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University of Oregon receives $500 million for Knight Campus

Candid

The University of Oregon has announced a second $500 million gift from Penny and Phil Knight in support of the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact. pursuing master's degrees specializing in areas of materials science, bioinformatics, and genomics, with an emphasis on hands-on training.

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Alleviate Accounting Systems and Staff Training Chokepoints to Power Nonprofit Missions: A Case on How One Oregon Nonprofit Did It

Blue Avocado

Part 2: Personal to Personnel In 2019, I came to Lost Valley Education and Event Center (LVEC), first as a student, then as LVEC’s bookkeeper, with no prior training in the craft other than management of my own finances and my stint as an Air Force Intelligence Officer. LVEC is a nonprofit whose resident staff, […].

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Alleviate Accounting Systems and Staff Training Chokepoints to Power Nonprofit Missions: A Case on How One Oregon Nonprofit Did It

Blue Avocado

Part 1: Innovation is Iterative In 2019, I came to Lost Valley Education and Event Center (LVEC), first as a student for the Holistic Sustainability Semester (HSS), one of LVEC’s programs, and then began employment as LVEC’s bookkeeper, with no prior training in the craft other than management of my own finances and experience with […].

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Oregon Foundation looking for a Million Dollar Idea

Amy Sample Ward

Meyer Memorial Trust is a private foundation in Oregon, USA, that has a pioneering spirit and is always up to something new, different, and meaningful – plus it is quite near to my heart. Meyer Memorial Trust is the largest private foundation in Oregon, established from Fred G. Meyer’s personal estate.

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Organizing across generations for civil rights 

Candid

Our young organizers equip the grandparents with toolkits and sustain the effort through recurring virtual trainings. Since many have shared how they can feel isolated as glass ceiling-breakers in their hometowns, we bring them together to gain training and powerful connections.

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Preparing Your Association for AI

Association Analytics

The most popular model today is called a Large Language Model (LLM) , which is trained on massive text datasets. Keep in mind that the more specific the model gets and the more specific the training dataset, the better outcomes you’ll find. LLMs are meant to produce conversational human language responses.

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Celebrating Creativity and Impact in Digital Solutions with Davey Awards

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We trained and continue to support the Baltimore County team to manage their new AWS infrastructure. Winning Silver in Education, the center’s digital platform provides valuable resources and training, focusing on a user-friendly design and accessible content to enhance educators’ skills and improve outcomes for young children.

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