Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Algorithmic Bias: Better Policy and Practice for Civil Society: This podcast about #datadiscrimination and algorithmic bias was hosted by Digital Impact, an initiative of the Digital Civil Society Lab at the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS). More on the new law here.

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EveryAction

MAY 11, 2023

When you have a goal to meet—like asking a governing body to sign a bill into law, telling a CEO or other stakeholder to change a behavior or policy, or meeting goals around educating decision-makers on your issue area—you know you can’t do it alone.

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APRIL 16, 2021

Organization Mission: The California State Parks Foundation delivers innovative solutions for an excellent park system by facilitating park improvements, inspiring stewardship, supporting partners, advocating for sound policies, and connecting people to 280 state parks to enjoy now and for generations to come. Youtube: @natlforests.

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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.

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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. Advancement Project. Black Public Media. Higher Heights.

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Forum One

APRIL 30, 2024

It is an important factor to consider when looking at not only designing a RAG-based conversational AI, but also when designing organizational AI policy in general. This includes protecting personal and sensitive data from unauthorized access and ensuring that data collection and use follow relevant laws and regulations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Most recently, we co-authored a policy brief for the Toda Peace Institute on the age of automation and it implications for civil society. NPR interviewed ethics expert Mason Marks, a medical doctor and research fellow at Yale and NYU law schools, and recently wrote about Facebook’s system, to discuss the ethical and privacy concerns.

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Tech Soup

JULY 20, 2011

Most civil society organizations (CSOs) and citizens don’t use high-level jargon such as Internet governance and ICT policy. International Economic and Policy Stakeholders Recognize the Internet’s Increasing Role. Net neutrality has been enshrined in law in the Netherlands and Chile. Not convinced yet?

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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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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2009

Yesterday, I attended a webinar about social media policies called " E-Privacy: Can You Legally Monitor MySpace, LinkedIn, E-mail, & Blogs? who is the Law & Technology Director at Fenwick & West LLP (F&W), a Silicon-Valley-based law firm. Beth: Do you have a social media policy at your foundation?

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VisionLink

JULY 4, 2010

The angry and insistent voices of the factions that make up today’s political landscape are like all the bands marching in the Independence Day parade of my youth, each playing its own patriotic song in its own key as loudly as it can in a vain attempt to drown out the other bands; each band convinced of its right to be more equal than others.

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Forum One

APRIL 1, 2021

Audiences in turn get the chance to voice their opinions or ask questions directly. Data security & privacy law. More: Clubhouse’s full privacy policy. Clubhouse makes community-building easy for mission-driven organizations. Time sensitivity.

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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. So the legislative session in Texas happens every odd year and there are 140 days to make laws.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JULY 4, 2023

Organizations like Doc Ellis Foundation works to hold law enforcement accountable and offers financial support to families, ensuring they receive the required resources when reporting a missing person. Our voices matter. Their mission is expressed through their mantra, “Our votes matter. Our truths matter. Our presence matters.”

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JUNE 3, 2009

The FCC should review policies governing competition and pricing. Bad policy decisions should be reversed. Adopt Net Neutrality requirements that go beyond the FCC's current broadband policy statement. Without effective deterrents, Internet providers will continue to discriminate against lawful content. Net Neutrality.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 30, 2022

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. Listen first, use inclusive language and create a space where everyone can feel comfortable sharing their voice. In the U.K.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2011

It’s a complicated equation that brings together core human rights concerns about privacy, freedom of expression and freedom of assembly and the direct practicalities of real-life struggle with the ways in which engineering, policy, legal and design decisions are made by companies, or placed upon them by the jurisdictions in which they operate.

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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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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 27, 2017

During this time, we saw policies such as child labor laws, suffrage for women and prohibition. With the development of an official “nonprofit sector” came the development of more rules, regulations and policies. This gave them greater voice in the government. From the late 1800s up until 1920, the U.S.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Strategic Change – this involves changes to the policies and processes. 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. If your organization has a pain point that needs addressing, the change is reactive.

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Global Giving

DECEMBER 19, 2018

With the formal launch of the EU’s GDPR law (along with thousands of “we’ve updated our privacy policy!” This is one of the most challenging aspects of data science, but also one of the most rewarding, since it’s what allows people to really derive value from your data and your work.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

As always, there’s plenty more news like how Facebook’s news feed policy is not good news for charities, how smartphone kill switch legislation will affect your organization, how things like your own perspiration will run your phone someday and some more NPTech quick hits. ” California’s New Smartphone Kill Switch Law.

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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. Set the tone (model respect; listen to and address voiced concerns; encourage open, confidential reporting). Establish an anti-bullying policy. Create a viable grievance channel.

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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.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Like the title suggest s, the new law provides kids with healthier, more nutritious food options at school and gives free lunch access to a larger number of chil dren in need. This law came as great news for anti-hunger activists and health advocates all over the county. Seventeen million children live in food insecure households.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 16, 2014

Some were there, including #nptech leaders like Beth Kanter and Lucy Bernholz, but aside from a small handful who’ve written on this topic in the past few months (see the Read More section below), there hasn’t been a very prominent nonprofit voice in the sharing economy, and that needs to change.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 15, 2014

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. University law schools are hosting seminars on Ferguson. I hope you will join us with your own words and actions. Things must change.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2015

law that covers this is called the right of publicity. The right of publicity prevents the unauthorized commercial use of an individual's name, likeness, or other recognizable aspects of the individual's persona, including the person's voice. Verbally introducing yourself and the policy before or after photographing.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 14, 2015

Is Your Organization Engaged in Public Policy Discussions? Politics and public policy don’t often go hand in hand with the nonprofit experience. Would your organization be more effective if certain laws or regulations were amended, added, or stricken from the books? The Nonprofit Sector’s Voice Matters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Net neutrality has been the default law of the land since the Internet’s founding more than 40 years ago. But we should not lose our voice without a fight. For nonprofits, access to an open Internet is the fundamental and necessary condition that will allow them to compete in the marketplace of ideas. But that condition is threatened.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 10, 2017

While WWF’s climate change work is ongoing and touches many policy areas, this blog post shares specific examples from a three-week campaign window in 2015. Congress makes laws. In turn, the relevant email ask activated tweets that brought a public voice to WWF’s cause that others could engage with. First, some background.

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Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 6, 2021

We can use our voice and our economic power and our political power to actually make changes to the platform. And that’s another question that I get, I’m not, you know, by any means an expert in, in business and an expert in this kind of law. How are we committed to anti-racist policies?

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sgEngage

JANUARY 24, 2024

Leaders also began voicing concerns about the privacy and security of company information that employees may type into generative AI tools. Communicate openly with employees about these principles and policies to bolster trust and confidence. Consider the impact of policy changes on your organization’s talent and DEI strategies.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Nonprofits can use text for urgent fundraising appeals and calls-to-action, but also for relationship building: 1) News updates 2) Behind-the-scenes photos ( MMS ) 3) Thank you messages 4) Voice memos. 9) Stay current on online privacy law. New online privacy legislation is being enacted all over the world. Check Your Compliance ].

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 10, 2009

But, we just saw Amazon fold when the Authors Guild pushed them to turn off the voice of these books: Amazon to flip on Kindle. Thanks to lobbying from the American Foundation for the Blind and others, it's actually legal under the laws of the U.S. We have an action by Amazon that sets back years of work to make ebooks accessible.

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JULY 5, 2017

Shawn Martin , Senior Vice President, Advocacy, Practice Advancement, and Policy, . The new Medicare Quality Payment Program (QPP), established by the MACRA law, is intended to streamline the Medicare reporting programs, incentivize movement toward value-based payment, and ideally improve patient care.

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