Media Cause

APRIL 19, 2021

As we celebrate Earth Day 2021, we are recognizing all the ways climate change impacts everything around us—highlighting a new issue each day. Advocate for systematic change – Things like community organizing, public education, mobilizing the base, and elevating voices. Day 1: Climate + Justice.

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NTEN

MAY 15, 2014

There have been a tremendous amount of issues and disasters in the news recently, but I want to draw your attention to a critically important story that is developing as you read this: once again, our open Internet is in danger. Add your voice and send feedback to the FCC! Why does an open Web matter to your organization?

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EveryAction

AUGUST 25, 2022

But no matter how your nonprofit is doing good in our world, there will always be ways your work and mission are affected by legislation, policies, and local and national events, which means there will always be reasons to make your voice heard. Where do they live, and how does that connect them to the issues you’re working to address?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2018

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. More on the new law here.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

The law that Congress passed that directed the creation of the Commission has quite a number of issues we're supposed to work on, including definitions of qualifying students and instructional materials as well as considering what systems might be established to help accessibility be better delivered.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Just this month they held a day of legislative action bringing together members of the community to hear from legislators on bills currently in session and for the opportunity to elevate their voices on issues concerning the community. Southern Poverty Law Center. Black Public Media. Higher Heights.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 6, 2021

With the goal of amplifying the organization’s impact in mind, leaders should research policy issues and identify those that directly affect their beneficiaries or influence the work the organization does. Practicing principled bipartisanship” by prioritizing issues over political party. An effective agenda….

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 22, 2013

This is especially acute for accessibility for the blind and disabled, where the TPMs cannot technically distinguish between accessing the content for the making of an illegal copy, or accessing the content to speak it aloud with a synthetic voice or to create a Braille version. In some markets, printed books are receding into the past.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

APRIL 5, 2019

With the Texas legislative session currently in progress, I called Tara Lee, Development Director of Texas Watch to talk about current policy issues and how they work to bridge the divide between their community and the political process. Our core issues are fighting for safety, justice, and accountability.

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Neon CRM

MAY 23, 2023

Despite all of those contributions, racism and violence toward Asian American Pacific Islander communities rose during the COVID-19 pandemic and remains an issue. For hundreds of years, AAPI contributions to art, science, medicine, culture, architecture, and other areas have shaped the United States, and they continue to do so today.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 30, 2022

Violence, Hate, and Discrimination is Still a Major Issue Across Europe and U.K. The increase in violence and hatred has not only been observed in countries with a history of exclusionary laws but also in France and Germany which saw a 39% increase in anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes in 2021. In the U.K., Solving The Problem.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

copyright law. The publishing industry and disability organizations both agreed on this provision of copyright law. A professional with expertise in assessing disabilities needs to certify each Bookshare member as meeting these qualifications (the copyright law in the U.S. Employ "Social Digital Rights Management" technology.

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Forum One

APRIL 1, 2021

Audiences in turn get the chance to voice their opinions or ask questions directly. It helps create a vibrant, spontaneous conversation around an issue or topic that ties to the organization’s goal. Data security & privacy law.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JULY 4, 2023

Advocating for Social Justice: Standing Up for Rights and Freedoms Nonprofit organizations often lead the charge in advocating for social justice, engaging communities in conversations about pressing issues that affect fundamental rights and freedoms. Our voices matter. Our truths matter. Our presence matters.”

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NTEN

JUNE 3, 2009

If you're an NTEN Member -- or have been lurking around for awhile -- you know that Universal Broadband Access is an issue we care deeply about. Without effective deterrents, Internet providers will continue to discriminate against lawful content. It's essential that they hear from us. billion for broadband stimulus.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 15, 2014

When basketball players are offering more cogent commentary on racial issues than cultural institutions, you know we have a cultural relevance problem. New laws and policies will help, but any movement toward greater cultural and racial understanding and communication must be supported by our country’s cultural and educational infrastructure.

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Forum One

AUGUST 31, 2021

Using the internet can introduce many issues for people who experience a disability. It’s a legal issue. Web accessibility refers to the design and implementation of digital products and services (i.e., websites, operating systems, apps, etc.) with the goal of making them usable by as many people as possible.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2009

who is the Law & Technology Director at Fenwick & West LLP (F&W), a Silicon-Valley-based law firm. I can't share the specifics because of copyright issues, but it was informative to hear the lawyer's perspective and it has prompted some important insights for me. it's a management issue. My blog is my voice.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 17, 2016

HR considers bullying a “hot potato” as there are few state and no federal laws against bullying and often bullies are highly placed individuals. Targets fear retaliation by the bully if they bring the issue to the bully’s, HR’s or a manager’s attention. Establish an anti-bullying policy.

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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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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. We are excited to partner with CIVICUS, ICNL, and FHI 360 on these critical issues that face civil society.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2011

As I joked in a recent conversation with a colleague, human rights activists “are the 1%” but the issues we face are relevant to the 99% of other users. What are legitimate constraints on free speech under international human rights law? and that phrase still sticks with me. Do you have human rights content on your platform?

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

As we try to raise support for 2015, we wanted to share the impact of your donation from last year, from the voices of our scholarship recipients. Established in 1984, our mission is to support organizations in their use of technology and delivery of social welfare law advice to the disadvantaged communities they serve.

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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. ” California’s New Smartphone Kill Switch Law. The problem this new law addresses is that last year an estimated 3.1

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 10, 2017

So what is a nonprofit supposed to do when trying to activate supporters around a critically important issue to their cause? Congress makes laws. WWF educated people about the issue in advance of COP21. This video reached over 3 million people and set an important baseline for the issue.

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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. and the cultural resistance to entering Vietnam in 1965, we saw how Americans began to organize and work together to tackle specific issues with a narrow focus. This gave them greater voice in the government.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 14, 2015

However, as we look deeper into the issues that impact our country, perhaps they should. Would your organization be more effective if certain laws or regulations were amended, added, or stricken from the books? It has united our diverse sector to speak with one voice on this important issue for all nonprofit organizations.

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Tech Soup

JULY 20, 2011

For them, it’s about having reliable and fast Internet access; accessing health care services via mobile in rural areas; voicing views online without fear of persecution, not having useful services blocked by Internet service providers (ISPs), not being exposed to cyberbullying, or fearing to become a victim of online fraud.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

I have come across many grantmakers that care deeply about issues that affect their communities, but they don’t speak up publicly to weigh in on critical issues. For example, a colleague of mine who lives in North Carolina was appalled at the passage of a state law that openly discriminated against the LGBT community.

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Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 6, 2021

So I think the issue that I’m having is it’s not as simple as should organizations quit or not. We can use our voice and our economic power and our political power to actually make changes to the platform. Julia Campbell : This is one of my favorite topics. Amy DeVita, TopNonprofits : Yeah.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 5, 2022

If the change is being forced upon you by a change in law, policy, or I don’t know, a global pandemic , try and tie the response to that change into the goal at hand. Validate their voice and do what you can to keep them focused on how this change will impact the organization. Be strategic in this answer. Create A Timeline.

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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. The One Campaign has launched an open letter signed by 86 leading voices for women around the world. For T2E Cambodia , the focus is human trafficking.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2010

This post and the more detailed piece on the Chronicle of Philanthropy will help you get up to speed on the issue and why it is important for nonprofits to get behind. After you read this post, take some action. Net neutrality has been the default law of the land since the Internet’s founding more than 40 years ago.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

(Note, please don’t confuse “compelling posts&# with long articles that take hours or days to write, a simple photo and caption that illustrates a good point around your issue is compelling). In this case, parents with kids dealing with substance abuse, local media, medical professionals and law enforcement. Offer Stipends.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

This is a new Croatian company that has developed an affordable device that allow disabled people to control their environment with voice commands like ‘turn on the lights’ Miroslav Vrankic was trolling the conference looking for U.S. This company is all about nonprofit and cause marketing. Image: yours truly, Jim Lynch.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

The Pew Internet and American Life Project has issued its annual forecast of “ The Future of the Internet.” Voice recognition and touch user-interfaces with the Internet will be more prevalent and accepted by 2020.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 17, 2022

It emphasizes why direct action to break unjust laws is needed, rather than waiting for justice or equality to arrive. Nonviolent resistance to unjust laws eventually influenced the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. There are many civil rights issues that still need to be addressed today. Ask and Listen.

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