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Would Your Donor Experience Keep People Binging—or Make Them Hit Skip?

Bloomerang

A great donor retention strategy isn’t about doing more. It’s about designing an experience donors want to come back to. If that sounds familiar, it should. Streaming platforms figured it out years ago: keep people watching by giving them just enough payoff to feel good— and just enough anticipation to keep them curious. Nonprofits can apply the same thinking.

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Why ‘big bets’ matter more than ever: Supporting nonprofits with flexible, long-term, ‘durable’ capital 

Candid

The ongoing conversations in our sector about the role and value of big bet philanthropy —making multimillion-dollar investments in a single organization—have taken on new urgency. These conversations often center on concerns that the growing cohort of big bet funders, including Lever for Change, are unwittingly encouraging mission creep and unsustainable growth among nonprofits that might be better off with smaller budgets and ambitions.

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How to Craft the Perfect Thank-You Message for Donors

Pamela Grow

Imagine you just made a major donation to a cause that’s important to you. You probably spent a lot of time thinking about how much you could afford to give and considering which organization you could trust. A few weeks pass, and you realize you never received any acknowledgement of your generosity. Would you be likely to choose the same organization the next time you want to make a charitable donation?

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Neon One Unveils Neon Launch, A Digital Starter Kit for New Nonprofits

NonProfit PRO

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Interactive Webinar: Recurring Giving Events That Keep on Giving

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Community Engagement

There’s more than one way to end the year with impact—and we’re letting you decide the direction. In this "choose your own adventure" community-led webinar, attendees will vote in real time to pick one of three year-end event strategies to explore in depth: Volunteer Appreciation Events 🧡 Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Campaigns 🌈 Mission/Program Celebrations 🎉 Once the path is chosen, we’ll dive into a step-by-step engagement workflow plan tailored to that format, showing how

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Racist videos made with AI are going viral on TikTok

The Verge

Racist videos that appear to be created with Google’s AI video generation tool Veo 3 have raked in millions of views across TikTok, according to findings from the nonprofit media watchdog Media Matters. The AI-generated videos uncovered by the organization are filled with racist tropes, many of which target Black people. Media Matters determined that the videos — one of which received 14.2 million views — were generated with Google Veo 3 because of the “Veo” watermark in the corner of the clips.

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The AI Dilemma: Do you chase Innovation or Regulation?

Medium Technology Section

Sitemap Open in app Sign up Sign in Medium Logo Write Sign up Sign in AKHIL HANDA 2 min read · Just now -- Listen Share The AI Dilemma: Do you chase Innovation or Regulation? By Akhil Handa, CEO, EARTH 51 The AI revolution is well underway — but the compass many leadership teams are using is decades out of date. Despite record-breaking investment in artificial intelligence, global productivity isn’t rising.

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The Flame Fatales 2025 speedrunning event includes Blue Prince, Hades 2 and Clair Obscur runs

Engadget

Awesome Games Done Quick and Summer Games Done Quick aren't the only speedrunning marathons in town. There are others dotted throughout the year, such as Frost Fatales and Flame Fatales. Those all-women and femmes events are also operated by the Games Done Quick organization. The schedule for this year's Flame Fatales has just dropped, and there are lots of fascinating runs on deck.

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Why Gen Z employees want to talk politics at work—and how leaders can handle it with grace

Fast Company Tech

A recent survey by online résumé builder ResumeHelp found that 60% of millennials and 58% of Gen Z employees say they “sometimes” or “frequently” talk about politics at work. In contrast, only 41% of Gen X and 40% of boomers do the same. In short, the generational divide is stark. But this isn’t just about politics—it’s about identity, inclusion, and the evolving role of work in people’s lives.

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Bezos-funded satellite tracking methane emissions loses power in space

Engadget

MethaneSAT, the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) methane-tracking satellite backed by the Bezos Earth Fund, is lost in space. Its ground team lost contact with the spacecraft on June 20 but tried to reestablish a connection until it learned in the morning of July 1 that MethaneSAT had lost power altogether. The team believes that the satellite is likely not recoverable.

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A New Look At Running Grants & Programs: Why Use A System When You Have Excel?

Speaker: Gareth Webb & Phil Selley, Founding Partners at Intouch Business

For many nonprofit organizations and NGOs, managing grants and monitoring projects with spreadsheets and manual processes feels familiar—but is it holding your organization back? As funding requirements become more complex and stakeholder expectations for transparency grow, relying on outdated methods can lead to inefficiencies, missed opportunities, and compliance risks.

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I’m an emergency doctor who knows burnout firsthand. Here’s why every industry should be paying attention

Fast Company Tech

One of medicine’s harder lessons about burnout and mental health might be the most urgently needed by every industry right now. As an emergency physician who also did four years of surgical residency training, I witnessed firsthand how the grueling training that medical residents face, coupled with a tough-it-out attitude, can cause silent suffering—and sometimes with deadly consequences.

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How to watch Summer Games Done Quick 2025

Engadget

In a mad, mad world, speedruns for charity can be a calm oasis. Summer Games Done Quick (SGDQ) has your fix with the 2025 edition of the marathon. You can tune in starting on Sunday, July 6. As usual, the lineup includes loads of fun games and bonkers challenges. It's fitting that this year's lineup includes a Switch 2 game. On the event's last day, the speedrunner Peas will take on Mario Kart World on the new console.

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Gen Z is the worst at work, right? Wrong

Fast Company Tech

If we took everything at face value, today’s media headlines, studies, and overall assumptions about the next generation currently entering the workforce could be considered true. Unreliable. Entitled. Difficult to work with. Zero work ethic. Screen-obsessed, except on Zoom calls because their cameras are always off. Unwilling to work in the office or collaborate with others.

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Why Embracing Failure is the Key to Growth

Medium Technology Section

Sitemap Open in app Sign up Sign in Medium Logo Write Sign up Sign in No Time · Share through stories. Member-only story Why Embracing Failure is the Key to Growth Failure isn’t the end — it’s a stepping stone to learning and resilience. Kayla Simas 2 min read · Just now -- Share Photo by rc.xyz NFT gallery on Unsplash Most of us fear failure — and for good reason.

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The Everyday Donor: Unlocking Prospecting Segments Through Behavior Analysis

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand

Do you really know your donors? Not just what they give, but who they are? 👥 In this interactive session, we’ll break down how nonprofits can use behavioral indicators (affinity, recency, frequency, and monetary value) to build prospecting segments that go beyond wealth screening and actually align with donor identity. You’ll walk away with practical strategies to move beyond basic demographics and cultivate supporters based on how they already engage with you!

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These geeks are building an early warning system for disappearing government data

Fast Company Tech

To a certain brand of policy wonk, January 31, 2025, is a day that will live in infamy. It had been nearly two weeks since President Donald Trump took office for the second time—days that passed in a swirl of executive orders to cut federal spending and rid the government of now-forbidden ideas—when suddenly, vast troves of government data began to disappear in a single day.

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The Green Cloud Conundrum: Can Big Tech Really Power Our Digital World Sustainably?

ITPro Today

Tech giants are racing to balance 24/7 reliability with renewable commitments — creating both environmental necessity and strategic business opportunity.

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Why mission-driven brands build the strongest communities

Fast Company Tech

In today’s business landscape, the most successful brands aren’t just selling products, they’re building movements. They don’t just fill shelves; they shape values. At Michael Graves Design, that shift didn’t happen all at once. It emerged gradually, as our commitment to purposeful, human-centered product design attracted something deeper than customers.

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What Could a Healthy AI Companion Look Like?

Wired

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Navigating Payroll Compliance: Future-Proofing Payroll in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape

Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

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This neighborhood in Queens has a brilliant plan to turn a busy street into a park

Fast Company Tech

One of the most positive legacies of the COVID-19 pandemic stretches across 26 blocks in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of Queens. The 34th Avenue Open Street emerged out of a New York City-sanctioned program in the early days of the pandemic that allowed neighborhood groups to temporarily close streets to car traffic and use the space for outdoor recreation and other purposes.

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There are two fundamentally different constraints on schemers

The AI Alignment Forum

Published on July 2, 2025 3:51 PM GMT People (including me) often say that scheming models “have to act as if they were aligned”. This is an alright summary; it’s accurate enough to use when talking to a lay audience. But if you want to reason precisely about threat models arising from schemers, or about countermeasures to scheming, I think it’s important to make some finer-grained distinctions.

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Are you too reliable to be promotable?

Fast Company Tech

James wanted to reach the senior VP or CTO level, but feedback was clear: He was viewed as a working manager, not a leader of leaders. His identity as the expert got him only so far. Now it was the very thing limiting his advancement. James was a recognized expert at his medical tech firm: one of its first employees and instrumental in building its core software platform.

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️ Beyond Sustainability: How Regenerative Design Will Define the Next Decade of Architecture

Medium Technology Section

For years, the word sustainable was architecture’s golden badge. But in 2025? That badge is fading fast. This isn’t about doing less harm anymore.

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Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.

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How gig economy thinking is transforming rental investing

Fast Company Tech

Many real estate investors don’t set out to build rental businesses. Rather, they stumble into them. Think of the Gen Xer who just inherited their parent’s home, the professional who’s moving out of state for a new job but is reluctant to sell their current home, or the empty nester who bought a townhome for their college student to live in and is renting extra rooms out to other students.

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Contracting With Remote Software Development Companies: Everything You Need To Know

Connection Cafe

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, remote work has surged across many sectors, with software development leading the way. In 2019, only 6.5% of US private-sector workers were fully remote, but by 2021, the share had increased by over 30 percentage points. Professional, scientific, and technical services saw a significant rise, with 46.5% of its workforce remote in 2021 (up from 16.5% in 2019).

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Critical minerals are in the U.S., not in far-off mines

Fast Company Tech

The clean energy transition is accelerating—but it’s running into a critical roadblock: the mineral supply chain. Lithium, cobalt, and other critical minerals power everything from electric vehicles to grid-scale batteries. But the world cannot mine these minerals fast enough to keep up. By 2040, global demand for lithium alone is expected to surge more than 700%.

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Practice Lead – AI and Data Cloud in the USA or Canada

Cloud 4 Good

We are seeking a visionary and results-driven Practice Lead – AI and Data Cloud to lead the strategy, design, and execution of innovative solutions across Data Cloud, Agentforce, and AI domains. This individual will play a key leadership role in shaping market-ready offerings, driving strategic account development, and building reusable assets and IP that deliver measurable client value and competitive differentiation.

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.