Association Analytics

AUGUST 14, 2023

Popular AI tools like ChatGPT and Bard are continuously learning how to work faster and more efficiently, which can stir up a lot of feelings in us humans. The most popular model today is called a Large Language Model (LLM) , which is trained on massive text datasets. LLMs are meant to produce conversational human language responses.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2023

Those thoughts are also a source of existential dread, even for people working at a tech company like Eventgroove! To help you dive right in, this posts provides an overview of the tools available, best practices, and examples to make your chosen AI writing tool work for you. Bing Chat is a chatbot powered by ChatGPT-4.

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.orgSource

APRIL 29, 2024

Fast forward just 40 years, the world has a smartphone in its pocket and a PC sits on every work desk. As I write, most of my readers are currently using this technology either for personal projects or in the office. “Like any new hire, you should have an idea of how this addition to the team will work. What are AI’s strengths?

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Candid

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The warning signs included the ongoing toxic combination of low pay and overwhelming workloads endemic in nonprofit work that leads to exhaustion, mistakes, and ultimately burnout. When used well, we believe smart tech will be an antidote to the overwhelming amount of busy work nonprofit employees report.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

That comment isn’t meant to cast shade; just to point out that although the bots are fun, there are still some hurdles involved in really putting them to work. Eliza was a natural language processing program created to explore the dynamics of conversation between humans and machines. Humans still do better creative.

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Whole Whale

MAY 16, 2022

Many AI writing tools are already built into our work but the real game-changers are still developing with advances in GPT3 that allow large amounts of text to be analyzed and written. It is important to note that these tools won’t do all of the work for you, they are human-assisted and there is an art to working with them.

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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. This is complex work requiring diverse stakeholder input.

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Association Analytics

APRIL 11, 2023

Making technology or process changes in the workplace is hard work. Flexibility and organization go hand in hand when working on user adoption. Speak the Same Language In order to agree on a plan, your employees need to be using the same vocabulary when talking about your data. It takes time. It takes effort.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

By Rosie Powers , a Strategist at Mission Minded —a branding firm that works exclusively with nonprofits, foundations, and independent schools. We often assume that our audiences don’t change over time, but that’s not always the case, and nuances within each audience type can appear depending on the focus of your organization’s work.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 16, 2021

If possible, use tangible examples to show how their personal contributions have supported your mission. Use language that creates a sense of exclusivity. Include fundraising FAQs, toolkits, and campaign examples to guide your supporters. Use language that makes each donor feel special. Explain your motivation.

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Association Analytics

JUNE 21, 2023

For example, include any details on how that KPI may impact other projects or results. It can be a challenge to get everyone on board with one language when things have been done differently in the past. For example, our analytics solution, Acumen, provides executives with a visual that consolidates all their KPIs into one dashboard.

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Nimble AMS

MARCH 3, 2024

For example, hire an ASL interpreter, use gender neutral bathrooms, and include gender pronouns on nametags. AFP advances its own EDI initiatives and supports the work of its members with insightful thought leadership content. Reconsider the language in your job posts to attract more diverse applicants. Gather attendee feedback.

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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., a mother of three who works in childcare. Send your thank-you quickly.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Of course, we’ve spent the year sharing tips and tricks to get your virtual fundraising to the next level all year long, but let’s be real: few things are as helpful as seeing real examples of real nonprofits doing it right. So here it is: our favorite 7 crowdfunding and peer-to-peer website examples from 2021. Let’s take a look.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 14, 2024

If I asked you to describe the work styles of the colleagues on your team, could you tell me how each one prefers to solve problems? We were working on a system selection and installation with a recently promoted IT manager. The MBTI is based on the work of Isabel Briggs-Myers and her daughter.

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EveryAction

MAY 11, 2023

Make sure your ask is clear and to the point: Trade complex language for simple phrasing and remove jargon in order to make sure supporters understand your call to action. But the real test is whether or not they’ll do the work of volunteering time and effort. Don’t just ask once: You’ll need to ask a lot to get a lot.

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Some examples include: Data specific – What data empowers you? An example is how many new members did we acquire last month? Improved efficiency that will reduce manual work, optimize processes and eliminate redundancy. Communicate to leadership and staff in their language. What limits you? Leverage the community.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Think about what will get your donors emotionally invested in your work, and then showing them how they can make a difference. Is there one element of your work that you can focus on? It can be motivating if you share that each person who gets the email only needs to donate $10 (as an example) for you to reach your goal.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

It’s an ongoing process that should keep membership and marketing teams working together routinely. Set Common Goals to Inspire Performance When the teams have established a comfortable working relationship, setting common goals that advance the strategic plan can be a powerful incentive to take collaboration to a higher level.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2023

Does it seem like everyone you know is raving about a new tool that’s revolutionizing the way employees in all industries are doing their work? Doing this work for your fundraisers helps to grow your nonprofit’s reach and engage new potential donors through your existing fundraisers.

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Candid

MAY 7, 2024

While only some grantmakers ask you to submit a logic model, virtually all expect the narrative of your proposal—the description of how the program works, its purpose, and its results—to include the same information as a logic model would. For example, a food bank exists to address hunger in a community.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 21, 2020

Written by Alison Koch I think us non-profit folks have a particularly complicated relationship with work. How might we re-imagine the future of mission-based work? How can we as individuals take steps to make this meaningful work feel like a sustainable choice in the long-run? They were that true and that powerful. We need you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2024

The worry about a steep learning curve is more of a mindset change, from letting go of doing the work from zero to 100% and shifting to focusing on the 80-100%. These examples of micro productivity examples can applied easily to working. 65% are using it to clean-up their Monday morning inboxes.

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Non Profit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

For example, social media companies often treat inclusive design features like accessibility to the visual and hearing impaired as afterthoughts, and indeed, the development of such features are at the mercy of hiring and layoff trends. For example: Does your organization provide direct services via Big Tech social media platforms?

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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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Neon CRM

AUGUST 25, 2023

Use strong language to make your website visitors feel like waiting isn’t an option—they need to act now. You’ll find pictures and stories of the students they help, along with strong language that includes information about the crisis at hand—that most of Florida’s Youth in poverty will never complete college.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

For example, you might create a dropdown list under the primary navigation link “About Us” that shows pages dedicated to your mission statement, values, and current projects. For example, if supporters click on a CTA that says “Learn more about our mission” and are taken to your donation page, they’d feel confused and likely bothered.

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VisionLink

OCTOBER 20, 2020

It's a toolkit made to flex so you can work in the way that succeeds for you. With the experience of tens of thousands of incidents and hundreds of large, named disaster operations, we've built solutions that are proven to work. Our customers can build their own endpoints, as but one example of the power of this API Builder.

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OneCause

AUGUST 2, 2023

For example, consider where they live. For example, let them know what types of email communications you’ll be sending them. Add celebratory language. For example, include language that lets registrants know that by registering, they’re on their way to making a big impact for your organization’s mission.

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M+R

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Adding a low-fi, personal touch Surveying some of the nonprofits we work with, the average number of appeals in the end of year timeframe didn’t change from 2022 to 2023, but as we discussed above, some organizations moved emails to the calendar mid-month. Making the match math matter Hey, those tactics still work.

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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 (Chat Generated Paragraph Techniques) is an advanced natural language processing tool to provide information and cobble content together based on prompts entered by a user. Well, there’s a solution.

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Candid

APRIL 10, 2024

A recent Salesforce survey found that more than a quarter of respondents are using AI tools at work, more than half of whom are using AI that is not approved by their organizations, including in the social sector. Additionally, there is a risk that language AI systems can misunderstand special vocabulary or cultural language.

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sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

You can also solicit feedback from your grantees and your reviewers to see how any of the changes are working and what else can be improved. If you want examples, ask for examples. Look for ways to simplify your language and your structure to make your question easier to read and answer. Can this question be simplified?

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 29, 2023

We call it the Cycle of Giving and here’s how it works: The donor gives a gift. Many donation receipts do nothing to capture the heart of the organization and why its work matters. Hero language: When you tell a donor that your nonprofit wouldn’t exist without them, you are speaking the truth. The nonprofit receives the gift.

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The Nerdy NonProfit

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Or, do they need to change their mindset, such as revising their habits and lifestyle to work from home successfully? For example, are there tasks that need to be completed in a certain order for your organization? For the work-from-home example, this could be a simulation that walks through how to design the perfect home workspace.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

In the last few years, Microsoft has rebuilt LinkedIn working out many of the kinks and bugs that made it frustrating to use, and has launched a suite of new tools and functionality for LinkedIn Pages , Profiles , and Groups. For example: 1. That changed when LinkedIn was purchased by Microsoft in 2016 for $26.2

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