Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

The newly formed organization initially based its demands on select parts of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and on the Prisoners of Conscience campaign. In particular, it focused on freedom of thought, conscience and religion, freedom of opinion and expression, humane treatment of prisoners and the right to a fair trial.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 9, 2024

If you understood the title of this article we figured we might as well just cut to the chase… What does this deletion of Google Universal Analytics mean? Legacy data in Universal Google Analytics Accounts will be available until July 1, 2024 – based on recent announcements ( UA historical data supported until 2024 ).

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Such a policy would disregard the Constitutional principle of due process, various nonprofit leaders told The NonProfit Times on background. Such a policy totally disregards the Constitutional principle of due process. Vice President-elect J.D. 9495 and its predecessor, H.R.6408.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

This wasn’t just about having diverse faces in the room but about ensuring those with diverse perspectives had a voice in shaping solutions to the issues we sought to address. We removed unnecessary educational requirements that might have limited our applicant pool and no longer assumed elite universities had the best talent.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 6, 2022

Starting July 1st, 2023 all Universal Google Analytics accounts will stop pulling in new data from your website. Legacy data in Universal Google Analytics Accounts will be available until the end of 2022 – at least 6 months based on recent announcements ( Universal Analytics will be going away ). DO THIS STUFF NOW.

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EveryAction

JUNE 23, 2023

Whether your organization advocates for policy change on the national, state, or local level, mobilizing your supporters to place advocacy calls to their legislators is one of the most powerful tools at your disposal—and with support from the right technology, it can also be one of the most convenient.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 5, 2010

I'm in Kyoto, Japan for the STS forum, an incredible gathering of top scientists and policy leaders from around the world. The caliber of attendees is amazing from all countries: ministers of education and science, top scientists, university presidents. The event is the brainchild of Koji Omi, former Finance Minister of Japan.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 6, 2021

Public policy and the nonprofit sector. Public policy at all levels of government has the ability to threaten the work of all nonprofits (National Council of Nonprofits, 2019). At the federal level, we see this threat in tax, regulatory, and spending policies. Illustration by Yuxin Qin. Establish support.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Impact Labs convenes community experts across sectors to co-create new technology solutions to support specific issue areas. The responses were clear: climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time, and it should be an urgent priority for us all to act. Kick off meeting with the Impact Labs Climate Action Cohort.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2011

It’s a complicated equation that brings together core human rights concerns about privacy, freedom of expression and freedom of assembly and the direct practicalities of real-life struggle with the ways in which engineering, policy, legal and design decisions are made by companies, or placed upon them by the jurisdictions in which they operate.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 27, 2023

As you may know, Google Analytics is deprecating support for the 13+-year-old Universal Analytics. As the clock runs out on the year, consider the types of requests you start getting for historical data from Universal Analytics. Google has a step-by-step process on exporting Universal Analytics data.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2010

million grant from the Stanton Foundation to work with academic experts on Wikipedia articles related to public policy, which could include everything from political theory to legislative history and issues such as health reform and science. The Wikimedia Foundation, which finances and oversees the nonprofit site, received a $1.2

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 23, 2022

When nonprofit employees, leaders and their boards are not reflective of the communities they serve, they jeopardize mission attainment and the implementation of ineffective strategies to address social issues. Research indicates progress on diversity is dependent on nonprofit boards, which impact nonprofit performance and policies.

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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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M+R

MAY 17, 2022

Donald was a deeply committed colleague, a lifelong and tireless advocate, the brains behind many movements that exist today, and an inspiration and friend to many of us in the social change universe. From the beginning, Donald’s dedication and resolve drove our firm to work on the big issues of the day.

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Candid

OCTOBER 7, 2024

It will also explore how many 501(c)(4) organizations there are in the United States and how many can actually be considered “political,” that is, engaged in politics explicitly with a focus on influencing government policy or elections. What are 501(c)(4) nonprofit organizations? There are approximately 77,000 501(c)(4)s active in the U.S.

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NTEN

APRIL 13, 2013

She is a well-known spokeswoman on behalf of public telecommunications and first amendment issues both locally and in the state capital. She has served on the editorial board of the Alliance for Community Media''s Community Media Review and produced a policy handbook. She is a graduate of the University of Vermont (B.A.

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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). What should governments, universities and companies do?

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Tan , University Service Learning /. My friend is deeply committed to issues of social justice, which includes equal access to affordable health care for all. Tan is a Coordinator in ASU’s University Service Learning department, specializing in community partnerships and AmeriCorps programming. AmeriCorps Coordinator.

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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). The domestic disability policy angle is especially important to the U.S.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 12, 2011

Citizens should seek opportunities to create and share public knowledge and discuss public issues; expect their governments to be open, transparent and collaborative; volunteer to the best of their ability; and create and share knowledge about the networks and relationships in their communities." [1]. We welcome your comments and feedback.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 18, 2009

Quentin Young, Founder, and Margie Schap, Executive Director Health & Medicine Policy Research Group.    Her organization was formed 27 years ago by an activist group of clinicians, social scientists, health care executives and policy analysts to advocate for health equity and improved public health.  

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Working with trusted community partners with deep history and expertise on grantmaking for racial equity, we responded this month by updating our special issue site on funding for racial equity. Over the last year, we’ve worked with PRE to address both issues in the recent data set update. . service delivery, research, advocacy).

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 28, 2020

You may think this is an odd beginning for a public policy blog, so please bear with me. And yes, public policy at the local, state, and federal levels can and will impact your ability to achieve your organization’s mission and day-to-day activities. and issues of importance to the sector.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Impact Labs convenes community experts, or fellows, across sectors to co-create new technology solutions to support specific issue areas. Community Fellows posed the question: “How might we leverage the full power of the Salesforce ecosystem – employees, philanthropy, product, suppliers, and policy influence – to address food insecurity?”

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Kindful

AUGUST 9, 2021

Foundations in the United States focus their funding priorities on many different issues. Education is one of the more popular issues that many foundations focus on. Their strategic focus of leaders, teachers, and families also incorporates support for one of the strongest early childhood policy and advocacy networks in the nation.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

With the recent pandemic, civil unrest and racism conversations front and center, nonprofit organizations are working overtime to serve communities deeply affected by these issues. Jen Nation is a graduate of the Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management program at Arizona State University.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 5, 2021

It’s important to know a little about the issue and what some good resources are, to help us have those conversations. It’s important to show our kids that we take the issue seriously and we’re ready to both support them and do our part. It embodies the universal instinct to protect and care for children.

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Candid

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Be ridiculously accessible to small nonprofits When I started Somos El Poder, I surveyed Latinx nonprofit leaders about the issues they faced when it came to learning about fundraising. I also heard that fundraising training is not for us, meaning it was designed for large nonprofits like universities, museums, and hospitals.

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NTEN

MAY 12, 2011

It's locked in white papers, policy briefs, and fact sheets. Numbers are a universal langauge. CUP is a New York City based organization that educates and informs the public, educators, and policy makers to help them make smarter urban growth decisions. It's hidden away in project output reports and research excel files.

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Tech Soup

JULY 22, 2011

This is a guest post from Dr. Erik Bansleben at the University of Washington, announcing a new online green IT certification program. Both universities have a clear commitment to the area of sustainability and this new certificate program is a natural extension of this curriculum focus. Why a Green IT Certification Program?

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The NonProfit Times

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

There are also nine recommendations that call leaders across the nonprofit, funder, business and policy sectors to take action to protect and promote the future of generosity. The nine recommendations in the report are divided into four categories — research, culture, practice, and policy. The Filer group also issued a report.

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Non Profit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Other surveys used tighter definitions and produced smaller percentages; there is no universally accepted number.) Much of this employment was in care for children, seniors, or people with health issues. Can “gig work” become “good work”? And, if so, what is the role of workforce development boards and agencies?

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Twenty Hats

MAY 3, 2021

As every experienced volunteer manager knows, volunteers want and need support, strong leadership, and clear policies and procedures. You cannot be scared or nervous that if you enforce policies and procedures, your volunteers will quit and leave your organization. And, despite this ‘freedom,’ retention was low.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Research and advocacy: Conduct research on the state of local journalism, produce reports, and advocate for policies that support the industry. Legal defense: Provide legal support for local news outlets facing challenges such as defamation lawsuits, freedom of information requests, or other legal issues that threaten their existence.

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Achieve

JANUARY 3, 2018

Over the past year we have witnessed not only a change in administration and therefore policy, but there too has been a shift in the ways in which individuals engage in social issues and causes—many of which have been impacted by the new administration and associated policies. Will policy be created to support this movement?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

” It also brings up issues about the r ole of social media and a connected society for delicate diplomacy. ” Some big picture thinking: Lucy Bernholz, Visiting Scholar at Stanford University, offered her big picture lens. ” We need to better understand how we behave and what we expect in digital, connected age.”

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