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Five Internal Controls for the Very Small Nonprofit

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This Gold Avocado article by CPA Carl Ho explores some internal controls for the very small nonprofit: How nonprofits need to enact clearly defined checks, balances, and procedures in their operations even when the entire organization is just a handful of people with a mission.

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Why do LLMs make stuff up? New research peers under the hood.

Ars Technica

While human understanding of this internal LLM "decision" process is still rough, this kind of research could lead to better overall solutions for the AI confabulation problem.

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International Leadership, Women’s Issues, and Branding—A Conversation With Allison K. Summers, CAE

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Zonta International, where Allison served as Executive Director* and Chief Staff Executive, was honored with the 2021 ASAE Summit Award for the UNFPA-UNICEFF Global Program to End Child Marriage. “The The recognition, the program’s success, and its critical mission are badges of accomplishment for the group.

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How We Closed Our Office Sustainably — and Made a Lot of People Happy

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In honor of Earth Day, I want to share a story about our recent office closing at Matrix Group, and how we tried to do it in the most sustainable, community-minded way possible. We posted sit-stand desks, filing cabinets, and chairs on our local Buy Nothing groups. Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element.

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What Apple is doing with 25,000 acres of former cattle pastures in Brazil

Fast Company Tech

The environmental group Conservation International is working on the project with an unlikely set of partners: a forestry company and the tech giant Apple. In other parts of Brazil, environmental groups have derided eucalyptus plantations, arguing that they’re destructive. It’s also quickly disappearing.

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The Humane Society rebrands as the Humane World for Animals to showcase its global efforts

Fast Company Tech

Beyond the local shelters it’s perhaps best known for, the group works on behalf of animals to combat wildlife trafficking, factory farms , and animal testing, among other causes, globally. The new name and look, which its sister organization Humane Society International also adopted, is an attempt to reflect that.

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Leaked chat logs expose inner workings of secretive ransomware group

Ars Technica

More than a years worth of internal communications from one of the worlds most active ransomware syndicates have been published online in a leak that exposes tactics, trade secrets, and internal rifts of its members. The native Russian-speaking group has been active since at least 2022. Read full article Comments

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