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[Breaking News] An Extraordinary Funding Opportunity For Nonprofits To Preserve Local Journalism

Bloomerang

Many journalists have been laid off or have left the industry, leading to a reduction in local reporting. Research and advocacy: Conduct research on the state of local journalism, produce reports, and advocate for policies that support the industry.

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The 2019 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

As policy changes unfold at the federal, state and local levels, the communities and issues we care about as corporate social responsibility professionals inevitably face uncertainty. The Just Economy Conference is the national event for community, policy, government and business leaders who work for fairness in banking, housing and business.

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Going to Davos to Redesign the Planet

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

What about literacy and education? Wealthy country governments (and their corporate constituents) being more open to limitations and exceptions treaties and policies at the World Intellectual Property Organization. * What about a life-saving drug that poor countries can't afford?

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Vietnam and Indonesia Join TechSoup Asia’s Growing Family

Tech Soup

VietNet-ICT also actively participates in policy discussions to formulate laws and policies relating to information, technology, and communication towards sustainable development and equity. Although Vietnam is regarded as a developing country, it has a literacy rate of 94 percent. It is densely populated with 92 million people.

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Listening Curriculum: Draft - What you think?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Listening Literacy View more presentations from kanter. Listening Literacy Skills Whether your nonprofit is using listening tools that are free or a professional tool to take a deeper dive, after you figure out who will do the listening and how to make it actionable , it's time to address the nitty gritty of what and how. . Technorati.

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Women Ingenuity is Powering Solutions for the Digital Divide

Connection Cafe

There are digital literacy trainings for women springing up in Bangladesh, Internet cafés for women opening doors in Argentina, and women leaders in Kenya prototyping mobile apps that send out alerts if a woman’s safety is threatened. Today, she is using technology to help fellow trafficking victims. That’s just the beginning.

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Seven Ways Your Organization can Put Privacy Into Practice – and Why

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

With a little help from Mozilla Manifesto , here are seven basic privacy principles to keep your organization in check and help guide your decisions on social campaigns, privacy policies and more: No surprises. At Common Sense, we believe that the industry standard for privacy should be opt-in – especially for kids. Real choices.

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