Sat.Dec 24, 2022 - Fri.Dec 30, 2022

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How to Get Lapsed Donors to give again…and again

Greater Giving

Have you ever asked yourself “How do I get people to give again?” Well, let me tell you. It’s not easy. In fact, it can be downright difficult. But the good news is that there are ways to do it! So we’ve compiled a list of some different strategies you can use to get lapsed donors back into your supporter pool and hopefully keep them coming back for more: Make it easy for them to give again.

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Culture, Community, and Technology—A Successful 2022 Convergence

.orgSource

Our Year in Review. The.orgSource and.orgCommunity teams send our best wishes to our clients and friends for a happy and productive 2023. But, before we welcome a new year, let’s toast 2022! We got our tribe back from the flatland and into three dimensions. Visiting with clients and colleagues in person was a highlight of the year. The motivation to build stronger relationships, both remote and in-person, resonated across the association community.

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Desktop graphics card sales reach lowest point since 2005

TechSpot

In Jon Peddie's 2022 GPU market summary, Q3 shows the lowest desktop graphics card sales total since at least 2005. Like many other products, GPUs received a sales bump during 2020 and 2021 from remote-working customers, but the hangover looks especially hard for this market.

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[Free Webinar] How to Create a Magical Generosity Experience Using Your Website & CRM

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Date: Tuesday, February 28, 2023. Time: 1 pm ET / 10 am PT (1 hour). Cost: Free. Presented by: Tim Sarrantonio , Director of Corporate Brand at Neon One. Have you ever sat down with someone in the middle of a movie? You don’t know who the characters are or what’s happening, but your friend gets annoyed when you ask questions. It’s a frustrating experience!

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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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How to leverage business analytics insights with Association Management Software (AMS)

Nimble AMS

Not every organization that uses business analytics must be a for-profit company. Professional societies, trade associations, and nonprofit groups can all use analytics tools to improve their staff operations, reach more members and non-members, and make meaningful progress toward their mission and goals. . Business analytics is essential for any modern organization.

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How to Run Stable Diffusion on Your PC to Generate AI Images

TechSpot

Stable Diffusion is one the newest AI image generators and is completely open-source. Learn how to use it for image creation, upscaling, and more with our detailed guide.

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How to Use LYBUNT and SYBUNT Reports to Raise Donor Retention

DonorPerfect

Donor lapse is something that all fundraisers want to avoid. This is where LYBUNT and SYBUNT reports come in handy. These reports will give you the information you need to analyze your donors, find out who hasn’t given this year, and use that information to re-engage these important contributors. What are LYBUNTs and SYBUNTs? LYBUNT Read More ». The post How to Use LYBUNT and SYBUNT Reports to Raise Donor Retention appeared first on Nonprofit Technology & Fundraising Blogs.

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Building a Logistic Regression Classifier in PyTorch

Machine Learning Mastery

Last Updated on December 30, 2022 Logistic regression is a type of regression that predicts the probability of an event. It is used for classification problems and has many applications in the fields of machine learning, artificial intelligence, and data mining. The formula of logistic regression is to apply a sigmoid function to the output […] The post Building a Logistic Regression Classifier in PyTorch appeared first on MachineLearningMastery.com.

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Daily Crunch: 2 weeks after extended system failure, Alibaba CEO takes over company’s cloud division

TechCrunch

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. We’re almost there, folks. It’s the last Thursday of 2022, and today we have some news for you out of Alibaba and Spotify, as well as some crypto news out of India. And as always, we give you some goodness from TC+, our premium membership program.

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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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AI-assisted code can be inherently insecure, study finds

TechSpot

AI systems like GitHub Copilot promise to make programmers' lives easier by creating entire chunks of "new" code based on natural-language textual inputs and pre-existing context. But code-generating algorithms can also bring an insecurity factor to the table, as a new study involving several developers has recently found.

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Perfect Together: How-to Access Community Television for Your Nonprofit

Blue Avocado

Learn how nonprofits can work with public, educational, or governmental TV stations to raise visibility and get the word out about their great work. The post Perfect Together: How-to Access Community Television for Your Nonprofit appeared first on Blue Avocado.

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Training Logistic Regression with Cross-Entropy Loss in PyTorch

Machine Learning Mastery

Last Updated on December 30, 2022 In the previous session of our PyTorch series, we demonstrated how badly initialized weights can impact the accuracy of a classification model when mean square error (MSE) loss is used. We noticed that the model didn’t converge during training and its accuracy was also significantly reduced. In the following, […] The post Training Logistic Regression with Cross-Entropy Loss in PyTorch appeared first on MachineLearningMastery.com.

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Dispatch from Bangalore, end of 2022 edition

TechCrunch

In 2014, Prayank Swaroop made a pitch to the storied venture firm Accel, where he worked as an associate, about future marketplaces in India. At the time, Flipkart and Snapdeal were the only two e-commerce startups in India that had shown a semblance of scale. Swaroop made a case that as more Indians come online, opportunities will emerge in food delivery, automotive aftermarket, warehousing, road freight, and social commerce among many other marketplace areas.

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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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Cyberattacks could soon become impossible to insure

TechSpot

The costs of cyberattacks will soon become so high that insurance companies will not be able to do business with the affected parties anymore. According to Mario Greco, chief executive of Zurich Insurance Group, cyber-risks will soon take the place of pandemics, climate change and other natural disasters as systemic.

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How To Coach With Compassion

Eric Jacobsen Blog

“Helping others is a good thing, but even the most well-intentioned attempts can be undermined by a simple truth: We almost always focus on “fixing” people – correcting problems or filling the gaps between where they are and where we think they should be. Unfortunately, this doesn’t inspire sustained learning or positive change. Even when people do respond, they often do so out of obligation rather than motivation,” explain the authors of the book, Helping People Change: Coaching With Compassion

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Best Content of 2022

Forum One

As 2022 comes to a close and we are excited for 2023, we have spent time reflecting on the past year and all we have accomplished. As we think about our clients’ biggest challenges and successes, we want to share some of the best content of 2022 that our readers have found to be the most helpful. Blogs. From digital strategy and communications trends to preparing for Drupal 10 and Google Analytics 4, here are 5 of our most-read blogs from 2022: Mapping Your Digital Ecosystem.

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5 promising fusion startups that aren’t unicorns — yet

TechCrunch

The biggest news last week wasn’t another of Elon Musk’s Twitter tantrums, but the announcement that scientists had finally cracked one of fusion power’s biggest challenges — successfully getting more energy out of a controlled fusion reaction than they had put in. Fusion power, which has always seemed like science fiction and just about as plausible, suddenly took a very tangible step toward reality.

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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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TSMC set to begin mass production of 3nm chips

TechSpot

Taiwanese news outlets are reporting that TSMC will hold a ceremony on December 29 to officially announce the launch of 3nm mass production. Apple will be the primary customer for the first two series of 3nm semiconductors from the Tainan Fab 18, which are expected to go into upcoming products.

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How Nonprofits + Agencies Can Work Together to Budget for Marketing

Media Cause

Nonprofits of any size can work with agencies. Agencies provide support and expertise to help your nonprofit in a variety of ways. Media Cause understands nonprofits need to be nimble and think creatively. . So, how do nonprofits and agencies work together to stay in line with the project budget? We’ve provided some easy tips below to help nonprofits and agencies align on budget for marketing strategy.

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How to plan a year of successful fundraising

DonorPerfect

Cracking open a fresh calendar is such a good feeling – nothing but clean space and possibilities for a bright future! Spending an hour or two on mindful planning now can set you up for success in the year to come. Here are five tips to create a roadmap for a successful year of fundraising: Read More ». The post How to plan a year of successful fundraising appeared first on Nonprofit Technology & Fundraising Blogs.

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5 tips for dealing with Day 2 Kubernetes operational challenges

TechCrunch

Lukas Gentele. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Lukas Gentele is the CEO of Loft Labs , which builds open source developer tooling for Kubernetes. Kubernetes is a wonderful but complex software that can present significant “Day Two” challenges when put into production. Developers who are new to Kubernetes — and most are — face a large knowledge gap when they look to sustain and optimize Kubernetes clusters.

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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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TechSpot's top 10 hardware stories of 2022: Pushing Moore's law to the limit

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7 Free or Affordable Mailchimp Alternatives for Nonprofits

Donorbox

What can you use besides Mailchimp? Mailchimp is the first email marketing company that comes to mind when starting a nonprofit, but is it the right choice for everyone? There are several Mailchimp alternatives for nonprofits, and many reasons organizations should research and learn more about these companies. While Mailchimp offers a free package and […].

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Top Fundraising Articles of 2022

Get Fully Funded

It’s hard to believe that the year is coming to a close (where has the time gone?), but before it officially wraps, let’s take a look at the top articles of the year. These fundraising articles are popular ones that our readers have loved and I wanted to gather them together for you in case you missed any of them earlier this year. Our mission is to provide you with practical ideas that you can use right away.

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Is Instacart a forerunner of bad news?

TechCrunch

As much as we like to end the year with some good news , what we are hearing from grocery delivery company Instacart is not exactly that. According to The Information , citing “two people familiar with the situation,” Instacart has cut its internal valuation to around $10 billion. That’s 20% lower than its October 2022 valuation — and a 75% cut compared to its March 2021 peak.

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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.