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Is your nonprofit thinking about using ChatGPT? Your first step is to do no harm

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For example, DoNotPay , a legal services chatbot designed to challenge parking tickets and navigate small claims courts, faced criticism for potentially oversimplifying legal issues and providing inaccurate advice. It is also important to solve the right problem.

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Got Silos in Your Nonprofit? It’s Time to Build Some Bridges!

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The problem, as she told the story, was Alan. Every month, Barbara’s team had to do hours of detective work to find a missing pledge payment, or correct coding errors, or ask Alan’s team multiple times for reports on event sponsorship purchases. The pledge payments? First, you need to admit that you have a problem.

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5 Fundraising Power Principles to End Your Year Strong

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Tracking the status of your pledges and developing a follow-up method as deadlines approach is key. Identify the problem and optimize for maximized results. Best practice is to wait no longer than three days to issue a personalized thank you message. Deadlines are amazing at inspiring action. Is there drop off? If so, where?

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The Problem With Millennials & Fundraising

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It offers a specific goal, requesting that participants gather 16 friends and each pledge to give $3.33 Once you’ve helped fully fund a well, you receive project and community information, GPS coordinates of the well, photos of the well and community and a personalised plaque. Show them the story. Time = treasure = talent .

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Nonprofit Mission Statements: 5 Reasons to Care

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Chances are yours is not the only organization working on a particular issue. If it does, this becomes a powerful communications tool that can help you garner financial and volunteer support. You are an irreplaceable solution to a problem that must be solved. . This post was contributed by the team at Click & Pledge.

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Your Unrestricted Funds Need Stewardship, Too

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Since she signed the Giving Pledge in 2019 and began her momentous campaign of organization-changing donations, MacKenzie Scott has given away more than $17.3 These grants typically have goals associated with them—the foundation has a specific mission, or the government grant wants to address a specific societal issue.

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[ASK AN EXPERT] What To Do When A Donor Says “No”

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When they say “no,” you’ve received an invitation to help solve a problem: Why are they saying no? It can’t hurt to issue an invitation—even more than once. Keep communication flowing but in a gentle way. Let them know others have already given, and more are prepared to pledge. Folks say “no” for all sorts of reasons.

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