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What Non-Financial Incentives Motivate Nonprofit Employees?

NonProfit PRO

When you work for a nonprofit, you operate on a tight budget. Here are some non-financial benefits you can offer to keep employees engaged.

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How to Start a Food Pantry

Wild Apricot

The essential steps to launch a successful food pantry. From planning and organization to sourcing donations and managing operations, you'll learn how to make a positive impact in your community and provide crucial support to those in need.

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Airbnb host implements "no-cryptomining" policy after receiving $1,500 electricity bill

TechSpot

Ashley Class revealed in a TikTok video that she has banned cryptomining from her short-term rentals after an experience at one of her North Carolina properties.

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Grants for nonprofits operating in the arts, environment, education, or social welfare and health sectors

Charity Village

The McLean Foundation invites nonprofits operating in the arts, environment, education, or social welfare and health sectors to apply for grants of up to $15,000. The Foundation seeks projects that show promise for improving the wellbeing of people, communities, and our environment which may initially lack broad public appeal. There is flexibility, you can apply […] The post Grants for nonprofits operating in the arts, environment, education, or social welfare and health sectors appeared f

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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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Understanding Relational vs. Non-relational Databases

TechSpot

Relational databases manage structured data in tables, while non-relational databases handle unstructured data. Discover the key differences between them to unlock powerful insights for your data management strategy.

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System requirements revealed for inZoi, a life-like The Sims competitor

TechSpot

Krafton has revealed more details and the system requirements for its upcoming life simulation game inZoi.

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Persons with disabilities earn less on average than persons without disabilities, Statistics Canada

Charity Village

Statistics Canada conducted the Canadian Income Survey, which revealed that persons with disabilities earn less on average than persons without disabilities, $1.91/hour on average. According to the research, the unemployment rate remained higher among persons with a disability (7.6%) compared with their counterparts without disabilities (4.6%). In 2023, the employment rate of persons with a disability […] The post Persons with disabilities earn less on average than persons without disabili

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Microsoft finally addresses FAT32 partition size limit with latest Windows 11 build

TechSpot

FAT, short for file allocation table, is a file system that was originally designed for floppy disks. FAT eventually found its way to hard drives and other storage mediums, and was the default file system for several Microsoft operating systems until the switch to NTFS in 2001 with Windows XP.

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4 Steps To Market Legacy Giving Using Email

Bloomerang

Building a legacy giving program requires nonprofits to market the opportunity to leave a legacy gift. But it’s time to think beyond direct mail pieces and brochures. Today’s legacy giving donors and tomorrow’s prospects are engaged online. Email provides nonprofits with abundant opportunities to get legacy giving messaging in front of donors. Here’s how your nonprofit can integrate legacy giving into your email program.

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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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San Francisco sues 16 AI-powered "undressing" websites for creating deepfaked nude images

TechSpot

The suit was the idea of Yvonne Meré, chief deputy city attorney in San Francisco, who had read about boys using "nudification" apps to turn photos of their fully clothed female classmates into deepfake pornography.

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We Built an Open-Source Data Quality Testframework for PySpark

Towards Data Science

Measure and report your data quality with ease Continue reading on Towards Data Science »

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Elon Musk's Grok AI unleashes the wild west of image generation on X

TechSpot

With much fanfare and accompanied by great displays of imagination, Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok has begun allowing users to create AI-generated images from text prompts and post them on X.

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Mastering Data Streaming in Python

Towards Data Science

Best Practices for Real-Time Analytics Continue reading on Towards Data Science »

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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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World's fastest smartphone charging tech goes 0-100% in under 5 minutes

TechSpot

Fast-charging technology normally works by simultaneously juicing up multiple battery cells at once rather than the typical sequential approach. But Realme's demo model was slightly different in that it had four cells stacked together in a folding design to mimic the shape of satellite panels.

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Join me at the Nonprofit Marketing Summit: Community Rising on Aug 20-22! 

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Allison Fine and I will be presenting at the Nonprofit Marketing Summit on August 21st at 11:00 am PT for a session called “Beyond Transactional Fundraising: Nurturing Donor Relationships with AI.” We’ll be talking strategies and approaches for creating life-long donors and how artificial intelligence can help save time and scale those practices.

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Geekbench launches new AI benchmark to measure CPU, GPU, and NPU performance

TechSpot

Geekbench AI uses real-world machine learning tasks to evaluate AI workload performance on your CPU, GPU, or NPU usage. It provides three scores: full-precision, half-precision, and quantized data.

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Want More Fundraising Letter Success? Start With Postage

Get Fully Funded

You wear a lot of hats as a nonprofit leader. One you may not have considered is your new role as a commercial mailer. That role comes with potential benefits, in the form of postage discounts on your fundraising letters. And some drawbacks, in the form of hoops you have to jump through to get that sweet nonprofit discount. Now you can’t control the bureaucracy that is the U.S.

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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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New implantable device designed by MIT team means to stop opioid overdoses in progress

TechSpot

Researchers from MIT and Brigham and Women's Hospital have created an implantable device that can detect an opioid overdose and automatically administer a dose of one of the most effective opioid antagonists available. The Implantable System for Opioid Safety (iSOS) aims to provide a realistic solution to the ongoing opioid.

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Fair Market Value: Everything You Need to Know

Donorbox

Understanding fair market value (FMV) and how it relates to in-kind donations and those where donors receive something in return is crucial to providing your donors with accurate documentation they can use when doing their taxes. In this article, we’ll outline how to effectively manage FMV at your nonprofit. We’ll also show you two ways […] The post Fair Market Value: Everything You Need to Know appeared first on Nonprofit Blog.

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New discoveries help astronomers crack 1181 AD supernova mystery

TechSpot

The trail heated up in 2021 when researchers at the University of Manchester, using observations from an amateur astronomer in Los Angeles, traced SN 1181 back to its likely origin – a nebula some 7,000 light-years away in the northern constellation Cassiopeia. Typically, a supernova of SN 1181's Type Ia.

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Dongfeng’s refreshed MPV makes debut featuring Huawei’s assisted driving tech

TechNode

Chinese automaker Dongfeng Motor said on Thursday that its refreshed multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) will be the first model in the segment that features Huaweis most advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) and in-house developed operating system HarmonyOS. This will enable the Voyah Dreamer, scheduled for launch on Oct. 12, to autonomously navigate complex urban environments in China with features such as lane switching and overtaking, making it a potential challenger to top-selling models such as

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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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Biden's IRA and CHIPS Act: 40% of investments now delayed or in limbo

TechSpot

The CHIPS Act was signed into law by President Joe Biden in 2022 to reduce dependence on China and bolster the domestic EV, renewable energy, and semiconductor industries. The Act aimed to attract significant investments to establish manufacturing facilities in the US and offered more than $400 billion in tax.

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Alibaba’s domestic retail businesses saw revenue down 1% in Q2, JD posts retail slowdown

TechNode

Alibaba missed expectations both in revenue and net profit in the second quarter as its domestic retail businesses faced continued pressure from rivals and the macro environment. Total earnings grew 4% from a year earlier to RMB 249.8 billion ($34.8 billion), with China-focused Taobao Tmall Group recording a 1% revenue drop. The tech giants cloud computing unit returned to positive growth of 6% during the three month period.

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Diablo can be played on any web browser, again

TechSpot

A developer has created a new web-based "conversion" of Diablo, allowing both old and new fans of the genre to (re)play the ARPG PC classic. This open-source project builds on the reverse engineering efforts of the Devilution team, incorporating modifications to make the game run efficiently on modern browsers.

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Lidar maker Robosense posts reduced loss, expects to break even by 2026

TechNode

Chinese automotive lidar startup Robosense said on Thursday its net loss narrowed by 65.2% to RMB 268 million ($37.3 million) for the first half of this year, while revenue more than doubled year-on-year to RMB 727 million thanks to surging demand. The improved results came as a result of strong sales and reduced costs. The Chinese maker of lidar sensors for self-driving cars delivered roughly 243,400 units of its products to a dozen of auto majors including BYD, SAIC, and Geely over the period,

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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.