23Nov
21Nov
Prediction: By 2020 Faith Based Organizations Use Clearinghouses For 40% of Tasks
Due to advancements in gig-economy technologies, it’s now more affordable for faith based organizations (FBOs) to develop and use clearinghouses of skilled volunteers and contractors for outsourcing of work.
31Oct
6 Tips for Executives To Present A Better Story
“The art of storytelling can be used to drive change”. Richard Branson To be an effective leader of an organization requires good communication and motivation skills. As a leader you must be able to clearly and succinctly explain everything from organizational goals to specific tasks. Sometimes leaders do not tell good stories when presenting. They…
14Oct
Incredible Sample Bias and Deception in AI Market Penetration Reports
Reading time: 3 minutes 30 seconds Look at data from firms selling goods and services that involve advanced analytics, machine learning, deep neural networks, and other AI technologies. Do you trust all the numbers they use to pique your interest? Don’t. And don’t wake up on the naive side of the bed. Watch out for…
07Oct
What Does GDPR and CCPA Mean to Faith Based Organizations?
Do you wonder why websites now give you the option to accept, decline or even read their privacy polices? Ā The answer is the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR.) Ā This Regulation expands the rights of EU citizens regarding their personally identifiable information (PII), forever changing how PII is used and stored by…
24Sep
How to hold off Amazon and other apex predators
Reading time: 2 minutes “Is AI needed to cure this existential business crisis?” explores several approaches to the relatively common existential fear many executives have of being obliterated by an Internet apex predator. The Wall Street Journal reported on 24 September 2019 that A āGrass Rootsā Campaign to Take Down Amazon Is Funded by Amazonās…
19Sep
In Faith-Based Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations We Trust?
President Obama issued Executive Order (E.O.) C.F.R. 13691 to promote private sector cybersecurity information sharing. SeeĀ Executive Order No. 13691 Ā For over 1 million faith-based and nonprofit organizations exist in the Unite States alone. Ā See NonprofitDirectory In 2018 Faith-based Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations, ISAO emerged to help these organizations improve their cyber security posture.…
15Aug
Avoid Pitfalls in Vendor Selection
You saw software do something your organization cannot do today but should do soon. What do you do? Capterra blog details how technology is changing how churches connect with its members. As a result, faith-based organizations are adopting and leveraging technology-centric tools and services. To better engage their communities. Avoid the potential for poor…
28May
Trip report: Risk Summit highlights digital transformation and a tech start-up called PwC
On 27 and 28 March 2019, at PwCās Risk Summit in Boston, PwC senior leaders and consultants in the risk assurance and consulting practices shared with their clients and over three dozen industry analysts their vision of how digital technologies are transforming both risk management and business performance.
15May
Healing the Blockchain
While blockchain-inspired technologies are slowly progressing, the full-blown Blockchain suffers from functional flaws and is hindered by a religious belief that decentralization be positively superior to centralization.