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Netflix-ing Your Association

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Ease of Monthly Giving Key for Baby Boomers and Gen Xers

NonProfit PRO

Every nonprofit wants to attract younger donors. That’s why it’s very exciting that monthly giving is so appealing to these younger donors. Why? Because they can support those organizations, they care about in a very easy way with a small amount that absolutely fits their budget.

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Will Alexa Be a Regular at Your Future Meetings? — AI is Winning a Seat at the Conference Table

.orgSource

Artificial intelligence has moved into customer service departments. Whether it’s Alexa, Watson, or Hal, you can’t visit a website without a super-friendly little bot popping up on the right side of your screen. We are accustomed to the convenience of getting questions answered immediately. Associations haven’t been so quick to jump on the AI bandwagon. […].

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8 Tips for Facilitating Nonprofit Hybrid Meetings

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Give your remote participants a seat at the table. As the pandemic continues, most nonprofit workplaces will become a combination of virtual and on-site work. A recent McKinsey survey suggests that 90% of organizations will adopt some version of the hybrid workplace. The hybrid workplace will have a huge impact on the way we design and facilitate meetings, the primary method of how many organizations get stuff done.

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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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Netflix-ing Your Association – August 25, 2021

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Why Your Organization Needs Young Volunteers + How to Recruit and Motivate Them

Wild Apricot

Ever wonder why some nonprofit organizations keep growing and flourishing for decades, while others seem to dwindle as time passes?

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Don’t overthink it: Elon Musk’s Tesla Bot is a joke

The Verge

After a dense presentation about the undeniably impressive work Tesla is doing with AI, the company’s self-anointed Technoking, Elon Musk, capped the evening by bringing out a dancer in a spandex suit. Behold, said Musk: my Tesla Bot. The dancer in the suit, he said, was the model for a new humanoid robot Tesla will produce in the near future. After the dubstep and applause had faded, the vaguest of briefing slides promised that the Tesla Bot will stand five feet, eight inches (1.7m), weigh 125

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Alerzo raises $10.5M Series A to bring Nigeria’s informal retail sector online

TechCrunch

The process of digitizing the operations of mom and pop stores in Nigeria is serious business right now. In fact, it might be the second-best thing after fintech at the moment. Today’s news is from Alerzo , a little-known B2B e-commerce retail startup based in Ibadan, Nigeria. The company is announcing a $10.5 million Series A round led by New York-based Nosara Capital.

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Is Your Nonprofit Truly Successful?

NonProfit PRO

For these organizations to truly succeed, these organizations must set concrete goals that can be achieved, be willing to constantly ask for money, take big risks and adapt to successes and failures, plus master organizational rules.

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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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Confirmed: July 2021 was the hottest month ever recorded in 142 years

TechSpot

July is typically the hottest month each year, but this past July clocked in as the hottest July on record with a combined land and surface temperature of 1.67 degrees fahrenheit (0.93 degrees Celsius) above the 20th century average.

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Mastercard is phasing out magnetic stripes on its cards starting in 2024

The Verge

A card with an EMV chip and contactless, but not magnetic stripe. | Image: Mastercard. Mastercard is phasing out the use of magnetic stripes on its credit and debit cards over the next decade, as the industry moves towards more secure or convenient alternatives like chips and contactless payments, the company has announced. It says it will be the first payments network to phase out the technology, which dates back to the 1960s.

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Arianna Simpson of a16z on Yield Guild Games, the firm’s newest bet on crypto + gaming

TechCrunch

As one of four general partners at Andreessen Horowitz who are investing the venture firm’s new $2.2 billion crypto fund, Arianna Simpson is very focused on how to return that capital and much more to the firm’s limited partners. Toward that end, she has been more focused of late on startups that combine crypto with gaming. Last month, for example, her team co-led an investment in Virtually Human Studio , the startup behind a digital horse racing service Zed Run, wherein users buy, s

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Don’t Skip Gen X: Why Believing Certain Myths May Cause Your Nonprofit To Miss Out

NonProfit PRO

When you think about the list of things Generation X has been excluded from, targeting them for nonprofit donations doesn’t usually come to mind. And yet the generation is being swept to the side by nonprofits more interested in courting their wealthier parents or their younger siblings — the Millennials.

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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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Windows 11 will make it harder to switch from Microsoft Edge to an alternative browser

TechSpot

Since launching its Chromium-based Edge browser, Microsoft has been trying hard to push it onto Windows 10 users through various methods. It has set it as the default after large Windows updates, given "tips" on how to switch to its one and only "recommended" browser, and even pushed full-screen ads.

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We need to have a serious talk about character limits on grant applications

Nonprofit AF

Hi everyone, with the collapse of the Afghanistan government, the devastating earthquake in Haiti, and the worsening pandemic, you might.

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Stacker raises $20M Series A to help business units build software without coding

TechCrunch

No-code platforms have developed into a hot market , and Stacker , a London-based no-code platform is attempting to bring the concept to a new level. Not only can you create a web application from a spreadsheet, you can pull data from a variety of sources to create a sophisticated business application automatically (although some tweaking may be required).

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The Brain Drain in the Nonprofit Sector

NonProfit PRO

We've known for years that there has been grumbling about the nonprofit sector. Among themselves, nonprofit professionals have confided in each other stories of abusive bosses, entitled and non-diverse boards, lack of vision, chaos, and dysfunction. Unfortunately, these rumblings are causing a brain drain in the industry.

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The Retention Ripple Effect: Nonprofit Staff and Donor Dynamics

Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker

Across the nonprofit sector, organizations invest heavily in donor retention efforts, yet the struggle of cultivating lasting relationships remains. While attracting new donors is crucial, the lack of repeat donors poses significant financial risks. Through a comprehensive analysis of industry data, experts argue that there is a direct correlation between donor burnout, donor retention, and the talent retention crisis.

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Elon Musk says Tesla is working on humanoid robots

The Verge

Tesla CEO Elon Musk says his company is working on a humanoid robot and that it will build a prototype “sometime next year.” The humanoid robot will leverage Tesla’s experience with automated machines in its factories, as well as some of the hardware and software that powers the company’s Autopilot driver assistance software. Musk, who has spoken repeatedly about his fears of runaway artificial intelligence, said Tesla is “intended to be friendly,” but that Tesla is designing the robot at a “mec

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Sakuu's 3D printed solid state battery could be a boon for electric vehicles

TechSpot

Earlier this year, an MIT study revealed that lithium-ion battery costs have fallen by more than 97 percent since its commercial introduction almost 30 years ago. Not only that, but industry watchers are optimistic that by 2025 lithium-ion battery manufacturing capacity will have tripled while the price per kilowatt-hour is.

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Early-stage benchmarks for young cybersecurity companies

TechCrunch

Yoav Leitersdorf. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Yoav Leitersdorf is the Silicon Valley-based managing partner at YL Ventures, where he accelerates cybersecurity startups in the U.S. market. More posts by this contributor. Israel’s cybersecurity startup scene spawned new entrants in 2019. A look back at the Israeli cybersecurity industry in 2018.

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Private Equity Firm To Merge Three Nonprofit Software Platforms in Combined $2B Deal

NonProfit PRO

The combined transaction value for the three Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions for the social good sector reached $2 billion, which Apax cited as the largest merger and acquisition deal ever in the social good software sector. NonProfit PRO spoke to EveryAction CEO Stu Trevelyan about the deal.

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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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5 Tips To Help Your Nonprofit Receive MacKenzie Scott Funds

Bloomerang

Much has been written about the extraordinary grant making of businesswomen, MacKenzie Scott. With a net worth of $65.3B, there are a lot of MacKenzie Scott funds available. . Scott is a member of the Giving Pledge. When she signed the pledge she said: “ I have a disproportionate amount of money to share. My approach to philanthropy will continue to be thoughtful.

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Twitter is redesigning its redesign after users complain of headaches and eyestrain

TechSpot

Twitter rolled out its updated app and website last week, introducing "higher color contrast of buttons, links, focus easier reading with left-aligned text and more space between text." It also added a custom-designed font called Chirp.

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API platform Postman valued at $5.6 billion in $225 million fundraise

TechCrunch

San Francisco-based Postman, which operates a collaborative platform for developers to help them build, design, test and iterate their APIs, said on Wednesday it has raised $225 million in a new financing round that values it at $5.6 billion, up from $2 billion a year ago. The startup’s new financing round — a Series D — was led by existing investor New York-headquartered Insight Partners, with participation from existing investors Nexus Venture Partners and CRV.

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With What Tools Should Your Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Software Integrate?

NonProfit PRO

It's important to get an overall picture of how your constituents interact with your organization and vice versa, as well as gather and analyze data about past peer-to-peer campaigns and events. Your ability to accomplish these things depends heavily on your peer-to-peer fundraising software’s ability to integrate with other key systems.

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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.