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The Long Road to Standards Adoption

Virtual

With its much-anticipated announcement this week, Apple became the latest and the last of the leading smartphone vendors to adopt Near Field Communication or NFC technology. The company announced NFC will be in its forthcoming iPhone 6 models and will become the enabling technology for a new mobile payment ecosystem called Apple Pay.

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Digital Privacy Compliance for Nonprofits: The Big 3 Laws

Achieve

Regulation #1: The CAN-SPAM Act The CAN-SPAM Act was passed into US law in 2003, and it protects consumers from receiving emails that they never agreed to receive. Use marketing and email software that adds opt-out links to emails and will automatically update your records to remove opted-out donors from your mailing lists.

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[Research] Data on Nonprofit Cloud Computing: Anywhere, Anytime Technology for Social Change

Beth Kanter

Note from Beth: Back in 2003 when most people in the nonprofit sector were asking, “What the heck is a blog?,” ” That’s when you use software on the Internet versus your local hard drive or local computer network. It also requires the ability to connect, to share, to communicate – in real time.

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Sift Skills: The Value of Big Data for Associations

Associations Now

As technology becomes more affordable, organizations are harnessing “big data” to improve member engagement. And even after the organization hired a $6,000-a-week consultant in 2003 to learn about making data-based business decisions, Dorman wasn’t convinced it would lead to any long-term benefit. “At But that’s changing.

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15 Changes in the Learning Business Landscape

Leading Learning

The spread of both video and social—often in tight combination—has gone hand in hand with the widespread use of smart phones and the ever-increasing speed of mobile communication networks. The Growth of Mobile. The SaaS Explosion. I can’t remember the last time that happened. The Creator Economy. It also, of course, fuels more competition.

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Consumer Groups Cheer After FCC Restricts Robocalls

Associations Now

Advocacy groups such as Consumers Union are cheering a rule change by the Federal Communications Commission that will allow consumers to block pesky robocalls. What does the Federal Communications Commission get contacted about the most? On Thursday, June 18, the FCC approved technology that will allow consumers to block robocalls.

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Writing the Financial Policy : Off Stage

Off Stage

May 30, 2003. software acquisition, building maintenance or acquisition. communication than one that is constantly re-inventing itself in. Technology. 29, 2009 - Writing the Financial Policy. Writing An Association Financial Policy (Reprint) By Judith Lindenau, CAE, RCE. that surround this subject area. How should.

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