NonProfit Hub
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
5 Effective Donor Retention Strategies for Small Nonprofits Its tempting for small nonprofits to focus heavily on donor acquisition. After all, the more donors who give, the more funds you get, and the larger your nonprofit becomes. However, this is only half of the story. The logic of acquiring more donors to grow your nonprofit holds only when you can keep that engagement high over a long period.
Fast Company Tech
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Many of us want to get promoted at work, but dont often stop to consider what that means. Moving into the executive ranks often means leading the very people you once worked alongside. And while you might attract attention with stellar performance, it’s not enough to secure your success as a leader. As a CEO and C-Level coach, let me tell you that I, nor any of my most successful clients, would risk elevating a leader to the next level if it would lead to a systemic risk of losing talent o
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Get Fully Funded
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Launching a new nonprofit is an exhilarating feeling. With 501(c)(3) status, you have the beginnings of the framework to improve your community, change lives, help others, and realize your bold vision. But big goals cost big money. And that means you have to figure out how to fundraise for your new venture. Figuring out how to fund your vision can feel like a steep mountain to climb.
NonProfit PRO
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
Many board members resist asking for donations--but why? This article explores the top reasons behind their hesitation and provides proven strategies to shift their mindset. Learn how to empower board members with the confidence, tools, and motivation needed to embrace fundraising and support your organization’s mission. Ready to turn reluctance into fundraising success?
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!
Allegiance Group
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
Lets say youve identified a potential prospect for your organizations board. The candidate has a history of giving and community engagement and seems aligned with your mission. Invest the time to interview them before offering them a seat on your board. Its critical to ask the right questions to ensure a good fit and that the candidate has the capacity to be an active and effective board member not just a name on the letterhead.
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Candid
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
As the daughter of a preacher, I know a thing or two about passing the collection basket. Growing up, I watched my father inspire people to givenot just their money but their time, their energy, and their heartsto something bigger than themselves. It taught me a lesson Ive carried with me ever since: When we come together with a shared purpose, we can change the world.
Bloomerang
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Students are bursting with potential. They bring energy, fresh ideas, and an eagerness to make a difference. Nonprofit activities shape the students, teaching them valuable skills, helping them foster empathy, and connecting them to causes that matter. These experiences can transform communities, strengthen missions, and build a pipeline of future leaders and advocates.
Get Fully Funded
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Imagine youre opening a nonprofit thrift store. With the help of generous donors, youve secured funding, rented retail space, and sourced inventory. Before opening to the public, you just have to nail down the finer details of your stores operations, including your thrift store pricing strategy and layout. Although youve done a lot of work to establish your store, none of it would be possible without the donors who have gotten you to this point.
Fast Company Tech
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Student loan debt has an influence over borrowers career choices long after graduation, affecting their job satisfaction, career advancement, and investment strategies. According to a recent study conducted by MissionSquare Research Institute, the debt thats carried by one in four Americans under 40 affects job-acceptance decisions for 56% of public-sector employees and 62% of those working in the private sector.
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.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
FEBRUARY 23, 2025
By Rob Leighton , Executive Director at iMission a full-service digital-first marketing agency working exclusively with nonprofits and social sector organizations. Successful nonprofit fundraisers have always understood the power of personalization in effective communications. Tailoring messages to resonate with individual donor interests and giving levels fosters stronger connections and inspires greater generosity.
Ars Technica
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
CEDAR PARK, TexasEarly Sunday morning, while most of America is sleeping, a couple dozen engineers in Central Texas will have their eyes glued to monitors watching data stream in from a quarter-million miles away. These ground controllers at Firefly Aerospace hope that their robotic spacecraft, named Blue Ghost, will become the second commercial mission to complete a soft landing on the Moon, following the landing of a spacecraft by Intuitive Machines last year.
Mashable Tech
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
People are afraid of flying right now — but that fear isn't based in much data. There's been a huge uptick in content about plane crashes over the past few weeks. If you look at Google Trends for searches about aviation accidents and incidents, we're searching for them nearly 50 times more often now than we were at any point since Google started collecting data — including when the infamous lost Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 that took over our breaking news banners in 2014.
Futurism
FEBRUARY 23, 2025
For years, the conventional wisdom for wide-eyed youngsters about to enter the job market was "learn to code." Now, it seems like some of the programmers themselves could use the same advice. That's according to Namanyay Goel, an experienced developer who's not too impressed by the new generation of keyboard-clackers' dependence on newfangled AI models.
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NonProfit PRO
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
With the U.S. government proposing major funding reductions for nonprofits, the time to act is now. Relying on grants and federal dollars is no longer a guaranteebut those who pivot fast can turn this crisis into an opportunity. This session will equip nonprofits with bold, actionable strategies to replace lost revenue, build stronger donor pipelines, and ensure financial sustainability.
Ars Technica
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
On Thursday, Inception Labs released Mercury Coder , a new AI language model that uses diffusion techniques to generate text faster than conventional models. Unlike traditional models that create text word by wordsuch as the kind that powers ChatGPT diffusion-based models like Mercury produce entire responses simultaneously, refining them from an initially masked state into coherent text.
Mashable Tech
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
The Big Island is home to one of the most lively volcanoes on Earth. And you can see why. Hawaii's youngest and most active volcano, Kilauea, has been erupting lava for decades, adding hundreds of acres to the island since 1983. A recent eruption episode inside its sizable pit crater, Halema'uma'u, shows how lava can vigorously erupt from the volcano, located on the southeastern shore of the island of Hawaii.
Fast Company Tech
FEBRUARY 23, 2025
National Leadership Day, which takes place every Feb. 20 , offers a chance to reflect on what truly defines leadership not just strategy or decision-making, but the ability to build trust. In an era of rapid change, when teams look to leaders for stability and direction, trust is the invisible currency that fuels organizational success. As an economist , I know theres a lot of research proving this point.
Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand
Is your organization ready to build a recurring giving program that not only sustains but also propels your mission forward? 🚀 In this new webinar with industry visionary Tim Sarrantonio, we’ll guide you through the critical steps to establishing and scaling a successful recurring giving program. Whether you’re starting fresh or enhancing an existing program, this session will provide the strategies you need to deepen donor relationships and secure long-term support!
VentureBeat
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
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NVIDIA AI Blog
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
From improving customer experiences to boosting operational efficiency, agentic AI advanced AI systems designed to autonomously reason, plan and execute complex tasks based on high-level goals is changing the way people live and work. Across industries, AI agents serve as intelligent personal assistants, helping automate repetitive and time-consuming tasks to free up individuals and organizations to focus on higher-value work.
Mashable Tech
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Apple has a new iPhone out. Let's talk about it. The newly launched iPhone 16e is a bit of a strategy shift for Apple. Rather than doing a budget-friendly iPhone SE model every two or three years, Apple has set itself up to potentially do a slightly compromised version of each year's flagship a handful of months later, if it wants to. It's not as cheap as the SE was, but in this case, you get what you pay for.
Fast Company Tech
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
The dramatic images of wealthy neighborhoods burning during the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires captured global attention, but the damage was much more widespread. Many working-class families lost their homes , businesses, and jobs. In all, more than 16,000 structures most of them homeswere destroyed, leaving thousands of people displaced. The shock of this catastrophic loss has been reverberating across Southern California, driving up demand for rental homes and prices in an already unafford
Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker
Across the nonprofit sector, organizations invest heavily in donor retention efforts, yet the struggle of cultivating lasting relationships remains. While attracting new donors is crucial, the lack of repeat donors poses significant financial risks. Through a comprehensive analysis of industry data, experts argue that there is a direct correlation between donor burnout, donor retention, and the talent retention crisis.
VentureBeat
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
You.com launches ARI, a cutting-edge AI research agent that processes over 400 sources in minutesrevolutionizing market research and empowering faster, more accurate business decision-making.
Futurism
FEBRUARY 23, 2025
Ever felt like you're just not meant for this modern age? Try having the last name "Null." Err, sorry. Please try again. Null is the term used in computer systems the world over to indicate "no value." That's not the same as the number zero, mind you. It's more like telling the computer there's "nothing to see here." So in a field for someone's phone number, for example, a "null" there would mean that no number has been entered.
Mashable Tech
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Over a half-century after astronauts walked on the moon , landing remains a daunting endeavor. On March 2, Texas-based Firefly Aerospace will attempt the ambitious feat, as it will direct its robotic Blue Ghost spacecraft to land in Mare Crisium, a lava-covered basin on the moon's near side. The company has shared some of the mission's final views before descending to the lunar surface, showcasing the "magnificent desolation” NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin witnessed in 1969.
Fast Company Tech
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
The new Netflix series Running Point stars Kate Hudson as president of a fictional pro basketball team, the Los Angeles Waves. And the Pepperdine Waves have a problem with it. Attorneys for Pepperdine University in Malibu have filed a lawsuit against the streaming service and Warner Bros. Entertainment arguing they have taken valuable intellectual property from the school and infringed on its trademark ahead of the show’s premiere today.
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.
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