Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The problem of micromanagement is quite prevalent. The problem arises from board members overstepping their roles, often thinking they’re helping or know better, when in reality, they’re interfering. Burnout is a serious concern at many nonprofits and micromanagement from the board only exacerbates this issue.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 28, 2021

The device seemingly pulled the idea for the challenge from an article describing it as dangerous, citing news reports about an alleged challenge trending on TikTok. According to Kristin Livdahl’s screenshot, the Echo responded to “tell me a challenge to do” with “Here’s something I found on the web.

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Candid

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Well-intended, ultra-high net worth (UHNW) individuals are donating large sums of money to fund solutions for some of society’s most challenging problems.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2020

For nonprofits, fundraising can be a challenging proposition. To start, bring the problems your organization wants to fix into the light. For many people, issues that are out of sight are also out of mind. Google’s new feature also allows users to utilize their Google voice assistant to donate to their favorite charities.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

When sales declined in multiple locations, no one was certain who was responsible for addressing the issue. For instance, if collaboration is a priority, design team processes that reward joint problem-solving. Cultivate Leadership: Provide leaders with development programs that address the unique challenges of their roles.

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Blue Avocado

JANUARY 21, 2025

But despite the vast digital transformation, increased use of social media, and focus on sustainability and equity practices since then, there remains some longstanding challenges that nonprofit organizations will always continue to grapple with. But we can’t continue debating the issue. Case in point: Board management.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Central to that success is their ability to leverage their innovation capital — the trust that funders place in their ability to solve problems and break new ground. That is exactly what is demanded of nonprofit social sector leaders who are tasked with solving the most intractable social issues of our time.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2023

The platform streamlines important processes like onboarding, voting, and creating agendas, so you’ll have more time to discuss the issues that really matter. 5 Productivity Challenges for Board Members Nonprofit boards face a variety of challenges that impact their overall productivity.

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VQ Strategies

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Adapt and Overcome: How 2020 Brings Innovation and Flexibility for Volunteer-Led Programs For the US Marines, the concept of “Adapt and Overcome” is central to their philosophy of innovation and problem solving to address all challenges, unexpected situations, and chaotic environments. We generally had 20-30 warriors at each meeting.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 14, 2025

Here are tips for building an effective partner ecosystem for your grantmaking organization, including some common integration challenges to avoid. Define Your Needs What is the problem you are really solving for? Being aware of these challenges can help you mitigate them proactively.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

AI plays a pivotal role in the nonprofit sector The challenges related to AI bias and affordability highlight the importance of community-centered and responsible AI development. This tool is specifically designed to benefit non-native English speakers by addressing challenges in professional writing.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 31, 2025

It’s a problem that has long littered the landscape in Kampala, the capital, where buveera are woven into the fabric of daily life. And they’re depending more on chemicals like pesticides and fertilizers to buffer against unreliable weather and more pervasive pest issues. Can agriculture escape the plastic problem?

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 13, 2025

The concept, its UX implementation, and underlying technology surfaces challenges that, in my conversations with Meta’s designers, dont seem to have any clear, categorical answer. Images: Meta] An unsolvable problem? Metas own oversight board has pointed out huge problems with the plan. And because just 12.5%

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 31, 2025

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Throne Bathrooms (@thronebathrooms) Built on accountability Throne says its smart bathrooms use accountability to solve the age-old problem of unwanted bathroom activity. Every user is asked to rate the cleanliness of the Throne and can report any issues via text. and a rating of 4.07

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.orgSource

APRIL 29, 2024

The Bottom-Line Given that challenge, we focused on basic concepts rather than the more swiftly changing tactics. Where will it be challenged? There are issues of accuracy. Ethics and legal issues should be of special consideration. There are a host of legal and HR issues that you must anticipate.

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Candid

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Having a good board agreement and bylaws in place—with the help of legal advice—at the beginning can head off some of the challenges discussed below. Without one, all kinds of problems can—and frequently do—arise. Or is doing too much? Can we ‘fire’ a board member?

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 31, 2023

We’ll send our audience back to work with new insights and answers to challenging questions like these: How can our organization prepare to manage disruptive events like the pandemic? I’ve heard there are lots of legal issues surrounding its use. The November 2 event is designed to give a fresh take on the future!

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 1, 2025

Second, an unwillingness to express real emotions can result in feeling isolated from others and can cause mental health challenges for the person expressing toxic positivity. Be aware and be realistic You can avoid toxic positivity by staying aware of whats going onincluding the bad news or challenges that emerge.

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Google Research AI blog

MARCH 30, 2023

The key to both is a deeper understanding of ML data — how to engineer training datasets that produce high quality models and test datasets that deliver accurate indicators of how close we are to solving the target problem. Each step can introduce issues and biases.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 11, 2025

If you ask anyone who started a company, on Tuesday it’s a hiring problem. On Friday, it’s a finance problem. The next week it’s a supplier issue, Leve says. The entrepreneurial journey is so challenging. You need a very broad toolkit in order to address all of those challenges you bump up against.

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Towards Data Science

MAY 19, 2023

Data Entropy — More Data, More Problems? Source: [link] “It’s like the more money we come across, the more problems we see” Notorious B.I.G There is a lot of value to be gained from having data engineers focus on revenue-generating activities rather than troubleshooting data pipeline issues. More can be found in this blog.

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.orgSource

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Most groups navigated the unusual challenges and got work done. And, most importantly, we discovered new strategies for adaptation and problem solving. It is also a fun and effective way to ease into conversations about communication, behavior, trust, and other interpersonal issues that are important to keeping culture on track.”

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 11, 2025

As a high-performance coach and leadership expert, I spend my time consulting with leaders and their teams, challenging them to do better thinking and extract the value of their collective capacity. Social media serves to reinforce existing beliefs, not challenge them. Heres why: 1. Burnout is the result of prolonged work stress.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 13, 2025

Now, theres a company looking to address that problem with a simple yet radical solution: Putting renewable energy into giant batteries and transporting those batteries by train. Photo: SunTrain] Current challenges to transporting renewables Clean energy is the fastest-growing source of electricity in the U.S.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

This highlights not just a tech industry issue but a broader societal challenge. This exclusion stifles progress and leaves critical societal issues unaddressed. That being said, addressing the gaps in representation isn’t a technology problem, it’s a human problem.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 1, 2025

The challenges of any agency or client team continue to escalate. Then theres the issue of client loyalty, reduced scopes, tighter timelines, and the not-so-secret plan of AI to take everyones jobs. We spend so much of our time with challenges its so easy to default to its not going to happen. Instability abounds.

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.orgSource

JUNE 25, 2023

Now that remote work makes a casual stroll through the cubicles challenging, I suggest an intentional approach. If performance issues have been a problem, keep an open mind. Part of the task will be to identify whether working from home is the root cause of issues. Policing remote workers should not be one of your goals.

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NVIDIA AI Blog

MARCH 18, 2025

To help address this challenge, NVIDIA today announced at the GTC global AI conference that its partners are developing new large telco models (LTMs) and AI agents custom-built for the telco industry using NVIDIA NIM and NeMo microservices within the NVIDIA AI Enterprise software platform.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 30, 2024

Throughout the pandemic, I fielded calls from colleagues asking for advice on a range of issues. Although technology problems were urgent and frequently mission critical. The most challenging problems centered around culture. As the tech problems subsided, people became better at communicating through the small screen.

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TechSpot

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

TSMC encountered significant challenges when it began constructing its fab in Arizona, facing a trifecta of issues that underscored the stark contrast between fab construction in the U.S. First, TSMC struggled to find skilled workers locally, a problem rarely encountered in Taiwan. and Taiwan. Read Entire Article

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Blue Avocado

JANUARY 7, 2025

At a time of a leadership transition, planned or unplanned, more and more organizations are using interim leaders (aka interims) to help the board address organizational challenges, large and small, that may have existed during the tenure of the previous leader. Independence and objectivity were essential.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

If these two drivers of engagement are a world apart, it will be challenging to deliver the seamless experience customers expect from their favorite brands. If the marketing team promises a fabulous new website, and the results don’t include any features members want, there will be issues, not the least of which is broken confidence.

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.orgSource

MAY 15, 2023

If these two drivers of engagement are a world apart, it will be challenging to deliver the seamless experience customers expect from their favorite brands. If the marketing team promises a fabulous new website, and the results don’t include any features members want, there will be issues, not the least of which is broken confidence.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 21, 2019

Challenges. Charity competitions, such as Challenges , are great ways to get your nonprofit engaged as a whole in a friendly fundraising competition. Much like the ice bucket challenge, this type of fundraising has the potential for a lot of social sharing. Promotions. Dare Me campaigns.

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The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 23, 2024

They have been operating in silos, independently solving the same problems and rebuilding the same systems over and over. There is now a real opportunity to build a connected, collaborative infrastructure that fuels collective problem-solving and innovation. There has been some real progress in nonprofit tech in recent years.

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.orgSource

JULY 10, 2023

But I am struck by how often our contributors’ insights are the recommendations we needed to survive that challenge. Are there conditions or issues that are impeding your ability to excel as a leader or to manage your staff? What challenges to your organization/members are not being addressed? Why are these issues being ignored?

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.orgSource

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Wikipedia offers this one : Intelligence has been defined as the capacity for abstraction, logic, understanding, self-awareness, learning, emotional knowledge, reasoning, planning, creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving. While AI does involve logic and problem-solving, it does not think. It calculates.

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