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Americans' Urge to Help Overcomes Lock Down Limitations

VisionLink

In the face of the escalating COVID-19 pandemic, National Voluntary Agencies Active in Disaster (NVOAD), Visionlink’s Disaster Technologies Division and Sterling Volunteers are partnering in a public-private pro bono effort to help state governments and non-profit agencies mobilize the desire of Americans to provide help from a safe distance.

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Accessibility Excitement in Geneva

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The nexus for this work is the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the United Nations agency that deals with such matters. The ABC would wrap together efforts such as TIGAR as a sharing portal, capacity building efforts for countries trying to create accessible book services and looking at issues like licensing.

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How Salesforce Is Speeding Up Safeguarding Support For Bipolar UK

Saleforce Nonprofit

One of these nonprofits is Bipolar UK, the only national charity in the U.K. Before the pandemic, Bipolar UK ran over 230 regional peer support groups and they needed a system to offer these virtually. dedicated to empowering individuals and families affected by bipolar. More Efficiency Leads To More Impact. About the Author.

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Doing Your Appeal In-house? 5 Tips to Save Time & Money

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You can find discounted licenses for InDesign on sites like TechSoup. Then reimport the list to your system to save those changes for good! Consider running your list against the Coding Accuracy Support System (CASS) and National Change of Address (NCOA) databases. Canva can’t do that, but Adobe InDesign can.

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How to Improve On-Time Tuition Payments

sgEngage

In its 2023–2024 Trendbook, the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) estimates that net tuition revenue—tuition minus financial aid—makes up 79% of independent schools’ income. Having that contract roll from the school’s admissions software into its tuition management system helps eliminate chaos and confusion.

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Caltech: Founding Values

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

It wasn’t too many years ago when our pharmaceutical industry more or less argued that people with AIDS in Africa should die rather than to license their medicines for low cost manufacture. I want to advocate for “giving the sleeves off your vest” strategy! But, allow the benefits of technology to reach far beyond the top of the pyramid.

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How the National Council on Family Relations Used the Office 365 DIY Migration Workshop

Tech Soup

Jason Samuels is the director of innovation and technology at the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) in Minneapolis. That's a huge relief as a system administrator and a huge win for the organization." Jason told me that he had to do orientations on using the new system early and often, for instance at staff meetings.