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Accessibility and ACTA

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The digital measures designed to defeat piracy usually end up equating accessibility with piracy. Accessibility of digital media has been repeatedly and systematically denied because of digital measures to “protect” content. The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is being negotiated in secret.

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Nonprofit Technology Celebrates International Women's Day

Tech Soup

That year, the United Nations declared International Women's Year , and began sponsoring International Women's Day every March 8. The Gender Parity Index is a UNESCO measurement of access to education for both males and females. Nicole Ozer , director of technology and civil liberties policy at ACLU. Shortfalls.

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Countdown to Civic Data Challenge Deadline: Turn Raw Data into Community Tools

Tech Soup

This guest post was authored by Kristi Tate, director of community strategies for the National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC). It’s a project of the National Conference on Citizenship in partnership with the John S. has announced their commitment as a top-line sponsor – contributing. decision-making? and James.

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Foundation Transparency – Foundation Center’s Surprising Glass Pockets Website

Tech Soup

Glasspockets.org is a website sponsored by the Foundation Center that is focused on transparency among funders. Aaron Dorfman of the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy reviewing The Center for Effective Philanthropy report on Foundation Transparency: What Nonprofits Want. Governance Policies & Information.

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Addressing Maternity Care Deserts: A Conversation with Dr. Elizabeth Cherot

Non Profit Quarterly

That work helps inform research and policy. “We’re watching hospitals close across the country and patients having to really navigate how to get to providers.” It measures our infant mortality in addition to the social drivers of health, C-section births, and inadequate prenatal care. It’s the foundation.

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Jon Husband, Guest Post: The New Realities of Engagement – Stories That Drive Action Planning and Implementation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Why should we measure story in a new way? To do this we have to be able to measure story in a new way. To get beyond the Innovators and Early Adopters to the Early Majority, these stories have to have an institutional sponsor ( community-or-purpose-based or community-related ) that the Early Majority can trust. .

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Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Forum One

" The event, Participation Camp, was organized by volunteers recently and sponsored, in part, by Forum One.Participation, as we discussed it, relates to lowering the. Chris Wolz manages this blog with the help of his colleagues at Forum One Communications, a web strategy/technology firm in the Washington DC area.