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Digital Privacy Compliance for Nonprofits: The Big 3 Laws

Achieve

From fundraising legal requirements to digital privacy laws, it’s important to understand the rules to which your nonprofit can be held accountable. Regulation #1: The CAN-SPAM Act The CAN-SPAM Act was passed into US law in 2003, and it protects consumers from receiving emails that they never agreed to receive.

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Building a Tech-Driven Legal Aid Network for the 21st Century

Saleforce Nonprofit

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. We see ourselves as the center of a hub-and-spoke model for a successful legal aid network in Cook County and expanding throughout Illinois.

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5 Key Software Compliance Questions to Strengthen Your Approach

sgEngage

Every organization, no matter your mission, function, or size, is subject to a variety of laws and standards intended to protect the individuals you engage with. Software compliance is critical guide to ensuring that you are following these laws and standards in a digitally driven world. How will you help us navigate future change?

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Philanthropy University Offers Amazing (Free!) Online Courses

Tech Soup

The courses are compliments of the nonprofit Philanthropy University , which is in turn a project of NovoEd , the massive open online course (MOOC) company, and the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. All of the Philanthropy University courses are free and available anywhere in the world. What You Can Learn at Philanthropy University.

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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

Today we are highlighting the work of Thom Reilly , Director of the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University. Social enterprise models may well offer an answer. Should nonprofits become more aggressive in adopting new business models that can add needed revenue?

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AI for Nonprofits and Social Good: Link Roundup

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Facilitated by Lucy Bernholz, the panelists discussed how data mining, policy algorithms, and predictive risk models affect poor and working-class people in America. What should governments, universities and companies do? California Passes New Law That Bans Bots From Pretending to Real People: California Gov.

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COVID-19 and the nonprofit response: Social enterprise?

ASU Lodestar Center

Charitable giving declined in 2018 due to tax law changes. Answer the question – What community need am I responding to, and how does a social enterprise approach meet the need versus a traditionally funded program model? Foundation giving increased but only enough for a marginal increase overall.

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