Candid

AUGUST 25, 2021

I’d like to start by hearing why the Packard Foundation felt it needed to make a change in how it gathers data. Our decision was really driven by a desire to lower grantee load and increase transparency, so that across the sector, we’re able to have shared language and understanding that contributes to greater sector-wide learning.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

What has changed over time? What is changing in our industry? Adjust to changing circumstances. Formalize the interaction between these two groups by providing specific times for them to exchange information and channels for reporting the outcomes of those conversations. What is the future that we want?

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Here’s what the letter says in case you can’t read it: “What does it mean when we say you’ve changed a life? You have truly changed his life. You are changing each one of their lives with your gift, and we are so grateful for your support.” Your thank-you letter should be conversational and sound natural if read aloud.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 22, 2024

The sector itself continued to change, but it was a challenge to effectively adapt questions to match those changes. We needed to change up our questions. By assessing our process and by changing our questions as a result, we received more thought-provoking and insightful responses. Take it out. Streamline your process!

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Media Cause

MARCH 15, 2021

There are so many big things, scary, unexpected things that changed us as individuals, families, communities, and a collective human race in 2020, that as I was trying to write this blog post, it was hard to know where to start. Turns out that this last thing in particular—reading—didn’t just change me in 2020.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Be the change. Tone of voice, body language, and facial expression are clues to what or how people want to communicate. Create space for conversation. Inventory the areas you want to strengthen or change and dedicate space in your schedule to assess your progress. What’s the first lesson of Leadership 101?

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sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

In this blog post, we will share some insights and best practices from our recent webinar, Change Up Your Questions: Exploring and Shaping What You Ask Grantees and How You Ask Them , where Marshall Ginn of Capital Philanthropy discussed how to evaluate and improve your application questions. Why Change Up Your Questions?

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.orgSource

MAY 15, 2023

What has changed over time? What is changing in our industry? Adjust to changing circumstances. Formalize the interaction between these two groups by providing specific times for them to exchange information and channels for reporting the outcomes of those conversations. What is the future that we want?

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Cloud 4 Good

JUNE 28, 2022

The overarching goal of this next phase is to humanize the customer experience with new AI-powered conversational intelligence, mobile offline access, and innovations to the Customer Data Platform. . As a result, many commonly used Salesforce products have been rebranded with name changes. Why the change? Par-dot or Par-dough?

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

It’s your north star, your guiding principle, and your roadmap to changing the world. There Has Been a Change In Your Nonprofit’s Scope Over time, technology, politics, and culture will impact your mission and how you approach it. If your organization changes its scope, you need to adapt your messaging. What Is Your Impact?

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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. Well, there’s a solution.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2017

The subject matter, of course, the effective use of digital and networks that is holistic and that incorporates on culture change, innovation, and collaboration skills. Lack of shared definitions and shared language. Need safe and supported spaces for difficult movement conversations. Funder misalignment on movement needs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Thinking Big About How To Use Technology For Social Change, But Understand the Challenges. Getting from Collective Conversation to Impact. Right now from the Social Good Global Conversation in Oman. The most amazing part of this summit was the global conversation that was taking place – not just in the room.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Keep an open mind and let conversations flow. Identifying and vocalizing another person's potential is life-changing for that person. One study cited by Hedges found that just the appearance of a phone on the table during a conversation-- even while silenced -- reduces empathy. Focus on the person in front of you. Be Personal.

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Whole Whale

MAY 3, 2023

Chat-first search, where people use conversation interfaces like chatbots to find information, is poised to overtake traditional search engine usage sooner than you might expect. While nonprofits had a decade plus to prepare for mobile-first changes, chat-first changes will come far faster. Maybe Sooner Than You Think | PCMag ).

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Whole Whale

MAY 3, 2023

Chat-first search, where people use conversation interfaces like chatbots to find information, is poised to overtake traditional search engine usage sooner than you might expect. While nonprofits had a decade plus to prepare for mobile-first changes, chat-first changes will come far faster. Maybe Sooner Than You Think | PCMag ).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Write tweets in clear, concise language. Embrace a writing style known as plain language which is becoming an increasingly important skill for social media managers. That said, if engaging in a public conversation on behalf of your organization on Twitter is unsettling, there are other ways to engage: 1.

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Forum One

MARCH 9, 2023

We love to extend learning at Forum One, so I was excited to be able to bring two experts at the forefront of new digital applications for government together for an open conversation, How & When to Create Custom AI/ML Solutions in Government. We’d love to explore with you: inquiries@forumone.org. How can agencies get started?

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

We wanted to know how technology use has changed in volunteer management, especially through the pandemic. Although we did not start with a particular emphasis on equity and access, this theme came up regularly in our conversations with the field. The quotes in this article all come from these focus group conversations.

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sgEngage

MARCH 15, 2024

By applying these helpful ways to measure and optimize nonprofit performance, you can drive positive change for your organization. There are short-term outcomes (cleaner beaches, better access to childcare); intermediate outcomes (boosting awareness, changing policies); and long-term outcomes (preserving the environment, improving society).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2013

Building Capacity for Social Change 2.0 Call this “social change 2.0”. Our goal was to draw on the collective wisdom in the room to discuss emerging solutions and strategies to the shared challenges of this new approach to social change. How can we create standards of practice or at least shared language and framing?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2022

The Smart Nonprofit is a jargon-free roadmap for nonprofit staff, boards, volunteers, and funders on the ways “smart technologies” like artificial intelligence are changing social change work. I recommend you buy it today! I recommend you buy it today! The Smart Nonprofit by Beth Kanter and Allison Fine vital and timely book.

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CauseVox

MAY 9, 2023

ChatGPT is an advanced AI language model that processes vast amounts of information to generate responses to questions and statements entered by the user. This model was developed by Open AI and is one of the few language models to pass the Turing Test. What is ChatGPT?

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

But things forever changed when OpenAI released version 3.5 Generative AIs went from entertaining but ultimately not very useful to possessing, and the change happened overnight.  While our upcoming session at bbcon 2023 will focus on where the tools are, we also hope to help shape conversations about where generative AIs are headed.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

It also means your communications need to feel like a virtual conversation, meeting their need for interesting, relevant information — not just whatever you feel like telling them. They want to know they’re making a difference in the world and helping to change lives. It’s your job to change that. A warm fuzzy.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Recently I had the opportunity to get introduced to Gerald Nelson , senior climate change researcher and Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Such efforts are necessary to address global nutritional needs in a world facing the challenges of climate change.

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sgEngage

JUNE 28, 2023

Typically, it takes someone seeing a situation that needs to change and doing the work to change it. Based on the conversation with these grantmakers, here are four ways grantmakers can make sure all stages of their funding programs include the voices and perspectives of women. Artwork by Toya Beacham See Women and Girls.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 5, 2021

Keep an open mind and let conversations flow. Identifying and vocalizing another person's potential is life-changing for that person. One study cited by Hedges found that just the appearance of a phone on the table during a conversation-- even while silenced -- reduces empathy. Focus on the person in front of you. Be Personal.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2021

And, more specifically and most importantly, how to create WE-builders to help close any gap between people who are separated by ethnicity, language, race, religion, or any factor that divides. Kriska explains that to achieve real change and lasting change you need to spend the time, make the effort and commitment, and be fully accountable.

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The Nerdy NonProfit

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Here is a process to help you do so: Define what the learner needs to change. Or, do they need to change their mindset, such as revising their habits and lifestyle to work from home successfully? Decide how that change happens. Consider which learning activities would lead to the desired change.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

And, more specifically and most importantly, how to create WE-builders to help close any gap between people who are separated by ethnicity, language, race, religion, or any factor that divides. Kriska explains that to achieve real change and lasting change you need to spend the time, make the effort and commitment, and be fully accountable.

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Candid

JANUARY 24, 2022

A new year brings a commitment to change and improvement for many people. One final bit of context: we recognize that language is subject to regional differences as well, meaning that even though we are sticking to English here, there are still undoubtedly many English words that we might have missed or not addressed. Disappointed?

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Greater Giving

JUNE 4, 2021

Focus Conversation on the Sponsor, NOT You. From your very first pitch to a potential sponsor, you should be gearing every conversation to what the sponsor wants. But dominating the conversation like this can send potential sponsors and donors the wrong message about who you are and the nature of the partnership you want.

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fusionSpan

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Contact Us Salesforce AI Capabilities – and how they’re changing Salesforce’s AI capabilities help users to automate existing processes and improve the experience they’re offering members and donors. Natural language processing to automatically recognize and classify the intent behind a member’s question or request.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 14, 2022

Diversity and inclusion remain one of the top nine challenges facing the charitable sector as reported by a survey of more than 1,000 diverse individuals, but disabled people are often left out of the inclusion conversation altogether. I will predominantly utilize Identity-First Language (e.g., Respect self-identifying language.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 28, 2021

Keep an open mind and let conversations flow. Identifying and vocalizing another person's potential is life-changing for that person. One study cited by Hedges found that just the appearance of a phone on the table during a conversation-- even while silenced -- reduces empathy. Focus on the person in front of you. Be Personal.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 23, 2021

And, more specifically and most importantly, how to create WE-builders to help close any gap between people who are separated by ethnicity, language, race, religion, or any factor that divides. Kriska explains that to achieve real change and lasting change you need to spend the time, make the effort and commitment, and be fully accountable.

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