Non Profit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

How Big Tech Harms Social Justice and Equity For many nonprofits, social media platforms are vital communication tools with which to organize people and provide them with services and information. For example, shortly after Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter, the company’s entire accessibility staff was laid off.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 29, 2022

This document ensures that everyone in an organization is on the same page when it comes to using language in a way that is respectful and accurate. The use of inclusive language can help reduce the incidence of bias and prejudice in the workplace. It should avoid jargon and overly technical language. What is a style guide?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Tear Down the Language Barrier. With Ultralingua's translation software, you can make your organization and its resources more accessible to people with limited English or none at all. These tools can help your organization: In the office. In communications. As a teaching aid.

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sgEngage

MARCH 15, 2024

Then, guided by those goals, use effective data collection tools, measure outcomes, implement improvement strategies, and promote transparency. Ideally, all nonprofit goals should have numerical measurements that are referred to as key performance indicators (KPIs). That’s where technology can make a real impact.

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CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2023

I’m referring to ChatGPT , a revolutionary language model developed by OpenAI that’s changing the game in every industry. ChatGPT is currently free to use, which means you don’t pay a dime to access the chatbot’s knowledge and expertise. Well, there’s a solution. What is ChatGPT?

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fusionSpan

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Salesforce has been at the forefront of AI in CRM technology ever since it first introduced an AI tool, Salesforce Einstein , to the platform in 2016. Its AI can simply help make an organization’s data more accessible, more relevant, and more actionable than ever before – all with the safeguards that make for responsible AI use.

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Forum One

APRIL 30, 2024

High-level options include custom GPTs on top of general purpose Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT , vertical-specific out-of-the-box solutions, semi-custom vendor solutions such as Azure OpenAI , and fully custom models and applications. This can be built as a custom solution or through utilizing tools such as LangChain.

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NTEN

APRIL 6, 2021

Here is what we’ll cover in this article: Make volunteering as accessible as possible. Invest in accessible volunteer recruitment. Make volunteering as accessible as possible. Language — Is English the primary language of all your volunteer programs? Invest in accessible volunteer recruitment.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2023

Whole Whale has been building AI prompts into custom tools for clients since Q1 of 2022 and we’ve learned a lot about what makes a good vs generic prompt. What’s more, tools like GPTzero.me Give Context : Make your style clear by using descriptive language about your audience and flex that thesaurus for tone.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Professional References/Testimonials (others who can speak on the organization’s behalf). Over the past two years, philanthropy has asked important questions about equitable access—access to adequate funding, access to digital tools, access to power. View the full set of results here.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Social media is an effective promotional tool when used strategically, whether it’s to promote a recurring giving campaign, spotlight your volunteers, or feature an upcoming fundraising event. In this guide, we’ll explore the top secrets your nonprofit can use to access its social media potential and drive more results.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

We hear about the iCloud, Google Apps, Amazon, and other solutions that draw on the language of the “cloud” to describe what they do. You may also hear this referred to as “Online”, “Hosted”, or “Web Based” software. Yet what exactly is the cloud?

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

With an understandable and accessible operating reserves policy, your team, Board, and donors know the specific reasons you would use your operating reserves and the exact amount that needs to always be in the fund. The Nonprofit Operating Reserves Initiative (NORI) created a toolkit with helpful information and sample language.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2020

AI is a uniquely powerful set of technology tools for making sense of enormous amounts of data. AI’s new accessibility is similar to the moment when the computational power of mainframe computers was suddenly available on every one’s desktop. Persado is another online fundraising tool using AI.

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NTEN

JUNE 20, 2011

Every campaign, every organization, and really, even every individual engaging with others online has a set of tools and techniques they've learned from and rely on every day. The ToMamaWithLove campaign saw them try some new tools as well as some trusted favorites, even with a budget of $0 and a lot of volunteer time.

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Achieve

AUGUST 25, 2023

The high ROI of planned gifts and their accessibility to wider groups of donors has always made them a smart investment of your time and development resources. Try using this language on your Ways to Give page or planned giving microsite—here’s an example from the National Museum of Wildlife Art. They include: Bequests.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 28, 2023

For example, when asking for donations at Christmas , you might focus your messaging on the season of giving or use religious language if that aligns with your target audience’s values. Explain to them how the process works, provide basic fundraising tips, and give them tools to use like email templates and social media graphics.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Fortunately, there are some free tools you can use that make it easy to get an email campaign organized and attract the interest of donors. If you can save custom templates and even archive emails for future reference, it can save you time and effort. Speaking of images, Pictalicious is an interesting tool for email campaign designers.

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Classy

JUNE 10, 2021

Employ communication tools to grasp just how your donors explain their connection to the community you’re serving in their own words. Then simply grow your message around that language. Their supporters may refer to those same beneficiaries as “our children” or “the future of our country”. We hope to see you at our 2022 event.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Accessible content. Incorporate accessibility best practices as you design or update your website to ensure you offer a positive user experience for all users, no matter their age, ability, or device. Kanopi refers to this process as the donor journey — the steps donors take to go from initial awareness to research to donating.

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fusionSpan

DECEMBER 8, 2021

All of this is done virtually combining video conferencing with a collaborative tool to capture notes and ideas along the way. You will need to plan what tools you are using. Match Your Tech Tools With Your Participants. You want people focused on their strategic conversation not struggling to make the tool work.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

API stands for Application Programming Interface, and refers broadly to the way one piece of software or dataset communicates with another.) The updates introduce Semantic Analysis and Natural Language Processing (NLP) capabilities to the Social Actions API and begin to connect Social Actions to the wider Linked Open Data community.

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NetWits

MAY 26, 2011

Probably no better an indication of my love for the knowledge waiting to be unmasked within this tool, is the (fun?) No wonder than, I am commonly asked; “What are the top web analytics reports and tools every nonprofit should know?&#. First page visible upon accessing a specific website profile). What is it?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Go to “Gmail > Settings > Accounts and Import > Grant access to your account” and add an additional staff person (he must have a Gmail e-mail account) to prevent losing access to all your social media and mobile technology profiles and accounts in a worst-case scenario. Save Usernames and Passwords in a Secure Place.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2011

As she says, “ Go one way, and you risk overstating the influence, go the other and you’re dismissed as assuming individuals in the Arab world incapable of leveraging social media tools for organizing.&#. But when did we go from referring to social media as a tool to calling it the catalyst of a revolution?

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.orgSource

JULY 17, 2023

ChatGPT is a large language model within the family of generative AI systems. ChatGPT , from OpenAI, is a large language model within the family of generative AI systems. If you query ChatGPT frequently, you’ll notice that it regularly references its pedigree. ChatGPT has a reputation for jumbling references.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 9, 2013

The renowned computer science institution opened its course content to the online world with MIT OpenCourseWare , giving everybody access to its programming and design curriculum. You can take classes in different coding languages, from PHP to Ruby to Python. Reference Sites and Books.

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Classy

JUNE 10, 2021

Employ communication tools to grasp just how your donors explain their connection to the community you’re serving in their own words. Then simply grow your message around that language. Their supporters may refer to those same beneficiaries as “our children” or “the future of our country”. We hope to see you at our 2022 event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2008

Social Networking and Web Tools for Chicago Nonprofits. The majority of the room had experience in social networking sites and tools, both personally and for their organization. Long term vision: They think there are many more activists out there and the best way to connect and collaborate, but give them their own tools.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

They usually have the staff, passion, resources, and training necessary to make a new tool succeed if it has any possibility of succeeding. Bloggers and #NPTech folks sometimes use language that is a little too technical for nonprofit staff who have no formal training in computer technology. TV is about to change dramatically.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

This information— what you want to learn— is referred to as your objective. With clearly defined objectives, you’ll have guideposts to refer back to throughout the process and keep your team on track. Or, you could invite survey participants to have first-look access to register for an exciting upcoming event.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 29, 2010

But what happened next is: Milk created a simple tool to invite visitors to augment the frames of the video with digital brushstrokes. Some viewers might enjoy populating a video with frames that feature references to Christ; others might prefer highly photorealistic images. That's hardly revolutionary.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Gartner predicts that by 2026, developers outside formal IT departments will account for at least 80% of those using low-code development tools. There are now even natural language prompts powered by AI. Think of how often you use productivity tools such as email rules in Outlook or Gmail.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

We are here to talk about reporting impact, specifically creating tools and some good processes to do that for your donors. We’ve got some tools, questions to ask, and things like that when you’re looking at data-tracking systems. Access to clean water and basic sanitation can save around 16,000 lives every week.”

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Forum One

JANUARY 26, 2024

How do new trends, tools, and norms affect how nonprofits should approach their SEO strategy in 2024 as they try to rank well for important keywords on Google and other search engines? With the most recent onset of generative AI-powered tools becoming mainstream and accessible to all organizations, SEO is discussed more and more.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Directory of Building and Equipment Grants : A Reference Directory Identifying Building, Renovation, and Equipment Grants Available to Nonprofit Organizations. Donated Fundraising Tools from TechSoup. TechSoup offers a wide variety of fundraising tools through its donation programs. Research Grant Guides. Search Tips.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

You have a great staff, but they are not sophisticated in the use of technology tools. For the last 15 years or so, there have been many experiments using the tools of technology and new media to improve data collection. They include things like: Access/FileMaker databases on desktops or laptops. There is no real infrastructure.

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