Nimble AMS

AUGUST 8, 2022

Does your association have a data governance policy? Continue reading to learn how your association can adopt its own data governance policy and become a more data-driven organization. A set of rules, metrics, or policies established by an organization to bring clarity and ease of use to data practices is a data governance policy.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Many companies report low utilization of VTO, however, so nonprofits that encourage people to check their employer’s VTO policy when signing up as a volunteer can tap into this underutilized benefit. However, only 20% measure societal outcomes of their volunteer programs.

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The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 28, 2024

There is an acrimonious presidential election in just a few days and the current political climate in the United States requires a measured approach to advocacy. The 78-page report provides insight into how nonprofit leaders view their role in public policy advocacy and engagement. Advocacy efforts are mission-driven.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Monday night, Congress approved an over $2 trillion government spending and coronavirus relief package that included a handful of controversial copyright and trademark measures. The multitrillion-dollar package did include a copyright measure that civil liberties activists fear could have dramatic consequences.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 27, 2021

Welcome to “Tech Policies for Virtual Teams—A Leader’s Responsibility.” And your perspective on technology policies, I think, will vary a little bit depending on your role in the organization. The problem they had was they didn’t really have policies to really govern and guide their staff towards effectively transitioning.

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Candid

APRIL 6, 2022

On March 13, 2022, Meme Styles, president and founder of MEASURE , joined Candid CEO Ann Mei on the stage at SXSW for their talk: Using Data to Advance Racial Equity ( available to watch now on YouTube ). Candid's team reached out to Meme recently to learn more about the work MEASURE is doing in Austin, TX.

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The Verge

AUGUST 20, 2021

Facebook’s head of security policy said the company is putting into place security measures for users in Afghanistan , including hiding “friends” lists and adding a tool to quickly lock down accounts. Facebook has started hiding friends lists from accounts in Afghanistan | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Gyrus

JULY 25, 2024

LMS security involves measures to safeguard a learning management system (LMS) from unauthorized access, data breaches, disruption, modification, and other security threats. Disseminates automated notifications for policy updates and acknowledgment in employees’ preferred languages, ensuring everyone is up-to-date.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 8, 2025

So, an identification method for polymers should provide a measure of uncertainty in its output. Unfortunately, current methods dont usually provide an uncertainty measure. That way, the user can know how much to trust the polymer fingerprint match.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

On the other, I hate hate hate that it’s happening because of Apple’s ridiculous App Store policies. On the one hand, I like the idea of more people realizing that the web is a viable app platform. One thing Nick Statt notes: this technically means Fortnite is back on iOS, via this particular workaround. ? Quite a day for web apps!

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Google Research AI blog

APRIL 12, 2023

In “ Learning Universal Policies via Text-Guided Video Generation ”, we propose a Universal Policy (UniPi) that addresses environmental diversity and reward specification challenges. Video policies generated by UniPi. We used Contrastive Language-Image Pre-training scores (CLIPScores) to measure the language-image alignment.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 1, 2025

That means market-based solutions, a faith in technological innovation, and incremental policy reforms within existing political and economic systems. The group exposed a society uneasy with the scale of change climate action demands, and showed that public anger is not a threat to activism, but a measure of its impact.

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TechSpot

JULY 23, 2022

The new policy will be enforced starting July 27 as a security measure, but the company is taking greater pains to explain its decision. Starting next week, Microsoft Office will block macros in files downloaded from the internet by default, "reversing a reversal" Microsoft had made just earlier this month.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Listen in to this bbcon 2021 Virtual excerpt to learn about some of the basics of cybersecurity, including what the risks and threats are, steps you can take to protect yourself, and how to implement policies at the workplace that protect your company. Password security measures. Implementing security policies. Secure wifi.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 7, 2023

On Tuesday, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), the nation’s top internet watchdog, unveiled a series of proposed measures aimed at regulating the application of facial recognition. The rules emphasize the need for clear signage in public areas where facial recognition is employed.

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The Verge

AUGUST 11, 2020

This type of content has always gone against the spirit of our hate speech policies,” Monika Bickert, Facebook’s head of policy management, said on a call with reporters this afternoon. Today’s policy update came alongside the release of Facebook’s sixth Community Standards Enforcement Report.

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TechSpot

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

This policy change may be a reaction to the ad blockers that recently started bypassing YouTube's initial measures against them. YouTube has confirmed that the platform is intentionally delaying video loading when it detects ad blockers. Read Entire Article

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The Verge

JUNE 16, 2020

United and American Airlines said Monday that they will temporarily ban passengers who don’t comply with a new industry-wide mandatory mask policy that goes into effect this week. The new policy announced this week by industry trade organization Airlines for America covers United, American, Delta, Hawaiian, Southwest, and JetBlue.

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Blue Avocado

JULY 16, 2024

What should be measured? Don’t get me wrong: Aspirational language is great for identifying what the value is , but it can be difficult to measure employees against this standard. The behaviors above are actionable, observable, and easy to measure. How often should they be done? Should they be tied to pay increases?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2019

Have there been demographic, economic, or policy changes that affect your messages and offerings? Speaking of metrics, how do you measure your nonprofit site’s performance? The environment is always changing. Successful organizations carry out a periodic environmental scan as part of their strategic communications efforts.

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Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Shockingly, the latest Association Trends Study reports that just 34% of association professionals rank their organization as an excellent technology user when protecting member data with additional security measures like multi-factor authentication (MFA). Prioritize your members by protecting your organization’s data. Download now

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Candid

MAY 13, 2024

In a 2022 survey, nearly 70% of respondents cited building measurement, evaluation, and learning capabilities as a critical area in which they would like to invest. Like other types of grantmakers, collaboratives seek to measure effectiveness and learn from feedback. Tracking feedback across the portfolio to improve grantee support.

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The Verge

AUGUST 24, 2020

YouTube has banned the controversial creator Calvin Lee Vail, better known as LeafyIsHere, for repeatedly violating the company’s harassment policies. The ban follows big changes to YouTube’s harassment policy meant to deter behavior that in part helped creators in the commentary community like Leafy develop a following.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 14, 2025

Ensure that your data is protected with industry-standard security measures. Ensure that all partners have robust security measures in place and comply with relevant data protection regulations. Make sure your own data governance and data management policies are up to date so you have processes in place if an issue does arise.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 15, 2024

Measuring Training Effectiveness with LMS Analytics GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - Companies use Learning Analytics Tools to collect, analyze, and measure the effectiveness of their learning and development programs. Having measurable metrics is crucial to pinpoint what is and isn’t working in training development programs.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 15, 2024

Measuring Training Effectiveness with LMS Analytics GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - Companies use Learning Analytics Tools to collect, analyze, and measure the effectiveness of their learning and development programs. Having measurable metrics is crucial to pinpoint what is and isn’t working in training development programs.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Make sure your contract ensures they will assume liability for their actions and that the contractor is adequately insured and names your organization as an additional insured on their policies.

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The Verge

MAY 15, 2021

Despite new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Apple will keep its mandatory mask policy in place at its US retail stores for the time being, Bloomberg reported. But Target and CVS were among the retailers who said they would keep their mask requirements in place as they assessed the CDC guidance.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The first iteration tracks disclosure of 22 data points across six specific dimensions of racial equity: (1) Pay Equity, (2) Racial/Ethnic Diversity Data, (3) Education and Training Programs, (4) Response to Mass Incarceration, (5) Community Investments, and (6) Anti-Discrimination Policies.

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TechNode

JANUARY 6, 2025

Douyin, the Chinese counterpart to TikTok, has rolled out nine new measures designed to enhance merchant experience and cut operating costs. Among the initiatives are commission-free livestreaming and short video features, as well as a policy to automatically refund promotion fees.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

The news, first reported on Thursday by Bloomberg , underscores the increasing pressure on large tech companies, many spurred on by Apple, to take more proactive measures to better protect user privacy. Google won’t say whether it is indeed working on an anti-tracking privacy measure for Android.

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The Verge

JUNE 19, 2020

Apple’s decision has put a spotlight on Apple’s confusing App Store policies, just as the European Commission announced a formal antitrust investigation into the App Store and Apple Pay. Microsoft hasn’t revealed exactly why xCloud is limited by App Store policies. Photo by Porter Gifford/Liaison. Photo by Nick Statt / The Verge.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Google is outlining new changes to its developer policies and promising to make using third-party app stores easier on Android 12. The company says that “all developers selling digital goods in their apps are required to use Google Play’s billing system,” and it’s tweaking language in its payment policy to make that clear.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

It requires a long-term strategy so that an ecosystem of organizations—with specialists in communications, legal support, and policy research—can work together to build a broad base of support. Metrics must evolve to measure membership growth, leadership development, and voter turnout over longer periods of time.

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Google Research AI blog

MAY 26, 2023

Yet, while researchers have enabled robots to hike or jump over some obstacles , there is still no generally accepted benchmark that comprehensively measures robot agility or mobility. First, we train individual specialist locomotion skills (teacher) for different obstacles using on-policy RL methods.

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The Verge

AUGUST 13, 2020

For game developers who choose to use the Play Store, we have consistent policies that are fair to developers and keep the store safe for users. While Fortnite remains available on Android, we can no longer make it available on Play because it violates our policies. You can still install Fortnite on Android, however.

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The Verge

MARCH 16, 2021

The new policy also comes at a critical moment when Google (and Apple’s) app store policies are under intense public scrutiny, kicked off by the removal of Epic Games’ Fortnite from both the App Store and Play Store and the game developer’s subsequent antitrust lawsuits against Apple and Google.

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