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Our members were eager to have something displaying the development of our appeal We also sought something aesthetically arresting and straightforward for understanding. Rather than a thermometer, though, we wanted to create a graphic with a significant component of engagement Forty faces that "changed the world" were included on an interactive board we developed It was meant to inspire involvement with fresh audiences, therefore increasing financial support for our appeal and increasing knowledge of our social justice activities. The interactive board that results measures 4 meters by 2 meters. Its dramatic black and white image of the forty faces grouped together is Under the tagline "peel me," 15,000 tiny, "gold," magnetic bricks cover the whole board. Visitors are urged to pay £1 for each brick to unveil the faces they find appealing The interactive board has enabled us to contact people outside of our regular networks and church. It addresses some of
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brainstormings, promoting a comfortable work environment, thus “enabling the workers to bring more novelties to the table”. In contrast, the lack of physical contact - which can lead to isolation issues - for identification and discussion of problems was pointed out by two interviewees as promoting the loss of spontaneity since “innovation is not a matter of tools but rather of bringing people together”. Although apps promoting visual contact may be useful to  solve this problem, “a lot of time is wasted remotely in doing follow-ups of everything it was done and not focusing on the discussion of new ideas”. Also, by enabling working from home (WHF), two interviewees reported that “remote work can result in a work environment with less distractions that allows workers to focus more”. Nevertheless, the same interviewees also stated pointed out a mental well-being trade-off, in the sense that “workers sometimes  experience time perception issues, ending up working more hours than what the

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Education in life skills is meant to equip women to meet challenges of daily life so they may stand and operate on their own. Life skills are those which a person possesses to be willing and brave to face life and livelihood difficulties naturally without feeling pressurized; then, actively and creatively search and find answers so that they are finally able to conquer them. In the other sense, life skills are the capacity to interact and adapt to other people or the community in which one resides, including problem-solving decision-making skills, critical thinking, creative thinking, effective communication, fostering interpersonal relationships, awareness, Education addresses self-esteem, empathy, conquering emotions, and stress management (Ramadani & Syuraini, 2018 Endang, 2019; Yanti & Mardliyah, 2020). The Ministry of National Education separates life skills education into four categories: a) personal skills, which comprise self-awareness and cognitive skills; b) social

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Endowments make the A-list; nonprofits want to diversify their revenue sources and fundraising plans in a post-Covid environment Many NGOs are preparing their operating budgets without the CARES Act money and other government funds that helped their asset levels and running budgets in past years. They are also coping with substantially higher inflation in recent years increased borrowing rates, a challenging recruiting market, reduced government financing, and less donors/fundraising money. Author Sara Herschander notes in The Chronicle of Philanthropy's Dec. 2023 issue ("The Fiscal Nonprofits face a more difficult time today with the economy and less donors." These difficulties are reminding organizations of the need of having varied income streams. Particularly for nonprofits concentrated on special events galas, golf); direct mailined significant government funding (e.g., health care, social services, and public colleges); and attendance (religious organizations, mu

Remote IT Support Solutions for Growing Startups

Both your CISO and hackers are now focused on remote support tools. Cyberattacks are using remote access tools and paths more and more as backdoors into end-user and customer settings, therefore companies should approach the evaluation of any remote support or remote access solutions with security consciousness. Conventional remote connectivity solutions include VPNs, or free remote access applications, lack granular access management restrictions and can be readily abused with stolen credentials and session hijacking. Usually without specific permission setting options, firewall settings are compromised, and remote support session logging is not possible. Attackers have also made good use of approved remote support capabilities on service desk computers. For example, attackers have employed remote support and other technologies on employee devices of several IT services providers (including MSPs and MSSPs) and used the tools as backdoors to launch outside attacks on the consumers of t

Benefits of 24/7 Remote IT Support for USA Startups

Knowing the difficulties for the career in IT support and managemen  Recent years have seen fast and complete transformation in working processes and the systems that support them, so stressing IT help desk and support personnel. Changing to remote and hybrid working has required a quick change to remote methods of IT support. This coincides with IT teams handling increasing mandates and responsibilities with limited resources and finances. GoTo, a provider of remote IT support and management technologies, sought to learn about the main issues and obstacles preventing IT support personnel in this constantly changing world from being able to effectively serve their customers. To share their experiences in a sequence of roundtable events, we assembled over fifty top IT support specialists. Senior representatives from many different companies from several sectors—including SMEs,  worldwide brands, utility corporations, colleges and local authorities—were among the attendees. We discussed

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The amount of initiatives running in every area differs. Java hosts the programs, particularly in Jakarta, the capital city. Startups situated outside Java could thus have less chances to be part of a program. According to one program manager, program availability is sufficient given the volume of tech-based startups and SMEs needing assistance. Still, most of them are housed in Java and Bali. Those beyond these areas are just found in the major cities including Makassar, Manado, Aceh, Padang, Jambi, Lampung, Pontianak, Banjarmasin (Incubator-Accelerator number According to the Ministry of Cooperatives and Small Medium Enterprises Regulation No. 24/2015 on Business Incubators, each province should have at least five incubators as well as at least one incubator in every district or city. This goal is not reached, nevertheless, perhaps since there are no fines for non-compliant locations. Representing incubators, the Indonesian Association of Business Incubators (Asosiasi Inkubator Bis

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anchor will increase the amount of response to the appeal (De Bruyn & Prokopec, 2013; Goswami & Urminsky, 2016), although it may also result in lower giving per donor than a response card with no anchoring amount (Goswami & Urminsky, 2016). De Bruyn & Prokopec (2013) find that is it possible to counteract the effect on gift size by increasing the amount  between each suggested gift, so that there is a steeper increase. However, fundraisers may want to keep the suggested amounts in multiples of $5 or $10, as donors seem to prefer round numbers, and it is easier to give a suggested amount than to pick another one. In fact, response may be suppressed if “strange” numbers are suggested, because it is easier to not  give than to write in one’s own amount (Reiley & Samek, 2019). Donors seem to have internal reference points, to which suggestions are compared: ask too little or too much, and the request will not be persuasive (De Bruyn & Prokopec, 2017). Fundraisers ca

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