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Doing good with AI tools: Navigating ethical considerations for the social sector 

Candid

This is a time of accessible AI—anyone with an internet connection can use state-of-the-art tools to help with tasks like brainstorming ideas, generating art, and drafting documents. Similarly, we saw evidence that the model was associating “People of Latin American descent” with “Incarcerated people.”

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Participatory Grantmaking: I’m in! Now what?

sgEngage

You’ve read about participatory grantmaking—and maybe even heard about other organizations using this model to distribute control of their funding strategy and grants decisions to the communities they serve. Perhaps you’ll start by reading about other models , watching webinars, or developing ideas. Is this you?

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Four Models for Active User Engagement, by Nina Simon

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

When participants collected data, they learned a great deal about data collection processes but not so much about the overall scientific method. No one model is better than the others. Nor should they even be seen as progressive steps towards a model of “maximal participation.” Contribution, collaboration, co-creation, hosted.

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How to Use Data to Improve Prospect Identification

sgEngage

No matter if your organization is large or small, learning to use data effectively is your most powerful method to improve prospect identification for major giving. They rely on regular wealth screening and predictive modeling. Persona Models. persona models classify constituents into groups that share similar traits.

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Five Fundraising Ideas for Nonprofits That Don’t Work (or Why You Aren’t Raising Enough Money)

Get Fully Funded

If you’re struggling to make ends meet, you’re probably using a broken funding model — meaning your organization cannot survive into the future on the funding you are receiving now. We want you to learn to master the art and science of fundraising so you can raise the money you need, whenever you need it. Avoid them!).

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A Beginner’s Guide to Tracking In-Kind Donations for Nonprofits

Neon CRM

This can range from donations of food and clothing to event space, legal services, and property and art. To do that, you need a method of accurately valuing the item you’ve been given. This method is most helpful for gifts like vehicles, stocks, furniture, or other significant donations.

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The Art of Facilitating Virtual Meetings with Sticky Notes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As trainers, Andrea and I both know the value of “modeling the model,” so we wanted to use and model best practices for designing effective meetings on their preferred platforms. It is between the two methods.