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New (Free) E-Book: Leading Systems Change Will Supercharge Your Facilitation Skills

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– Sharing Knowledge Wiki -This wiki was created by The ICT-KM group of the CGIAR and other partners to catalog and document processes for nonprofits that want to share knowledge across partners doing development work. Innovating for People Handbook: Design Thinking Methods: A recipe book of human-centered design methods.

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The Case for Copyright Exceptions and Fair Use

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Such action, the Court decided, didn’t constitute copyright infringement because it was fair use , that is, a limitation and exception to the exclusive rights granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work. It affected every step of the evolution of digital media—from the VCR to the digital video recorder to YouTube.

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Is Privacy for Everyone (Including Donors) Dead?

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They had at the tips of their fingers vast amounts of information and knowledge, so they no longer had to travel to libraries to obtain research and have access to information. The 21 st Century seems to be full of data breaches on everything from banking information to sensitive passwords and social media accounts.

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The 10 roles and responsibilities of a nonprofit Board of Directors

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Ensure Legal and Ethical Integrity and Maintain Accountability The Board is responsible for making sure that the nonprofit operates with the laws that govern it at the local, state, and national level. Ultimately, your Board is responsible for making sure that the nonprofit is in compliance with all relevant laws and regulations.

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Will Robots (and bots) Replace Nonprofit Staff and Interns in the Workplace?

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There is also a dark side, popularized by evil robot science fiction books, movies, and television shows. It goes something like this: Evil robots programmed by AI gets smarter than its human creators and takes over the world. Robot lawyers probably won’t dispute the finer points of copyright law or write elegant legal briefs just yet.

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Net Neutrality for Networked Nonprofits: Guest Post by Vince Stehle

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Note from Beth: Last June at the New York City book party for the Networked Nonprofit , Stephanie Strom, New York Times, moderated a discussion on the themes in the book. Net neutrality has been the default law of the land since the Internet’s founding more than 40 years ago. But that condition is threatened. Now, the U.S.

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Empowering Young Children through Philanthropy

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One of them was Vincent Law who is doing interesting work with teaching young children about giving and philanthropy. Empower Young Children through Philanthropy – guest blog post by Vincent Law, CEO and Founder at PhilanthroKids Academy. My calling is to empower children through my knowledge of philanthropy.