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7 Techniques for Event Fundraising Success

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The seven event fundraising techniques or “best practices&# described here emerged from analyzing data and interviewing nonprofit event and development staff. Register for our monthly Event Fundraising eNewsletter to receive more practical fundraising tips like these in your inbox. Register Now !

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The most influential design book you’ve never heard of

Fast Company Tech

During this time, he published a simple manual, called Lettering , which laid out his approach to crafting letterforms, letting students learn about proper technique and trace and copy letters directly inside the book. Walter Kch was a calligrapher and educator at the Zrich School of Arts and Crafts in the late 30s and 40s.

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Increase Open Rates and Click-Throughs with 5 Follow-up Email Techniques from Top Nonprofits

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The pig was featured throughout the email – header photo, headline and the clever subject line (“Make your honey happy as a pig in mud”). A week later, the second email featured a cat and sheep, with a different header photo, subject line and messaging. This first email focused on a pig and dog. Same theme, different options.

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How people secured their secrets before encyption

Fast Company Tech

” Letterlocking: The Hidden History of the Letter , by Jana Dambrogio and Daniel Starza Smith, with the Unlocking History Research Group [Photo: MIT Press] Together, the pair began studying what they came to call letterlocking, reconstructing through close analysis and modeling the many ways historic letters were folded and secured.

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World Press Photo Contest reverses stance on AI-generated images following angry complaints

TechSpot

Earlier this week, the World Press Photo Foundation said it would permit the use of generative AI in its Open Format category, which encourages entries that feature innovative techniques, non-traditional modes of presentation, and new approaches to storytelling. Read Entire Article

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Nvidia's Instant NeRF AI renders 3D scenes from 2D photos in just seconds

TechSpot

Nvidia's AI research arm has been working on inverse rendering and developed a Neural Radiance Field it calls Instant NeRF because it can render the 3D scene up to 1,000-times faster than other NeRF techniques. The AI model only needs a few seconds to train on a few dozen stills.

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Lapse, the photo app that forced users to invite friends, is running out of steam

TechCrunch

Lapse, a photo-sharing app that growth hacked its way to the top of the App Store earlier this year, is starting to lose steam. The app, which had forced users to invite their friends in order to get in — a technique now being used by new social app ID by Amo, saw early success […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved.

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