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AI advances mean we need to double down on this one skill

Fast Company Tech

It will never replace our capacity for thinking, and can, in fact, reinforce bias because it is learning what we teach it. What we feed it and how we use it determines the quality of our contribution and the value we add. However, AI is only ever as good as the questions we ask it. The same goes for our mind.

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How Helpful is Teaching Nonprofits How to Fish?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

How Helpful is Teaching Nonprofits How to Fish? When thinking about fundraising, many nonprofits and funders believe in the old adage, “Give a person a fish, and you feed him for a day; teach a person to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.” What you think? Guest post by Paul Connolly.

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22 Must-Circle Nonprofits on Google+

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Like Twitter, you have to post or share content frequently to get exposure in the feed since there is no Edgerank-like algorithm to filter out (boring) posts/tweets. Teaching Tolerance. To me, the Google+ Stream feels like a mixture of Twitter and Facebook. Monterey Bay Aquarium. New England Aquarium. National Public Radio.

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How to Turn Regular People Into Fundraising Pro’s in 3.5 Minutes

NetWits

That’s what Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) tells it’s event participants to do at the end of this video. teaches event participants how to be successful. “Go and do Good!”. FMSC is doing something that every nonprofit who runs an event fundraising program should do. The thing that turns regular people into fundraising pro’s.

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Five Essential Apps for Your Nonprofit’s Facebook Page

Nonprofit Tech for Good

At the very least, Nonprofit Admins that spend a couple of hours teaching themselves the basics of HTML should be able to use this App to add a “Donate Now&# button to their page [ Example: Amazon CARES ] and/or an e-mail newsletter sign up box, mobile sign up box, and Web 2.0 icons [ Example: World Wildlife Fund ]. Social RSS App.

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How to teach TikTok what you like to watch

The Verge

Unlike more traditional platforms like Instagram or Twitter where you manually curate your feeds by choosing to follow others — most likely, people you know — TikTok uses an algorithm to curate a highly personalized feed of videos. TikTok is a brand-new type of social media platform.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks?

ASU Lodestar Center

Disclaimer Wednesday, May 4, 2011 Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks? Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks? posted by Mark Hager, Ph.D. Associate Professor, ASU School of Community Resources & Development This post is about a bad dog and the role that a class of ASU students is playing in its quest for redemption.

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