The Verge

AUGUST 18, 2021

The US military created a vast database of biometric data — one report suggests it had a goal of 25 million entries — as part of its effort to track terrorists in Afghanistan. There’s some conflicting information on whether the Taliban can actually access and take action with the information that’s been collected, however.

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Afghanistan Data Database Government 124

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

I like to think of it this way: Organizations may have the research or data, the capacity and staff, to identify problems and opportunities, to build messages, calls to action and campaigns. That doesn’t mean organizations sit back, relinquish all responsibility and control, and wait for the community to take action.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 28, 2025

Organizations used to track their donors, scholarships, and students in a variety of disjointed tools such as spreadsheets, email, homegrown databases , and paper files. You need accurate, on-demand data to easily identify actionable items or next steps. How do you choose scholarship software?

Award 73

Award System Management Student 73

The Verge

JANUARY 9, 2022

Bleeping Computer found that the developer of these two libraries, Marak Squires, introduced a malignant commit (a file revision on GitHub) to colors.js Readme file has also been changed to “What really happened with Aaron Swartz?” The sabotaged versions cause applications to infinitely output strange letters and symbols.

Open Source 145

Open Source Library Project Open 145

Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

ACH/credit card on file. Being aware and on the lookout for donor engagement signals – while having a donor database that can capture and visualize them along with other constituent information – allows fundraisers to take action on an individual level. Years given. Cash/check donor. Recent upgrade or downgrade.

Donor 119

Donor Guide Measure Social Media 119

Pamela Grow

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Enhancing your newsletter calls to action (CTAs) can help increase sign-ups and further engagement. but didnt take action to get further involved. These efforts allow you to collect email addresses from leads to add to your database. Segment your email communications for personalized outreach.

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Websites Generation Tips Nonprofit 59

The Verge

JUNE 30, 2021

An AT&T spokesperson told The Verge that the carrier also met the deadline, as it filed on the 29th. In a press release put out on Wednesday (pdf) , the commission stated that over 1,500 voice providers have filed to be included in its Robocall Mitigation Database, with over 200 of those providers being fully certified.

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Mobile System PDF Spam 107

The Verge

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Airbnb’s Chinese business is specifically mentioned in the S-1 filing the company made public Monday ahead of its planned initial public offering. “If These actions have directly lead to the persecution and detention of the group. He feared it could allow the Chinese government to track foreign visitors and its own citizens.

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Policy Report Data China 105

Tableau

APRIL 12, 2021

With data discovery as an important part of the cataloging experience, we want you to get the most relevant search results when looking for databases and tables in Tableau Server or Online. Find the right tables and databases faster. When you know the exact name of a table or a database, it simplifies the connection process.

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Search Data Database Analysis 105

The Verge

MARCH 11, 2022

On February 26th, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister Mykhailo Fedorov — who is also minister for digital transformation — announced the creation of a volunteer-led cyber army, enlisting the help of any and all skilled workers from the IT sphere to participate in a range of digital actions against Russia.

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Ukraine Data Russia Broadcast 99

The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 18, 2025

Your nonprofits donor database has been compromised. Google Workspace Security Protect your email, files, and accounts from phishing, malware, and unauthorized access. Take Action: Secure Your Nonprofit Today Get your FREE risk assessment and uncover potential security vulnerabilities.

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Organization Nonprofit Donor Grant 52

The Verge

MAY 27, 2021

Privacy International (PI) and several other European privacy and digital rights organizations announced today that they’ve filed legal complaints against the controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI. New York-based Clearview claims to have built “the largest known database of 3+ billion facial images.”.

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Europe Illinois United Kingdom Greece 85

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2013

million registered tax-exempt organizations file a version of the “Form 990” with the IRS and state tax authorities. Just as most people have gotten accustomed to sharing large files via a service like Drop Box, it would be simple for the IRS to publish the returns online for anyone to download in bulk for free.

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Impact Data Nonprofit Government 106

Tableau

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

And in your preferences, choose where and how you receive these notifications—directly in Tableau, in email notifications, or both—so you’ll never miss an important alert or delay taking action. You can now connect to your data in Azure SQL Database (with Azure Active Directory) and Azure Data Lake Gen 2. Quick LODs.

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Experiment Files Analytics Analysis 102

Whole Whale

MAY 2, 2024

Data hygiene projects This can range from cleaning and completing Salesforce, spreadsheet, CRM or other databases for stakeholders. Make sure to create a dev copy and avoid letting interns edit live databases. The right intern can bring an outsider’s eye to organizing and filing rooms like this.

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International Program Ideas Data 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2013

” Recently, I had an opportunity to meet Tal Frankurt, CEO of Cloud for Good, where he shared some thoughts about how a well-designed SalesForce database could be an excellent tool for managing, measuring, and tracking relationships with donors. First and foremost, Salesforce is not a donor database.

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Relationship Donor Gift Database 117

The Next Web

NOVEMBER 16, 2013

Once you get the traffic visiting your site, you need to convert traffic by strong calls to action on your product pages, capturing quality database leads along the way. File Sharing Online: Google Drive or Dropbox. To optimise your site, WebSEO and Google Places are great. Team Task Tracking: Trello.

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Websites Build Analytics Track 159

Candid

JULY 1, 2021

In this blog, we identify three current challenges we’ve encountered in tracking corporate pledges and offer a call to action for future corporate giving. . On one hand, the IRS requires company-sponsored foundations to share details of their grantmaking via their Form 990-PF filing.[ What are corporate pledges? .

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 7, 2008

It has shortcuts for all of your servers, has nice drag and drop for moving files around, allows you to do all sorts of remote actions on files, etc. No, it’s not slick, but Filezilla does the job nicely. It handles FTP, SFTP and FTP over SSL/TLS. I use it all the time, and I really like it.

Open Source 100

Open Source Tools Open Free 100

Tableau

MAY 19, 2021

Moreover, data collection and analysis tend to be labor-intensive manual processes, which often aren’t completed in time to allow for effective actions.” . - On-demand access to readily available and actionable data is empowering teams to make high-impact decisions with confidence. . What is a modern data stack? Access to data.

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Industry Data Analytics Oracle 91

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 9, 2010

What’s so great about the chart from Forrester at the top of this post is that it shows you a great way to view segments of your database in an influential way. to create opportunities for influencers to be unique or valuable with their participation.

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Influence Giving Broadcast Community 114

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 1, 2009

When it comes to a big, deep clean in your office, going through files, recycling lots of random print outs, returning long-borrowed manuals, and finding that secret stash of blue pens in the back of your desk drawer are all on the list. Social Actions. But what about taking an inventory of your social media tools? Communities.

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Social Media Tools Social Media 100

Judi Sohn

JANUARY 1, 2010

I need more than a simple to-do list or just starring my email, less than a full blown GTD system of complex contexts and next actions. I could also drag any file or URL to the Things dock icon to create a task. With THL, a task is only out of the inbox when it's assigned/filed. Both handle multi-Mac sync in the same way.

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Application gMail Files Comparison 100

Candid

MARCH 28, 2022

The social sector is the domain of private action for public good. Political organizations such as political action committees (PACs) straddle the line between public and private, accepting private donations in order to influence elections. private and community foundations in 2018 and captured in Candid’s databases.

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Social Grant Foundation Charity 98

3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 17, 2014

” In Caity’s example, we saw an organization where a 2 percentage point improvement in its donor retention resulted a fundraising increase of over $150,000 on a donor file of 60,000. The rest of the advice was a mix of actions to take during and after the appeal. QUESTION: Last question.

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Retention Donor Advice Data 148

Everyaction

JULY 9, 2018

Here are a few examples of how different departments can save time and increase their impact by using a unified database. The database used can have a large impact on the efficacy of an organization’s fundraising efforts, so it is important to use a software which can manage major donors, planned giving programs, grants, and more.

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Database Advocacy Social Nonprofit 42

Greater Giving

JULY 18, 2023

To help, we’ve put together this guide to break down your donor data management into actionable items. As explained in NPOInfo’s data append services guide , appending is the process of filling any gaps in your database. The provider will match the data you shared to their more comprehensive database of information.

Donor 98

Donor Data Database Demographics 98

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Use email to reach out to your constituents to let them know what you’re up to or to ask them to take action. With email newsletters and emails as part of your campaigns you can move your supporters up the ladder of engagement to take more actions and help you more and more. Don’t forget your Constituent Database.

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Tools Tech Map Case Study 100

Towards Data Science

JULY 13, 2023

The example we’ll walk you through will mirror a typical LLM application workflow you’d run to populate a vector database with some text knowledge. This data will move through different services (LLM, vector database, document store, etc.) Disclaimer: I’m one of the authors of the Hamilton package. Stack overview. Image by authors.

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Application Build Module API 97

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

EveryAction stores over 89 million "Action Profiles" of donors and supporters, which means that a significant number of EveryAction forms come pre-filled. The platform features tools like click-to-call advocacy, email message delivery, and social advocacy , empowering nonprofit supporters to take action on issues they care about. #5.

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Nonprofit Advocacy Offline Donor 88

TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2022

In its research , meanwhile, Accenture has found that only 32% of companies are able to realize “tangible and measurable” value from data, while only 27% derive “highly actionable” insights and recommendations. ” Making data actionable. “Data.World is both cloud-first and security-first.

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Data Organization Track Raise 99

Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

For example, different states have different processes for filing articles of incorporation and the fees required. This ensures that your board will take steps and recommend actions that benefit your entire community, not just a select few. You can either file Form 1023 or 1023-EZ.

Nonprofit 110

Nonprofit Donor Fundraising Volunteer 110

Nonprofits Source

APRIL 19, 2017

They work by matching your database with Facebook, creating a custom audience. Then click the “Create Audience” drop-down and select “Customer File.” CSV file or MailChimp list to import. Make Calls To Action Relevant, Visible And Accessible. ” Next, choose either a.

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Donation Ideas Online Fundraising 111

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Its database competes with a number of rivals in North America, including PitchBook , CB Insights , and my former employer Crunchbase. Then, the resulting data is cleaned and run through the company’s software to “uncover actionable predictions,” as Dealroom puts it. million in early 2020.

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Marketing Data Raise Service 97

Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 11, 2022

A donor management system is like a really big filing cabinet that lives in the cloud and tracks everything about your organization. For example, iWave Insights automatically sorts your database into four distinct segments. Using Insights, your fast-growing nonprofit may find the majority of your database falls under Hidden Gems.

Donor 104

Donor System Management Fundraising 104

Bloomerang

APRIL 17, 2024

Include your employees and enable frontline action when identifying and prioritizing your goals. Unsurprisingly, most organizations collect data through forms, questionnaires, surveys, databases, and customer relationship management systems. Ask yourself what information is relevant, timely, and actionable.

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Data Metrics Measure Goal 122

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Data is everywhere—in every filing cabinet and software system—making it more critical than ever for schools and nonprofits to manage it properly and use that data to make more informed decisions. Are your records scattered across various databases not connected by a common ID? How are you collecting, storing, and accessing that data?

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Management Data Denver Question 98