TechCrunch

JUNE 23, 2021

Upon closing, the transaction will inject Embark with around $615 million in gross cash proceeds, including $200 million in private investment in public equity (PIPE) funding from investors, including CPP Investments, Knight-Swift Transportation, Mubadala Capital, Sequoia Capital and Tiger Global Management.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

Not every student in my class is focused on the same policy issue. They will be placed with organizations working on policies in these areas, many part of large international networks, nonprofits, and government. It’s also allowed them to find a new audience that are not as familiar with their policy issues.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Enforcement of the new policy will begin next week. These labeled tweets could link out to authoritative public health information, similar to how Twitter directed users to verified voting information throughout the 2020 election. The new rules expand on coronavirus-related policies put in place by Twitter earlier this year.

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The Verge

AUGUST 17, 2021

While none of the platforms have publicly changed their policies on the group, moderation practices have come under close scrutiny, and many are shifting resources to ensure the policies are appropriately enforced. The company has devoted more resources to enforcing that policy in light of the ongoing unrest in Kabul.

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TechCrunch

MAY 14, 2023

For me (Camille), accepting an appointment to be part of the team starting a cyber policy office at the United States Department of Homeland Security changed my career trajectory. Additionally, budget cycles, set hiring authorities and traditional organizational structures sometimes make it difficult to quickly hire and onboard talent.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

When this is done, public policy and sustainable development goals incorporate a wider range of concerned parties. Levels 1-3 are considered as having “insufficient” participation, according to the report authors, while levels 4 and 5 are deemed “sufficient.” The rankings are: Information. Conciliatory: Limited Participation.

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Tableau

JUNE 8, 2021

Tableau’s Renee MacLeod, Senior Manager, Inclusive Marketing, sat down (virtually) with Jonathan Schwabish and Alice Feng, co-authors of the Do No Harm Guide. Jonathan Schwabish is a Senior Fellow at the Urban Institute who divides his time between their Income and Benefits Policy Center and the communications team. Jonathan Schwabish.

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TechImpact

APRIL 24, 2014

This is still a very new concept, that is loosely defined by even the authorities on the subject. Public clouds, private clouds, controlled cloud, community cloud, hybrid cloud. It is ultimately up to the organization to decide whether or not a BYOD policy is right for them.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2021

As building in public continues to gain popularity with early-stage startup founders, Murmur, coming out of stealth today, wants to leverage that natural transparency to a louder frequency. Founded by Aaron Dignan , Murmur helps startups create work agreements based on the policies of other startups. Image Credits: Murmur.

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Achieve

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Establish Fiscal Policies Fiscal policies are the foundation of effective financial management, since they govern how your entire team handles your resources day-to-day in their respective roles. Staff compensation policy: Details how you’ll determine and increase salaries and benefits for your nonprofit’s employees.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Help the organization get authorized for receiving donations on Facebook. Many boards have policies requiring the full board (or each member individually) to hit a fundraising goal and this worksheet helps get them organized and on a path to success. Certified public accountants (CPAs) and financial advisors have many wealthy clients.

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Google Research AI blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Posted by Natasha Noy, Research Scientist, and Omar Benjelloun, Software Engineer, Google Research Access to datasets is critical to many of today's endeavors across verticals and industries, whether scientific research, business analysis, or public policy.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 18, 2009

I just got my first copy of the Social by Social book I co-authored earlier this year with David Wilcox , Andy Gibson , and Nigel Courtney and Clive Holtham from Cass Business School. We want to help people in the public and third sectors do more good, by showing them the power of these technologies and how to access them.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2020

In fact, the NRDC navigates to its blog in its primary header with “Our Stories” and doesn’t use the term “blog” though their stories have the primary characteristics of a blog: dated content, an attributed author, and news content that is not in press release format. Blog Design Best Practices.

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TechNode

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Why it matters: The Chinese authorities are urging tech companies to conduct thorough self-assessments and corrections, a move that aims to ensure fair and ethical use of algorithms and protect citizens from exploitation and misinformation. The public is encouraged to report and monitor these issues from today until February 14, 2025.

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Association TV

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The Federal Trade Commission outlined its initial requirements in 2009, and a rising population of influencers led to its publication of “ Disclosures 101 for Social Media Influencers ” in 2019. The big social media platforms also have their own policies to keep creators honest.

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sgEngage

MAY 23, 2024

Reputational: this risk could expose the organization to negative publicity. Besides seeking out additional funding (renewal, and new private and public sources), there are some options internally to help sustain the program. Think, “What if my organization’s name showed up in a story in the Washington Post about this?”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2013

The session will focus on exploring how nonprofits are expanding their efforts to influence public policy through social channels and understanding the legal issues and how to evaluate the work. (I’ll The “ Influencing Public Policy in A Digital Age ” is their comprehensive guide.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

Facebook will remove from its platform false claims that the wildfires in Oregon were deliberately started by certain groups, according to policy communications director Andy Stone. Heavy smoke obscures the Fremont Bridge on September 12 in Portland, Oregon | Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images.

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The Verge

MAY 13, 2020

In an open letter posted by Brian Huseman, Amazon’s VP of public policy, the company highlights its own ongoing efforts to try to crack down on price gouging. Amazon can kick off as many bad sellers as it can for violating its own policies, but there are often few subsequent legal consequences to help regulate inflated prices.

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The Verge

APRIL 9, 2021

But according to new research from the Stanford Internet Observatory, in many cases, platforms have no policies related to discussion of self-harm or suicide at all. In “ Self-Harm Policies and Internet Platforms ,” the authors surveyed 39 online platforms to understand their approach to these issues.

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The Verge

MARCH 29, 2022

Apple Stores and authorized service providers will no longer repair iPhones that have been reported as missing through the GSMA device registry , according to an internal memo obtained by MacRumors. Apple’s new policy builds on its existing rules. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Gyrus

JULY 25, 2024

Access Control: Robust user authentication and access controls are crucial to safeguard sensitive information, course content, and user accounts to ensure that only authorized individuals can access the LMS and its resources. Security vs Compliance: Where is the Intersection?

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Everyaction

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

DACA paved the way for these children of immigrants to obtain work authorization and relief from deportation, enabling them to go on to universities and build careers and families. They hold the government accountable for unjust immigration laws and educate the American public on the longstanding importance of immigrants in the US.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 30, 2011

Organized by the nonprofit group Access and sponsored by Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Skype, Mozilla and other major tech companies, the conference brought together business leaders, policy makers and online activists, especially from the Arabic-speaking world. I reminded participants that free speech alone is not enough to secure human rights.

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2021

Lacuna Technologies, a startup that helps cities create and enforce transportation policies by building and managing open-source digital tools, has raised $16 million in a Series A round, bringing the company’s total investment to $33.5 And I define the public right of way as not just 2D, but 3D.

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The NonProfit Times

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

There are also nine recommendations that call leaders across the nonprofit, funder, business and policy sectors to take action to protect and promote the future of generosity. While everyday givers describe generosity as boundless, they perceive giving and volunteering to be resource dependent, according to the report’s authors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Organizations need to have structures and policies to support and enhance an individuals work/life balance and enable healthy technology use habits including a right to disconnect from the workplace. Douglas Rushkoff, author of Team Human , has been serializing chapters from his book on Medium. This is a more macro lens.

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Candid

JANUARY 2, 2025

This report serves as a practical guide for two critical disciplines in one publication: futures and foresight. Industrial Food Animal Production: How It Works And How We Resist by Rachel Mason (Author) with funding from Animal Charity Evaluators. You can help strengthen the sectors collective knowledge and impact.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 3, 2020

In an update to their COVID-19 misinformation policy, Facebook will begin removing false claims about COVID-19 vaccines. The update comes as one COVID-19 vaccine has been authorized in the UK and other authorizations are expected to happen soon in the US and around the world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Most recently, we co-authored a policy brief for the Toda Peace Institute on artificial intelligence and its implications for civil society. AI and Libraries: A consortium of 14 public libraries is banding together to look at the potential benefits and risks of AI and public libraries and educate the public.

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The Verge

JULY 30, 2020

Apple hasn’t always known what public position to take on right-to-repair policies and legislation, according to recently published internal emails. Apple’s policies are notorious within the repair community. Public service manuals are helpful for your customers,” wrote the self-repair group iFixit in a lengthy post.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 23, 2020

“Advances in technology and the growing complexity of our external environment are increasingly leading to situations where seemingly inoffensive projects raise ethical, reputational, regulatory or legal issues,” the policy read. The authors then updated the paper to “remove all references to Google products.”.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2022

” Revelio attempts to solve this problem by ingesting and analyzing public employment records to create what Zweig describes as a “universal HR database.” To accomplish this, Revelio scrapes public profiles, resumes and job postings on the web and curates them through the use of in-house algorithms.

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Businesses that fall under Title I, those that operate 20 or more weeks per year with at least 15 full-time employees, or Title III, those that fall under the category of “public accommodation,” are covered by the ADA. But the law’s authors never saw the internet coming. Dunkin Donuts. Domino’s Pizza. CVS Pharmacy.

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Charity Village

MARCH 28, 2022

A new report authored by Ron Kneebone and Margarita Wilkins, from the School of Public Policy at The University of Calgary, identifies the extent to which food bank visits may be directly associated with changes in government policies.

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Candid

JANUARY 2, 2024

This vast library contains more than 34,000 freely available philanthropic resources authored by organizations in our sector—including reports, case studies, surveys, toolkits, and more. Here we highlight some of the most popular publications from 2023.  Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation Implementation Guidebook , by The W.K.

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