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International Organizations and Social Media: News, Engagement, and Social Data for Policy Change

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Not every student in my class is focused on the same policy issue. They will be placed with organizations working on policies in these areas, many part of large international networks, nonprofits, and government. Benchmark Studies and Examples. Twitter is now a primary news channel for a number of international organizations.

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The MacBook Air is once again the benchmark by which other laptops will be measured

The Verge

Apple news that isn’t so good. ? Apple will pay $113 million for throttling older iPhones in new ‘batterygate’ settlement. Gaming news. ? On the other, I hate hate hate that it’s happening because of Apple’s ridiculous App Store policies. Google news. ? Tim Sweeney is not impressed. I am conflicted about this!

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Benchmarks 2024 — the Food Bank Edition

M+R

This year, a record 27 regional food banks participated in M+R’s annual Benchmarks Study covering mostly digital fundraising, marketing, advertising, and advocacy metrics (and here’s another plug…if you haven’t dug into this year’s study, do it now!). This year for the first time, we’re sharing the Food Bank Edition of Benchmarks publicly!

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How to Make Your Nonprofit Recession-Proof: Perfect Your Operating Reserves Policy

Blue Fox

WHY YOU NEED OPERATING RESERVES The news is full of warnings about the next economic downturn and possibly even a recession. First off: do you have an operating reserves policy? If so, when is the last time your leadership team reviewed the policy? Why You Need It. How to Start It. Best Practices to Leverage It.

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The best gaming laptops for 2025

Engadget

The good news: There are plenty of options for gamers of every budget. I'd recommend snagging the best gaming laptop for you from a retailer with a simple return policy, like Amazon or Best Buy. We benchmark every gaming notebook with PCMark 10, a variety of 3DMark tests, Cinebench and Geekbench. No surprise there.

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10 Threads & X Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A good example is the first thread by the Center on Budget & Policy Priorities. There is no data to provide benchmarks for the optimal number of times to post to Threads on a weekly basis, but through experimentation, Nonprofit Tech for Good has settled on posting every other day. Positive news about your mission and programs.

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Using reinforcement learning for dynamic planning in open-ended conversations

Google Research AI blog

While large language models (LLMs) are now beating state-of-the-art approaches in many natural language processing benchmarks, they are typically trained to output the next best response, rather than planning ahead, which is required for multi-turn interactions. The selected sequence of utterances is then fused into a cohesive response.