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Reflection and Analysis: Gnomedex Real-Time Social Fundraising Experiment

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've been a little shell shocked for the past few days, but wanted to share this reflection and analysis of the Gnomedex fundraising experiment. The secret sauce to success for nonprofits and social media is reflecting in action. A= Action M0= Monitor RE= Reflection on results - rinse and repeat. Why was it a success?

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Putting the AI in Education: Stepping Toward Generative Artificial Intelligences 

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The hype is problematic, but the revolution is real. Imagine a coach using an AI to generate a detailed analysis of your best athletes’ movements to help other students learn, model, and improve their own techniques. I wouldn’t be surprised if TIME magazine’s “Person of the Year” for 2023 ends up being ChatGPT.

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Nonprofits Should Consider SMS Fundraising With Eyes Wide Open

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It closely follows Gartner's Technology Hype Cycle. I like the way that Allison Fine reflected on this question last week. Maybe I'm jaded. But having been in the nonprofit technology since 1993, I've seen a predictable pattern of cycles with new tools and technology. Technology Trigger. Inflated Expectations. Slope of Enlightenment.

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Data Digest: Moneyball Giving, Data and Philanthropy, Data for Africa

Tech Soup

Through the Laura and John Arnold Foundation he set up with his wife, he plans to use the money to ambitiously solve some of America’s biggest problems like obesity and crime through data analysis and science, with an unsentimental focus on results. ?He Data Philanthropy: Where are we now. Pundits: Stop Sounding Ignorant About Data.

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Social Media Adoption: The Line Between Individual/Personal and Organizational

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Technology providers also try to avoid getting seduced by the hype cycles. As Jon Stahl notes, in reaction to the recent Overbook Foundation Report , I wonder how much of this anxiety is the product of nonprofit sector consultants and pundits hyping Web 2.0 How short was the hype cycle of MySpace? tool after Web 2.0 Of YouTube?

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Live Blog Post from MacArthur Foundation: Virtual World Event on Philanthropy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here's a quick summary of my notes: In Fanton's welcome, he noted that it is easy to get caught up in the novelty and hype of virtual worlds, but whatever the complexities, "we think they will grow and become integrated into our daily lives." and offered an analysis here. Nonprofits in Second Life Blog coverage.

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Artificial Intelligence for Nonprofits: Your List of AI Tools to Use for Good

CauseVox

Enhanced Data Analysis AI can also analyze data more quickly and effectively. A Different Kind of Chatbot: ChatGPT Lately, there’s been a lot of hype around ChatGPT. Amazon Comprehend Amazon Comprehend is a natural language processing service from AWS that offers advanced text analysis and insights.

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