Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 8, 2021

1) Master the art of Plain Language. . Plain language is communication your audience can understand the first time they read or hear it. The Plain Language Movement started in the 1970s based on the idea to make it easier for the public to read, understand, and use government communications. Plain language is concise.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 16, 2021

A fundraising campaign soft launch—the release of your campaign to a limited audience prior to the general public—allows your organization to establish early momentum on your campaign. If possible, use tangible examples to show how their personal contributions have supported your mission. Explain your motivation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2023

We’ve done the legwork and compiled the top ways Chat GPT and AI can help your team save resources, perform tasks, and raise more funds. It’s very important to thoroughly review and edit any responses generated by ChatGPT, particularly those that you plan to make public, such as website content.

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John Kenyon

APRIL 11, 2024

For nonprofits and grantmaking organizations committed to racial equity, using artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs) raises important concerns. For example, there are fewer quality online materials representing the viewpoints of certain racial groups. However, they also offer intriguing potential benefits.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 6, 2021

For example, consider you’re a Spanish-speaking customer from a neighborhood that as of recently is facing a housing crisis due to COVID-impacted job losses. You find a local nonprofit in your community that you think might be able to help you find and utilize resources relating to rental assistance. Why does DEI matter?

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 16, 2022

And with the help of artificial intelligence (AI), you can do just that! If you’re struggling to come up with high-quality imagery for your social media posts, AI image generators can help. AI image generators can help with that, too! If you’re working on fundraising materials, AI image generators can be a huge help.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

If your nonprofit has a large following on LinkedIn and a signature program that is well-known to the public, then a Showcase Page could be worth time and effort. For example, Plan International’s website : 2) Post 2-3 times weekly to your LinkedIn Page and respond to your followers. For example: 1. Gmail, Yahoo, etc.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

In this blog post, we aim to address these concerns by sharing helpful highlights from two new, free microlearning courses. For this reason, it is helpful and reassuring for people to know how your organization will use their data. Respondents may also perceive certain demographic questions as covering sensitive ground.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

” For example, @WomenforWomen : It’s also recommended that your nonprofit sign up for Twitter Blue for $2.99 (USD) a month. Write tweets in clear, concise language. Embrace a writing style known as plain language which is becoming an increasingly important skill for social media managers. Retweet your own tweets.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 26, 2022

In April of 2022, Google quietly rolled out a very interesting feature called ‘Assistive Writer’ which automatically identifies noninclusive language like a spell checker. The tool, powered by a language processing AI, flags gendered language as well as other words like ‘landlord’ and suggests that they may be noninclusive.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 23, 2023

To do that, you have to connect with them emotionally through a story, a photo, and hero language that makes them feel special and important, like they personally stepped in and made a difference through their gift. Here is an example: We recently met S., Many donors won’t understand your insider language and will stop reading.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Almost all organizations produce some sort of annual financial reporting, but it’s may not always be public information. Donors, grantors, and foundations look to these watchdogs to help them make informed choices about their donations and ensure they’re supporting an organization that is fiscally responsible. At churches,?it?may

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Candid

APRIL 10, 2024

This is a time of accessible AI—anyone with an internet connection can use state-of-the-art tools to help with tasks like brainstorming ideas, generating art, and drafting documents. Additionally, there is a risk that language AI systems can misunderstand special vocabulary or cultural language.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Mission-Driven Product Examples Products can be websites, but not all websites are products. Created by Congress in 1865, the Freedman’s Bureau helped formerly enslaved people transition to citizenship and documented millions of federal records relating to the refugees, freedmen, and lands abandoned or seized during the Civil War.

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Non Profit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

These platforms have become essential to people from marginalized communities as they build political power, deliver mutual aid, and have helped many make a living. However, the companies that operate these platforms have no interest in maintaining them as the public utilities they have become.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

For example, rather than needing to spend money printing out endless flyers for a direct mail campaign, you can easily plan and execute an email campaign instead for far less money and with a more sizeable return on your investment. An emergency campaign can help you raise the money you need to effectively deal with the problems at hand.

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EveryAction

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

It helps if they’re easy to understand, shareable, and engaging across a broad audience. To save money, time, and effort while putting together your annual report, we’ve compiled nonprofit annual report examples to help give your organization inspiration and a comprehensive guide to get you started.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to recognize and steward tribute donors: Dear Charity Clairity, Our small organization has been around for many years, but we have only just recently begun receiving donations “in memory of a loved one in lieu of flowers” for example.

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Classy

APRIL 9, 2021

Grant funds from foundations, government entities, and corporations help nonprofits diversify their income streams. Leverage Language and Formatting From Past Grants. As you develop language for different funding priorities, organize it into folders by topic to make it easy to pull for additional grant applications.

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Successful branding helps make your nonprofit recognizable, legitimate, and trustworthy to your audience. Through association with your nonprofit’s brand, your supporters and the general public will be reminded regularly of your organization’s distinct purpose, mission, and value in the world. Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 22, 2021

Nonprofit teams have a lot on their plates: not only do they have to run their programs as best they can to help their beneficiaries, but they have to run their internal organization also. Impact management helps nonprofit teams collect and use impact data to make informed decisions about their programs.

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Candid

MAY 10, 2023

Examples of campaign objectives and goals include: Building awareness of your nonprofit by increasing new website visitors by 20% in six months. For example, on social media you’ll want to modify your language to be simple yet engaging to encourage sharing. Be sure to tailor your messaging to each channel.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 1, 2024

Some examples of potential event themes include: Celebrating AAPI Trailblazers – Focus on influential Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who paved the way in areas like civil rights, arts, science, or business. Consider partnering with AAPI organizations to help promote the event and encourage attendance.

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NTEN

APRIL 6, 2021

For example, if your volunteer program requires a month-long commitment on weekdays from 11 a.m. that means anyone with work or child-care responsibilities can’t help at all. For example, offer a few shifts a week from 5 p.m. Language — Is English the primary language of all your volunteer programs?

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Media Cause

JANUARY 8, 2024

In this blog post, we’ll explore three ways keyword research can benefit your nonprofit and help you achieve your mission more effectively. It can also help your nonprofit develop more targeted and successful campaigns. Keyword research is an important tool for both search engine optimization and paid media marketing services.

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Candid

JANUARY 3, 2024

The language of the social sector can feel daunting and confusing. For example, did you know there are at least five different types of “years” when it comes to nonprofit data? For example, a nonprofit might decide that their fiscal year starts April 1 and ends March 31. Calendar year Let’s start with the easy one. billion 0.90

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Whole Whale

MAY 3, 2023

With the public launch of Google’s Bard chatbot which uses their LLM and search data as of May 2022 the clock has started on how the largest search engine will be shifting user behavior ( Bard FAQ on how it works ). AI and natural language processing have enabled far more sophisticated chatbots and voice assistants.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 1, 2022

For example, Barack Obama reaches over 100 million people with each tweet. For example, Gretchen Buhlig, CEO of the ASU Foundation, made the following comment in a recent interview with me related to technology deployment at the foundation, “We have 1.2 Natural-language processing. million alumni.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

For example, if your largest donations tend to be between $25,000 and $50,000, you might designate that range as your major gift range. A major gift fundraising strategy helps ensure that more of these massive donations are coming your nonprofit’s way. Major gifts are the largest donations your nonprofit receives. billion in 2022.

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Candid

OCTOBER 26, 2022

In addition to attracting a younger donor base, crypto fundraising can help nonprofits to increase their average grant size. However, when seeking to engage this audience, it’s important for nonprofits to use inviting language, not insider jargon, to welcome these donors into their ecosystem—thereby “meeting them where they are”.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 27, 2024

For example, regarding the importance of staying humble, Jacobs writes, “Coming out on top when your company is under attack feels thrilling in the moment. Toward the end of the book is Appendix C, which lists 45 core questions to help you assess job applicants. Give the speaker your full attention and keep an open, receptive mind.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2010

For us, Twitter is primarily a public relations/customer service tool. I spoke their language by showing them traditional metrics like amount raised and number of email addresses acquired, and then was able to move onto the non-traditional metrics like fan growth and sentiment. Twitter is the one that surprised me the most.

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Achieve

MARCH 18, 2024

When we hear the right combination of characters, motivations, and actions, we often can’t help but get hooked. Whether it’s an emailed donation appeal, social media post, or old-school flyer on a bulletin board, the best nonprofit communications help your audience relate to and position themselves within your mission’s story.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 11, 2013

The second blog post looked at our growing Bookshare Spanish-language program. Now another important aspect of our strategy for enhancing Bookshare’s new language capabilities is developing the capacity to handle non-European scripts and languages so that the content may be presented in its original form in our members’ native languages.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Here are some recent examples: Can AI Help Combat Workplace Harassment? The platform is described as a “Slack-first” HR platform designed to help managers proactively combat abuse by fostering collaboration, teamwork, and inclusion. The article shares many examples of how AI is being used in the wildlife research field.

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Whole Whale

MAY 3, 2023

Jump to something more interesting: A Visual Example of Chat-First Search How to create an AI Chat-first search traffic risk audit? Don’t Blindly Adopt this Tech A Visual Example of Chat-First Search Sometimes a picture (of a search result) is worth a thousand words, so let’s show exactly what we are seeing in a chat-first search.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 28, 2023

Use larger print (14-point font at a minimum): Larger print helps aging eyes. Regular communication can help maintain their engagement and trust in your organization. Help them understand the impact their legacy can have on your organization’s mission. Older donors often appreciate storytelling and nostalgia.

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