Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 24, 2010

I recently had the opportunity to connect with Ricard Espelt to learn more about the various projects he’s working on in Spain leveraging new technologies for public engagement, government transparency and community building. We proposed a new path to take decisions. Learn more in the interview below. What’s the idea?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 10, 2009

We had a wide-ranging conversation about Bookshare and the current hot disability issues. I found it very exciting as President Obama's position on this developing issue! The United States Government has long been a leader in producing and facilitating the dissemination of materials accessible to blind and visually impaired persons.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 24, 2010

and as far as I know, most of the other exceptions) law, there is no approval or authorization by other entities, whether government, publishing industry or the disability consumer organizations. Yet, this is the requirement of the European proposal for TIs here at WIPO! This is a crucial point. And, the U.S.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Unlike for-profit businesses, churches are not owned but rather are run by pastors, a church board, other governing bodies, and staff who are often a combination of paid employees and volunteers. by donors, grantors, governing boards, or by law.???. Churches and faith-based organizations also fall under the category of nonprofits.

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Engadget

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

If Apple is forced to build a backdoor in its products, that backdoor will end up in Americans phones, tablets and computers, undermining the security of Americans data, as well as of the countless federal, state and local government agencies that entrust sensitive data to Apple products, Biggs and Wyden reportedly wrote.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 13, 2011

Rob has helped Benetech navigate important transitions over the years including providing critical legal advice during the sale of the Arkenstone product line in 2000, including expanding our charter from just working on disability issues to a wider range of social issues (now including human rights and the environment).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 27, 2011

Through negotiations, four competing proposals have been merged into a single document supported in June by the Latin Americans (led by Brazil), the U.S., Here are some questions and answers I've prepared on this topic, based on my recent trip to Geneva to attend the first week of discussions on the issue. Question: Why should the U.S.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 11, 2025

While local and state government have made promises to help clean up the city, reduce crime rates, and create more affordable housing, the reality is that we havent seen much movement and things arent getting better. To put the issue into perspective, according to the Peter G. national average. The growing wealth divide in the U.S.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 2, 2024

A grants specialist will handle all aspects of grant fundraising, focusing on submitting proposals to secure grant money from foundations, government agencies, corporations, and more. They’ll also need strong writing and communication skills to create proposals and interact with grantmakers.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 20, 2013

Although I do not claim to be an expert, I am happy to share what I’ve learned in more than a decade of mining the Internet for information to support grant proposals. When you review your list of hits, look at the web address; is it from a reputable source such as a.edu, a government agency or peer journal? Ding ding, we. Get another!

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

I have a few proposals up for voting but there are SO many great ones that I am enjoying reading through them all (hope all the 5 star votes don’t through things off!). There are 25 proposals on each page. Tags: events 11ntc conference event nten proposals sessions voting. Vote today! Building a Community Across Platforms.

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NTEN

MAY 15, 2014

There have been a tremendous amount of issues and disasters in the news recently, but I want to draw your attention to a critically important story that is developing as you read this: once again, our open Internet is in danger. Advocacy Communications fcc internet issues law net neutrality open web'

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

A Policy Update from an engineer, Jim Fruchterman of Benetech June 8, 2010 The international copyright negotiations in Geneva around a proposed Treaty for the Visually Impaired (“TVI”) have been steadily heating up. Counterproposals have been made, governments have been engaging with rights holders, consumers and NGOs (or not!)

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TechNode

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

” This action will focus on typical algorithm-related issues such as homogenized content recommendations creating “information cocoons,” manipulation and interference with trending topics on different platforms, blind profit pursuit harming the rights of workers in new employment forms (e.g.

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Qgiv

MAY 16, 2022

Grants aren’t always easy to get, but with a well-written proposal, you can blow your competition out of the water. A nonprofit grant is a financial donation given to an organization from a foundation, corporation, or the government, otherwise known as grantmakers. Government. What is a grant? Where can you find grants?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

As unease spread amongst a handful of entrepreneurs, alarmed at radical “reforms,” proposed by the Benjamin Netanyahu-led government, to the independence of the judiciary, WhatsApp groups were fired up, and were quickly flooded with volunteers from the tech industry. We were tracking wherever MPs were.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

It is an end-to-end governance framework focused on the risks and controls of an organization’s AI journey. This will allow the team to select the right representative dataset to avoid any future data bias issues. Don’t forget about ongoing AI governance and regulatory compliance. Responsible AI is not just a point in time.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The order , issued by a federal district court in Austin on Wednesday night, granted an injunction proposed by NetChoice and the CCIA that puts the HB 20 law on hold until the conclusion of the case. “HB

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2010

I worked for the Chalkboard Project fresh out of university, a nonprofit organization founded and fueled by Foundations for a Better Oregon, a coalition of foundations in Oregon focused on collaborating to make a meaningful impact to issues in Oregon – in the case of the Chalkboard Project, that focus was on public education reform.

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Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Nonprofit Grant Proposal Budget Calculations: A Road Map Whats the best way to make your nonprofits budget stand out on a grant application? Author Mary Diegert shares nonprofit grant proposal budgeting tips, and a road map for overcoming the challenges of calculating the revenue and expense numbers that will populate your one-page budget.

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Futurism

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

In a new post on his personal blog , OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warned that AI could lead to plenty of economic inequality while allowing authoritarian governments to "control their population through mass surveillance and loss of autonomy." But should we really take any of the billionaire's arguments at face value?

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The Verge

AUGUST 3, 2021

Last December, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network proposed new regulations to make it easier for the federal government to track Bitcoin transactions in one of the few moves to monitor the market. If we don’t address these issues, I worry a lot of people will be hurt,” Gensler said.

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3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 28, 2014

Decision 1: Must we have data governance policies before we migrate? Data governance represents ‘rules of the road’ for your donor database. Good data governance addresses data quality issues ranging from how you control your data input processes to questions such as ‘How long will you store old records?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

We expect that many of the big issues with the current text will get ironed out this week. After the last WIPO session in November, the World Blind Union convened a group of experts to review the current Treaty draft and make recommendations to the WBU on the most important issues for WBU to work on in this next session.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 14, 2009

I came away with a much better understanding of the issues they are exploring and certainly did my part to articulate why I support the positions we have. We discussed Chafee, especially in the context of the Amazon text-to-speech brouhaha, and the proposed international treaty that was tabled at the WIPO SCCR meeting in Geneva last month.

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Qgiv

APRIL 2, 2024

Nonprofit grant proposals can be a daunting task for fundraisers, but it’s a key way to help gain more sustainable funding for your organization. From finding the right grants to writing and applying for them, grant proposals require a lot of research and attention to detail! What is a grant proposal?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2023

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt went a small way toward addressing concerns over proposed research and development (R&D) tax credit cuts for small-and-medium sized enterprises (SMEs). But he stopped short of the u-turn some had hoped for following the Government’s Autumn Statement last November.

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The Verge

APRIL 26, 2021

NASA announced its decision to pick SpaceX’s Starship rocket system on April 16th, citing the spacecraft’s proposed cost and cargo capacity as key reasons for beating both Blue Origin and Dynetics, the third company bidding for the contract. But NASA opted for just one — SpaceX’s Starship — because of short funding from Congress.

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TechNode

AUGUST 28, 2023

Chinese premium electric vehicle brand Zeekr has applied for Chinese government approval for its proposed IPO in the United States, according to publicly available information on the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) website.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

I’m the grandfather of an expensive preemie, so I was incensed by his proposal that AOL employees should be penalized to cover such unanticipated increases in healthcare costs. Armstrong raised an important issue that would affect the business, and as the leader of the corporation…that’s his job. What a creep! He’s a tyrant!

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Tableau

MAY 24, 2021

State & Local Government Affairs, Salesforce. Using our Salesforce and Tableau platforms, we analyzed the proposed bills to compare the provisions against our principles. Seven of those proposals ultimately become law—contributing to a more just and trustworthy system. Zach Carstensen. Kristin Adderson. May 25, 2021.

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The Verge

JANUARY 2, 2022

They propose to start using the C-band spectrum to expand their 5G services, but with a commitment to avoid deployment around certain airports for six months, saying a similar system is already in place in France. population to the FAA for an undetermined number of months or years. “At

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 20, 2022

When you started your organization, you drafted a set of nonprofit bylaws which are the rules spelling out how your new venture would operate and how your Board would govern it. Simply put, you don’t know what kind of governance rules your nonprofit needs until you are actually operating. The focus should be on governance.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

Should the company miss the November window for any reason, whether that’s bad weather or a technical issue, the company has a backup window in December. But working with the government has its own challenges. The company concluded the quarter with $39.1 million in cash and cash equivalents. million at the end of the second quarter.

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Candid

JANUARY 17, 2024

That’s why we freely share our expertise with the sector through a variety of channels: Live and on-demand trainings : Learn about a range of topics from starting a nonprofit to proposal writing, management, governance, sustainability, and transparency. foundations have websites.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Over the last year, outdated state unemployment systems have kept jobless Americans from accessing the increased benefits approved by the federal government to curb the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Ron Wyden (D-OR) put out a new bill Wednesday that would overhaul the US’s crumbling unemployment benefits systems.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission issued a subpoena to Tesla over Elon Musk’s 2018 tweet about taking the company private, according to Bloomberg. The news of the subpoena, which was issued November 16th, 2021, reignites a feud between Musk and the SEC that has been simmering for over four years. Do you support this?

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