Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 10, 2009

But, we just saw Amazon fold when the Authors Guild pushed them to turn off the voice of these books: Amazon to flip on Kindle. I've found the publishing industry (and Google for that matter) to be willing to do socially responsible things voluntarily, because it's the right thing. Note that I'm not dinging the publishers here.

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Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 6, 2021

We can use our voice and our economic power and our political power to actually make changes to the platform. And that’s another question that I get, I’m not, you know, by any means an expert in, in business and an expert in this kind of law. How are we committed to anti-racist policies?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Apply and utilize Google and Microsoft Ads Grants. Nonprofits can use text for urgent fundraising appeals and calls-to-action, but also for relationship building: 1) News updates 2) Behind-the-scenes photos ( MMS ) 3) Thank you messages 4) Voice memos. 9) Stay current on online privacy law. Check Your Compliance ].

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Media Cause

APRIL 13, 2023

TikTok has pushed us to use the voices of real people and influencers that are part of the communities we work with—something we need to do more of. This conversation also shows the wide gap that exists between the people making policy (primarily old, Caucasian males) and the people using the technology.

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Media Cause

JUNE 16, 2022

The Conscious Kid —The Conscious Kid is an education, research, and policy organization that supports families and educators in taking action to disrupt racism, inequity and bias. Check your local events on Google. The Color of Law. Attend Events . Keep up with Rally list. Educational Resources. This book is anti-racist.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2021

oops, no, I don’t want to share that one, I’ll share my Google slides. But it’s also important that your organization communicates with a clear credible and compelling voice, that you communicate with consistently at all points of contact. Steven’s going to be keeping an eye on the Q&A. Like is earned media.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 3, 2022

When transcoding audio of voices, the worker knows they are putting into writing the words of a speaker with an Irish accent. Google’s use of microwork for a US Department of Defense initiative, Project Maven, is a case in point. But there is no sense of what this recording actually is (e.g., to automate fast-food restaurants).

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Bloomerang

JUNE 19, 2021

Sarah: Fun fact, all millennials are older than Google. So the best ways to engage gen Z are to give them a voice, we’ll talk more about that, but making sure that they have opportunities to, you know, give their own ideas and speak their voice. So these are folks who are really making up the majority of the workforce now.

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Non Profit Quarterly

OCTOBER 7, 2021

I’m a professor in the computer science department at Stanford, and in previous life, I was an engineer at Google for many years. And we need a set of companies that see this not simply as a compliance issue—that is, “Are we following the law?”—but, Mehran Sahami: My name is Mehran Sahami. Reich: Democracy is that guardrail.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

A blog was really perfect for me, because first of all, it was a very casual voice -- it's not very formal. You don't want to write about everything, because then people won't find you in the same way as when they search on Google about "homelessness issues", or "the environment." More women voices are needed everywhere we go.

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