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Why We're Blacking Out Sites: PIPA and SOPA

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We're not alone: far larger sites like Wikipedia and Google and hundreds of others (if not thousands). Part of my objective was to show the unintended consequences of Internet censorship bills like SOPA and PIPA (SOPA's Senate buddy bill), responding to alerts from organizations I trust like the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

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This magical California camp is designed by—and for—visually impaired people

Fast Company Tech

Photo: Emily Hagopian/courtesy Perkins & Will] The result is a modern wilderness retreat that integrates tactile and auditory clues throughout its site and buildings, making the camp experience more approachable for people with low- or no vision. Where possible, fire-prone building features like roof gutters, were removed completely.

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8 Grant Research Tools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

If you need training in grant writing, a good place to start is with this free Introduction to Proposal Writing course and the best-selling book, How to Write a Grant. Candid offers a searchable database of foundations and grants, grants for individuals, and Requests for Proposals published by funders. Plans & Pricing.

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5 Steps to Prepare for a Successful Nonprofit Website Redesign

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Step 1: Conduct a Content Inventory and Site Audit. A content inventory is a list of all the content on your site. Tools like Screaming Frog can be used to crawl your current site and download the results onto a spreadsheet where each piece of content can be assessed. Content to be relocated elsewhere on your site.

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Top Tips For Hosting Virtual Nonprofit Headquarter Site Visits

Bloomerang

Before the COVID-19 pandemic , which placed restrictions on meeting in person, nonprofit headquarter site visits mainly entailed giving a visitor a tour of your nonprofit’s facilities. . Now, however, most site visits are taking place virtually via tools like Zoom. Two things to remember about virtual nonprofit site visits.

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British authors want Meta to answer for alleged copyright infringement

Engadget

Artists across the creative industries have also recently protested the UK government's December 2024 proposal to change copyright law. That same week creatives, from Paul McCartney to Helen Fielding, also shared an open letter against the proposal. In February, over 1,000 musicians released an album called Is This What We Want?

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Where do foundations stand on AI-generated grant proposals?

Candid

Most of the comments from respondents who didn’t know indicated they doubted they’ve received AI-generated proposals but there was no way to know for sure. However, our due diligence requires reviews of financials and site visits where AI impact would be limited or neutralized.” “Our appeared first on Candid insights.

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