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Why is Person First Language Important and 7 Ways You Can Start Using It Right Now

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We’re usually not taught to speak with person-first language. Person-first language is more inclusive of people with disabilities, centering someone’s humanity over their disability or condition. It may be a bit wordier, but it’s important to learn how to use person-first language and avoid its opposite, identity-first language.

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Inspire Generosity with a Better Online Donation Form

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This theory explains that our brains are designed to think in two ways: System 1, which is instinctual, and System 2, which is rational. The Two Systems of Thinking Can you see how these two systems of thinking could have influenced the design of the donation forms from Greenpeace and Amnesty International?

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3 Ways to Improve Your Nonprofit Website’s Navigation

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An effective navigation system also follows web accessibility guidelines so people of all abilities can engage with your content. Your CTA language should accurately indicate where supporters will be taken if they click on the button. Create alternative text for photos and offer transcripts and closed captions for videos.

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Five Critical Steps for Successful User Adoption

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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. Or to go to different systems within the association to pull data for the calculation. If you don’t have a data dictionary, set that up before moving ahead.

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Donation Form Best Practices: Avoiding the Donor Tipping Model

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Many software platforms have fees to process donations through their system. With donor tipping, the platform waives the fee charged by the platform for a nonprofit to use its system. However, there is an alternative to donor tipping for organizations wary of asking their donors to tip fundraising platforms.

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The Ultimate Guide to Accounting Software for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

For international organizations, you may face additional complexity such as handling multiple currencies and multiple languages. To find the right product for your needs, the best place to begin is with requirements to help you evaluate alternatives. Support multiple languages. How to Choose the Right Software.

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12 Ways to Use ChatGPT and Other AI Tools for Fundraising

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6) Sharing Impact With just a few details about your organization, ChatGPT can write boilerplate language about your impact, mission, and programs. Predictive analytics is one of the most powerful machine learning systems and artificial intelligence tools available to the nonprofit sector.

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