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Comment on Language Lesson: Equity vs. Equality by Jon Asbjørn Rogne

Jon Asbjørn Rogne — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 09:32:09 +0000

You, like many other persons and organizations, have a wrong undersdanding of these expressions, which is completely the opposite of what is correct.

The lexical meaning of “equity” is non-preferential treatment, while “equality” is the state or quality of being equal. Equity is handing out the same amount of boxes to anyone, independent of their abilities. Equality is the quality or state of being able to access the same resource, namely watching the game. This can only be acheived by handing out an unequal amount of boxes based on the abilities of each person.

In an environment where each individual has unequal abilities, equity will produce inequality. In such an environment, the only way to accomplish equality, is to be inequitable, which by definition is unfair. Unless everyone is exactly equally equipped with abilities, and everyone acts in the exact same manner, equity will never bring about equality.

Go to Merriam-Webster and look it up.

I also wonder from where you got your illustration. It is an excellent illustration of the difference, and I’d like to use it in my text on this subject. There are several different variants of this, but since this is without text, it will work for me. WIll you accept my request to use this illustration?

Have a nice day.

Comment on Words, Words, Words! Introducing Claxon’s “Word of the Month” by Dianna

Dianna — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 16:55:44 +0000

Hey Erica, hasn’t the concept of “word” existed even before Old English? It’s all through the Bible. See Genesis 15:1, John 1:1-2 for example. Or are you only looking at it relative to the English language?

Comment on Nonprofit vs. Non-profit: Does a hyphen make a difference? by vpn providers

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Comment on Nonprofit vs. Non-profit: Does a hyphen make a difference? by Ginny Lang

Ginny Lang — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 22:48:33 +0000

This is great research for marketing purposes and I’m certainly all for being found on web. However, in the United States, “nonprofit” is a legal designation given to a business model by the IRS. As such, that’s how we should be styling it –at least here. When I see someone use non-profit, I assume they are from outside the sector. That’s the point, I guess, since it’s the people from outside the sector that use it to find us. It’s long been a conversation in nonprofit circles that the hyphenated form seems to perpetuate the myth that nonprofits can’t earn income and the related perception that they aren’t really businesses. So although in practical, search engine terms, non-profit is apparently better for results, we should be encouraging the tidier form and encouraging people to use it.

Comment on New Research Shows More Than 50% of Nonprofits Don’t Have a Website by Erica Mills

Erica Mills — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 22:26:23 +0000

In reply to Megan Soffer. Thanks for raising the opportunity of the .NGO and .ONG domain names. I wasn't aware of the OnGood Directory so thanks also for sharing info about that opportunity! Appreciate you sharing your wisdom, Megan!

Comment on New Research Shows More Than 50% of Nonprofits Don’t Have a Website by Megan Soffer

Megan Soffer — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 14:46:47 +0000

Hi Erica,

These numbers do illustrate a VBB. Something that nonprofits may want to consider in order to help their orgs be visible and found EASILY online is to register the new .NGO or .ONG domain name for their organizations. These are validated domains, meaning that only those nonprofits, charities and NGOs that go through a validation process are able to register them — similar to how .edu, .gov and .mil work in the U.S. .NGO and .ONG serve as visual indicators for donors, letting them know that a particular organization has been vetted, and the donor can feel secure in knowing that they trust where their donation money is going. One other great value proposition is that registration of .NGO and .ONG grants a nonprofit a listing in the OnGood directory — set to be the first GLOBAL listing of nonprofits, charities and NGOs worldwide. Within OnGood there are opportunities for the socially conscious organizations to communicate with one another and with donors, and to fundraise directly on their own profile pages. The goal of these new validated domains is to create a special space online for nonprofits, and OnGood is being developed to help make these organizations self-sustaining for years to come.

Comment on Want Your Writing to Flow Better? Try These Five Things. by Erica Mills

Erica Mills — Mon, 29 Jun 2015 23:31:36 +0000

In reply to Liahann. Great to know, Liahann! Hooray for parsimony. :)

Comment on Want Your Writing to Flow Better? Try These Five Things. by Liahann

Liahann — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 19:09:58 +0000

Hi Erica,
Thought you’d appreciate this was posted on our staff intranet today (uh oh, did I need the word ‘staff’?)
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Comment on Should you stick with it or take a break? by Erica Mills

Erica Mills — Wed, 22 Apr 2015 13:23:06 +0000

In reply to Peg Giffels. Isn't that poem fantastic, Peg? Love it. Here's to leaving and arriving, and many peregrinations!

Comment on Should you stick with it or take a break? by Peg Giffels

Peg Giffels — Fri, 17 Apr 2015 01:22:04 +0000

Thank you Erica for these musings on peregrinations. I’m a big fan of pilgrimage, David Whyte and you so this was a delightful interlude.