Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2021

Goals can include: Gain insight into donor data through reporting and data analytics. Check out the following breakdown of offerings you may want to consider when evaluating fundraising solutions. Phone support is also helpful when you want to tackle a complex issue that requires a conversation. Know you’re not alone.

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Software Fundraising Nonprofit Train 332

.orgSource

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Even with a friendly name like “feedback, check-in, or coaching,” a performance evaluation can be uncomfortable, or possibly downright scary. That’s probably why more organizations don’t have a process for evaluating the board of directors, or if they do, that assessment is not continuous. I’ll get on my Association 4.0

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

According to BoardSource’s Leading with Intent 2020 report, 63% of nonprofit leaders are frustrated by board micromanagement. In the Nonprofit Governance Index published by the Urban Institute, 57% of nonprofit leaders reported that board members often lose focus on strategy when they start interfering with management tasks.

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Nonprofit Director Government Leadership 104

sgEngage

AUGUST 23, 2023

Version control issues and errors complicate the process We’ve all experienced the scenario where multiple versions of an Excel file circulate during budget season, all with (unreconciled) changes throughout. These components usually require different methods for capturing and reporting.

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sgEngage

MARCH 25, 2025

A financial review could highlight issues that can be addressed prior to the time-consuming audit. But because the process isnt as in-depth as an audit, it doesnt require as much time from your team or your management to review and respond to the report. What is an Annual Financial Audit?

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sgEngage

JANUARY 14, 2025

Understand What Is Most Important to Your Organization Like any new technology evaluation, you need to first define your organizational priorities and what you would expect from each new solution. Are you looking to streamline workflows, improve data accuracy, enhance reporting capabilities, or something else?

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Candid

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The 2024 AI Index Report shows rapid advancements in AI technology. As of May 2024, the MMMU benchmark , which evaluates responses to college-level questions, scored GPT-4o at 60%, compared with an 83% human average. AI is no longer just a buzzword—it’s become a cornerstone of every modern business process.

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sgEngage

MARCH 8, 2024

The 16th annual Blackbaud Luminate Online Benchmark Report is here! We look forward to this report every year. It’s also a valuable tool to help nonprofits evaluate their results by giving them a comparison point for their performance against organizations of similar sizes and issue areas.

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Blackbaud Benchmark Online Report 106

Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

It was seemingly a year and forever ago when we last wrote about nonprofit trends reports. Our latest 4th edition of the Nonprofit Trends Report reflects a set of organizations struggling with this imbalance while navigating a rapidly-changing future. Unsurprisingly, money issues rose to the top of the discussion almost every time.

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Trend Report Nonprofit Survey 111

Candid

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Unlike many cycles of nonprofit operations, grant reporting doesn’t really have a season; it’s all year long. Grant reporting also varies widely by funder. Here we share how we turned traditional, time-consuming grant reporting into a faster, easier, and more efficient process. We call this our narrative report.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

It’s been a persistent issue for the automaker. of its Full Self-Driving beta software because of issues with forward collision warnings and phantom braking. reported “numerous phantom braking events when on [A]utopilot. Last October, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Twitter that the company was forced to “roll back” version 10.3

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 13, 2025

Images: Meta] Once a note is submitted, it’s evaluated by other Community Notes contributors. A report from Bloomberg found that on average a typical note took seven hours to show up on the platform, but it can take as much as 70 hours, meaning false posts can go viral before they get checked.

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Community System Headline Design 94

Blue Avocado

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

. — Jessica Macy from The Do Good Collective Recruit a Serious and Engaged ‘Get ‘er Done’ Board Most of all, nonprofits need engaged, “Get ‘er Done” members willing to join committees and help the staff accomplish operational issues. They had recruited a nearly all-new board in critical professions.

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Skills Children Collaboration Leadership 110

The Verge

OCTOBER 17, 2021

Facebook is disputing a report that says its artificial intelligence isn’t effective at detecting hate speech. While we will never be perfect, our teams continually work to develop our systems, identify issues and build solutions.”. It’s how we most objectively evaluate our progress, as it provides the most complete picture.”.

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Facebook Report France International 102

The Verge

DECEMBER 23, 2020

The news was first reported by Reuters. Advances in technology and the growing complexity of our external environment are increasingly leading to situations where seemingly inoffensive projects raise ethical, reputational, regulatory or legal issues,” the policy read. Three employees told Reuters the rule started in June.

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Research Google Report Listserv 96

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Data for Inclusion: Enabling people with disabilities to provide firsthand reports on the issues they face to inform policy at the local, national, and global level. It would be an understatement to say that I am proud of what Benetech’s team has accomplished since our founding.

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Candid

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Then, based on our findings, we implemented new initiatives to respond to the needs of our staff, such as “Career Conversations,” which requires managers to discuss career plans with all direct reports, not just those with whom they already had a mentor-mentee relationship.

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.orgSource

JUNE 12, 2023

A technology assessment is a performance evaluation of your IT systems. The purpose of an IT assessment is to evaluate whether your systems’ functionality and efficiency are in alignment with organizational goals and strategy. Do issues and bottlenecks undermine performance? Are reports easy to produce and access?

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Technology Evaluation Associations System 170

sgEngage

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Make sure employees know what is expected of them and how to communicate if they are unable to work due to connectivity issues. Update programs to include operating expenses or costs associated with cleanup, and communicate with current grantees about waiving or postponing reporting deadlines. Here’s how grantmakers can be ready.

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Disaster Hurricane Philanthropy Resource 84

Fast Company Tech

MARCH 12, 2025

Scale AI, the company set up by Alexandr Wang, has been awarded what CNBC reports is a multimillion-dollar deal to help develop Thunderforge, which the U.S. But things are maturing in the AI worldand with it, theres another frontline for AI: the military. She also has two simpler suggestions.

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Arts System University Technology 97

VisionLink

AUGUST 31, 2023

This is a full-time position reporting to the Director of Planning and Design, who leads the company’s project management team. You will build data capture and management solutions, work on data migrations and conversions, build reports and analytics, and create website pages using HTML4. Learn more and apply on Indeed.

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.orgSource

APRIL 1, 2024

Harvard Business Review Analytic Services recently released a report that illustrates the gap between knowing and doing. Data management platforms are constantly improving their user-friendliness, flexibility, and reporting capacity. There are technology tools that can make information and data analytics accessible to everyone.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 30, 2024

Throughout the pandemic, I fielded calls from colleagues asking for advice on a range of issues. Only 31% of the working population reported feeling engaged in their employment. 92% of CEOs say their organization is empathetic, while only 72% of employees report they work for empathetic employers.

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Virtual Work Skills Culture 221

The Verge

JUNE 29, 2021

Consumer Reports is restoring its “Top Pick” recommendation to the Tesla Model 3 after the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) released a new evaluation of the car’s camera-based advanced driver assist system. Photo by James Bareham / The Verge. The publication maintains a contemptuous relationship with Tesla.

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Model Camera Award Evaluation 117

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Here are some of the recent changes to the government funding and reporting landscape so you will be better informed and ready to incorporate best practices. Successful post-award management improves an organization’s ability to meet its objectives by simplifying and streamlining evaluation, reporting, and auditing processes.

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Government Local Fund Change 98

Gyrus

JULY 25, 2024

LMS Security and Compliance: Steps for Protection and Adherence Gyrus Systems Gyrus Systems - Best Online Learning Management Systems Internal threats are a growing security concern for LMS platforms, as highlighted by the 2022 Ponemon Cost of Insider Threats Global Report. million per incident. What is a Compliance LMS?

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Train Training Measure Data 59

Candid

JANUARY 8, 2025

According to a 2020 McKinsey report , [b]y 2030, American women are expected to control much of the $30 trillion in financial assets that baby boomers will possessa potential wealth transfer of such magnitude that it approaches the annual GDP of the United States. According to a report from the Dorothy A. billion between 2017 and 2023.

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Philanthropy Change Create Children 52

Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2025

According to the M+R Benchmarks report , fundraising mobile messages generate an average of $92 in revenue for every 1,000 messages sent. Track data points and metrics to evaluate your campaigns progress. Recent research helped shed some light on this issue and provided a clear path forward for nonprofit professionals.

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Mobile Giving Guide Nonprofit 105

Google Research AI blog

JUNE 29, 2023

Furthermore, the evaluation of forgetting algorithms in the literature has so far been highly inconsistent. First, by unifying and standardizing the evaluation metrics for unlearning, we hope to identify the strengths and weaknesses of different algorithms through apples-to-apples comparisons. The goal of the competition is twofold.

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Challenge Train Training Evaluation 145

Candid

JANUARY 2, 2024

Candid’s Issue Lab is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and sharing social sector knowledge. This vast library contains more than 34,000 freely available philanthropic resources authored by organizations in our sector—including reports, case studies, surveys, toolkits, and more. This report looks to fill that gap by examining U.S.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

From automating reports to improving data visualization, this process empowers your team to achieve greater accuracy and efficiency, ultimately driving your mission forward. Week 1: Plan for Successful Outcomes While you are analyzing your business processes and understanding the issues, also identify what success will look like.

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Project Fund Guide Phase 53

Candid

JUNE 27, 2024

A report from The Bridgespan Group, Illuminating Impact: Why Gender Matters for Funders in Any Issue Area , warns that funders risk “leaving impact on the table” by not applying a gender equity lens broadly. Analyze gender in your issue area. Design a portfolio that addresses gender in your issue area.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 30, 2024

While that’s true—it’s hard to fully understand a younger generation’s perspective if you’re not part of it—the underlying issue may be looking at the puzzle as something unknowable. A McKinsey report states, “For Generation Z, as we have seen, the main spur to consumption is the search for truth, in both a personal and a communal form.”

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People Strategy Nonprofit Volunteer 260

Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

CodeSignal For helping new tech workers brush up on their technical and soft skills CodeSignal is a popular skills assessment platform to evaluate candidates used by recruiters and hiring teams at major companies like Meta and Uber. In 2024, the company sourced and trained more than 20 immigrant workers for their first jobs.

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Education Companies Student Skills 92

sgEngage

APRIL 26, 2024

Because the teams were not prepared at the year-end audit for these types of significant changes, there were often issues that required auditors to spend additional time in discussions with management or to document their understanding of the changes. This has allowed for smoother and more efficient audits.

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Relationship Practice Build Discussion 118

sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2025

External Issues A few things in recent years have caused us all to need to adjust our budgets. Internal Issues Leadership changes , departmental or program re-prioritizations, scope creep, revenue stream shifts , mergers, and separations are all possible internal adjustments that could cause a change in the budget.

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Change Management Communication Disaster 66

Candid

JULY 23, 2021

Engaging with local community leaders and residents early and often is key to implementing public health and racial justice approaches to preventing gun violence successfully, a report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation report 07/20/2021. Casey Foundation finds.

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