Fast Company Tech

MARCH 25, 2025

Lowe, who grew up in Hawaii and has seen the devastating effects of pollution firsthand, came up with the idea to actually quantify the plastic impact of gum. Lowe also tested chewing the pieces for longer, collecting samples of more than 20 minutes, to see how microplastics were released over time.

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Ars Technica

MARCH 17, 2025

It proved to be a tough day for four of the sport's six new drivers, as well as some more well-known names, and it gave us a clearer idea of the pecking order between the teams, at least for now.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Before we dive into the specific tactics, the first thing you need to do is test both your email signup and donation forms. You might be thinking this is unnecessary, but it only takes a few minutes to test both – on your laptop and your phone – and it could save you huge headaches in the long run. Put These Tactics into Action.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

However, finding the right peer-to-peer fundraising ideas to suit your nonprofit’s needs and your audience’s interests can be challenging. These peer-to-peer fundraising ideas are popular because they inspire friendly competition among participants. Read on for effective, easy peer-to-peer fundraising ideas to engage your audience.

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Ars Technica

MARCH 18, 2025

To simplify matters, researchers at Johns Hopkins University's Terradynamics Laboratory are building crouching spider robots and testing them on synthetic webs. And while you're building them, you get a better idea of the actual [biological] system and how certain behaviors happen." Read full article Comments

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 20, 2023

In other words, use trial and error to test out fundraising strategies to find out what works for your nonprofit organization. While the stakes are high and the idea isn’t to throw caution to the wind, it’s an opportunity to approach things with a sense of play. 3) Narrow down your fundraising ideas. Try to figure out why.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Promote a Growth Mindset : Encourage staff to embrace change, experiment with new ideas, and learn from both successes and failures. A strong, adaptive culture helps your organization stay flexible and open to new ideas, which is crucial for sustained success. This practice helps you identify potential opportunities and threats early.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

If you are incorporating new ideas into this year’s fundraising efforts, use this data to make some predictions about how you can best motivate your audiences into action. 6) Don’t Forget A/B Testing. We frequently talk about A/B testing as a digital tactic—and it is! What are those that might have missed the mark—and why?

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The Verge

MARCH 11, 2021

A Netflix spokesperson told The Verge , “This test is designed to help ensure that people using Netflix accounts are authorized to do so.” While this may not prevent all password sharing — hypothetically, an account owner could send their friend the code as it comes through — the idea is that it will prevent some password sharing.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Courts have historically resolved litigation between First Amendment freedoms and trademark infringement via the Rogers test , named after actress Ginger Rogers, who sued over a film called Ginger and Fred that depicted fictional performers seemingly inspired by Rogers and her on-screen partner Fred Astaire.

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TechSpot

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

In this explainer we support with data why testing CPU performance with a GPU bottleneck is a bad idea, so you can have a full understanding of our testing methods when reviewing CPUs.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Besides, there are simply too many headphones on the market (our testing pool gets bigger month by month) for you to pay hundreds only to get subpar ANC. The idea is that both the output and the input will cancel out, leaving you with near-silence.

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Engadget

MARCH 10, 2025

To help you cut through the noise, weve researched the best handheld gaming consoles, tested several top contenders and laid out the ones we like the most right now. Sam Rutherford for Engadget Note: This is a selection of noteworthy gaming handhelds weve tested, not a comprehensive list of everything we've ever tried.

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Futurism

MARCH 18, 2025

as an arms-length testing groundwhere it could quietly research the impact of human-like companion bots on the public, kids included. Our testing found that these bots were all accessible to minors, despite centering on graphic roleplays, and were seldom interrupted by the platform's filters. Despite shoveling $2.7 Character.AI

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Step 2: Map out, write, test, and schedule your end-of-year fundraising emails Once you’ve finalized your campaign theme, channels, and goals—whether you’re targeting new donors or upgrades—you’re ready to get to work writing, designing, testing, scheduling, and segmenting your year-end email appeals.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Now, we’re inviting the public to test drive the tool on Candid Labs. There are more prototypes in the works, and you can continue to help us by testing them as they’re released. Your feedback can shape early-stage ideas into viable solutions that support your work and help refine them as they evolve.

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Whole Whale

JULY 17, 2024

Need to fundraise, but out of ideas on how to do it? Plus more thoughts on auctions, events, online campaigns, and peer-to-peer fundraising ideas to get you started. Plus more thoughts on auctions, events, online campaigns, and peer-to-peer fundraising ideas to get you started. We’ve got you covered!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

By Nathan Hill , Optimization Evangelist at NextAfter , works every day to share how testing and optimization can lead to fundraising growth that can transform organizations and causes. If you want to dig into all of the results, you can check out the full study (including 32 unique and data-driven test ideas) at: recurringgiving.com.

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Association Analytics

MAY 4, 2023

Many people have good ideas, but using analytics to test the ideas, improve upon them and prove ROI on their efforts will set you apart! Having these kinds of insights will make you a rockstar at your association because you’re tying decisions to data and showing measurable results.

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Futurism

MARCH 27, 2025

In our own tests, when queried if GPT-4o has restrictions on generating images in the style of Studio Ghibli, ChatGPT replied: "Yes, GPT-4o has restrictions on generating images in the style of Studio Ghibli. Whoever creates this stuff has no idea what pain is whatsoever. I am utterly disgusted," Miyazaki said in a 2016 documentary. "If

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 13, 2025

The idea, he explains, is to use the existing U.S. Smith says the team has already tested a proof-of-concept train on several trips amounting to more than 10,000 miles on the Union Pacific network, traveling from SunTrains San Francisco testbed to discharge locations across California, Nevada, and Colorado. gigawatt hours of energy.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 20, 2023

In this guide, we’ll cover the ins and outs of online fundraising, explaining how you can leverage various platforms and fundraising ideas to engage your supporters virtually. Launch and promote fundraisers Before you launch your fundraisers, test the donation buttons by donating a dollar to the campaign yourself.

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Engadget

MARCH 7, 2025

Weve tested over a dozen air purifiers that range from $150 to $1,200 but the most effective method for getting the green light from our air quality monitors is completely free: opening the windows. Unfortunately, it was the lowest performing unit during two separate burn tests and had repeated connectivity issues.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

But Michigan Central doesnt just offer an architecturally striking space to incubate ideas; it provides a test bed. But the funding hasnt kept pace with the needs of new firms and ideas, nor expanded beyond the four countries leading Africas startup scene, Kenya, Egypt, South Africa and Nigeria.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 6, 2025

Satonya highlighted organizations that established a test kitchen for their projects, understanding that undergoing big changes means some things arent going to work the first time. Its easy to lead with the big idea. But along with the big idea, you have to show people how they fit into that innovation. Innovation is exciting.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 17, 2019

By improving the visibility of your posts you are able to involve more people and thus, you’ll also have more creative ideas. 2) Get inspired by new ideas. You can also use Lightful’s Inspiration feature to discover new accounts to follow for more creative ideas. Creative ideas don’t need a big budget to be engaging.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In this post, you’ll learn why diversifying your funding matters and get tips and ideas for starting the conversation with your counterparts in development. Why Funding Diversity Matters (and What Finance Can Do to Support It) Before diving into specific ideas, let’s talk about why having diverse funding is so critical.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 1, 2024

What are the top GivingTuesday best practices and fundraising ideas to make you stand out in 2024? Keep it simple – You may have grand ideas but we recommend not getting too ambitious and coming out with a sloppy product. Since 2012, GivingTuesday has become a worldwide day of (mostly) online giving.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Whether this is your first year tackling GivingTuesday, or you’re an old pro, we’ve got seven last-minute GivingTuesday ideas to keep you on track, and get the very most out of this important day. Test Your Tech You only have a short time to raise money on GivingTuesday, so don’t lose one of those precious hours to a technical snafu.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 13, 2025

While the idea of crowdsourced fact-checking holds some theoretical appeal, Meta’s implementation appears to be riddled with the same vulnerabilities and unanswered questions that have affected X. But Meta says there has been no A/B testing of Community Notes to see how it performs versus third-party fact-checking.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

A : We all find ourselves staring at that blinking cursor with no idea what to write. My favorite tool for testing email subject lines is sendcheckit.com because, on top of rating your subject line, it gives you advice on how to improve it. Q: How do I overcome writer’s block? A photo that reinforces your story. What do I do?

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Futurism

MARCH 17, 2025

We got in touch with the inventors behind the Vape-o-Gotchi: NYC-based romantic partners Rebecca Xun and Lucia Camacho, who explained to Futurism in an interview that their project began as an idea that they saw circulating online and they decided to make it into a cursed reality.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Implement and Test : Develop and implement your ChatGPT-powered initiatives. Be sure to continuously test and iterate to ensure optimal performance and user satisfaction. ChatGPT can assist in brainstorming content ideas based on your organization’s focus. The following prompt and instructions can help you develop it.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 14, 2022

Test every page of your website and make sure it displays correctly on a phone. The post Build a Non-profit Website that Works [Steal These Ideas!] Instead invite website visitors to sign up for the latest updates , stay in the loop , or get the latest news. Make sure your site is 100% mobile friendly. This is so important.

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Whole Whale

MAY 2, 2024

QA and user flow testing Interns can walk through the main user flows of your website and note where there is confusion. Or, perhaps there is a backlogged idea of gathering your volunteers for a small appreciation event that an intern can help arrange. Many eyes make for light work.

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Wired

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

From editor-tested chocolates and flowers to at-home date night ideas, heres everything we recommend gifting for the most romantic holiday of the year.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Knowing how much time and effort you spend planning events and campaigns inspired us to create this resource to inspire you with these successful ideas for end-of-year giving campaigns. We’ve got all kinds of challenge ideas and more in our 200+ Fundraising Ideas article ! Follow this step-by-step guide 1.

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