Fri.Oct 25, 2024

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3 Strategies + 6 Tips To Boost Generosity At Your Nonprofit

Bloomerang

PART 2 In Part 1 we looked at results from the recent Generosity Commission Report and how it’s important for you to shift your culture to meet the current moment. Here we’ll get specific with 3 of 6 concrete strategies you can employ to meaningfully speak to the needs of today’s and tomorrow’s constituencies, while also meeting your own. [We’ll look at strategies 4 – 6 in the final installment, Part 3, of this series.

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Is It More Difficult to Ask for Donations or Fund Nonprofits?

NonProfit PRO

What's more difficult: raising money or deciding which causes to support? Here's a look at the differences between the two.

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3 Crucial CSR Trends Businesses and Nonprofits Should Know

Achieve

Corporate social responsibility has empowered companies across industries to directly improve the world. Whether organizing volunteering initiatives, matching employee donations, or sponsoring events , socially responsible companies have various ways to make their mark on movements that matter. But the benefits don’t stop with the communities and nonprofits receiving assistance.

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Goodbye, floppies - San Francisco pays Hitachi $212 million to remove 5.25-inch disks from its light rail service

TechSpot

San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) was the first agency in the US to adopt the floppy-based automatic train control system in 1998. It was supposed to be in place for 20 to 25 years. It entered its 26th year of service in 2024.

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The Everyday Donor: Unlocking Prospecting Segments Through Behavior Analysis

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand

Do you really know your donors? Not just what they give, but who they are? 👥 In this interactive session, we’ll break down how nonprofits can use behavioral indicators (affinity, recency, frequency, and monetary value) to build prospecting segments that go beyond wealth screening and actually align with donor identity. You’ll walk away with practical strategies to move beyond basic demographics and cultivate supporters based on how they already engage with you!

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Make This Your Best Year-End Yet!

NonProfit PRO

Boost your end-of-year fundraising with our FREE guide featuring expertly crafted letter templates. Designed specifically for nonprofits, this downloadable resource will help you connect with donors, inspire generosity, and close the year strong. Don’t miss out on impactful communication tips to make your year-end campaign unforgettable!

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Nissan Foundation Accepting Letters of Intent for 2025 Grant Cycle

NonProfit PRO

The Nissan Foundation is accepting letters of intent for its 2025 grant cycle to support projects taking place in late 2025 and early 2026.

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7 Open-Source Machine Learning Projects You Can Contribute To Today

Machine Learning Mastery

Are you a machine learning enthusiast looking to level up your skills? If so, contributing to open-source machine learning projects is one of the best ways to improve your coding skills.

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Electric wallpaper heats up Scotland's older houses in Glasgow trial

TechSpot

The city of Glasgow, Scotland, is installing electric wallpaper in 12 tenement properties as part of a pilot project to assess the effectiveness of this clean heating source in the country's aging housing stock.

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The Curse of Conway and the Data Space

Towards Data Science

How modern trends can be traced back to Conway’s Law Image by the author. (Generated by Midjourney, touched up with Krita) This article was originally posted on my blog [link]. The article was triggered by and riffs on the “Beware of silo specialisation” section of Bernd Wessely’s post Data Architecture: Lessons Learned. It brings together a few trends I am seeing plus my own opinions after twenty years experience working on both sides of the software / data team divide.

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Navigating Payroll Compliance: Future-Proofing Payroll in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape

Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

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Nvidia projected to ship roughly a billion RISC-V cores in its products by year's end

TechSpot

Nvidia has apparently been utilizing the RISC-V architecture for quite some time. As one of the most valued technology companies in the world, the GPU giant employs this open standard instruction set architecture (ISA) from the RISC paradigm in many of the custom, albeit "ancillary," cores embedded within its GPUs.

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Oppo launches Find X8 with inverted periscope zoom technology

TechNode

Chinese phone brand Oppo on Thursday launched its annual flagship smartphone, the Oppo Find X8 series, featuring inverted periscope zoom technology, a lightweight design, and advanced snapshot functions. While retaining a large sensor and aperture for enhanced image quality, this inverted periscope zoom technology tackles the industry’s issue of heavy camera modules that are thick and protruding, Oppos Chief Product Officer Liu Zuohu said at the launch event.

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Intel Core Ultra 9 285K "Arrow Lake" CPU overclocked to nearly 7.5GHz

TechSpot

Asus said the Core Ultra 9 285K in question was overclocked to an incredible 7,488.8 MHz using the ROG Maximus Z890 APEX motherboard – nearly 1.8 GHz above the 285K's default boost clock of 5.7 GHz.

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Ep 98: AI Association Executive Discussion Panel

Association 4.0 TM podcast

Leveraging AI: Best Practices and Transformative Strategies for Associations – A Panel Discussion In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, artificial intelligence (AI) offers unprecedented opportunities for associations to enhance service delivery, member engagement, and operational efficiency. This panel discussion is designed to delve into the practical applications of AI within associations, illustrating how this transformative technology can be seamlessly integrated into th

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Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's compensation rises 63% to $79.11 million despite his request for a pay cut

TechSpot

Nadella requested that his pay be reduced as a reflection of his accountability in relation to the company's security failures, including the major cyberattacks against Microsoft's and the CrowdStrike fiasco.

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How to find the right price for your association’s products and services

Nimble AMS

When was the last time your organization created new pricing for a product or service? If it’s been a while, it might be time to revisit your prices. Choosing the right price for your association’s services can deliver powerful results. A 1% price improvement can lead to a 10% increase in profit. Read our blog to learn valuable tips and tricks to get the pricing right for your organization.

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TCL is promising brighter, cheaper, and less power-hungry OLED monitors

TechSpot

At the recent Omdia Korea Display Conference, Ming-Jong Jou, Chief of the Technology Planning Center, talked more about CSOT (TCL's manufacturing arm) and its inkjet-printed OLED technology.

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Blackbaud Grantmaking Has SKY APIs, But What Does that Mean for Me?

sgEngage

Blackbaud has been highlighting our new SKY API capabilities within Blackbaud Grantmaking since we announced they were live in beta during our May Product Update Briefing. There are some exciting possibilities that APIs can bring to your Grantmaking tool, but it can be a bit daunting to get started. Once you’re over the initial hurdles, the rewards for those organizations that make the effort to learn how to use the APIs can be profound.

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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Next-gen Google Tensor SoC will continue to trail flagships from Apple, Qualcomm, and MediaTek

TechSpot

According to data from a credible source cited by Notebookcheck, Google's own projections reveal how the Tensor G5 and G6 will measure up against flagship processors from competitors like Qualcomm, MediaTek, and Apple. The publication notes that these forecasts consider anticipated performance improvements from companies such as Qualcomm, which is.

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Terminally ill fan hopes to play Borderlands 4 early, Gearbox CEO vows to "make something happen"

TechSpot

The story began when Caleb McAlpine, a self-described "diehard Borderlands fan," posted on the Borderlands 3 subreddit earlier this week. McAlpine shared that he was diagnosed with stage four cancer back in August. Doctors estimate he has between seven to 12 months left in the worst case, or up to.

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Ayaneo debuts retro-futuristic AG01 graphics dock featuring AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT

TechSpot

Ayaneo's first external GPU (eGPU) product is now available for pre-order. The Ayaneo AG01 Starship Graphics Dock is a retro-futuristic device designed to enhance gaming performance for handheld gaming PCs, mini desktops, and other compatible devices.

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Apple teases new Mac announcements coming next week – likely M4 MacBook Pros

TechSpot

Apple senior marketing VP Greg Joswiak recently confirmed that the company will make multiple major announcements throughout the final week of October, starting Monday, October 28. Recent reports suggest that the Cupertino giant will introduce multiple M4-powered MacBook Pro models, followed by other M4 Mac devices.

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How to Scale Recurring Giving for Sustainable Growth

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand

Is your organization ready to build a recurring giving program that not only sustains but also propels your mission forward? 🚀 In this new webinar with industry visionary Tim Sarrantonio, we’ll guide you through the critical steps to establishing and scaling a successful recurring giving program. Whether you’re starting fresh or enhancing an existing program, this session will provide the strategies you need to deepen donor relationships and secure long-term support!

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Outrageous $200 trillion climate hack proposes blasting diamonds into the atmosphere

TechSpot

The premise is based on the idea of solar geoengineering via stratospheric aerosol injection. Basically, it involves seeding the upper atmosphere with lots of tiny particles that can reflect some of the sun's incoming rays back into space before they reach the surface, creating a cooling effect. It's been theorized.

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G.Skill's new DDR5-9600 CUDIMM sticks can achieve DDR5-10000 speeds on air cooling

TechSpot

To achieve such speeds, G.Skill has employed cutting-edge CUDIMM technology that integrates a clockdriver chip onto the RAM modules themselves. This helps stabilize the signal between the memory ICs and the CPU for more reliable operation at extreme transfer rates.

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Jensen Huang and the King of Denmark power up 'Gefion' – the country's first AI supercomputer

TechSpot

Gefion is an Nvidia DGX SuperPOD featuring 1,528 of the company's cutting-edge H100 Tensor Core GPUs working in tandem over the Quantum-2 InfiniBand interconnect. It's poised to be Denmark's engine for artificial intelligence breakthroughs.

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Which PC game was the first to ship with baked-in DRM?

TechSpot

"Colossal Cave Adventure," also known as "ADVENT" or simply "Adventure," was a groundbreaking text-based game released in 1976. Widely regarded as the first work of interactive fiction.

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Empower Your Nonprofit With Effective Payroll & HCM Services

Managing a nonprofit involves many challenges, but payroll and HR shouldn’t be among them. Our guide, "A Buyer’s Guide to Payroll & HCM Services," helps nonprofits choose the best provider. Efficient payroll services ensure timely, accurate payments, vital for maintaining staff and volunteer morale. Compliance support helps navigate complex labor laws and avoid costly fines.