Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 22, 2013

Why Circumvention for the Purposes of Access is Crucial A Bookshare Briefing Paper Prepared for the Diplomatic Conference for Visually Impaired Persons The distributors of digital content often use technological protection measures (TPMs) to discourage the making of unauthorized copies.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

And in most civil cases (typically those covering issues of housing, family, and consumer law), people represent themselves because there is generally no right to legal counsel in civil matters. At that point, you might have your solution or you may be referred to a legal services partner specializing in your issue.

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Association Analytics

AUGUST 14, 2023

As such, some organizations have already jumped on the bandwagon and are quickly adapting, while others are hesitating to embrace the potential of this technology. It can even answer questions they have about issues impacting their industry and the resources your association offers to help them.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2017

One of my great joys in my long career in nonprofit technology has been seeing the extraordinary success of so many women in our field. Gender parity in education and equal pay for equal work are unresolved issues in 2017. women became the majority of law students. The Women of Technology for Good. Law and Advocacy.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 25, 2022

To meet the growing demand for environmental education and technology use in the context of sustainability, our Davos Codes programme established a Climate Action Lab at Davos Middle School in 2020 and expanded it globally just one year later with additional Climate Action Labs in Bangalore, Tokyo, and San Francisco. Creating Lasting Change.

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Cybersecurity is an issue that’s on everyone’s mind. There is also a lot of confusion regarding how the law can be enforced and how it will affect consumerism on a daily basis. Companies that refuse to comply with the law could be facing fines of up to $7500. appeared first on Byte Technology’s Web Design Insights Blog.

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Cybersecurity is an issue that’s on everyone’s mind. There is also a lot of confusion regarding how the law can be enforced and how it will affect consumerism on a daily basis. Companies that refuse to comply with the law could be facing fines of up to $7500. appeared first on Byte Technology. business and privacy norms.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2021

I think this is fair to say we have leading minds on both sides of the issue. One of the issues brought to the fore with artificial intelligence is privacy. Technology Goes Mainstream. During the decades of the 1980s and 1990s that technology began to integrate into people’s lives.

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John Kenyon

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Technology can help a nonprofit recover faster when it is thoughtfully used. Being prepared for employee turnover isn’t so different from being prepared for disaster recovery when it comes to technology. Some even prevent legal headaches that can occur when employees leave and laws are not followed correctly. Backup Staff.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

But accounting and tax laws are constantly changing. Making sure you’ve done your research and are up to date on the newest laws and forms at the top of the year will help save a headache at crunch time. You’ll already be prepared as the year unfolds. Not to mention the time savings from not having to chase down numbers.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 15, 2014

As a long-time advocate for a global copyright exception and the founder of Benetech—which I started twenty-five years ago in order to make technology tools to address the needs of people with print disabilities—I was thrilled to become an active player in global diplomacy and witness the adoption and signing of this landmark Treaty.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 10, 2023

This is a curated podcast list is composed of a variety of podcasts concerning technology, management in the nonprofit sector, grant writing, fundraising, and many cause issues ranging from mitigation of climate change to human rights.

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CauseVox

JANUARY 20, 2023

Changes in the market, new technologies, partnerships with other organizations, grant opportunities, and more efficient digital systems ; these are all examples of potential opportunities for growth, and therefore, increased impact. It can identify problems and opportunities, but it does not provide solutions for how to address those issues.

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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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Candid

APRIL 29, 2024

The duty of obedience mandates adherence to laws and compliance requirements for nonprofits. The duty of care ensures that the board of directors provides oversight to responsibly manage the organization’s assets, including its people and financial resources.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

I think they will both make big contributions to building Benetech’s ability to deliver greater impact in the technology-for-good field. a technology and media venture based in San Francisco and Los Angeles. She spent more than 15 years at major international law firms, including Jones Day and Dechert LLP.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Unfortunately, when it comes to technology-related RFPs, nonprofit organizations often write inadequate proposals that waste time and money for the nonprofit and the responding vendors. We want the technology to [ fill in the blank ], and we need to work within our meager budget with as quick a turnaround as possible.”

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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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

This is totally the “how sausage and law are made” view, so don’t read this unless you want to know more about global accessibility in detail! WIPO has a mandate from its member states, and is working to address the need to change laws and get more accessible books flowing. law works: the one that made Bookshare possible.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2011

This week in San Francisco, technologists and human rights advocates are meeting at the Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference (or RightsCon )to grapple with the realities of how we better manage the human rights implications of new technologies. At WITNESS, we’ve been wrestling with the promise and peril of new communications technologies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Organizations should recognize that AI, like other technology, could exacerbate the blurring of work/life boundaries by pushing workers to remain constantly ‘on’. We must not accept any technology as the default solution for our problems. Here’s just one example of the ethical issues we need to anticipate as we embrace AI.

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Blue Fox

JUNE 28, 2022

And many of which started with a tiny mistake years ago that snowballed into a significant issue. THE FIX: The employer will need to create a new W-2 and amend all previous quarterly state (and local, where applicable) tax returns to correct the issue. Our accounting team has been cleaning up many stinky payroll messes lately.

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Here are some some nonprofits already using Office 365 to make a difference, by spending less time and money on technology maintenance and more time on their foundation’s mission. Women’s Law Project. “If you’re able to take advantage of the technology, it’s like adding another person for every person that’s here.”

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 7, 2013

The Treaty of Marrakesh, Top Issues: What’s the goal of the Treaty? This is satisfied by having a law like the Chafee Amendment in the U.S., or similar laws in other countries like India and the EU. Technological Protection Measures. law, plus it has import and export provisions between countries. Articles 5 and 6.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

Our lead story in this issue of TechSoup’s Nonprofit Technology News is the creation of the Mobile Giving Alliance that will help charities develop their mobile giving. Fund for UNICEF, and United Way Worldwide to bring more mobile technology resources charities. ” California’s New Smartphone Kill Switch Law.

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fusionSpan

APRIL 13, 2022

Resilient data storage technologies, encryption solutions, data erasure, data masking, physical and logical access controls, breach response, and multi-factor authentication are all part of a data security plan. Data security guarantees that data is accurate and trustworthy and that only authorized people can access it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

by donors, grantors, governing boards, or by law.???. Gives you a comprehensive picture from start to finish of your entire process and helps eliminate redundant and potentially conflicting data issues. The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued the Accounting Standards Update (ASU) no. self-balancing accounts?that?must

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2016

In 2016 half a billion women still cannot read, 62 million girls are denied the right to education and 155 countries still have laws that differentiate between men and women. Here’s two programs that use technology to support women and girls and are an inspiration. The Tech Girls of Dharavi.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 23, 2022

We uphold our vision by providing peer-to-peer support, educating people on the issues that are important to the community, and advocating for inclusive policies and laws. Cindy Lackow, a senior Salesforce consultant with Fíonta, pinpointed four existing issues that needed to be addressed with the new system.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 9, 2013

These relationships generate countless ideas for using technology for social good. Together with our partners in the nonprofit, technology, government, academic and publishing sectors, we participate in new cultural and technological movements, deriving new knowledge that we apply for social gain.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2018

In this entertaining video of the keynote, they explained these complicated technologies in simple, easy to understand language. California Passes New Law That Bans Bots From Pretending to Real People: California Gov. The demonstration sparked a discussion around the ethical issues of having people unknowingly interact with bots.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2013

I met key Congressional staffers who deeply cared about disability issues, and who had comprehensive knowledge of the issue. Advocacy, we’ve recognized, is essential for realizing our vision of a world where the benefits of technology reach all of humanity, not just the richest five percent.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2018

Allison Fine and I have been collaborating on research and writing about the next wave of disruptive technologies (AI, Bots, and Robots) and what it means for the nonprofit sector. These technologies are increasingly becoming part of our daily lives and will continue to have significant impact on our work and lives. ” .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2010

Their strategy focuses on technology and partnerships that can accelerate systemic on the ground social change and economic issues. “ Unleashing Technology. Chatting with David Connor , we both had the same reaction – who knew? This enables us to have impact, scale and sustainability.

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Qgiv

MARCH 11, 2024

Define the demographic characteristics of who is most affected by the identified issues. Consider conducting surveys, interviews, focus groups, or community forums to gather input directly from those affected by the issues. Explore the role of technology in nonprofit operations. Who will your nonprofit serve?

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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 6, 2019

Is your association failing to keep up with technology? Just as your association grows and evolves, technology changes too. Failing to keep up with technology advances may cause your organization to fall behind in its ability to work efficiently and deliver the great experiences your members expect. You won’t be left behind.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2014

It’s time to catch up on some nonprofit technology trends and news again! " The ruling establishes that a search engine such as Google must be regarded as a "data controller" under the data protection laws in those EU countries where it operates. The First Crowdfunding Platform for Nonprofit Technology Projects.

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