Public Relations Is Not a Luxury — It’s a Survival Strategy
NonProfit PRO
MAY 28, 2025
When budgets shrink, public relations often gets cut. But that silence can cost more than it saves when visibility and trust are essential.
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NonProfit PRO
MAY 28, 2025
When budgets shrink, public relations often gets cut. But that silence can cost more than it saves when visibility and trust are essential.
Futurism
MAY 13, 2025
Verification comes from audits and public records, but skepticism persists in polarized discussions." "However, their support for progressive causes raises transparency concerns, fueling debate. Critics question their influence, while supporters highlight societal benefits. This response, apparently, ticked off Musk.
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Bloomerang
JANUARY 10, 2025
Todays question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on the pros and cons of public donor listings: Dear Charity Clairity, There has been some concern about the fact we have our $1,000+ donors listed on our website. People give larger gifts to receive public recognition. People complain about perceptions of exclusivity.
Fast Company Tech
MARCH 25, 2025
Tomorrow, NPRs CEO Katherine Maher goes before a DOGE congressional subcommittee to defend the public media outlets case for federal funding. I think that that’s something that often gets lost in the conversation about public radio is the overall percentage of funds that go directly to local stations. We love This American Life.
Engadget
JUNE 5, 2025
The agency has said the data being requested is exempt from public records laws. Tesla has asked a judge to block a request for the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration to disclose certain data related to crashes involving vehicles that have self-driving features, as Reuters reports.
Fast Company Tech
MARCH 31, 2025
In Little Tokyo, there are almost no public restroomsin most of the restaurants and shops, you have to buy something first. After years of complaints from riders, LA Metro is rolling out more free public Throne bathrooms this year at transit stations across L.A. a public transportation advocate with the L.A. But overall, nice.
NonProfit PRO
JUNE 13, 2025
billion in funding for the United States Agency for International Development, Corporation for Public Broadcasting and others. The House of Representatives passed a bill that could officially rescind $9.4
Fast Company Tech
APRIL 1, 2025
Many will read the groups legacy through the lens of public hostility: the frustration caused, the angry headlines, the outrage at its tactics. It is a sign that these activists succeeded in emotionally charging the public debate about climate change. But the intense backlash directed at JSO is not evidence that its campaign faltered.
Fast Company Tech
APRIL 11, 2025
The 16-year-old from Houston had the rare opportunity to use a public telephone for the first time. In place of those security blankets, there are several public telephone banks of those throwback devices from days gone by. ” The line at the public phone bank can stretch up to 10 people deep at the height of the Masters.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
NOVEMBER 16, 2024
What The Public Think of Charities Using AI :: Download [Worldwide] Published by the Charities Aid Foundation 10. Nonprofit Recurring Giving Report 2024 :: Download [US] Published by Neon One 7. 2024 Nonprofit Advertising Benchmark Study :: Download [US] Published by Whole Whale 8.
Fast Company Tech
JUNE 9, 2025
Five public pools in Newark, New Jersey, just got an unusual upgrade. Painted in bright neon colors and sporting far-out shapes, five custom-designed cabanas have been installed on the decks of these public pools, one at each location. The pool areas didn’t have any types of amenity at all. It was essentially concrete platforms.
Bloomerang
JUNE 13, 2025
Has your organization been dealing with a loss of public funding? The post [ASK AN EXPERT] How Do We Rally Support When Public Funding Disappears? . — Charity Clairity ( Please use a pseudonym if you prefer to be anonymous when you submit your own question , like “Afraid its a bad time” did.) Let us know in the comments.
Fast Company Tech
MAY 21, 2025
In an era dominated by artificial intelligence and smartphones, one of the most overlooked engines of economic growth sits quietly at the heart of every neighborhood: the public library. By utilizing public space and collaborating with local talent, libraries can become platforms for economic mobility and cultural innovation.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
JANUARY 4, 2025
The report calls for inclusive discussions to ensure AI aligns with nonprofit missions and serves the public good. While enthusiasm is high, concerns about data privacy, ethics, and bias remain. Published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation / UK ] Please Note: This blog post was drafted with assistance from ChatGPT, an AI created by OpenAI.
Candid
OCTOBER 24, 2024
But not every nonprofit has a public relations team or a communications or media relations specialist who keeps track of local and national media outlets. And that means finding out what kinds of news a specific publication or outlet is interested in covering. For specialized publications, the topics you should pitch may seem obvious.
Engadget
MAY 29, 2025
"For the past several days, Tesla has been testing self-driving Model Y cars (no on in driver's seat) on Austin public streets with no incidents," CEO Elon Musk posted on X. "A In a recent analyst call, Elon Musk said that the Model Y robotaxi vehicles would be the same as Model Y vehicles sold to the public. "There's
Nimble AMS
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
Many associations use data-driven decision making to move their missions forward, advance public policy, and enhance advocacy programs. The core purpose of MTSBA is to develop the full potential of each child in every public school. MTSBA has more than 1,450 members and serves more than 25,000 public employees.
Futurism
MAY 31, 2025
On June 23, Starbase's City Commission is holding, per the letter, a public hearing to draw its zoning map, which will break down how the roughly 1.6-square-mile square-mile town will carve up the land it now controls.
Fast Company Tech
MAY 23, 2025
ET, viewers can tune in and watch live as fragile film cards are turned into searchable public documents, soundtracked to relaxing lo-fi beats. This work is part of Democracys Library , a global initiative to digitize and make publicly available millions of government records.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
OCTOBER 18, 2024
Here’s what it offers: Financial Intelligence Wealth screening uses public and proprietary data sources to uncover high-net-worth individuals who can make large gifts. Wealth Screening: Focus on High-Value Donors Wealth screening identifies major gift prospects by analyzing financial assets, property ownership, and other wealth indicators.
Futurism
MAY 20, 2025
The Chicago Sun-Times , a daily non-profit newspaper owned by Chicago Public Media, published a "summer reading list" featuring wholly fabricated books the result of broadcasting unverified AI slop in its pages. The newspaper's title and the date of the page's publication are visible in the page's header.
Ars Technica
MAY 20, 2025
We are looking into how this made it into print as we speak," the official publication account wrote. "It The problem affects everything from AI search results to lawyers citing fake cases. On Tuesday morning, the Chicago Sun-Times addressed the controversy on Bluesky. "We We value your trust in our reporting and take this very seriously.
Candid
MAY 29, 2025
According to a survey conducted in March by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, about three-quarters of the 1,229 respondents gave at least $1 to charity in the past year. The largest share, 23%, donated between $101 and $500 total. Two in five donors gave to nonprofits helping people in need in the U.S.
Engadget
MAY 29, 2025
The next versions of the operating systems may be earmarked by the year, according to the publication's sources. The numbers would align with the year after each major OS release, since Apple typically rolls out the first public versions of those each fall.
Fast Company Tech
MAY 8, 2025
These types of systems have been the subject of significant public concern. A Brookings Institution analysis found that in many cities, local governments had no public documentation on how predictive policing software functioned, what data was used, or how outcomes were evaluated. Necessary innovations or dangerous overreach?
Nonprofit Tech for Good
FEBRUARY 23, 2025
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Futurism
MAY 12, 2025
Though public-facing products, like AI-powered chatbots and image generators, appear in sleek interfaces on computer and phone screens, they come with some considerable costs behind the scenes. During his papacy, Pope Leo XIII was deeply concerned with the collateral social damage wrought by unchecked technological innovation.
Fast Company Tech
MAY 20, 2025
Few Americans are aware that such an ambitious and comprehensive public housing effort ever took place. Engineers installed over 649,000 feet of modern sewer and water systems, ensuring that these new communities set a high standard for sanitation and public health. Many of the homes are still standing today. Housing Corporation.
Engadget
MAY 29, 2025
The New York Times and Amazon have entered into a multi-year licensing agreement that will allow Amazon access to much of the publications editorial content for AI-related uses. The Washington Post is one of several major publications that have signed deals with OpenAI earlier this year.
Fast Company Tech
MAY 13, 2025
billion proposal from politicians charged with representing the public. Efforts by Inside Climate News to speak with public officials in Bessemer about the proposal, called Project Marvel, were met with silence. Because residents packed the meeting room, the city argued in court, there was no deficiency in public notice.
Fast Company Tech
MAY 29, 2025
I think the most important thing is that its really exciting to see that so many cities and counties and states and utilities and communities across our country are taking action to tackle the really polluting, really loud, gas-powered lawn equipment, says Kirsten Schatz , clean air advocate for Colorado Public Interest Research Group (CoPIRG).
Mashable Tech
MARCH 13, 2025
Wynn-Williams was previously Meta's director of global public policy, with Careless People covering her time at the company from 2011 to 2017. This does not mean that Wynn-Williams' claims in Careless People are false, nor that they are true. It simply means that the ICDR considers it likely that she violated her contract by sharing them.
Ars Technica
MAY 13, 2025
Yelland, who works in public relations for a Detroit-based nonprofit, says shell run the persons information through Spokeo, a personal data aggregator that she pays a monthly subscription fee to use. If the contact claims to speak Spanish, Yelland says, she will casually test their ability to understand and translate trickier phrases.
Futurism
APRIL 18, 2025
By pretty much any account, Blue Origin's publicity stunt of sending an all-female crew into space was a major flop. A flurry of activity including countless camera shutters can be heard, suggesting this was a moment constructed for maximum publicity. Oops, she didn't really close it again!" The moment raised plenty of questions.
Fast Company Tech
JUNE 5, 2025
is hardly alone in rethinking digital public services. It’s a pattern that’s visible around the world, says Pope, from India and Ukraine, who have been investing heavily in digital public infrastructure, to Germany and South Africa, who have recently announced similar efforts to build state digital capacity.
Futurism
MAY 29, 2025
As this happens, the government, anxious about China and widespread labor turmoil, will do nothing to "regulate AI" or warn the public about its potential. The public only realizes it when it's too late,"Amodei told Axios. Suddenly, "almost overnight," businesses flip a switch and replace humans with LLMs en masse.
Engadget
MAY 28, 2025
X leverages public posts from users to train Grok, though not in the EU , and it remains to be seen if the deal includes language to do the same thing with Telegram. Both companies have remained mum on this question to other publications, like Reuters. X, on the other hand, handles half that amount.
.orgSource
JUNE 10, 2025
Effective leaders recognize and praise progress, even when the end result isn’t perfect. Highlight: First attempts Creative workarounds Peer support moments Milestones reached Publicly celebrating those early wins fosters a culture of learning and keeps momentum alive.
Fast Company Tech
MARCH 31, 2025
Volunteers views on social issues may change through their work, too: More than 4 in 5 adults over 55 who tutored public school students to strengthen their reading skills in the national Experience Corps program, for example, stated that their views on public education evolved as a result.
Candid
MAY 19, 2025
Strengthening the ability of nonprofits to tell these storiesthrough communications training, media partnerships, and public education campaignswould help protect and expand public investment in food security, even in a polarized environment. Long-term, trust-based relationships The system isnt workingand were not just plugging holes.
Candid
MAY 7, 2025
Our new analysis and Tableau Public dashboard provide some answers. Feel free to adjust the filters here to customize your view, or explore the complete dashboard on Tableau Public. Feel free to adjust the filters here to customize your view, or explore the complete dashboard on Tableau Public. Our analysis shows that almost 2.8
Candid
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Black CEOs and majority Black leadership are most prominent in the human services and public benefit subsectors Human service nonprofits and public benefit organizations have the highest representation of Black CEOs, at 19% and 18%.
Ars Technica
MAY 2, 2025
Community water fluoridation has been hailed by health and dental experts as one of the top 10 great public health interventions for advancing oral health across communities, regardless of age, education, or income.
Ars Technica
MAY 7, 2025
The first public release of Matter was in late 2022, but compatible systems didn't get support until the following year. With an ocean of connectivity options and incompatible standards, taming this mess has been challenging, but Matter could finally have a shot at making things a little less frustrating.
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