ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Charitable giving declined in 2018 due to tax law changes. Answer the question – What community need am I responding to, and how does a social enterprise approach meet the need versus a traditionally funded program model? Take inventory of your internal (e.g., staff, board, funding) and external (e.g.,

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 15, 2014

One year ago, on June 28, 2013, at a diplomatic conference in Marrakesh, Morocco, the World Intellectual Property Organization ( WIPO ) agreed on a historic international copyright exception for people with print disabilities. HathiTrust.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 7, 2013

Bookshare International Library We’re always thinking about new ways in which Benetech could go deeper and help many more people. We’re making securing new funding for Bookshare’s international expansion a top priority! We have built Bookshare International upon three principles. My next two blog posts will be on this topic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Unesco has a paper and a call to action for international and national policies and regulatory frameworks to ensure that artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies benefit humanity as a whole. Chronic Homelessness Artificial Intelligence model (CHAI) . AI and Ethical Dilemmas .

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 9, 2013

In this second installment of the three-part blog series (the first one is here ) on Bookshare International, I’m excited to share some of the ways in which our Bookshare library is part of the latest trends in the digital publishing world and is thus going deeper and serving many more people.

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Classy

APRIL 16, 2021

But first, let’s level-set on this international day of action’s importance. WildAid uses a proven track record of success with a unique model that will support anti-wildlife consumption and anti-poaching in Asia and Africa, with the support of donations and awareness. Southern Environmental Law Center. When Is Earth Day?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

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 also underscores just how critical a balanced copyright law is for technology innovation. copyright law.

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Media Cause

MARCH 24, 2021

Current projections for the year by the National Women’s Law Center indicate a continued decrease in the gender wage gap, but we also know Covid has disproportionately forced women out of the workforce , especially in lower-wage jobs, as they took on the bulk of domestic burdens, such as child care, caused by the pandemic. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2009

Environmental Defense Fund tackles the most serious environmental problems with four pronged approach: sound science , economic incentives , corporate partnerships , and getting the law right. (If you want to learn more about the organization, their CEO, Fred Krupp , is on Twitter and does his own tweets!)

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

They should put internal controls in place and help write policies to prevent loss, theft, or confusion, using current b est practices. 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.

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Classy

APRIL 20, 2021

United for Social Change, sister organizations working to positively influence how black boys and men are perceived and treated by law enforcement and in society. . In addition, Classy has a really impressive platform and business model with a lot of potential for growth given the broader societal shift to online giving.”.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Although the most popular accounting software products- like QuickBooks and SAP- handle the needs of businesses in many industries, nonprofits have a unique business model and accounting standards and require different features and functionality from accounting software. by donors, grantors, governing boards, or by law.???.

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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. law (this is a wildcard issue right now). . • law (this is a wildcard issue right now).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2018

My early career was in international development, working for the U.S. Agency for International Development and for an international NGO. With AI and resources from Google.org, Thorn has been able to identify to law enforcement close to 9,000 traffickers and 28,000 victims.

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Forum One

MARCH 9, 2023

He was recognized in Forbes magazine’s “30 under 30” for law and policy and as a Rising Star by Federal Computer Week. Alexis: We look at where there are pain points—internally, what is creating “toil” on employees, who could otherwise be freed up for more human challenges? ‍Jay earned a B.A.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

I believe it is a combination of copyright exceptions and business model innovations. The second group of enablers of the brighter future are business model innovations. Technology advances have created the opportunity for many of us to experiment with one or more of these models. And, the U.S. Senate just ratified the Treaty!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Blog Action Day is today, October 15, and the international community of bloggers is blogging about this year’s theme, The Power of We. copyright law. Our lower cost model allowed us to invert the power structure. It is the Power of We that changes the way we create transformative positive change.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 14, 2021

In addition, nonprofits must comply with the same federal, state, and local laws as businesses regarding the treatment of employees. All in all, this means that nonprofit HR departments play essential roles within their own organizations and can act as role models for other types of organizations as well.

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BoardAssist

JULY 30, 2014

Contains procedures for reporting violations or suspected violations of laws and organizational policies. model conflict of interest policy. model whistleblower policy. Is distributed to all directors, officers, employees and volunteers that provide significant or substantial services. NYS Attorney General. Nixon Peabody.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 19, 2021

These include the lack of funding and difficulty securing adequate funds, funding structures that incentivize counterproductive practices, strained relationships between funders and nonprofits, and shifts in funding models and strategy. Clearly define the foundation’s mission. Set clear policies.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 2, 2012

In addition, we acknowledged the critical support of Bernie Newcomb who helped fund our International Bookshare service. copyright law. Our lower cost model made it practical to invert the power structure. Bernie was represented last night by Marie Young of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 16, 2014

Despite having modeled institutionalized sharing for literally centuries ( hello, public libraries! ) In some models, it's not sharing that's taking place at all; it's renting a commodity owned by the community, rather than owned by the company. Why Nonprofits and Libraries Should Be Central.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 13, 2016

For example, I extracted many insights about the international development field reading books like Easterly’s Tyranny of Experts or Maren’s Road to Hell. His “Law of Amplification” was particularly insightful: “technology’s primary effect is to amplify human forces.” It’s on the last one that Toyama makes his biggest error.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

exception model works well here. But, this is a poor model for fully addressing the book famine and one that shouldn’t be emulated, especially in the international context of the Marrakesh Treaty. We simply act to ensure the person who needs an accessible book can get it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Rather, they hope it will be a meeting place where corporate policy, legal and engineering professionals can have the opportunity to understand the implications of design, policy, engineering and legal decisions they make internally on anticipated/unanticipated human rights use scenarios. Reconciling privacy concerns with your business model.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 25, 2013

The Media and Training Centre for Health specializes in the design and development of community learning models that promote health and empowerment in marginalized communities. The organization focuses on issues that affect South Africans nationwide, such as land reform, housing, refugee law, and environmental rights. About SANGONet.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Technology that provides that progress across all of your areas of focus and internal departments connects you to those findings faster. . If you’re just starting this process, consider the creation of a logic model. Once set, all future actions can be compared back to the model.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2013

All models also come with Symantec Norton Antivirus and also with system restore capabilities. In 2002, Jim Lynch of TechSoup (yours truly) and Willie Cade, the founder of PCRR, started the International Computer Refurbisher Summit. million, based on what they would have paid for retail equivalent products (including the software).

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Kindful

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Nonprofits are legally defined by the IRS as “Organizations organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literary, educational, or other specified purposes and that meet certain other requirements are tax-exempt under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3).” Elect a board of directors.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

The idea, grand in scope, was to present models and technology that can assist organizations shift internal cultures to make diversity of all types the norm. While ideally anti-discrimination laws would prevent much of this, proving discrimination in most cases is nearly impossible. Pretty big and worthwhile stuff.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 24, 2005

The session offered some great primers of the various technical terms and copyright laws as well as some metaphors for explaining free versus proprietary software. The development model is one person. The development model is like an Amish Barn raising. The development model is ???firm-based.??? The license: ???I???m

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NTEN

JUNE 3, 2009

As the United States continues its fall in international broadband ratings, it is clear that our current system, devoid of competition and consumer choice, is putting private interests above the public good. We should look to other models. Competition and Choice. Giant corporations are profiting at consumers' expense.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

But both the community and your organization want to see certain laws passed, things improved, programs created or groups supported. You can model behavior all you want but if no one can tell what tools you are using to be so successful, there’s no way they can jump in and help man the ship.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 25, 2021

Asian racism runs deep through Asian American history— from Asian labor in the Gold Rush to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and World War II Japanese internment camps to the 1982 murder of Vincent Chin. Because the model minority myth created a false pecking order of identities. We see you and we hear you.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 23, 2007

and with it flocks of museum studies / education / exhibit planning graduate interns. Museum people aren’t mathematicians; our work can’t be traced to an immutable set of laws. The more we teach and judge based on laws, the less students and graduates will try to break them. Summer's coming to D.C.,

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Cloud 4 Good

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

0-15%, both internal and customer-facing? Cloud for Good complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company operates. Location: ?Virtual, Virtual, home office in US or Canada? Work Authorization: Citizens or Permanent Residents of USA. apply now.

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Cloud 4 Good

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Cloud for Good complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company operates. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment.

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