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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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. What is ChatGPT?

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Language Generation Nonprofit Social Media 93

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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Measure Help Analysis Metrics 88

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. Center language justice in your content strategies. Language justice is the fair and equitable use of language in all aspects of society.

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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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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. Natural language processing to automatically recognize and classify the intent behind a member’s question or request. You don’t have to bear responsibility for this alone.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

In our new book, The Smart Nonprofit , we use the umbrella term “smart tech” to refer to technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its subsets and cousins, such as machine learning, and natural language processes. Turning over this much decision-making power to tech tools has never happened before. .

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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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NTEN

APRIL 6, 2021

Language — Is English the primary language of all your volunteer programs? Can you incorporate some other languages to include more people from your community? Take stock of your existing staff and volunteer language capabilities and incorporate different languages in your volunteer programs to make them more inclusive.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

7 steps to start a major gift program Major gift fundraising tools Let’s start by reviewing the basics of what these key donations are. This not only helps grow your list of prospective donors but also shows the strength of your relationship with the referring donor. Why are major gifts so important for nonprofits?

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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. Take a look at your target audience’s time zone and reference research on engagement rates based on publishing times. When should you post?

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 9, 2014

There are great references for better art writing, but we don''t always use them. We pack sentences with high-falutin vocabulary, pepper them with clauses, and wrap them up in insider language. Recently, I discovered an online tool that can change that. design Quick Hits Technology Tools Worth Checking Out'

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The WCAG “define how to make Web content more accessible to people with disabilities, ranging from visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive, language, learning, and neurological.” . As a designer for nonprofits, I constantly reference these guidelines when making design decisions. Contrast Checker. ALT Text Checker.

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John Kenyon

MAY 1, 2019

Website management tools like WordPress leave your nonprofit’s website vulnerable to attack, hacking or being held hostage. A new type of website management tool known as Static Site Generators makes websites less vulnerable. There are static site generators in every programming language. This is part two of a series.

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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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M+R

MAY 10, 2021

Maybe you’ve made a language guide to be mindful of how your chosen words may fall short of respectful representation. Captions are an important tool to make sure your content can be widely consumed. . Auto-captioning is a great tool to take advantage of when in a rush, but it isn’t the end all be all. . And heads up!

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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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Case Study Tools Studies Community 80

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. An AI-powered tool can accomplish it in minutes—and doesn’t get interrupted for meetings or a phone call or a birthday party for Toby the newish office manager who just turned 27. Persado is another online fundraising tool using AI.

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Benefit Fundraising Retention Conversation 65

Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Nonprofit storytelling refers to narratives an organization shares (often called “impact stories”) as a way to illustrate its mission and connect with supporters on a personal, emotional level. Saviorism: This term is often referred to as the “savior complex” and is unfortunately common in philanthropy and volunteer work.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 12, 2024

She couldn’t stand the focus on metrics as the reference point against which her work was evaluated. The human tool to unlock philanthropy: empathy. Useful tool: The emotional pathway of empathy Empathy, compared with love, is a more tactical way of connecting with others. The post Your Top-Secret Fundraising Tool?

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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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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. Provide the following information about the organization and staff.

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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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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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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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CauseVox

JUNE 15, 2023

Peer-to-peer fundraising platforms streamline the fundraising process by providing customizable pages, secure donation processing, social sharing tools, and engagement features to amplify the impact and reach of fundraising campaigns. It also serves as a valuable reference throughout the entire campaign.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Ditch the industry jargon and formal language when writing or speaking with your supporters. How to Use Donor Data to Hone Your Messaging If you use a donor management system like Neon CRM, you can use the tools in your account to segment your audience and send them even more relevant messaging. You don’t have to write perfect 3.5

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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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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Development: The designated members of the finance committee and staff should review other policy examples, references, and tools for establishing an operating reserve and determining the reserve ratio that makes sense for your organization. The Board may also set timelines for the policy development.

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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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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 21, 2021

For most states, soliciting donations refers to any ask made by your organization for a charitable gift as well as selling goods or services in exchange for money that will benefit a charitable cause. Email Fundraising Laws Email is a popular nonprofit fundraising tool and for good reason.

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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”.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 9, 2013

You can take classes in different coding languages, from PHP to Ruby to Python. Reference Sites and Books. As Elliott pointed out in his post, it isn't the most user-friendly, but you can find tutorials, reference sheets, and more here. HTML Cheatsheet and HTML Dog are also helpful reference sites.

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Achieve

AUGUST 25, 2023

To tap into the power of planned giving , you’ll need not only a process for running your program (that’s the easy part with today’s tools) but also the ability to confidently speak about planned gifts and all of your donors’ options. Training your team and developing their communication skills will be essential.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

You don’t have to look far—you can reference data for current members or send them a survey to discover their interests and motivations. Build a marketing plan to promote the membership drive and include language that highlights the value proposition you defined in the previous step.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

For nonprofit storytelling, conflict really refers to the challenges that need to be overcome or maybe the circumstances that perpetuate the problem. Use Normal Language in Your Story A long, drawn-out, flat story with a bunch of numbers and statistics and jargon is not a good way to convey your message and your needs.

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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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