NonProfit PRO

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Poorly managed change in the work environment leads to burnout, disengagement within the team, and a culture of cynicism around change in general. That all hinges on identifying and implementing solid policies and procedures teamwide.

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The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The 78-page report provides insight into how nonprofit leaders view their role in public policy advocacy and engagement. The Pursuit of Influence follows Independent Sector’s 2023 report, The Retreat of Influence , which filled a 20-year gap in nationally representative data on whether and how nonprofits advocate around public policy.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 14, 2025

Hollinger added that: Our gross margin outlook for both periods reflects lower selling prices than we anticipated in January, reduced operating leverage on lower delivery volume, and the challenging operating environment. “Weve seen nothing at all related to immigration. . “Weve seen nothing at all related to immigration.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Set the Example The ethical environment of your organization cascades down from leadership. Help enforce established internal controls and policies, actively and by setting a strong example. Similarly, create an environment that welcomes respectful questions about the overall strategy of the organization.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 27, 2021

Welcome to “Tech Policies for Virtual Teams—A Leader’s Responsibility.” And your perspective on technology policies, I think, will vary a little bit depending on your role in the organization. The problem they had was they didn’t really have policies to really govern and guide their staff towards effectively transitioning.

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Candid

JANUARY 9, 2025

Here are four technology policies and practices nonprofits and foundations of any size or mission area should leave behind in 2025: 1. Stop creating product-specific technology policies Just as accessibility covers many different systems, interventions, accommodations, and needs, so too should your organizations policies.

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.orgSource

MAY 23, 2023

And, in the current volatile environment, you need the best governance you can get. Don’t Forget Policies and Procedures There’s more to oversight than reading the financial statements. Be sure to review important policies and procedures. A director who can’t read your balance sheet, can’t be a great leader.

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Charity Village

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Maytree Policy School is an opportunity for nonprofit organizations to enhance their public policy engagement and effectiveness. Beginning in January 2024, the online program will support 20-25 policy leaders to enhance their skills and competencies and enhance their organization’s strategic engagement in the public policy process.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Those responsibilities range from ensuring the safety and well-being of foundation and grantee staff working in difficult environments, protecting the privacy of grantees and program participants, and creating a culture of safeguarding within an organization to prevent harm from occurring in the first place.

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 31, 2025

As Di Troia explained, collaborations with major tech leaders, like Google, may ensure that nonprofits and community members become critical actors within a field of AI technology developers, policy regulators, and tech evangelists.

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TechRepublic

APRIL 3, 2025

Discover how an environmental policy can boost sustainability and enhance your organizations reputation.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 14, 2025

There is reason to believe that China may frame Shenzhen as a politically neutral environment for scientific work, potentially increasing its appeal to foreign researchers. companies have longstanding relationships in the region, leveraging its capacity for rapid prototyping and cost-effective manufacturing.

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NVIDIA AI Blog

MARCH 31, 2025

Humanoid robots can work alongside human teams, autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) can navigate complex warehouse environments, and intelligent cameras and visual AI agents can monitor and optimize entire facilities. This cycle continues until the policies are refined and ready for deployment.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The nonprofit sector is already a high-pressure environment, and when boards meddle in daily operations, it creates chaos, demoralizes leadership, erodes culture, and derails mission-critical activities. And when things get out of line, there should be procedures or policies in place to rectify the issues.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 22, 2025

A typical closet is loaded with plastic , woven into polyester activewear, acrylic sweaters, nylon swimsuits and stretchy socks and it’s shedding into the environment nonstop. Even natural fabrics shed fibers and have chemicals that can leach into the environment. They wind up in local waterways that connect to the ocean.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 21, 2025

Junie Joseph (D-Boulder), a sponsor, testified at a House Energy & Environment Committee hearing on March 6. A study he co-authored in Nature in 2022 found that most Americans underestimate the prevalence of support for climate change mitigation policies. The Cambridge City Council enacted its greenhouse gas label law in 2020.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 7, 2023

For health data to impact health outcomes and related policies, the data must be made accessible to policymakers, health advocates, and other interested parties. Making key health data easy to understand can change how people think, how policies are made, and, quite literally, save lives.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 18, 2025

Managers need to create environments where employees thrive because they feel that they are enough, exactly as they are. They encourage employees to blend in, conform, and play the game rather than create environments where people feel safe enough to be real. How can leaders create environments of care in the workplace?

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Candid

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Shifting culture: A commitment to inclusive policies and practices benefits all staff While we’re proud of this progress, we know the numbers only tell one side of the story. From 2013 to 2023, women’s representation on the executive leadership team jumped from 22% to 67%, and the share of people of color increased from 56% to 78%.

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Google Research AI blog

APRIL 12, 2023

A natural next step is to use such tools to construct agents that can complete different decision-making tasks across many environments. However, training such agents faces the inherent challenge of environmental diversity, since different environments operate with distinct state action spaces (e.g., Video policies generated by UniPi.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Environment and conservation – 7%. Research and public policy – 1%. Health and wellness (physical and mental) – 12%. Animals and wildlife – 11%. Children and youth – 10%. Faith and spirituality – 8%. Human and social services – 8%. Arts, cultural preservation, and humanities – 6%.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 8, 2025

If a worker has impaired wayfinding, mapping apps can be tailored to working environments and live location data can be used to guide staff around complicated sites. But many organisations already have robust policies for other conditions. This is hardly futuristic tech. Many of us would struggle without our online calendars and maps.

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VQ Strategies

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Adapt and Overcome: How 2020 Brings Innovation and Flexibility for Volunteer-Led Programs For the US Marines, the concept of “Adapt and Overcome” is central to their philosophy of innovation and problem solving to address all challenges, unexpected situations, and chaotic environments. It’s not about us, it’s about the group.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 15, 2024

Workers want to use AI tools right now but leaders in both the for-profit and nonprofit space worry that they won’t be able to demonstrate the impact AI has in objective terms and are leery to implement new technology without proper security and policy in place.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

This shift raises essential opportunities and challenges for companies and executives navigating todays complex media environment. In this environment, relying solely on traditional media is no longer viable. Millions of people now turn to independent content creators, newsletters, and podcastsoften in place of mainstream news sources.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 8, 2025

When scientists collect samples from the environment to study microplastics, they usually want to know more about the chemical identities of the microplastic particles found in the samples. Most scientific studies focus on microplastics in water. However, microplastics are also found in the air.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2019

The environment is always changing. Have there been demographic, economic, or policy changes that affect your messages and offerings? Successful organizations carry out a periodic environmental scan as part of their strategic communications efforts. Do your online efforts reflect those changes?

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Candid

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Mission-driven organizations often assume their values naturally translate to an inclusive workplace environment. An in-depth look at our policies and practices through a DEI lens highlighted opportunities for improvement and confirmed the need for a dedicated DEI program.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The term — a recent favorite in the Twitch community that nominally refers to men who seem desperate for a woman’s attention — will be banned when used as an insult under Twitch’s upcoming revamp of its harassment policy. The new policy, first spotted by esports consultant Rod Breslau , will go into effect on January 22nd.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 21, 2025

Its about discovering countries that actively welcome remote workers through smart visa policies, strong infrastructure, and communities that foster sustainable, fulfilling lifestyles. Known globally for its e-residency program, paperless government, and startup-friendly policies, Estonia has earned its reputation as a digital leader.

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Machine Learning Mastery

JULY 10, 2024

It trains an agent to make decisions by interacting with an environment. These include states, actions, rewards, policies, and the Markov Decision Process (MDP). Reinforcement Learning (RL) is a type of machine learning. This article covers the basic concepts of RL. By the end, you will understand how RL works.

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Google Research AI blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

With one policy we were able to address over 87,000 unique instructions, with an estimated average success rate of 93.5%. Code as Policies uses code-writing language models to map natural language instructions to robot code to complete tasks. Example PaLM-SayCan-RT1 executions of long-horizon tasks in real kitchens.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

They are activities that are frequently governed and controlled by policies and procedures, such as: Evaluating where the blind spots lie in your organization is one way to begin conversations about risk. Both directors and employees should know which policies the organization has in place and how they are enforced.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 9, 2023

I can’t remember a time when the cultural, political, and economic environment was fraught with so much uncertainty. More likely to be successful in advocacy and public policy. Look for partners who could– Help your members achieve policy or practice goals, provide community support, or enhance their public credibility.

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Charity Village

JUNE 20, 2024

The Ontario Nonprofit Network (ONN) and their partners, Definity Insurance Foundation, Ontario Trillium Foundation and Toronto Foundation, have engaged Environics Research to conduct the 2024 State of the Sector survey.

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sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2025

F undraising Best Practice Resources On-demand webinar: Everyday Actions, Extraordinary Potential: Engaging Everyday Donors Communicating with Donors in An Uncertain Funding Environment Get Your Grant-Funded Nonprofit Started in Fundraising Finance and Operations Best Practice Resources Webinar (March 25): Navigating Federal Funding: Essential Risk (..)

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 12, 2025

I think that should bein factthe number-one priority in foreign policy for every country at this point because its an incredibly important issue, and its going to be difficult to address it. Developing cross-country guidelines for how to consider the use of AI in military environments will be vital in the future, says Mitchell.

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