporate giving, which has suffered from a similar technology deficiency over the last 40 years. In short: to meet the tremendous demand for our suite of products (current and future).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

Such action, the Court decided, didn’t constitute copyright infringement because it was fair use , that is, a limitation and exception to the exclusive rights granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work. It also underscores just how critical a balanced copyright law is for technology innovation. copyright law.

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Copyright Law Accessibility Library 196

Qgiv

MARCH 11, 2024

Nonprofit organizations are groups that work for a social cause, but they do so without making a profit. Explore the role of technology in nonprofit operations. Recruit board members Developing a clear governance structure is essential for your nonprofit. Do you have the right software tools?

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Files Nonprofit Guide Law 52

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Nonprofit Technology, and more! The 36th Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute will feature nationally recognized experts from private foundations, public charities, law, finance, and government discussing the latest tax, legislative and governance issues affecting nonprofit organizations. Nonprofit Management.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 1, 2013

The impact of new technologies is invariably misjudged because we measure the future with yardsticks from the past.” - Stephen Baker, a technology journalist in a recent NY Times Blog. She discusses the need for standardization of practices and government regulation to catch up with new technologies surrounding the use of data.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 27, 2017

During this time, we saw policies such as child labor laws, suffrage for women and prohibition. Whatever that looks like for you—working with a corporate sponsor, another nonprofit in your community or a for-profit business with a social responsibility angle—your organization could make a lot of progress. entered the Progressive Era.

History 60

History Learning Organization Vietnam 60

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2018

Leaders identified big-picture challenges like technology, which makes it harder to separate work and home, and organizational change as top contributors to stress while employees were focused on concerns like low pay, unclear job expectations and company culture. But it’s not for-profits are alone in the arms race toward constant overwork.

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Finland Culture Nonprofit Summary 113

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

On October 6, 2015, join TechSoup, CIVICUS, the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law, FHI 360, and +SocialGood for a deeper dive into the threats that civil society faces. FHI 360 strengthens the leadership capacity of national and community organizations and increases the transparency of government agencies.

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Law Global International Press 36

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

Today, we are poised at a moment in time where we can transcend the limitations of past book technologies and bring the power of books to all humans. However, as a technology, printed books come with serious challenges for some communities (like blind people) that technology can unlock. Love of the print book. And, the U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 14, 2009

Charity, business, and government, all accomplish great things but have their limitations. I come out of the business sector and I admire what business can do in terms of creating jobs and new technology and new ways for people to communicate. And lastly, government. Right now it seems like we can’t afford government as usual.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2010

I've always evangelized the potential of tools like Facebook and Twitter to create meaningful communities and collaborations, but now realize the true opportunity for all of us who spend our days mixing up cocktails of mission and technology: . As Robert Scoble pointed out, "It's not so much about technology but people."

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Disaster Haiti Los Angeles Social Media 89

NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Vu’s passion to make the world better, combined with a low score on the Law School Admission Test, drove him into the field of nonprofit work, where he learned that we should take the work seriously, but not ourselves. There’s tons of humor in the nonprofit world, and someone needs to document it. As founder and CEO of Kishshana & Co.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2007

I've found that my generation has a habit of teaching ourselves new technologies, and I am no exception. That's how I found my way into advocating for nonprofit technology and encouraging others to activism over technological legislation. How did you get interested in copyright laws and their impact on human rights?

Copyright 50

Copyright Law Seattle Brazil 50

EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

Nonprofit technology, and more! 12th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. 12th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. We have gathered an outstanding group of field experts to teach how to build and sustain this kind of governance. Governance / @usdsoles. Governance. Technology / #AOCS16 / @AOCSummit.

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Calendar Conference San Diego DC 177

NTEN

JUNE 3, 2009

Giant corporations are profiting at consumers' expense. The FCC should review policies governing competition and pricing. In order to achieve universal broadband, we need to know which areas are unserved and underserved, as well as prices, speeds and technologies. Competition and Choice.

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America South Korea Voice Press 44

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

APRIL 20, 2006

This is a musing on the current state of the Gnu Public License, which governs a preponderance of open-source software projects. I know a lot of people in the in the non-profit community think of Open-Source software as "free", as not requiring a license agreement. But the GPL very much reflects US copyright law.

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Open Source Open License Copyright 40

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

The good news is that major changes in technology are reforming education. Consider how the accessible online library Bookshare – an initiative of Benetech , a Silicon Valley non-profit that builds technology solutions addressing social problems – is transforming the lives of American students with print disabilities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2006

SL has the potential to add a new level to the existing web technologies. Being another layer over existing technologies, those who are comfortable with the current models can stay behind while the rest of us move up to the next level. Come on, get real already. SL is not some new revolutionary model that has never been seen before.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

Of course, this is a familiar concept to me as someone who started his career building for-profit tech companies in Silicon Valley. The primary goal in the Valley is massive change, because when you’re a for-profit that magnitude usually yields massive profits. And that’s what we did with Bookshare! Fast forward to today.

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Change eBook United States Conservancy 100

Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 12, 2022

Governments should embrace internationally recognised fundamental rights at work including ending forced labour, discrimination at work, respecting workers’ right to freely choose representation and ensuring safe and healthy working conditions. Making Decent Work a Reality for Adults and Youth. Achieving Universal Access to Social Protection.

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Global United States Policy International 52

Cloud 4 Good

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Cloud for Good complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company operates. The Data Warehouse Architect will serve as the technical lead for implementation projects. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment. . apply now.

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Canada Data API Skills 40

Media Cause

APRIL 13, 2023

Protecting Consumer Data is Important Luke Dringoli, VP of Tech This talk about the TikTok ban is just the tip of a bigger conversation—what we need is a comprehensive, national online privacy law. But, it will also open the door for marketers to hold serious conversations around the ethical use of social media data for advertising.

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Digital Marketing Strategy Social Media 94

Cloud 4 Good

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Support the resource planning, cross-company visibility, and profitability model for campaign services through direct project management and for monitoring projects under?your Detail-oriented and motivated individual with the ability to rapidly learn and take advantage of new concepts, business models, and technologies. .

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Canada Service Campaign Management 45

Non Profit Quarterly

JUNE 14, 2019

At the time, Benetech had recruited area nonprofits to participate in four design teams: one on governance, one on funding, one on vision, and one on cost accounting. Benetech, founded nearly two decades ago, has a mission to take the technology and knowledge Silicon Valley has figured out and move it into the nonprofit sector.

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San Francisco Collaboration Service System 52

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2005

Talking to my coworkers and clients, I've become aware that there are misconceptions about the regulations governing marketing email. TechSoup this week is featuring a 2003 article by Lynn Mitchell about the law and its effect on non-profits. Many people have been very critical of the law for this reason. Misconception 3.

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Non Profit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

As new details emerged last week of Jeffrey Epstein’s relationship with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), this question took on new relevance. This morning, I asked MIT’s General Counsel to engage a prominent law firm to design and conduct this process.

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Philanthropy San Francisco University Massachusetts 65

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2005

This is the question I hear most often about blogging, both from other technology vendors and from non-profit staff: How do you decide what to write about? It's also the greatest single objection I run into when I talk about the benefits of blogging to non-profits. My blog is about non-profit technology.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Tonight, I attended a live panel discussion on the question of whether Technology is Really Good for Human Rights, or not. We’ve seen potential for those unsympathetic to the cause to use the technology too – a bit of an arms race created. Technology is amoral – it doesn’t care.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 3, 2022

This is a particular problem when – as with Project Maven – the technologies supported by microwork are built for explicitly oppressive ends. Ostensibly used to help track the virus, the technology’s more obvious purpose has been to track and detain minorities.

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Non Profit Quarterly

OCTOBER 7, 2021

A professor of political science, and in addition to the work that I’ve done as a social scientist, I’ve also served multiple tours in government, so bring the perspective of a former policymaker. But we need a set of democratic institutions that are really up to the task of governing technology.

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System Tech Government Classes 75

Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 6, 2007

government tells them, or what the corporate media tells them. You are about plowing your profits into the neighborhood because you're a nonprofit. When we buy it from you, you might want to keep ten or 20 or 30 percent of the ownership, and you are going to profit from that because we are going to make this place rock."

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Non Profit Quarterly

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Although primarily known for the classified advertisement website that bears his name, Craig Newmark also runs Craig Newmark Philanthropies , a philanthropic organization that focuses in four specific areas: “trustworthy journalism, voter protection, women in technology, [and] veterans and military families.”

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

You can use different technologies for these things, as easy or as difficult as you want. So for me, I actually often pick my parents [when writing about technology], because they have dial-up, and they're not very tech-savvy. Louis, Missouri, and I was working for an environmental law clinic as a consultant. We are a 3.5

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2007

A post-carbon, clean energy, renewable economy will be an economy that has more jobs, because renewable technologies and sustainable ways of doing things are simply more labor-intensive. The government needs to get involved. The government doesn't need to put everybody to work necessarily, though it may get to that point.

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