Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 27, 2021

Welcome to “Tech Policies for Virtual Teams—A Leader’s Responsibility.” And your perspective on technology policies, I think, will vary a little bit depending on your role in the organization. The problem they had was they didn’t really have policies to really govern and guide their staff towards effectively transitioning.

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Policy Virtual Team Tech 115

Candid

OCTOBER 30, 2024

A reactive start: How the recession sparked the Ford Foundation’s DEI commitment The economic downturn of 2008 forced the foundation to downsize, reducing our global headcount. An in-depth look at our policies and practices through a DEI lens highlighted opportunities for improvement and confirmed the need for a dedicated DEI program.

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Culture Structure Phase Roles 91

Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The new series, which is hosted by best-selling author Baratunde Thurston , just wrapped up its first season with much fanfare — Force Multiplier ranks in the top 5% globally for the most popular podcasts. The post Salesforce.org Force Multiplier Podcast Earns Top 5% Global Ranking appeared first on Salesforce.org.

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Podcast Global Hunger Homeless 109

TechSpot

JANUARY 15, 2024

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva writes that AI advancements have put the world on the brink of a technological revolution that could increase productivity, raise incomes, and boost global growth. However, a set of policies is required to ensure AI benefits humanity. Read Entire Article

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Job Impact Social Policy 111

TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

Israel’s retrain.ai , which uses AI and machine learning to read job boards at scale and gain insight into where the job market is going, has closed a $9 million Series A led by Square Peg. This can help form policy for large organizations and governments. With technology eating into the traditional labor market, retrain.ai

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Job Change Marketing Raise 100

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 15, 2024

Others worry it’s a passing fad that could open organizations up to data breaches and eliminate actual jobs. According to the 2024 Work Trend Index Annual Report from Microsoft and LinkedIn , the use of generative AI has nearly doubled in the last six months with 75% of global workers reporting using it.

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Nonprofit Language Donor Tools 262

Association TV

JULY 29, 2022

And if it’s not broke and it boosts employee morale and productivity, why not make it company policy? We’ve had surges of job shortages, then labor shortages and the rise of #hustleculture — a capitalist phenomenon perpetuating the myth that you could be just like Elon if you worked hard enough.

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Associations Place History Work 287

.orgSource

APRIL 10, 2023

The board’s job is to provide wisdom, guidance, and above all, stewardship. trillion globally. The executive director, who depends on the board’s endorsement to keep his or her job, creates yet another roadblock. They must put away their company’s interest and, at times, major public policy differences.”

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Build Demographics Associations Culture 322

TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2022

“The power dynamics have completely changed between employers and employees,” Remote CEO Job van der Voort said in an interview, with people more empowered he noted to work from wherever they want, and companies needing to provide remote working facilities to secure the talent at the price they want.

Global 98

Global Management Raise San Francisco 98

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

TechSoup Global's mission is to do whatever we can to provide the IT resources and knowledge that charities, NGOs, and libraries need to operate at their full potential. " It was all about how policy decisions on handling e-waste could improve the economy via environmental stewardship. " Perhaps I should explain.

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Global Illinois Library Charity 67

Association Analytics

AUGUST 14, 2023

AI has garnered a lot of global and national attention across most industries in recent months. Much like how robotics impacted blue collar jobs in the 1980s, AI is predicted to be a massive disrupter for white collar jobs. It’s equally important to think about how AI will impact your members.

Associations 317

Associations San Diego Las Vegas North Carolina 317

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2013

I was honored to be invited to cover this year’s Global Philanthropy Forum , a community of donors and social investors committed to international causes. ” with Jacob Harold , Guidestar; Robert Kirkpatrick , UN Global Pulse; Mayur Patel , Knight Foundation. Global Pulse @rgkirkpatrick.

Philanthropy 102

Philanthropy Data Global Resource 102

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. The study found a relationship between AI-related jobs and increases in economic growth, which in return improved the well-being of the society.

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Homeless Research System Global 167

TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

I don’t care about the $1BN valuation; we care about job creation, sales, the ‘social cash flow’ that these type of companies can contribute,” she adds. EsTech seems likely to press that line of argument — although at the time of writing it was still preparing its policy plan. mostly U.S.)

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Policy Spain Tech Europe 83

TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2022

You might think that strong jobs reports, for example, would lead to general economic optimism and, therefore, upward movements for technology stocks. Heading into today’s jobs report , there was a specter hanging over the markets. The fact that we remain in a global pandemic plays into this dynamic , of course.

Job 72

Job Tech Report Management 72

TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2021

The round was led by SEEK , which runs job platforms around the world, with participation from OneVentures and AirTreeVentures, all returning investors. Localized versions of Employment Hero include pre-built employment contracts and policies that comply with local laws. million USD). 6 VCs share their bets on the future of work.

Australia 79

Australia Global Raise New Zealand 79

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2013

I was only there for 48 hours, but I did two workshops on two different topics ( nonprofit social media managers workshop and measurement ), a discussion on impact measurement in the Beacon Lounge , and lighting talk failure Good By Global (the Social Good Summit at SXSW). ” Meanwhile others go silent.

Global 98

Global Social Facilitation Technique 98

The Verge

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The company joins other tech firms like Facebook and Microsoft that have announced permanent work-from-home policies in response to the coronavirus pandemic. “As It no longer makes sense to expect employees to work an eight-hour shift and do their jobs successfully.”. “In

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Work San Francisco New York Job 141

TechCrunch

AUGUST 7, 2023

A look at Zeekr’s most recent job postings hints that the automaker is now also setting its sights on the United States, according to a job listing posted this weekend for a U.S.-based based regulatory, policy and compliance manager who will support Zeekr’s U.S. aftermarket efforts.

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Kazakhstan Global Sweden Netherlands 86

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Linda Moore is the president and CEO of TechNet , a bipartisan policy and political network. The New Technology Policy Battlegrounds Are Getting Closer To Home. 5 policies Washington should enact to end the climate crisis and joblessness. the global leader of innovation. Linda Moore. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

Law 89

Law United States Policy Proposal 89

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2011

Click to Sign Online Petition and Send Steve Jobs A Message. Since December, over 12,000 people have signed an online petition to urge Steve Jobs to change Apple’s unfriendly iPhone donation policy. Steve Jobs.”. billion worth of products through TechSoup Global. From my iPad.

Philanthropy 110

Philanthropy Adobe Cisco Donation 110

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

As companies continue to delay their returns to the office and find temporary remote work policies becoming permanent, the startups building tooling for remote work-first cultures are finding a seemingly endless supply of customers. “Over the past several months we’ve seen pretty explosive revenue growth.”

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Doc Work Raise Culture 99

TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2022

Fetcher also performs predictive modeling, automatically gauging the interest of job candidates from their replies, and “automated sourcing,” which runs in the background to push applicants through vetting processes via automated emails. The Fetcher candidate directory.

Job 81

Job Raise New York City email 81

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 7, 2008

It slams the use of business thinking and approaches in philanthropy, and makes some drastic policy recommendations to fix elite philanthropy by those dubbed philanthrocapitalists. I really don't like Just Another Emperor, and it's because of the spin techniques used to attempt to make the case for the policy changes it advocates.

Philanthropy 100

Philanthropy Technique Policy Empowerment 100

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Previously Virginia's secretary of technology, Chopra will "promote technological innovation to help the country meet its goals from job creation, to reducing health care costs, to protecting the homeland," according to the White house. Silicon Valley heavy Tim O'Reilly, founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media thinks Obama made a great choice.

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San Francisco Virginia Government National 129

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

We’re operating at the forefront of copyright limitations and exceptions, both in the United States and globally. Human Rights Program policies: what are contingency/crisis plans for our staff? Benetech Labs: what are our intellectual property policies on Labs projects if we host projects proposed by third parties? What’s next?

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United States Library Copyright License 134

TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2022

Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” Dear Sophie: How long am I required to stay at my current job after I get my green card? More posts by this contributor. A few suggestions.

Team 89

Team Law Green Policy 89

Gyrus

JULY 25, 2024

LMS Security and Compliance: Steps for Protection and Adherence Gyrus Systems Gyrus Systems - Best Online Learning Management Systems Internal threats are a growing security concern for LMS platforms, as highlighted by the 2022 Ponemon Cost of Insider Threats Global Report. million per incident.

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Train Training Measure Data 59

The Verge

AUGUST 6, 2020

A Facebook employee reported that Joel Kaplan, the company’s vice president of global public policy, flagged for review an Instagram post from conservative commentator Charlie Kirk that had earned a “partly false” rating from a third-party fact-checker, according to BuzzFeed News.

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Conservancy Facebook Report Policy 103

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

As discovered in the Global Trends in Giving Report , the.org domain is by far the most trusted domain for nonprofit website and email communications. In fact, according to the Global NGO Technology Report , 27% of nonprofits worldwide have an official policy to allow staff to work on their LinkedIn Profiles during work hours.

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Linkedin Practice Nonprofit Social Media 361

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 17, 2013

In 1985, he started Fundación Paraguaya in order to develop social innovations that could help create jobs and increase family income among the country’s poor. His activities with the World Economic Forum include participation on the Education Global Agenda Council and he is a university professor of social entrepreneurship in the U.S.

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Paraguay Award Teach Africa 142

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Globally, 1 in 3 girls around the world is denied an education by the daily realities of poverty, violence and discrimination. She is working two jobs, one is at the Bamboo Indochine store at the airport. The Empire State Building and London Eye are among a number of landmarks that will be lit up bright pink to mark the occasion.

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Raise Cambodia Children Education 117

TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

The commitment is contained under the 24/7 Carbon-free Energy Compact , by leading energy buyers, suppliers, equipment manufacturers and governments, representing a global effort to accelerate the uptake of carbon-free electricity as a way of averting the perilous effects of climate change.

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Nigeria Africa Burkina Faso Tanzania 97

TechCrunch

MAY 23, 2022

million in seed funding from YC itself alongside LightShed Ventures, Eniac Ventures, Global Founders Capital, Montage Ventures, Soma Capital and angel investors. But worse than that — he acted like he wanted a job. might need to apply for an Eco job”. They copy/pasted our T&Cs and Privacy Policy. I am a student”.

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Business Conversation Phone Twitter 138

TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

Its previous funding announcement was a $45 million AUD Series D announced in March , led by online job platform SEEK, at the company’s previous valuation of about $250 million AUD. Australia-based Employment Hero raises $45M AUD for its global expansion. “We How to do remote work right, from the teams that know it best.

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United Kingdom New Zealand Malaysia Australia 98

Candid

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

This goal is increasingly critical as the number of forcibly displaced people globally continues to increase at record levels. Unfortunately, there are gaps in the collected evidence, which has led to missed opportunities for shaping effective policies and practices. Several initiatives are already working to address these gaps.

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Program North America Ethiopia Policy 94

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

of its adult population had one form of insurance policy in Nigeria as of 2018. Berlin-based Target Global led the pre-seed round, with foreign VCs and angel investors such as Entrée Capital, Oliver Jung, Tom Blomfield, Ed Robinson and Brandon Krieg participating. In the news today is one such company: Casava.

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