Forum One

MAY 25, 2023

For local governments that rely on Twitter for law enforcement alerts, public transportation updates, and to hear directly from residents about service requests, this has been especially problematic. There is also a lack of moderation, a rise in hate speech , and concerns about how data is handled.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2017

The earliest Women's Day observance was held in 1909 in New York, when the Socialist Party of America commemorated a strike of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. women became the majority of law students. Law and Advocacy. Cecily Walker , systems librarian at the Vancouver BC Public Library.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Many law firms do much more pro bono work than 50 hours. TechSoup has had an ongoing relationship with the famous Silicon Valley law firm, Cooley LLP for several years. TechSoup’s Pro Bono Law Firm, Cooley LLP. employment, intellectual property, business law etc). OK, I do know that lawyers in the U.S International.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Note from Beth: Last June at the New York City book party for the Networked Nonprofit , Stephanie Strom, New York Times, moderated a discussion on the themes in the book. Net neutrality has been the default law of the land since the Internet’s founding more than 40 years ago. But that condition is threatened.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

” California’s New Smartphone Kill Switch Law. California is finalizing a law that will mandate a ‘kill switch’ be included on all new smartphones. The problem this new law addresses is that last year an estimated 3.1 The effect of the law will be pretty fast.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 28, 2013

Organizations reliant on government funding continue to experience a “death by a thousand cuts,” says NFF client Sharon Stapel, Executive Director of the New York City Anti-Violence Project. “In States including Hawaii, Illinois, New York, Maine, and many others have developed task forces on government contracting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2013

Those six principles are the basis of my new book, Contagious: Why Things Catch On , and the first principle is Social Currency. New York City is a tough place to open a bar. Has Please Don’t Tell violated traditional “laws of marketing?” Six key drivers that shape what people talk about and share.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

To prevent volunteers from abandoning volunteerism because of liability concerns, the Volunteer Protection Act (VPA) was signed into law by President Clinton in 1997. Dugan Lopatka, Certified Public Accountants and Consultants. NY Nonprofits/Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York, June 1998. Oshinsky, J.,

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 15, 2014

The recent series of events, from Ferguson to Cleveland and New York, have created a watershed moment. 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. Things must change.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 30, 2005

Tim O'Reilly (who has been hugely helpful to us and especially Bookshare.org) published an op-ed in the New York Times about the Authors Guild suing Google's Library project. A recent article mentions why Benetech is concerned about orphan works: obscure works are hard to find the copyright owner, and it costs to much to hassle with.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

To prevent volunteers from abandoning volunteerism because of liability concerns, the Volunteer Protection Act (VPA) was signed into law by President Clinton in 1997. Dugan Lopatka, Certified Public Accountants and Consultants. NY Nonprofits/Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York, June 1998. Oshinsky, J.,

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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

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Several states have enacted voter suppression laws. Former New York Times investigative reporter and current Knight Foundation vice president of journalism Jennifer Preston explained at the event how easy it is to apply for a grant. The recent 2014 national election saw record low voter turnout — the worst in 72 years.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

The online protest was to raise awareness on NSA mass surveillance practices and also to promote ‘Aaron’s law’, a response to the 2013 suicide death of activist Aaron Swartz who was convicted of hacking data on an academic website and getting a sentence of 35 years in prison. The New York Times Outs Google+.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

law enforcement agencies have been expanding their use of surveillance drones. It could produce up to 100,000 new jobs and add $82 billion in economic activity in the next 10 years. Agriculture along with public safety (police and fire) drones will comprise 90 percent of the civilian drone field. Leslie Pratt / Public Domain.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2007

I enjoyed Sopheap's recent post about public education about not littering in Cambodia ) After I get back in September, OneWebDay is next community web event on my calendar scheduled for September 22, 2007. She teaches communications law and cyberlaw, and writes frequently about these subjects on her blog and in published articles.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

Over the weekend, the New York Times ran an article about education programs in Second Life. Father and daughter have been co-teaching a Harvard Law School course in Second Life this past semester, called CyberOne: Law in the Court of Public Opnion. Professor Nesson will serve as the judge in both trials.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The 36th Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute will feature nationally recognized experts from private foundations, public charities, law, finance, and government discussing the latest tax, legislative and governance issues affecting nonprofit organizations. NYSSCPA / New York, NY / $480. Finance / @southwestfdns.

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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. New York Post.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 29, 2014

The innovation workshop brought together all twelve finalist teams, along with human trafficking survivors, experts from the anti-trafficking field, employees from a variety of federal agencies, and coaches from all walks of life – law enforcement, architecture, venture capital, public relations, big data, digital media, and networking.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Here’s why: Extra attention and spotlight thanks to high publicity around #GivingTuesday Plug-and-play tools and assets from GivingTuesday.org to help market your campaign More participants ultimately means more support for the nonprofit community overall. Let’s look at an example from Fiver: Once upon a time, there were students in New York.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 10, 2009

in his New York Times essay Kindle Swindle? Thanks to lobbying from the American Foundation for the Blind and others, it's actually legal under the laws of the U.S. Roy Blount Jr. pointed out that the authors have long supported disability access. The DMCA workaround.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

The 33rd Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute features leading nationally recognized experts from private foundations, public charities, law, finance and government to discuss the latest tax, legislative and governance issues affecting nonprofit organizations. NYSSCPA / New York, NY / $385. General / @southwestfdns.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2014

" 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 FCC ruling opened a four-month public comment period, after which it will take a final vote on net neutrality. Here in the U.S.,

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 31, 2009

Journalism is really the act of informing communities so that they can make better decisions, that is part of the public service, informing communities so that together we can know where else we need to help." --David Cohn, Founder, Spot.us "You cannot run a community if you're not informed. When I first heard David Cohn talk about Spot.us

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Candid

DECEMBER 5, 2023

But donor-advised funds are not new. For example, the New York Community Trust began providing such accounts as early as 1931. This dynamic is important for the general public and grantseekers alike. Whether such legislation will become law remains a question.

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See3

AUGUST 23, 2007

You can read about it more in today’s New York Times. One point being missed in the public debate is APPALACHIAN LANDOWNERS WANT MOUNTAINTOP MINING! Obvious isn’t it. And they say China is being Orwellian with language as they prepare for the Olympics.) MTM is truly a form of Sustainable Development.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2013

The session will focus on exploring how nonprofits are expanding their efforts to influence public policy through social channels and understanding the legal issues and how to evaluate the work. (I’ll The “ Influencing Public Policy in A Digital Age ” is their comprehensive guide. Social Media and Employees.

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Whole Whale

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Besides looking at state and local government holiday laws, there is another way of looking at the adoption of either Columbus or Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Google Trends, which shows the unbiased data behind searches reveals that there is a long way to go for the adoption of the new holiday. What do people search for?

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2014

The New York Times also recently came out with an article on Reinventing the Internet to Make It Safer. Wes Holing, TechSoup's web content developer, predicts that the nonprofit Electronic Frontier Foundation 's new program, called Let's Encrypt , will literally make the entire web more secure.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 2, 2015

iFixit gets most of its public attention from its teardowns of major electronics product launches. If we open up most of our devices, we are usually violating the warranty and (in some cases) federal law. " The coalition's next battleground is rulemaking in New York, Massachusetts, and Minnesota.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2021

These are all channels that your organization can direct and basically do whatever you want with, within reason and the law, at your own discretion. This is an organization called Math for America and they have a program that is a fellowship program for public-school math and science teachers in New York City.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

After a contentious and much-publicized debate, the decision was made to capture all remaining wild condors and bring them to the San Diego and Los Angeles Zoos for captive breeding. Public resistance was so forceful that the program was suspended. Harper Collins Publishers, New York. Click here to register now!

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

Maya Angelou In December 2007, the New York Sun article, Why Giving Makes You Happy reported that: "According to the Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey, a survey of 30,000 American households, people who gave money to charity in 2000 were 43% more likely than non-givers to say they were 'very happy' about their lives.

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EveryAction

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Lambda Legal Lambda Legal is the oldest and largest national legal organization whose mission is to achieve full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work. Make the Road New York. Southern Poverty Law Center.

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Twenty Hats

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Designed to foster greater community engagement, Clear on what’s reasonable to expect of volunteers, and; Compliant with the laws. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and many state and local laws are quite specific about the roles of paid staff and volunteers. Volunteer Engagement, Community Engagement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

The New York Times published an article called " Pepsi Trips Over Its Own Submission Rules " which describes what happened: The tiny charity currently atop the rankings in one category of the contest accidentally got a little help from Pepsi itself. Do you think Pepsi handled its public mistake well?

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