sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

We all want to know whether our work makes a difference. Power Imbalance in Traditional Evaluation As grantmakers, we tend to monitor and evaluate our strategies and programs using metrics that we deem important. But, monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) frameworks and approaches may not be as objective as they seem.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 12, 2024

This can be particularly problematic if team members use different fields for the same information and theres a lack of consistency. Does your team have the time and technical aptitude to evaluate and learn a new system? Save budget talks for the evaluation phase. What type of access to the system do different team members need?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 4, 2022

The pandemic has caused many mission-driven organizations to re-evaluate their mission, reconsider their strategic plan to accomplish it, and then engage donors and advocates from this new position. How to Evaluate the Options Objectively. Below are a few of the criteria in the evaluation methodology. In Summary.

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.orgSource

APRIL 10, 2023

They should be visionaries who chart the direction, evaluate options, and are prepared to challenge ideas they feel are not in the association’s best interests. We’ve learned that our differences are strengths that can be used to spark innovation and expand perspectives. Today we live in a variegated world.

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Google Research AI blog

MAY 15, 2023

finding a pattern that positive reviews should be mapped to one label, and negative reviews should be mapped to a different label). In this setting, models that are able to override prior knowledge and learn input-label mappings in-context should experience a decrease in performance (since ground-truth evaluation labels are not flipped).

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 24, 2025

A small gap with huge consequences Existing research has shown that when customers submit evaluations, individual workers from ethnic minority groups are more likely to be negatively evaluated, even if their performance and quality is the same. Toward a more level playing field The shift isnt about letting customers off the hook.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

By actively bringing together different departments and leading discussions around revenue diversification, you can set measurable goals, evaluate the ROI of each funding source, and make informed decisions about where to invest time and resources. Finance plays a crucial role in building a sustainable and scalable funding strategy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Although the most popular accounting software products- like QuickBooks and SAP- handle the needs of businesses in many industries, nonprofits have a unique business model and accounting standards and require different features and functionality from accounting software. How are Nonprofit’s Financial Goals Different?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 31, 2020

With the year half way over, this is the perfect time to evaluate your progress so far. If you raised 15% more in January 2019 compared to January 2020, take a look at the difference in your fundraising strategies between these two time periods. Did you mail out an appeal at a different time? This Year Vs. Last Year.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

While there are many industry-specific concerns about AI in workplaces, she says that some of the most effective and impactful AI regulations address common issues that touch on many different types of workplaces. What we started with in the warehouse bill, we’re really seeing expand throughout different types of work.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Even with a friendly name like “feedback, check-in, or coaching,” a performance evaluation can be uncomfortable, or possibly downright scary. That’s probably why more organizations don’t have a process for evaluating the board of directors, or if they do, that assessment is not continuous. I’ll get on my Association 4.0

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 25, 2025

There are four leaning bars at West 4 St and we’ll evaluate how they work before deciding whether to expand, she explains via email. The MTA plans to evaluate the use of the leaning rails at the West 4th Street station through a variety of methods including customer and station employee feedback, says Keegan. What is this doing?

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Survey the office and evaluate the comfort quotient. The physics of the office make a significant difference in how people feel in the space. Be inventive and try something different or appoint a social committee to give your team ownership of the process. Work is more pleasant in clothing that feels good.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

After experimenting with Lidar in early autonomous driving prototypes, Musk went a different direction. He created a polystyrene wall with an image of a road printed on it and placed it in the middle of a real street to evaluate the reaction of the sensors in his own Tesla Model Y, which relies only on cameras.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The Great Wealth Transfer is upon us—Baby Boomers have begun to bequeath the most wealth in world history—and one thing is sure: the methods used to reach the next generation of donors will be markedly different than what successfully reached their predecessors.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Evaluating where the blind spots lie in your organization is one way to begin approaching these difficult conversations. They are activities that are frequently governed and controlled by policies and procedures, such as: Evaluating where the blind spots lie in your organization is one way to begin conversations about risk.

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.orgSource

JUNE 25, 2023

A spontaneous cruise of the office was an effective strategy for evaluating a variety of business indicators. The desire to be fully aware of the strengths and weaknesses of your team drives this type of evaluation. Performance, however, differs from morale, although the two are related. Every organization is different.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 6, 2024

Evaluate the Road Ahead As the oracle of data, AI gives you an unprecedented ability to predict environmental shifts. Then going a step further, AI can evaluate that information and make recommendations for addressing the shortfalls. We can choose our approach. My recommendation is to fight fire with fire.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Having adequate funds are in place can make a significant difference during emergencies. Conduct After-Action Reviews and Continuous Improvement After the immediate response phase, conducting after-action reviews is essential to evaluate your performance and identify areas for improvement.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

As of May 2024, the MMMU benchmark , which evaluates responses to college-level questions, scored GPT-4o at 60%, compared with an 83% human average. Candid’s AI-powered LOI writer assistant aids fundraisers and provides guidance on writing different sections of an LOI.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

And yet, there is a well-established science on human potential, with decades of empirical research resulting in replicable generalizations to predict and explain why some people perform better than others (across different work settings), and why some people develop more than others. What is talent?

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The AI Alignment Forum

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

These included benchmarks which aimed to evaluate whether the model could help with the development of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) weapons. In the past week, we've shown that prompt evaluation can be used to prevent jailbreaks. He argues that the models may be more dangerous than OpenAI believes or indicates.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Two Ten is using a survey to evaluate their processes and remove barriers so they are continually improving their grantee experience. Establish Multiple Grant Pathways When you identify a different need that still fits within your mission, a new grant pathway allows you to stay flexible while also maintaining your core funding program.

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The AI Alignment Forum

MARCH 17, 2025

Published on March 17, 2025 7:11 PM GMT Note: this is a research note based on observations from evaluating Claude Sonnet 3.7. Were sharing the results of these work-in-progress investigations as we think they are timely and will be informative for other evaluators and decision-makers. Claude Sonnet 3.7 We find that Sonnet 3.7

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Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 18, 2024

As you rethink your pricing strategy, youll want to evaluate using pricing discounts as a helpful tool in attracting new members to your association, increasing overall traffic, building member loyalty, and selling large quantities of products. Heres a breakdown of the most effective discounting strategies for associations: 1.

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Candid

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Here are some of the most frequently asked questions: What’s the difference between an advisory board and a governing board? After all, one of the board’s responsibilities includes evaluating the chief executive’s performance and setting their salary. Can the executive director serve on the board?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 17, 2021

The impact that partner (or any kind of donor) retention can have on a charitable organization should be no different. Some partnerships will include different types of value than others, but it should all be measured and reported. 1) Take A Look at Your Current State of Affairs. Which of our partners could support us in a deeper way?

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 10, 2025

I’d like to have some expert logic to point to, since it’s possible there may be a completely different perception were not considering. Or at least a thoughtful evaluation of the evidence you already have. — To Publish or Not to Publish? Dear To Publish or Not to Publish, That is the question! So, thank you!

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NVIDIA AI Blog

MARCH 18, 2025

Cooling system performance and efficiency Using Cadence Reality Digital Twin Platform, accelerated by NVIDIA CUDA and Omniverse libraries, to simulate and evaluate hybrid air- and liquid-cooling solutions from Vertiv and Schneider Electric.

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Association Analytics

APRIL 4, 2022

Identify characteristics of the people who attended virtual events in high numbers and determine how they are different or the same from those who attended in-person. Establishing a virtual conference with content different from your in-person event. Consider both hard and hidden costs when evaluating your events.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 16, 2024

As you are creating your AI policy for your organization, create a working committee from different parts of the organization. And be sure to highlight the different ways they can encounter AI tools and how they are different, such as generative AI versus AI-enhanced data analysis tools.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 14, 2025

Gone are the days when each of those systems required a different login and manual data manipulation to get what you needed. Understand What Is Most Important to Your Organization Like any new technology evaluation, you need to first define your organizational priorities and what you would expect from each new solution.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

People are different, but in predictable ways. Get creative, offer plenty of options (remember, different strokes for different folks) and think about incorporating joy into the process! Now is the time to re-evaluate your primary fundraising strategies. Why is this important?

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

Urban Taipei obviously has different water infrastructure than rural Nepal or Vietnam. A current study, with Santa Clara University, is evaluating the economics using rainwater in this way, as well as looking at where the local climate and other factors make it most viable. There’s global interest.

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Google Research AI blog

JUNE 29, 2023

As work on unlearning progresses, it may also open additional ways to boost fairness in models, by correcting unfair biases or disparate treatment of members belonging to different groups (e.g., Because of this, existing unlearning algorithms make different trade-offs. demographics, age groups, etc.). Anatomy of unlearning.

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DonorPerfect

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Two key concepts, integrations and APIs (Application Programming Interface), often come up when evaluating technology options. While they may seem interchangeable, understanding the differences between these two terms can be critical to effectively managing your donor data.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 4, 2022

It used to be that the decision to hold a fundraising event – and what kind – was determined by evaluating the revenue potential of a particular event and by what the expense would be to the organization, in both capital outlay and staffing time. Embracing Different Types of Events . smaller and hybrid fundraising events ?can

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