Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Recently, on March 8th, International Womens Day was recognizeda moment that originally sprung from a movement to fight against child labor and sweatshop working conditions. At an adolescent training center in Kolda, we met Khadidiatou D. In March, women are at the forefront of the cultural conversation. But there is hope.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 18, 2024

In natural disasters, the training and quick action of first responders and emergency services save lives and livelihoods. What roles do spontaneous volunteers fill? Screen Every Volunteer Spontaneous crisis volunteers need to be screened so they can be given suitable roles and be properly registered and trained.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Whether you’re just starting out or already have a Board in place, you need to understand the role of your nonprofit’s Board so you can support people to understand and fulfill their roles and responsibilities. Let’s look at the 10 basic roles and responsibilities of a nonprofit Board of Directors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2022

Onboard and Train Volunteers. Learning this type of information about your volunteers can help your organization best utilize each volunteer to further your mission and even extend your internal team’s work. For some volunteer positions, training may be short as a few minutes, while training for others can take weeks.

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Association Analytics

APRIL 11, 2023

Designate Internal Champions Your association might consider choosing one staff person from each department to be part of the core group and report back to their respective department about the changes, updates, and next steps. For example, you might include a few questions based on the previous week’s training.

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Candid

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Rethinking donor relationships When I started Imani Collective, it was a small nonprofit training program in Mombasa, Kenya. I organized workshops to cultivate an internal culture of abundance and shared purpose, which was then reflected in our external outreach efforts.

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Gyrus

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Personalized Learning Adapts training to roles and performance. Future-Ready AI, VR, and analytics enhance government training. However, traditional training methodsclassroom-based sessions, long PowerPoint presentations, and printed manualsoften lead to low retention rates, logistical challenges, and high costs.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Rationalization Rationalization is the justification a fraudster internalizes to explain why it is okay that they commit fraud. Effective internal controls along with comprehensive policies and procedures help reduce the opportunity for a fraudster to succeed. Incentive/Pressure The incentive is the driving factor behind the fraud.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The charitable sector fills many roles in American life. Ambassador to the United Nations Douglas Rutzen President & CEO International Center for Not-for-Profit Law Rutzen has quietly put out political fires in back rooms around the world. Department of Treasury’s Office of International Affairs. Cook, Ph.D.

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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 10, 2022

Do you offer technology training opportunities for your employees? Providing employee training ensures great benefits for your association. You’ll have better-skilled staff, who are more confident and productive in their roles. Additionally, employees express great interest in technology training.

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Tableau

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Help your teams take action in the context of their business processes: Incorporate data assets into employees’ existing workflows and applications by setting up email subscriptions, chat alerts, and @ mentions , or embedding analytics where employees are already spending their time—like internal portals and your CRM.

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TechNode

OCTOBER 21, 2024

In response to a report last Friday circulating on WeChat about a security lapse in Bytedances AI department, the company issued a statement saying that an intern had this summer maliciously interfered with model training in the course of AI commercialization. The intern had been dismissed in August.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 16, 2024

But when you are a lean staff and a tool comes along that can act as an unpaid intern, it’s no surprise that the philanthropic industry has jumped on AI adoption, even more than for-profit businesses. Nonprofits and grantmaking organizations are typically not known for being on the forefront of technology.

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sgEngage

MAY 30, 2023

Foundations play a crucial role in supporting nonprofit organizations and driving positive change within communities. By embracing a community leadership role, foundations can amplify their impact and empower grantees to achieve long-term, sustainable success.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Previously, the stunning intelligence gains that led to chatbots such ChatGPT and Claude had come from supersizing models and the data and computing power used to train them. The big AI labs would now need even more of the Nvidia GPUs theyd been using for training to support all the real-time reasoning their models would be doing.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 23, 2024

Communication and Leadership Skills Development with LMS Gyrus Systems Gyrus Systems - Best Online Learning Management Systems Effective Communication Training (ECT) is an approach focused on improving an individual’s ability to convey and understand information from others.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Additionally, nonprofits can create their own custom-trained GPT chatbot with their custom data. This enables the creation of a tailor-made AI assistant, specifically trained to understand and address your nonprofit’s unique needs. This pivot turned a potential flaw into a powerful tool for idea generation and content creation.

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Tableau

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Help your teams take action in the context of their business processes: Incorporate data assets into employees’ existing workflows and applications by setting up email subscriptions, chat alerts, and @ mentions , or embedding analytics where employees are already spending their time—like internal portals and your CRM.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

In honor of Labor Day, this blog—the first in a two-part series—offers insights into the various roles that unions play within the social sector, based on data from available recent tax filings (2016 and on). . Unions offer their members professional development and training opportunities. What is a union? . Unions are 501(c)(5)s.

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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. million per incident.

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Cloud 4 Good

OCTOBER 28, 2021

More importantly, apprentices are hired as full-time employees whereas interns are often unpaid, or at best part-time or temporary employees. A good fit with employers, especially the training employer, is a solid combination of work-based learning and some academic learning, as well as certification that demonstrates that expertise.

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Candid

JANUARY 28, 2025

Therefore, decisions made regarding technology, the practices guiding its use, and the training provided can lead to either equitable or inequitable outcomes for those communities. Funding technology for greater impact, sustainability Some funders are actively supporting the role technology plays in advancing mission and impact.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 17, 2024

AP clerks and bookkeepers play a vital role in ensuring the accuracy and timeliness of financial transactions. Added Layer of Separation Separation of duties is a key component of internal controls , but it can be difficult to maintain with small finance teams. These internal controls also create a clear audit trail.

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TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2021

We experience that dynamism and verve in our own audio listening, but then we start to tune into our company’s internal communications, and, well, you certainly don’t need sleeping pills to zone out. Eventually, the company realized that it could do much more than just training, and expanded into broader internal comms.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 12, 2024

This performance around the act of learning can become a barrier when coaching and training younger professionals to build their skills. Set goals that focus on outcomes rather than a specific number of trainings attended or hours logged. Keep communication about expectations simple and direct.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

Gloat , an internal marketplace for corporate talent, today announced that it raised $90 million in a Series D round led by Generation Investment Management, bringing the startup’s total raised to $192 million. Gloat uses an AI system to map the relationships between skills, roles, candidates and companies.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 13, 2025

And last year, the company announced the $28 billion acquisition of big data company Splunk , part of Cisco’s growing role in powering data-driven AI technology. The third area is that they just don’t feel they’ve got the right level of training and skills internally. What’s your vision for that role?

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.orgSource

APRIL 1, 2024

And staff training will ensure that everyone has insight into their numbers. A freelance expert can train current staff and get your organization up to speed. Make space to give your current staff the time and training they need to become engagement specialists. But—you can’t know, what you don’t know. Martech changes overnight.

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Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Sales operations refers to the unit, role, activities and processes within a sales organization that support, enable, and drive front line sales teams to sell better, faster, and more efficiently. Evaluation of Sales Team Training Needs. Salesforce Recruitment, Onboarding and Training. What is Sales Operations? Operations.

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Candid

JANUARY 9, 2025

Yet, we see that many organizations are still quick to limit or cut back technology-related investments of all kinds, including training, evaluation, planning, and community feedback. Organizations need to realize that treating technology as a peripheral expense actually limits mission delivery and effectiveness.

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Blue Avocado

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Treasurers play a critical role in sustaining an organization — maintaining essential stakeholder confidence and supporting its overall mission effectiveness. XYZ Nonprofit is an organization exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and contributions are deductible to the extent allowed by law.

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Candid

JUNE 5, 2024

Whether you’re trying to equip your team with the latest fundraising techniques or preparing volunteers to tackle new challenges, the quality of your training materials will impact your organization’s effectiveness. You can also conduct a training inventory to identify existing resources that can be repurposed. What’s resonating?

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Kindful

JUNE 8, 2021

You want board members who are able to successfully function in the role of financial stewardship of your nonprofit. This is time wasted on so many levels and a clear signal that this board lacks a clear understanding of their role in financial stewardship. Their roles and responsibilities have greater weight.

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Tableau

JUNE 11, 2022

According to a recently released Forrester Consulting study commissioned by Tableau about data literacy and culture in global enterprises, organizations that have a companywide mandate to their data literacy training have higher employee satisfaction levels with training offerings than those that focus at the team or department level.

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Candid

AUGUST 22, 2024

This disparity is even more pronounced in leadership roles, where only 10% of foundations have a CEO or top administrator who identifies as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color). Nonprofits called specifically for support for equity training and dedicated funding for equity initiatives and capacity building.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 9, 2020

While the vast majority of Microsoft employees are still working from home during the ongoing pandemic, the software maker has unveiled “hybrid workplace” guidance internally to allow for far greater flexibility once US offices eventually reopen. Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge. Microsoft’s hardware labs.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 23, 2021

Organization-wide internalizing and externalizing an attitude of adopting a culture of philanthropy. Internalize and externalize an organization-wide culture of philanthropy. Get everyone on board the “love train.”. Think of this as getting everyone on board the “love train.”. Build goodwill.

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