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Gene Takagi: Lessons From The Sam Altman & OpenAI Headlines Our legal contributor, Gene Takagi, returns to first, unravel the story in his clear, plain language way. Gene is managing attorney of NEO, … Continue reading Nonprofit Radio for December 4, 2023: Lessons From The Sam Altman & OpenAI Headlines →
By Drew Lindsay Lam Yik Fei, The New York Times, Redux Sam Bankman-Fried, who founded Alameda and FTX, at his office in Hong Kong. The controversial giving movement fueled the rise of the ex-cryptocurrency mogul, writes Michael Lewis in "Going Infinite."
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Sam sent me this: I always thought it was someone who could manipulate circumstances to achieve some goal. I think the word has come to mean “using super-human negotiating skill to obtain a superior result “ Terry sent me this: I thought you meant “obtain (something) by indirect or involved means.” No adverse implications.
Sam Chenkin is someone who has advised many people on what to do – in an understandable non-jargony way. Sam’s philosophy is that there shouldn’t be an expectation for busy nonprofit people to be experts in technology, but it is important that they be self-sufficient. ” Here’s my conversation with Sam.
You will need this to create your SAM registration in the next step and you can also use it to access the grants.gov portal, too. SAM Registration ‘SAM’ stands for ‘System for Award Management’ and like a DUNS number, this is another requirement for applying for and receiving federal awards. You don’t need this. It’s a ripoff.
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Sam sent me this: I always thought it was someone who could manipulate circumstances to achieve a goal. finagle a day off work ( transitive ) To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitfu l methods, by trickery. I always felt it was sort of clever or creative negotiations to get something done when it seemed like it couldn’t be done.
By Rebecca Richards. The FTX head’s indifference to individual investors is also reflected in his embrace of effective altruism — a problematic strategy that seeks to repress factors such as personal connection and sympathy when making giving decisions.
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By Sam Polzin and Jayson Lusk MediaNews Group/Orange County Re/MediaNews Group via Getty Images Grocery prices soared by 11.8 percent in 2022 — the swiftest pace since the early 1980s. Rapid inflation is, naturally, leading to concerns that it’s getting harder for Americans to put food on the table.
Smith/AP OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman (center) says the recent departures of key executives are unrelated to the potential restructuring. The group’s board is thinking about restructuring that would make OpenAI a public benefit corporation. By Matt O'Brien, Kelvin Chan, and Thalia Beaty, AP Business Writers Bryan R.
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Prest Sam Comen Antonia Hernández plans to step down later this year. Also, Human Rights Watch promotes its next executive director from within, and the billionaire philanthropist Gordon Moore has died at age 94.
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million full- and part-time employees of Walmart and Sam's Club—known as associates at Walmart—will be eligible to earn college degrees or learn trade skills without the burden of education debt, and the $1 daily fee that was part of the program since its launch in 2018 will be eliminated as of August 16. Through the program, 1.5
One of my favorite quotes is from philosopher Sam Keen, who speaks not of leadership but of love: We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly. Leadership becomes less about direction and more about cultivating adaptability. I think the same could be said for leadership.
You may not see it this way, but Uncle Sam sees your leap into hyperspace as a way to add information beyond the allowable page limit. But your federal grant program officers and reviewers don’t want to see them in your grant proposal. Here are 4 reasons why. #1. You skirt page limits. Who gets away with that? Stay in your lane, please. #2.
By Alex Daniels Laura Pedrick Gill has backed medical research, the performing arts, children’s health, and building bridges with the U.S. Muslim community.
Further discussions around women and philanthropy powered byShe Gives were catalysed following an eventin late November at Government House,hosted by the Governer General, Her Excellency Sam Mostyn AC.
" During this webinar, we will hear from Sam Chenkin, Product Manager for npCloud. Sam will discuss cloud computing and disaster recovery basics, and will outline the different types of cloud storage and products designed to help you achieve your disaster recovery goals.
When you buy the “Uncle Sam Hat&# or “US Flag&# , GAC will donate $2 to the Yellow Ribbon Fund , a nonprofit committed to helping injured troops and their families. Sign Up for the SG Newsletter. In second place, Colleen Cronin of South Boston who’s a huge fan of Great American Cookies , shared this promotion with me.
Same Information, Different Understanding Uncle Sam provides information about grants for free. Information, then, may be available but not shared, not used, or not known. So how does asymmetric information work in the government grants space?
Or so I learned last week, at a webinar presented by Sam Chenkin from Tech Impact.Tech Impact is a nonprofit, and their mission is to "ensure all nonprofits can use technology to better serve our world." So I wasn't surprised when Sam had a lot of good information to share. Not as much as you might think.
Sam Chenkin, product manager for npCloud, discussed all of this and more in our recent webinar, Backup and Disaster Recovery in the Cloud. Sam then focused specifically on what makes npCloud different, outlining the benefits of choosing their npVault product. You can now view the archive on the TechSoup YouTube page.
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell” by Robert Dugroni. “Ma’s Dictionary: Straddling the Social Class Divide” by Milan Kovacovic. “Killing Sacred Cows: Overcoming the financial myths that are destroying your prosperity” by Garrett B. Gunderson with Stephen Palmer. Lessons in Chemistry” by Bonnie Garmus.
Tate Hausman and Sam Boykin recently contacted me on behalf of Mobile Citizen to ask me that question and to ask for my help in finding the answer. This post originally appeared on the NetSquared Blog and was authored by Claire Sale. How can the leap to 4G mobile broadband help social change organizers?". read more.
By Sara Herschander Sam Blaufuss Instead of focusing mainly on ways to help low- and middle-class people buy affordable housing, grant makers are paying for community organizing and advocacy designed to protect renters.
Example: Sam came home from Afghanistan with PTSD that threatened his family, his job, and even his life. Now, Sam is back to work, and is an active and productive member of our community in a country Sam was so proud to defend on the battlefield. But that changed when he met Molly, a service dog your support helped train.
On October 19, join Tech Impact's Sam Chenkin to hear about Microsoft's newest offering for nonprofits, Azure. Sam will reveal Azure's many features and how it fits into a cloud-first strategy for your nonprofit. We'll also explain Microsoft's many cloud services for nonprofits. Azure Autumn Skies.
Find a recent TechSoup webinar on backup and disaster recovery presented by Sam Chenkin of npCloud. Sam explains a bit about cloud computing and disaster recovery basics, and outlines the different types of cloud storage and products designed to help NGOs prepare for disaster recovery.
Here are 3 tips to avoid some of those last minute problems : 1) Make sure your organization’s SAM registration is up to date weeks before the deadline. If your SAM registration is out of date when you attempt to submit, your application will not be accepted.
Here are some from Anthony Pisapia, Sam Chenkin, Sara Thompson, and Patrick Calihan. " Sam Chenkin, director of solution development, is reading Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber. Sam describes it as "a critique of capitalist assumptions about the origins of currency and debt and their continued relevancy.
My flint today is a recent post by Sam Decker on Analyzing Groupon Profitability: 7 Factors for Group Buying Success. Despite its lofty intentions, cause marketing isn’t any different from any other idea, product or service: nothing happens until it gets sold.
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McManus (high school murder mystery at its finest), The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni (such incredible storytelling), and Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (worth all the hype!). So far this summer, in addition to RFPS, I’ve read Happy Place by Emily Henry (cute read), The Fifth Season by N.K.
Pacific time, Sam Chenkin from npCloud will join us to share his tips, best practices, and advice on how to assess whether to move and what to move to the cloud at your organization. In our free webinar, Assessing the Cloud for Nonprofits and Libraries next Thursday, December 6 at 11 a.m.
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