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Researchers propose method to fight AirTag stalking while preserving privacy

TechSpot

Researchers from Johns Hopkins University and the University of California have suggested a set of cryptographic tools that could counteract AirTag stalking better than Apple's current measures. The researchers believe that Apple's default anti-stalking features can compromise legitimate users' privacy. Read Entire Article

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3 common fundraising mistakes nonprofits make—and how to avoid them 

Candid

Despite the importance of raising money well, the majority of small to midsize nonprofits use suboptimal strategies—methods that are expensive, time-consuming, and yield only minimal returns on a lot of hard work. Foundations: Relying on experienced, proven grant writers to research and write proposals.

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Crowdsourcing: Measuring the Impact of the Crowd in Funding and Doing

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The measures of impact for this project include diversity, deeper and more relevant reporting, and better connection with listeners. The measure of impact is to determine whether the comments and feedback strengthened or improved the final proposal. How do you measure the impact of the crowd here? Was it more efficient?

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In Texas, ‘water is the new oil’ as cities square off over aquifers that may soon dry out

Fast Company Tech

The pump and pipeline project to Georgetown, developed by California-based Upwell Water, is the largest of at least a half dozen similar projects recently completed, under construction or proposed to bring rural Carrizo Wilcox aquifer water into the booming urban corridor that follows Interstate 35 through Central Texas.

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[VIDEO] Measure Of Success: Creating Tools And Process To Report Impact

Bloomerang

And, as I was sharing earlier, we usually teach this in person over a period of two to three hours, so, you all are getting the, what we’ll call, the boot-camp version of “Measure of Success.” Are you using evidence-based methods. Some people say, “Specific, measurable, action-driven.” 0001 pounds.

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Bridging the Data Disconnect Between Nonprofits and Their Funders

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In this survey sample of 170 nonprofits receiving $5 million or more in foundation funding, they use performance measurement data as a management tool. The report does not include any examples or mini-case studies what data these nonprofits are using to inform their understanding of their progress and efforts to improve on an ongoing basis.

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A Very Brief Primer: Measuring the Return on Investment of Nonprofit Technology

NTEN

Metrics are a unit of measure. Tangible benefits are those we can easily measure and convert into dollars or time. Intangible measures are the benefits or detriments directly linked to the IT project, which cannot or should not be converted to monetary units, but may still be quantified. So, stay tuned.

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