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Apple and Google’s COVID-19 tracking system will make its full US debut in new Virginia app

The Verge

However, those notifications will only go out to phones when the exposure met a threshold for a strength and duration of the Bluetooth signal that can be estimated as a user being within six feet of the other user for 15 minutes (based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s definition of “close contact”).

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5 Reasons Why VOIP Is The Future Of Nonprofit Communication

TechImpact

Image courtesy of Alabama A&M University. Nonprofits need to contact donors, constituents, and volunteers from around the nation, and in some cases the globe, without the fear of that phone call costing them an inordinate amount of cash. Let’s get right down to it. Unlimited international calling.

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Public vote counting starts for Amazon union drive in Alabama

The Verge

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has begun publicly tallying votes for a proposed Amazon workers’ union in Alabama, which would be the first of its kind nationwide. The RWDSU recently said it has been contacted by over 1,000 Amazon workers interested in unionizing since the BHM1 campaign began. Photo by Patrick T.

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How the Alabama Eye Bank Runs Its Entire Organization on FileMaker

Tech Soup

The Alabama Eye Bank is a nonprofit that helps those with corneal blindness to see again. Its job is to collect and supply eye tissue to surgeons in Alabama, as well as many other places, quickly. I rarely hear about a database as mission critical as that of the Alabama Eye Bank. The Alabama Eye Bank.

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Three US states have signed on to Apple and Google’s exposure notification system

The Verge

Alabama is developing an app in connection with a team from the University of Alabama, while the Medical University of South Carolina is heading up a similar project in collaboration with the state’s health agency. Doug Burgum said in a statement, “which are critical to getting communities and economies back up and running.”.

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The ALS Ice Bucket Donor Retention Challenge

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

” Barb says she thought it was great that they might raise some money and some visibility on Facebook, but never in a million years did they anticipate that the fundraiser would transform into a global event. . ”We were deluged with media interviews. There was one day in August where I did 30 interviews.”

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Technology to Help You Vote

NTEN

National hotlines If voters can't get to a computer, national hotlines can be a great catch-all. For sample ballots, voters should contact local election offices for paper versions, and most states have them on their website or built into their own lookup tools ( an example from Alabama ).