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Why Nonprofits Are Needed in the Sharing Economy

Tech Soup

Blurred Policy Lines and the Downsides of Sharing. Dubal has been studying the impact of the casual labor force of ride-sharing companies in comparison to the mostly unionized, professional labor force in the cab industry. Sustainability and other do-gooder motivations are much lower on the list of reasons why they participate.

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iLaw: Cyber Strategy for a Developing Nation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The agenda didn't have a detailed description, so I thought this might be a case study along the lines of how to influence a UA policy similiar to this one about Trinidad. But what if they went to wikipedia and made a critical comparison? If dealing with local article, this will be unique. Tourism is the number saving industry.

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International Organizations and Social Media: News, Engagement, and Social Data for Policy Change

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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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How Indigenous Peoples’ Day is Supplanting Columbus Day

Whole Whale

However, the second Monday in October is still celebrated by 14 states and about 130 local governments as Columbus Day. Besides looking at state and local government holiday laws, there is another way of looking at the adoption of either Columbus or Indigenous Peoples’ Day. What do people search for?

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[VIDEO] Building Your Nonprofit’s Engagement Engine

Bloomerang

Or maybe even policy makers who have influence over government, you know, budgets, you know, for the CDC or things like that. These are all channels that your organization can direct and basically do whatever you want with, within reason and the law, at your own discretion. Who could you engage with? So that makes total sense.

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