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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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 5, 2022

If you company is experiencing a constant or newly presented problem, a change will need to be made. Remedial Change – when a problem is identified and a solution is implemented. Consider the problem or opportunity at hand. Being adaptable will require you to call on your problem-solving skills: Identify the problem.

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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. Solving The Problem. Listen first, use inclusive language and create a space where everyone can feel comfortable sharing their voice.

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Forum One

AUGUST 31, 2021

While some people might have no problem at all using sites that are properly accessible, much of the internet is impossible to use for some people. While technology will always have room for improvement, we are already at the point in history where no website in the world needs to have severe accessibility problems. It’s a legal issue.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

On October 6, 2015, join TechSoup, CIVICUS, the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law, FHI 360, and +SocialGood for a deeper dive into the threats that civil society faces. Founded in 1993, CIVICUS proudly promotes marginalized voices, especially from the Global South, and has members in more than 160 countries throughout the world.

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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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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

It is an advocacy group that will be “a strong voice in determining how mobile develops to best meet the needs of mission awareness, donor acquisition, engagement, and payments.” ” California’s New Smartphone Kill Switch Law. The problem this new law addresses is that last year an estimated 3.1

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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. Amy DeVita, TopNonprofits : Yeah. Let’s be real. And I agree with you.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 27, 2017

When problems emerge, you have to think of new and creative ways to deal with them. During this time, we saw policies such as child labor laws, suffrage for women and prohibition. This gave them greater voice in the government. Let’s take a look at what we can learn from the history of nonprofit organizations.

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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. There's so much to talk about here with Amazon, so let me focus on just a few key points: The Closed Platform problem. The Textbook problem. The Closed Platform problem. The Textbook problem.

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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. Santa-belly jokes aside, childhood obesity is an escalating problem in the U.S. One in every three American children is now considered overweight or obese.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 15, 2014

When basketball players are offering more cogent commentary on racial issues than cultural institutions, you know we have a cultural relevance problem. 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.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 20, 2020

But you can listen to their whispering voices on our quarterly reports. That’s like taking a thermometer from your child’s mouth, reading 104 degrees, and dunking the thermometer in ice water to fix the problem. Fixing the KPI does not fix the problem. Not only did we fail to fix the problem, we didn’t even try to diagnose it.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 14, 2015

Would your organization be more effective if certain laws or regulations were amended, added, or stricken from the books? What problems could you solve with more support from a local, state or federal government? It has united our diverse sector to speak with one voice on this important issue for all nonprofit organizations.

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Tech Soup

JULY 20, 2011

For them, it’s about having reliable and fast Internet access; accessing health care services via mobile in rural areas; voicing views online without fear of persecution, not having useful services blocked by Internet service providers (ISPs), not being exposed to cyberbullying, or fearing to become a victim of online fraud.

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Tech Soup

MAY 11, 2015

It seems like every day there's a new overhyped idea that claims to fix a problem you never thought you had, like a delivery service for laundry quarters. So it's refreshing to come to an event where techies and nonprofits convene to solve deep, real problems that plague our community. Data Collecting and Mapping.

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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. enacted several laws that provided increased protections for employees–and added to the compliance responsibilities of employers. As noted in trend #1 above, international, U.S.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 18, 2021

For more than two decades, this Nonprofit Trailblazer has investigated, exposed and used non-violent creative confrontation to shine a light on environmental problems and abuse, and held governments and corporations accountable for their actions. Greenpeace Nordic exist because this fragile earth deserves a voice. It needs solutions.

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Media Cause

APRIL 13, 2023

TikTok has pushed us to use the voices of real people and influencers that are part of the communities we work with—something we need to do more of. While the concerns surrounding TikTok are real, banning it would not solve the root problem. It was not sustainable for organizations or personal users.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2007

Our committee gets the chance to assert the community’s rights, and see that it has an effective voice. You did a survey that revealed that the village's most serious health problem is malaria. Malaria is a proximal problem… the real health problem is the extraordinary poverty in a peri-urban desert.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

And if that’s blowing your mind right now, it blew mine as well because I find texting to be something that’s a big problem for us in society, where we’re not able to emote and there are energies lost in translation, messages are lost in translation. . What was the problem last time? . So should we adjust our goals?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 17, 2012

Sites includes Wikipedia , Reddit , BoingBoing , and Global Voices are “going dark” and will black out the Global Voices Advocacy site for 12 hours on January 18 beginning at 8 am. Global Voices has issued a statement explaining why they are supporting this Internet strike. Source: flickr.com via Beth on Pinterest.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 29, 2011

The most typical means of accessibility is to use software that reads the digital text aloud in a computer-synthesized voice. The legal framework for Bookshare is the Section 121 copyright exception in federal copyright law: all Bookshare users must have a disability that qualifies under that section.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 4, 2013

Since then he has authored several books and has become a voice for change in the nonprofit sector. As Dan points out, “in Uncharitable , I tried to state the problem. Challenge unconstitutional laws targeted at the sector. Now it’s time to get to work solving it.”

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Talk in your normal voice. How Employees Approach Problem Solving Entrepreneur magazines March 2009 issue published this insightful advice about how different types of employees like to tackle problem solving: GEN Y Employees -- Form a team to brainstorm a solution. Keep each blog posting under 500 words. Post regularly.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Was the employees tone of voice pleasant and businesslike? How Employees Approach Problem Solving Entrepreneur magazines March 2009 issue published this insightful advice about how different types of employees like to tackle problem solving: GEN Y Employees -- Form a team to brainstorm a solution.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 21, 2008

But what can you do about a problem that seems so overwhelming? It is all so far away, it doesn't really affect me, it is very sad, but there are a lot of problems that affect me more. Governor Schwarzenegger signed the California State Divestment Bill into law, and from there Adam took the campaign nationally. JG: Absolutely.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2010

Bandwidth was a problem then, too. And my Mom says she’ll never forget that her first knowledge of the events of the day came through my voice, whole and well, telling her to turn on the television. Yes, I know that this wasn’t possible: no iPhone could have been on the hotel nightstand, and Twitter didn’t exist.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 29, 2021

But you’re also asking your supporters to share their voice with you, and that is remarkably valuable. She was our first contact if we had a problem. So think about my mother-in-law. She’s donating to support her daughter-in-law. All of us love having our opinions heard. Think about Linda.

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EveryAction

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

There's a long fight ahead, but for issues that stir you, one simple, positive thing you can do today is give - your time, money, voice, or attention - because so many organizations need your urgent support. Southern Poverty Law Center. Lakota People's Law Project. National Immigration Law Center. Latino Victory Project.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 11, 2017

There’s just one problem… You have about 8-seconds to grab and retain a visitor’s attention before they leave your site. Acknowledging A Problem. But the English language is complex and basic word processing tools don’t understand the use of passive voice or complex sentence structures.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 19, 2021

And Derrick said, “Millennials are working to fix the problems they see in society using non-traditional methods without waiting around for anyone else’s approval or participation. They will find another way to solve the problem that they care about. They’re very solution-oriented more than organization-oriented.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2009

I'm not making a value judgment against fundraising here (had they titled the panel "Social Media for Fundraising," I would have had less of a problem with the focus-- though I will continue to argue the prevailing system of fundraising needs a major overhaul ). Those who participated reflected on their key takeaways.

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Non Profit Quarterly

OCTOBER 7, 2021

To be able to anticipate problems and opportunities, rather than just responding when it can almost feel like too late? And we need a set of companies that see this not simply as a compliance issue—that is, “Are we following the law?”—but, How do we weigh them off against some of our other goals?”

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 3, 2022

When transcoding audio of voices, the worker knows they are putting into writing the words of a speaker with an Irish accent. This is a particular problem when – as with Project Maven – the technologies supported by microwork are built for explicitly oppressive ends. But there is no sense of what this recording actually is (e.g.,

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

A blog was really perfect for me, because first of all, it was a very casual voice -- it's not very formal. I want to thank Britt for putting the panel together and just for her work in inspiring women leaders, and getting our voices out there, and recognizing our work - and also to the organizers.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 3, 2005

There is something powerful about hearing Barack Obama's voice or the children's voices from the UNICEF podcasts or Nelson Mandela's voice from the recent ONE campaign podcast , inside your head. We need to immediately recognize and address this problem. You feel close to them and their cause.

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