January 2021

The inability to have fundraising events and connect face-to-face with donors has hurt many nonprofits and their money-raising efforts. The pandemic changed the way nearly every type of business operates, including charities.

According to Double the Donation, giving grew 4.1% in 2020, marking a sixth consecutive year of increase. The researchers found that most organizations leave a lot of potential funds on the table and don’t follow up to secure the donations.

AI is all over in the year 2020. From your mobile applications to worldwide search algorithms, artificial intelligence is changing the means we interrelate with technologies. In part, AI has streamlined decision creating for businesses and improved expediency for end customers.

Autonomous vehicles are a bigger advance for the transported fragment when it emanates from AI. Rendering to the Market Research report, self-driving technologies will develop from $55 billion in the year 2019 to $566 billion by the year 2026.

So my 15 minutes of fame for 2021 has already happened. I was interviewed by Dakota News Now at the end of 2020 which aired on KSFY and KDLT the first day of this year. 

My son asked me why the local news was doing the interview. The short answer, I'm getting old.