NonProfit PRO

JUNE 25, 2024

A new paper found that inflicting mild misfortune — such as a pie to the face — on others can encourage donations, and more.

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Association Analytics

JUNE 25, 2024

When it comes to renewal season, limited resources, set budgets and competing priorities can make it difficult to go outside your comfort zone and try something new. But what if we told you the keys to better retention results are in the data you already have? Read on to learn how – using a data-informed approach to renewals – you can enjoy your most successful renewal season yet.

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 25, 2024

Charitable giving regained ground after a down year in 2022, though it's not keeping pace with inflation, per Giving USA's annual report.

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TechSpot

JUNE 25, 2024

A writer using the pseudonym Benjamin Miller told the BBC that his company wanted to use AI to cut costs in early 2023. He led a team of more than 60 writers and editors who published blog posts and articles to promote a tech company that packages and resells data.

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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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Bloomerang

JUNE 25, 2024

Do sunny days and flip-flops signal a long siesta for your fundraising? If so, you’re not alone. Many nonprofits experience “ summer slump ” – and it’s not just about incoming revenue. Fundraiser energy and communication tend to slump , too. Some fall into summer paralysis, feeling spent by a busy spring and overwhelmed by the thought of a busy fall.

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Machine Learning Mastery

JUNE 25, 2024

Introduction Here’s a something that new machine learning practitioners figure out almost immediately: not all datasets are created equal. It may now seem obvious to you, but had you considered this before undertaking machine learning projects on a real world dataset? As an example of a single class vastly outnumbering the rest, take for instance […] The post 5 Effective Ways to Handle Imbalanced Data in Machine Learning appeared first on MachineLearningMastery.com.

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TechSpot

JUNE 25, 2024

The 2024 Steam Summer Sale begins on June 27 at 1 PM ET and lasts until July 11. Although Valve hasn't revealed the exact discounts, a trailer teased some of the games that will be on sale.

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The NonProfit Times

JUNE 25, 2024

Giving in the United States reached a new high during 2023 – $557.16 billion – an increase of 1.9% compared to 2022. But the impact was smacked down by inflation of 4.1%, with giving by individuals, bequests, foundations and corporations showing a combined decline of 2.1% compared to 2022 in real dollar impact. Individuals made up 67% of giving, an increase from 64% during 2022.

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TechSpot

JUNE 25, 2024

The IBM 3380 Direct Access Storage Device (DASD) marked the pinnacle of 14-inch disks in 1981. Utilizing nine platters, it broke the 1 gigabyte barrier with a.

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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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Hands on Fundraising

JUNE 25, 2024

What sloppy data means to donors Are you ignoring crossed wires? If tending to your donor database is a job passed off on the intern or an occasional volunteer, you’re playing with fire. Why? Because that’s not just “computer stuff” That information is where your donors live. Those relationships you know you should be building?

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TechSpot

JUNE 25, 2024

Asobo Studio used this year's FlightSim Expo to explore the visual, gameplay, and physics improvements it plans to introduce in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. Launching on November 19, the update aims to add numerous activities that enable players to see the world in greater detail.

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sgEngage

JUNE 25, 2024

Imagine the curtain falls on a successful performance by your theater company with record attendance. The applause ringing out around the theater is not just for the performers on the stage, but also for the behind-the-scenes heroes—your staff members—who made the show possible. For arts and culture organizations like yours, it’s essential to have a strong internal team supporting your activities, whether you’re preserving cultural heritage, offering visual arts classes for kids, or putting on m

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TechSpot

JUNE 25, 2024

Seagate says the partnership with eBay is part of its Hard Drive Circularity Program designed to reduce e-waste and HDD shredding by promoting the secure reuse of storage hardware.

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InfoWorld

JUNE 25, 2024

You will find a lot of articles on the web about what it takes to become a senior developer. Many of these articles focus on soft skills. They often advise staying current with technology, learning to communicate well, mentoring junior developers, and other things along those lines. These recommendations are all fine and good, but, well, let’s be honest.

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TechSpot

JUNE 25, 2024

Blackmagic Camera is a new camera app for Android phones that let you adjust settings such as frame rate, shutter angle, white balance, and ISO in a single tap, allowing enthusiasts to create cinematic videos through more intuitive controls.

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Towards Data Science

JUNE 25, 2024

Effective techniques for identifying and handling data errors Continue reading on Towards Data Science »

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TechSpot

JUNE 25, 2024

The new iDOS 3 release got shut down because emulating the ancient DOS operating system doesn't count as a "retro game console" under section 4.7 of the App Store guidelines. Apple allegedly couldn't explain what qualifies.

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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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InfoWorld

JUNE 25, 2024

Just like big data back in 2013 , we’re in the “everyone’s doing it, no one knows why” phase of generative AI (genAI). A recent McKinsey survey found that 65% of enterprises are “regularly using genAI.” Promising! In Elastic’s recent earnings call, the company noted that over 1,000 customers are paying to build genAI applications. Wow! Each of the big cloud companies, as well as Oracle, has talked up how genAI is driving cloud spend.

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TechSpot

JUNE 25, 2024

The PS2 Bravia TV – model KDL22PX300 – was a spinoff of Sony's KDL22BX300 LCD set. It featured a 22-inch 720p display with tons of input options, including VGA, composite, four HDMI, and one USB port.

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InfoWorld

JUNE 25, 2024

I’m not sure why our industry keeps falling into the trap that when a new concept emerges, there are near-immediate announcements that it runs best on one platform. Enterprises shouldn’t even think about other options. This VentureBeat article is an example, although it is more balanced than most. While many pundits present cloud computing as the only rational choice for AI, many hardware vendors declare that traditional hardware is the best option.

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TechSpot

JUNE 25, 2024

The chatbots will be powered by Google's Gemini family of large language models, according to The Information's report. There's no word on who the virtual celebrities will be based on.

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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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InfoWorld

JUNE 25, 2024

The ability to index, query, and analyze large amounts of data from real-time sources remains a major headache for anyone involved in building database systems. Data retrieval takes time and even that assumes that the nature of the queries lie within certain parameters. Overcoming the issue is possible but can be resource-intensive and involve complex engineering.

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TechSpot

JUNE 25, 2024

The James Webb telescope just set another first for astronomy when it detected a group of "protostellar outflows." These ejections are jets of high-speed gas from newborn stars, which scientists have not observed until now. A peculiar trait of these outflows is they all pointed in the same direction, like.

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InfoWorld

JUNE 25, 2024

DataStax is updating its tools for building generative AI-based applications in an effort to ease and accelerate application development for enterprises, databases, and service providers. One of these tools is Langflow , which DataStax acquired in April. It is an open source, web-based no-code graphical user interface (GUI) that allows developers to visually prototype LangChain flows and iterate them to develop applications faster.

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TechSpot

JUNE 25, 2024

The laptop Huang tested was powered by the Ryzen AI 9 365. This chip is set to launch next month alongside the higher-end Ryzen AI 9 370. There's quite a bit to digest here as the new architecture introduces plenty of changes. The headliner is an innovative new hybrid design.

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