Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Almost all organizations produce some sort of annual financial reporting, but it’s may not always be public information. by donors, grantors, governing boards, or by law.???. public service?organizations Donors and grantors both expect detailed reporting and deep financial transparency from nonprofit organizations.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 7, 2013

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. Noteworthy Articles in the Treaty: Article 2(a). Works Covered. Articles 5 and 6.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 2, 2024

Ensure this system respects privacy laws and regulations, especially regarding data protection and consent. Measuring Success and Making Adjustments: Set measurable goals for your campaign, like a target number of testimonials collected or a specific number of stories from each stakeholder group.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 21, 2021

As a nonprofit leader, you are likely familiar with donation solicitation laws. However, given the specificity of the law, it is necessary to understand what counts as online donation solicitations and how crossing state lines can impact your online fundraisers. What is online fundraising? and Canada report preferring to give online.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 25, 2022

Whether you’re looking to contact lawmakers, gather petition signatures, or mobilize public support using social media, you can measure and increase support for your mission by presenting your audience with a digital form across their preferred channels. Why should nonprofits use digital advocacy forms now?

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

But, for the most part, nonprofit dashboard reports, if they are measuring the right metrics, are useful tools. Is it risky to provide statistics about finances and results on a public Web site? Obviously anything that breaks a law is out :) But we start from an assumption that all information is available to go online.

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

Her grantmaking in 2020 appears to follow a regular pattern of proportionality—perhaps a “power law distribution,” a mathematical pattern found across natural and socioeconomic systems where one quantity varies as a power of another. The patterns behind Scott’s grantmaking are much clearer when it comes to issue area and beneficiary group.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2013

A thought leader in the intersection of philanthropy, law, policy, and technology, Bernholz writes about the business of giving in books, articles, and her award-winning blog, Philanthropy2173.com.

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Forum One

MARCH 9, 2023

Jay Finch is the founder and CEO of Polydelta, a platform that helps to deliver public sector outcomes with AI. He was recognized in Forbes magazine’s “30 under 30” for law and policy and as a Rising Star by Federal Computer Week. Jay has advised U.S. If there’s historic rain, who feels that impact the most?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 15, 2009

The digital measures designed to defeat piracy usually end up equating accessibility with piracy. Accessibility of digital media has been repeatedly and systematically denied because of digital measures to “protect” content. Why have public decision-making? We don’t know if it’s benign or hostile to accessibility.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2017

women became the majority of law students. The UN finds that 119 countries have now passed domestic violence laws, though enforcement remains a problem. The Gender Parity Index is a UNESCO measurement of access to education for both males and females. Law and Advocacy. Last year, U.S. Shortfalls. Religion Tech.

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 8, 2022

501(c)(3) organizations are absolutely prohibited from participating in any political campaign on behalf of, or in opposition to, any candidate for elective public office. Under campaign finance law, any person or entity that makes an independent expenditure (IE) must disclose that IE to the FEC within 24 hours. Not Allowed.

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AccelEvents

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Implementing security measures will not only encourage attendees and give them peace of mind, but it will also help your event avoid any negative PR. . From preventing a Zoom meeting from being Zoombombed to ensuring that your event is following data privacy laws , digital safety needs to be ensured for all virtual events. .

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 4, 2021

Most volunteers don’t know the law exists. You may have applicable good samaritan laws in your state. If the volunteer is working with donors or the public, let them know your organization’s protocol for providing positive interactions. Be clear on discipline measures and reasons for dismissal.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

I’m measuring this entire effort by how it much it does to change this sorry state of affairs, in both the short and long term. It is narrower than the Treaty, and is not binding as a treaty would be (some call it “soft law” compared to the “hard law” of a treaty). law (this is a wildcard issue right now). . •

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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. The Blueprint returns to the need for the laws and regulations to catch up to the new paradigm. This is not seen as a negative. Like this article?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

We see tremendous innovations in social enterprise, but these are merely part of larger, global changes in the ways in which society organizes itself to create public goods. copyright law. Each year, we look at the pipeline of dozens of good, new project ideas and measure them on this framework.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2018

The American Institute of Stress , a nonprofit that aims to educate the public, found that job stress costs U.S. Employers need to measure and and understand the costs of toxic workplaces – what it is costing in terms of health costs, sick days, and loss of productivity. This is a first step towards change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 19, 2013

In recent years, funders, practitioners and academics have been paying more and more attention to the role of social networks in addressing issues of public concern. We discount the value of future costs and benefits in public and organizational decision-making in favor of those closer to hand.

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AccelEvents

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Implementing security measures will not only encourage attendees and give them peace of mind, but it will also help your event avoid any negative PR. . From preventing a Zoom meeting from being Zoombombed to ensuring that your event is following data privacy laws , digital safety needs to be ensured for all virtual events. .

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Whole Whale

MAY 5, 2021

Communicating accountability, responsibility, and impact with the general public should be a priority for any organization. It can be hard to determine what’s essential with so many different rating systems out there—so what charity rating platforms are most important for building credibility and how do they measure efficacy?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2012

As courageous citizens connected with each other to express dissent and organize public actions, social media tools spurred activism and social change in unprecedented ways. Time Magazine provocatively named “The Protester” as its 2011 “Person of the Year” for its riveting influence on last year’s social and political events.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 30, 2018

If you're new to the NPO world, consult your state and local laws about social host liability. It can sometimes be overwhelming to discuss mission statements and financial needs, especially if your role is more behind the scenes than in the public eye. Alcohol can seem a great equalizer, creating a mood of relaxation and confidence.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

Our social media strategy is an integral part of our overall marketing and public relations strategy. Social media is just another avenue to tell our story and get the word out about what we do and educate the public (both locally and nationally). 3.) How do you measure success? Yes, we do.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2018

It has been almost three weeks since we concluded bbcon 2018 in Orlando, and we’re still wrapping our head around the terrific content seen and inspiring conversations overheard amongst over 2,000 attendees from across the social, private and public sectors. With over 275 sessions over three days, opportunities for learning were plentiful.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 30, 2018

If you're new to the NPO world, consult your state and local laws about social host liability. It can sometimes be overwhelming to discuss mission statements and financial needs, especially if your role is more behind the scenes than in the public eye. Alcohol can seem a great equalizer, creating a mood of relaxation and confidence.

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NTEN

AUGUST 6, 2012

While the primary focus of their project was short-term forecasting of crime risk, ACS Alchemist is a great, user-friendly, free-to-the-public tool for anyone interested in analyzing complex Census data. Socio-economic variables can be extracted from the ACS directly into a Shapefile for mapping or other forms of analysis and modeling.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

For government, they offered reams of paper showing that they were following the letter of the law in the use of their grants. This was especially true for those that accepted (or largely lived on) public dollars -- primarily those that provide human services, international relief, health care or educational services. August 2010. [2]

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Measurable: Set goals that you can quantify or easily measure so you can track your progress toward your goal. With most fundraisers, you’ll want to measure the total amount of money you raised (your gross) and the amount you cleared after expenses (your net). Is this event in a public place? Are you serving alcohol?

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

It's been a matter of debate whether the law requires such accessibility. The judge's decision let the case go forward, however, gives weight to the inclusion of websites as "places of public accomodation" under the ADA. This has become the de facto standard that all accessibility of Information Systems has been measured against.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

When setting your own goal, use the SMART principles approach, making sure it’s Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Timely. Other Examples: An Annual Giving Campaign, like National Center for Youth Law did $10k for a new Alzheimer’s research project Raise $25,000 to fill a new school library. Public Relations And Outreach.

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sgEngage

APRIL 24, 2023

When you are away from home, be cautious with public Wi-Fi. Cyber safe organizations choose software with this security measure already in place. Working together on the policies develops clear expectations of security best practices that your staff can understand and implement and that you can measure and enforce.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

" If your organization is using social media, perhaps you've been wondering how to measure or whether if you can even measure "embeds" (that cut and paste script for videos, badges, widgets, and the like). See also the post on TechSoup, " How to Fund and Cost ICT ," a publication from the ICTHUB.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 18, 2023

To evaluate the effectiveness of our nonprofit programs and activities, we will first establish specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART) goals for each program. . Lack of public awareness. Consult with an attorney who is experienced in nonprofit law to help you understand and comply with these requirements. .

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 20, 2015

From Dan Pallotta’s widely viewed TED talk, “ The Way We Think about Charity is Dead Wrong ,” to conferences and publications, overhead is hotly debated. Some say it’s the wrong measure of a nonprofit organization’s success; others say it is the gold standard for measuring worthiness for support.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 1, 2022

If you try to use your regular email, you run the risk of being marked as spam, looking unprofessional, and not being able to measure open rates. CAN SPAM laws so you don’t have to worry about it. While there may be some national benchmarks for some of these numbers, the smartest thing you can do is measure against yourself.

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