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The Ultimate Guide to Accounting Software for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Although the most popular accounting software products- like QuickBooks and SAP- handle the needs of businesses in many industries, nonprofits have a unique business model and accounting standards and require different features and functionality from accounting software. by donors, grantors, governing boards, or by law.???. the use of?funds

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The Case for Copyright Exceptions and Fair Use

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. Lack of access to the knowledge in books perpetuates ignorance, generates poverty and squanders human potential. We can do better! And, the U.S.

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Ask a Nonprofit Specialist: Using collaborative inquiry to engage stakeholders

ASU Lodestar Center

A friend of mine once gave me a card that pictured a crisis center, on fire and afloat on a river, about to fall over a cliff. The day-to-day work of nonprofit organizations is often so demanding, the big picture is often overlooked in response to the daily “crisis” of staying afloat. Applying the knowledge learned. Get another!

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Community-Driven Social Impact: Presentation, Case Studies, and Workshop

Amy Sample Ward

Whether it seems important in the moment or not, it’s really valuable to make a list or chart or picture, whatever you want, of all the information you have about your community. But both the community and your organization want to see certain laws passed, things improved, programs created or groups supported.

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Sarah Davies: Intellectual Property Legislation with Human Rights

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've studied intellectual property law extensively, but only in an academic context; I am not a practicing lawyer. How did you get interested in copyright laws and their impact on human rights? By letting other nonprofits use your words, pictures, music, innovations, and processes, you are creating resources to help those most in need!

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The Iron Cage of Copyright

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

in which she argues that Creative Commons licensing, even if introducing an alternative and open licensing model, nevertheless ???strengthens There is truth to this argument - but only as long as we look at the Creative Commons licensing model as an abstract design. Creative Commons: A Skeptical View of a Worthy Pursuit ???,