Mon.Jul 15, 2024

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Demystifying Artificial Intelligence for Nonprofits: Why You Should Care About AI Right Now, Not Later

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Michelle Kocin , Digital Marketing Manager at SylogistMission – a donor management, fundraising, and volunteer management platform built for nonprofits and NGOs in the Microsoft Dataverse. It feels like every day there are new headlines about both the benefits and the dangers of AI. Some say it will replace human workers because it can aggregate information, summarize data and provide key insights, and it learns as it goes.

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RKD Group and GivingTuesday Unveil the GivingPulse Field Guide

NonProfit PRO

RKD Group and GivingTuesday released the GivingPulse Field Guide to provide actionable strategies and insights from the GivingPulse Report.

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Top Companies That Donate to Nonprofits

Wild Apricot

Explore the top companies that generously donate to nonprofits. You'll also learn the different types of donations and tips for requesting donations.

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Why You Ghost Your Strategic Plan

NonProfit PRO

Almost every organization has a strategic plan, but most ignore them in everyday activities. Here's why, plus how to stay true to your plan.

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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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Tips for Effectively Training Your Machine Learning Models

Machine Learning Mastery

In machine learning projects, achieving optimal model performance requires paying attention to various steps in the training process. But before focusing on the technical aspects of model training, it is important to define the problem, understand the context, and analyze the dataset in detail. Once you have a solid grasp of the problem and data, […] The post Tips for Effectively Training Your Machine Learning Models appeared first on MachineLearningMastery.com.

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Unlock Your Nonprofit’s Potential With The Bloomerang ROI Calculator

Bloomerang

Ever wonder how much more your organization could achieve with the right tools? Meet the Bloomerang ROI Calculator, designed to show you the impact of investing in our comprehensive Giving Platform. It’s a great tool for nonprofits like yours looking to enhance their impact. What is the Bloomerang ROI Calculator? The Bloomerang ROI Calculator estimates your growth using information you provide about your fundraising revenue, constituent count, and annual donors.

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Android 15 will feature a much improved desktop mode with better window management

TechSpot

Android already has a barebones desktop mode that was introduced as part of Android 10 in 2019. However, the experience leaves a lot to be desired, as it is not meant for end-users. Instead, it is intended for developers to help them test how their apps might behave in multi-display.

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Let’s Do This! Advocate for the Profession

VQ Strategies

Despite all the valuable work that those who lead volunteer engagement do for organizations and the community, the role is not recognized as a profession in the US.yet! Al!ve, the Association for Leaders in Volunteer Engagement, is working to enhance the profession through official recognition by the Bureau of Labor and others. (While we at VQ Volunteer Strategies have a global reach and honor our colleagues from beyond the US, this post is particularly relevant to our fellow US residents).

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Researchers want to develop a DNA-based storage system in three years

TechSpot

An international team of researchers led by Lithuanian company Genomika is working on a DNA-based storage system, a fully autonomous technology conceived to potentially store the world's entire digital data in a small box. Known as DNAMIC, or DNA Microfactory for Autonomous Archiving, the project, which received a €5 million.

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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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30+ Top Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Ideas for Nonprofits

OneCause

Peer-to-peer fundraising is one of the most lucrative methods of generating revenue for nonprofits. Take a look at these 30+ peer-to-peer fundraising ideas!

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Road to recovery: Smartphone market continued strong growth in Q2

TechSpot

The global smartphone market continued down the road to recovery in the second quarter according to independent reports from the International Data Corporation and Counterpoint Research.

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Where are we seeing sustained changes in grantmaking practices to reduce grantee burden?  

Candid

In the summer of 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the national reckoning on race, more than 800 foundations signed on to the Council on Foundations (COF) COVID-19 Pledge to “loosen or eliminate the restrictions on current grants.” “[R]ecognizing the critical need to act with fierce urgency to support our nonprofit partners as well as the people and communities hit hardest by the impacts of COVID-19,” they implemented measures such as converting project-based grants to unrestricted support, a

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The Witcher 4 development is further along than any other CDPR game, expected to release before Cyberpunk 2077 sequel

TechSpot

After outlining several new projects in a 2022 roadmap, CD Projekt said in January this year that the production phase of The Witcher 4, codenamed Polaris, would start in 2024. In March, it was confirmed that the team working on the game had reached 403 employees, about two-thirds of the.

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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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PySpark Explained: User-Defined Functions

Towards Data Science

What are they, and how do you use them?

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The PlayStation 5 graphics are powered by a GPU roughly equal to what PC graphics card?

TechSpot

The PlayStation 5 is powered by a custom AMD RDNA 2-based GPU, which is roughly equivalent to the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT in terms of performance.

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Know Yourself Better: Grant Pros Should Take The 4 Tendencies Quiz

The NonProfit Times

By Crystal M. Kurzen There is a path to being happier, healthier, more productive, and more creative, especially as a grant professional. Gretchen Rubin’s The Four Tendencies: The Indispensable Personality Profiles That Reveal How to Make Your Life Better (and Other People’s Lives Better, Too) and subsequent quiz came out in 2017 and provides great insight into human motivations.

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Court documents leak Valve's gross pay and surprisingly low headcount

TechSpot

Leaked information from the ongoing antitrust case against Steam operator Valve has hinted at the number of people who have worked at the company and how much Valve paid them over the lifespan of the dominant gaming storefront. Comparing this data with past product releases provides at least a partial.

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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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Some Donors Put Politics Aside, Give To Opposite-Attracting NPOs

The NonProfit Times

Photo from @DepositPhotos A mericans are divided along progressive and conservative lines when it comes to politics and often even the nonprofits they support. But exclusive new data shows there are Americans who give to both types of organizations, say a Second Amendment nonprofit and to public broadcasting. Some donors also give to both democrat and republican political candidates.

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We Tested 250 Games on an Intel Arc GPU: How Did It Go?

TechSpot

We have tested almost every game in our collection on an Intel Arc GPU to determine how many titles work on Intel's discrete graphics architecture and what kind of experience you can expect.

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The Top 3 Concerns For Associations Include AI, Data, and Audience Alignment

fusionSpan

July is already well on its way, but we’re still very much thinking about the conversations at last month’s AMSFest Chicago and the key concerns that emerged through our follow-up conversations with decision makers in the association space. To call these topics concerns may seem a touch dramatic, but it’s important to note that the underpinning theme behind these conversations is a recognition of the need for change.

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Ryzen powered NUC-like mini PC with built-in display hits Kickstarter goal in five hours

TechSpot

While Intel abandoned the NUC project and the idea of building its own line of compact PC devices, third-party companies like Asus are still trying to innovate in this niche market. A recent Kickstarter campaign by Miniproca has gone beyond innovation and ventured into oddity territory with a NUC-like mini.

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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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Ant Group sees insurance business boom with 30% y-o-y growth in claim payouts in H1

TechNode

Ant Groups insurance arm said on Monday its partner insurers reported $1.93 billion in claims via its platform in the first half of this year, a 30% year-on-year increase, as users increasingly choose the online insurance brokerage platform thanks to its convenience. With more than 1 billion users on the platform, Alipays in-app tool has expanded from e-commerce-related shopping rebates when launched in 2013 to providing a range of insurance offerings including health and travel coverage.

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Chromium browsers have been quietly sending user information to Google

TechSpot

An API provided by a preinstalled extension called "hangout_services" in Chromium browsers is quietly sending information about users' CPU and GPU usage to Google when visiting Google websites, according to Luca Casonato, a Netherlands-based developer of JavaScript Registry and Deno.

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TikTok explores local services potential in Southeast Asia

TechNode

TikTok is exploring the local life services sector in Southeast Asia as it tries to replicate sister app Douyins path in China. According to a recent job posting on the companys official careers website, its venture into services aims to make the daily life experience richer, more unique and more innovative. Chinese media outlet 36Kr quoted a TikTok service provider in Indonesia as saying that some of the short video apps users are already exposed to discounted meal deals in their TikTok feed as

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Razer's new mouse settings give pro players better control over mouse orientation and sensitivity

TechSpot

Mouse Rotation and Dynamic Sensitivity are two new settings options for Razer's Viper V3 Pro and DeathAdder V3 HyperSpeed mice. After installing the latest version of Synapse and updating the products' firmware, users can access what Razer describes as a new way to adapt peripheral control to one's quirks and.

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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.