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Why Should Associations Invest In Technology?

Kitaboo

This decision to repeatedly under budget for technology and staff training prevents non-profit associations from reaching their full potential. A survey by Fairfield County Community Foundation found that 22% of non-profit associations have no budget for information technology. Use of online banking services.

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Per Scholas redefines IT hiring by diversifying the IT talent pipeline

CIO Business Intelligence

To do so, the organization collected retired computers and laptops from companies, fixed them up, and redistributed them back into the community through schools and nonprofits. Today, the once technology recycling program is now a robust nonprofit focused on offering tuition-free IT training to help diversify the tech talent pipeline.

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Volkswagen drives the automotive industry cloud forward

CIO Business Intelligence

Banking on industry cloud One such service VW has developed, Paint IT, is a cloud monitoring system that evaluates various aspects of an automobile’s paint coating criteria, such as layer thickness, color tone, and structure, which may be sold to interested parties.

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Biotech industry leaders share cautious optimism for 2023 amid downturn and layoffs

GeekWire

. “There is still a sense of optimism in the life science community here in Washington as we head into 2023,” said Kate Nelson , vice president of life sciences for commercial banking at J.P. Everyone is budgeting 50% longer to raise their rounds,” said Canestaro. Morgan in Seattle. Phage Genomics CEO Ivan Liachko.

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A renowned community of quilters is taking on copycats — and winning

The Verge

A long-time Gee’s Bend partner , the Souls Grown Deep Foundation — an Atlanta-based nonprofit formed by the family of the first major private collector of Gee’s Bend quilts — knew that direct access to the market could help address this issue and more. Some didn’t have bank accounts to receive payments. “But you don’t know my story.

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Silicon Valley’s AI frenzy isn’t just another crypto craze

Vox

But despite the increase in overall funding in this space, many generative AI startups are on tight budgets, and some don’t have any funding at all. One recent example: A reporter used an audio generative AI tool to create a fake recording of his own voice, then called his bank and successfully hacked into his account using the recording.

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Meet the techies vying for a vacant spot on the Seattle City Council

GeekWire

” Rahim Kapadia Kapadia has worked in various sales and business development roles at companies and is currently CEO of TheBionicGroup, which helps nonprofits in Washington state use technology, according to his application to the city. More recently he’s been a community leader advocating for disability rights and accessibility.

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