Candid

JUNE 25, 2024

“It isn’t lost on us that trans and nonbinary people are underrepresented particularly at a time when we face discrimination, harmful rhetoric and policies, and risk of unemployment for showing up as their authentic selves,” said Transgender Law Center executive director Shelby Chestnut. “We

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 4, 2021

If your organization relies on volunteers, even just a little, you need a volunteer handbook that spells out expectations, policies, and procedures. Most volunteers don’t know the law exists. You may have applicable good samaritan laws in your state. Other issues to consider: How should volunteers report an accident or injury?

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Everyaction

JUNE 6, 2018

Pride Fund to End Gun Violence is a Political Action Committee (PAC) that supports candidates who will act on sensible gun policy reforms while championing LGBTQ safety and equality. On their website, they note that LGBTQ individuals suffer more hate crimes than any other protected group, which makes disarming hate a crucial LGBTQ issue.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Algorithmic Bias: Better Policy and Practice for Civil Society: This podcast about #datadiscrimination and algorithmic bias was hosted by Digital Impact, an initiative of the Digital Civil Society Lab at the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS). More on the new law here. Hat Tip to Tal Frankfurt). ?.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 23, 2022

We uphold our vision by providing peer-to-peer support, educating people on the issues that are important to the community, and advocating for inclusive policies and laws. Cindy Lackow, a senior Salesforce consultant with Fíonta, pinpointed four existing issues that needed to be addressed with the new system.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

We’re deep believers in the benefits of openness, which means we publish open source software and create open content under Creative Commons licenses. We are now looking for a half-time general counsel to join our team and manage the host of legal issues we are always investigating.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 25, 2022

But no matter how your nonprofit is doing good in our world, there will always be ways your work and mission are affected by legislation, policies, and local and national events, which means there will always be reasons to make your voice heard. Where do they live, and how does that connect them to the issues you’re working to address?

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Tech Soup

JULY 20, 2011

Most civil society organizations (CSOs) and citizens don’t use high-level jargon such as Internet governance and ICT policy. International Economic and Policy Stakeholders Recognize the Internet’s Increasing Role. Net neutrality has been enshrined in law in the Netherlands and Chile. Not convinced yet?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 30, 2022

Violence, Hate, and Discrimination is Still a Major Issue Across Europe and U.K. The increase in violence and hatred has not only been observed in countries with a history of exclusionary laws but also in France and Germany which saw a 39% increase in anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes in 2021. In the U.K., Solving The Problem.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Navigating a challenging economy, the rising cost of living, and staffing issues, many nonprofits are feeling the heat. Tycely Williams, chief development officer of The Bipartisan Policy Center, encourages nonprofits to step outside expectations. “A It’s worth spending some time here, because segmented campaigns get 14% more opens.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

Navigating a challenging economy, the rising cost of living, and staffing issues, many nonprofits are feeling the heat. Tycely Williams, chief development officer of The Bipartisan Policy Center, encourages nonprofits to step outside expectations. “A It’s worth spending some time here, because segmented campaigns get 14% more opens.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2013

A thought leader in the intersection of philanthropy, law, policy, and technology, Bernholz writes about the business of giving in books, articles, and her award-winning blog, Philanthropy2173.com. com. She is working on her second book, tentatively titled, The Future of Good.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2014

That’s also the scary part because there are no clear policies protecting people’s privacy of their individual data. It opens up the question: Who owns our data? This a big topic in the open data and nonprofit big data field. Personal Health Data goes beyond collecting sleep metrics.

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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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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Enhanced user experience ensures that your website is open and inviting for all members of your audience. The conflict will be the issue your organization seeks to solve, and the solution is your strategy for combatting or solving the problem. If you’re seeing any formatting issues, here are a few easy changes you can make: ?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 15, 2009

Provisions designed to handle copyrighted materials could conflict with fundamental exceptions in copyright law like fair use of copyrighted works and the Chafee Amendment. The interests that sponsor provisions like those mooted about the secret ACTA provisions, tend to be anti-innovation, with strong focus on control.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

APRIL 5, 2019

With the Texas legislative session currently in progress, I called Tara Lee, Development Director of Texas Watch to talk about current policy issues and how they work to bridge the divide between their community and the political process. Our core issues are fighting for safety, justice, and accountability.

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Forum One

APRIL 2, 2010

But, these platforms also provide the potential for government organizations to improve the satisfaction of their employees as well as citizens by enabling more open, transparent, collaborative, and participatory communications and offer the potential to increase workplace efficiency, productivity, and innovation. technologies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2016

In 2016 half a billion women still cannot read, 62 million girls are denied the right to education and 155 countries still have laws that differentiate between men and women. The One Campaign has launched an open letter signed by 86 leading voices for women around the world. You can make a donation here.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

You open the door to your office and see your Program Director in shorts and a t-shirt with a dubious message, holding what might be an inappropriate beverage. Except the door you opened was to your social network space. Dee Albritton, Fast Forward. He is talking about outside activities. Close the door!

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Strategic Change – this involves changes to the policies and processes. If the change is being forced upon you by a change in law, policy, or I don’t know, a global pandemic , try and tie the response to that change into the goal at hand. This is known as change saturation and it is an extremely common issue in organizations.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 17, 2016

HR considers bullying a “hot potato” as there are few state and no federal laws against bullying and often bullies are highly placed individuals. Targets fear retaliation by the bully if they bring the issue to the bully’s, HR’s or a manager’s attention. Establish an anti-bullying policy. Create a viable grievance channel.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2010

This post and the more detailed piece on the Chronicle of Philanthropy will help you get up to speed on the issue and why it is important for nonprofits to get behind. After you read this post, take some action. It almost goes without saying: the Networked Nonprofit needs an open network. But that condition is threatened.

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NTEN

AUGUST 12, 2009

Last Friday, a bill to make Net Neutrality law made it's way to Congress. Ben Scott, policy director of Free Press, says, The future of the Internet as we know it depends on maintaining freedom and openness online," said. Momentum is definitely in the public's favor but there is still work to do support the open internet.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

APRIL 20, 2006

This is a musing on the current state of the Gnu Public License, which governs a preponderance of open-source software projects. But first, let's talk about what open-source means for a minute. I know a lot of people in the in the non-profit community think of Open-Source software as "free", as not requiring a license agreement.

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NTEN

JUNE 3, 2009

If you're an NTEN Member -- or have been lurking around for awhile -- you know that Universal Broadband Access is an issue we care deeply about. As organizations with a stake in the future of communications, we must ensure that the commissioners hear our call for fast, affordable, ubiquitous, and open Internet access. Net Neutrality.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Check your state laws regarding raffles – you might need a special permit for a game of change. What is your event space’s policy on caterers? The coordinator at your event space can advise you on issues that might come up and how you should handle them. Can you add a silent auction? A wine pull? Who will provide the food?

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

If you plan on serving alcohol, work to understand federal, state, and local guidelines and be prepared to have signage that indicates your compliance with the laws (for example, “Must be 21 years or older to consume or purchase alcohol. A good bartender will not over-serve, regardless of an open bar or limited drink ticket situation.

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Care2

OCTOBER 29, 2007

As a public foundation, we wanted to celebrate our tradition of entrepreneurial, high-impact grantmaking, and at the same time take advantage of the election year to elevate peace issues to the top of the list of priorities addressed by the presidential and congressional candidates. All Care2 terms of service and privacy policies apply.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

As calls increase for charities to be more open and accountable in their management and reporting, it is natural for many of them to ask, considering the extra work involved, "What’s in it for us? For government, they offered reams of paper showing that they were following the letter of the law in the use of their grants.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Today we are highlighting the work of Thom Reilly , Director of the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University. Historically, federal and state laws have viewed nonprofit and for-profit entities as mutually exclusive organizations whose work rarely, if ever, overlapped. Banks were not lending.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 24, 2024

What are the issues that will impact the world of work this year? Communicate openly with employees about these principles and policies to bolster trust and confidence. In 2024, many employers will once again assess their remote versus in-person policies and implement any necessary changes for long-term success.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2010

We opened ourselves up, invited communities, and created an expectation that asking for help in these spaces will result in real-life action. We did some research around this issue and published a white paper detailing the case for integrating time-honored emergency response expertise with real-time social input.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 20, 2015

In the Fall 2009 issue of Stanford Social Innovation Review , Gregory and Howard identified the “nonprofit starvation cycle” which they defined as follows: The first step in this cycle is the funders’ unrealistic expectations about how much it costs to run a nonprofit.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 18, 2023

Encourage open communication, collaboration, and teamwork among your team members. Develop clear policies and procedures for using your donor database. Develop a plan for dealing with legal and compliance issues. Recruit diverse and talented individuals who share your organization’s values and goals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

Not every student in my class is focused on the same policy issue. In fact the range of issues is pretty wide ranging. They will be placed with organizations working on policies in these areas, many part of large international networks, nonprofits, and government.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2005

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. Or the more elegant opening questions posed by Nesson: " Is there some magic in the Internet space that can help fight crime? Cyberspace identity is key.

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