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Harnessing generative AI for good

Candid

Rather than getting swept away by the allure of generative AI and casting about for some possible application (like a hammer looking for a nail), we should start instead by deeply understanding the problem we aim to solve from the perspectives of those directly impacted. But training and running large language models is expensive.

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Crystal Ball: Cloud Computing and SaaS

NTEN

Enter Gartner. According to Gartner (and they do consider themselves the authority here), Cloud computing is: A style of computing where scalable and elastic IT-related capabilities are provided as a service to external customers using Internet technologies. Code is consumed on a one to many model, and it's a pay for use subscription.

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Game On: How Gamification is Changing the Sector

ASU Lodestar Center

The majority of mobile application software we use today has been “gamified,” and the same ideas are starting to enter the social sector. Simple tasks that would normally cost a nonprofit time and money can be delegated through one mobile application and can create a friendly environment for the user. Engagement Model.

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Does the Used IT Market Have a Future?

Tech Soup

Citrix cites Gartner Device Shipment Forecasts that find that the business PC market will grow at a rate of about 10% per year for the next few years. IT and telecom research firm Gartner Dataquest found that the secondary PC market is growing rapidly: 55 million PCs worldwide in 2004; and 86 million 2007.

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Is the Used Computer Market Going Away?

Tech Soup

IT and telecom research firm Gartner Dataquest found that the secondary PC market is growing rapidly: 55 million PCs worldwide in 2004; and 86 million 2007. Gartner also found that of the nearly 200 million PCs that were retired by corporations and institutions in 2007, fewer than half found their way into the secondary PC market.

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Why Savvy Nonprofits Are Dumping QuickBooks™ and Moving to the Cloud

Connection Cafe

That’s because, if you’re like a lot of nonprofits, you’re using an on premise accounting application. The great majority of CFOs are planning to implement cloud services for their companies in 2015 and beyond, according to surveys from CFO Magazine, KPMG and Gartner. And most likely that on premise solution is QuickBooks.

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Join the AI Revolution: Build Your First Low-Code Fundraising App

sgEngage

If you work for a nonprofit and want to learn how to use artificial intelligence (AI) and low-code automation to create your own digital solutions, applications, dashboards, and workflows, you are not alone. Open APIs allow you to connect your CRM data to any platform that supports them.

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