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Developing staff technology skills in your nonprofit

NTEN

How do you go about developing the technology skills of your staff? In this post, I will briefly explain how to pinpoint which technology skills folks need, assess current skill levels, provide training that doesn’t stink, and nurture a technology-positive culture where tech skills are a priority.

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Putting the AI in Education: Stepping Toward Generative Artificial Intelligences 

sgEngage

We hope to help paint a fuller picture, invite hard questions, and showcase the power of what these AIs are capable of with skillful prompting. Much of the public discourse currently revolves around natural language models, and you’ve probably read commentary positing that ChatGPT offers a solution to virtually every problem.

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Remote Technology in the Pandemic: Rebalancing Toward Equity and Access

Non Profit Quarterly

Relying too heavily on technology means that those who lack the resources, language skills, and savvy to use technology to its full potential are left behind. English as a second language. In addition to deepening inequities for low-income people, modern technology has a way of isolating or segmenting people by language.

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Beyond Survival: Post-Disruption Nonprofit Digital Strategy

Bloomerang

A new survey from McKinsey finds responses to the Covid-19 pandemic sped business adoption of digital technologies by several years—and many of these changes will likely be here for the long haul. A/B testing can help determine which language resonates and which does not. . It’s Mission Critical.

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Vietnam and Indonesia Join TechSoup Asia’s Growing Family

Tech Soup

The program helps Vietnamese nonprofits to build staff capacity, apply for grants, and recruit skilled volunteers. The LIN mission is to foster a culture of philanthropy and social responsibility by providing support services to local nonprofits, skilled volunteers, and donors who are committed to building strong communities.

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Words to Avoid—2023 Edition

Candid

Chances are, even if you have, that’s not your actual title (although we recognize some job descriptions do use this language). When either is misappropriated or used casually to refer to someone who is skilled at any random thing, their importance and significance are greatly diminished. Have you been called a “fundraising ninja”?

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The End of the Beginning of Online Giving

Connection Cafe

While many nonprofit professionals are digital immigrants , we’ve had 20 years now to learn the language and customs of the digital native world. One would like to think that after 20 years of testing, more testing, conferences, webinars, and pithy blog posts about online giving that there might be wide adoption of best practices.

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