Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2023

To help you dive right in, this posts provides an overview of the tools available, best practices, and examples to make your chosen AI writing tool work for you. Google’s Bard is a generative language model from Google AI, trained on a massive dataset of text and code. Bing Chat is a chatbot powered by ChatGPT-4.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Use ChatGPT to design and conduct surveys and market research. Eliza was a natural language processing program created to explore the dynamics of conversation between humans and machines. AI-powered chatbots, like ChatGPT and Bard, use artificial intelligence and natural language processing to generate human-like responses.

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Making sure that our visions align is crucial, and success depends heavily on communication: asking the right questions from the start and helping whoever the request is coming from to articulate their needs when they might lack the creative language to do so feasibly. To learn more about our design work, click here.

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sgEngage

MARCH 30, 2022

But your website won’t get your organization very far if it’s poorly designed. Optimizing your site’s design will give your organization the best chance of engaging supporters online. . All you need is an easy-to-use website builder, or content management system (CMS), and an understanding of a few web design strategies.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Website navigation is inextricably part of the site’s visual design and brand. The various menus and buttons and links need to express the visual identity of the site, for example, by using the key colors and typography in effective and prominent ways. What markers and language will most resonate with them? How to start?

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Forum One

APRIL 21, 2022

Good design is engaging, attractive, and usable. Mission-driven organizations rely on Forum One to bring their ideas to life through designs that inform and inspire action. As head of the team, I’m happy to introduce the Forum One design team and the inspiring design work we accomplish with our partners.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Design an intuitive navigation menu If you look at any of the best nonprofit websites , they all have one thing in common: a well-formatted navigation menu. For example, you might create a dropdown list under the primary navigation link “About Us” that shows pages dedicated to your mission statement, values, and current projects.

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The WCAG “define how to make Web content more accessible to people with disabilities, ranging from visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive, language, learning, and neurological.” . As a designer for nonprofits, I constantly reference these guidelines when making design decisions. Important Resources for Following WCAG.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 25, 2023

Picking the right design and color is crucial, but choosing the right words is equally important. Use strong language to make your website visitors feel like waiting isn’t an option—they need to act now. Use Strong Language Nonprofit calls to action need strong verbs to make the biggest impact.

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Association Analytics

APRIL 11, 2023

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. For example, you might choose a mixture of those who are already passionate about working with data and those who are interested but haven’t had the opportunity yet.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Before you follow any account, ensure that your profile is complete with (1) a well-designed profile photo and header image; (2) a bio that expresses clearly your organization’s mission; and (3) a link to your website. Write tweets in clear, concise language. It’s a community that takes a while to understand and adapt to.

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The Nerdy NonProfit

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

You design courses that specifically target what the learner needs. For example, are there tasks that need to be completed in a certain order for your organization? Design a course that targets that change. For the work-from-home example, this could be a simulation that walks through how to design the perfect home workspace.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Here’s what the email should include: A description of your campaign and goals A clear ask of your supporters, whether that’s setting up a peer-to-peer fundraising page or writing a love letter to a theater A deadline for the action Language that shows these supporters they’re special and have been hand-picked. The Time Is Running Out Email.

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Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

However, design isn’t one-size-fits-all, and anyone who tells you otherwise is likely taking shortcuts that will result in more revisions later on. These formats may all sound similar—and in some ways they are—but each one serves a different function and combines a variety of elements to achieve our design goals. The Four Approaches.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 18, 2023

You’ll recognize these examples. Machine Learning, predictive modeling, and natural language processing are a few of the ways AI makes data more meaningful. Algorithms can be designed to be objective and unbiased, reducing the risk of human error and judgment in decision-making. The answer is yes, probably on a daily basis.

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

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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M+R

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

One way to stand out in a crowded inbox is with eye-catching design — animated graphics, countdown clocks, fun graphics, photography and more. Before we take a look at some of those examples, we also saw great results from the opposite approach: using plain text appeals with personal language to connect to donors.

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Candid

JUNE 8, 2023

While researching and writing our book, The Smart Nonprofit: Staying Human Center in an Age of Automation , we found many examples of chatbots misbehaving in the world. Second, chatbots and other AI technologies need to be carefully designed and tested for human interaction and bias to mitigate risks.

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sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

If you want examples, ask for examples. Look for ways to simplify your language and your structure to make your question easier to read and answer. Check out our guide on how to manage your application pipeline , where you will find more tips and best practices on how to design and optimize your application process.

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Non Profit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

For example, social media companies often treat inclusive design features like accessibility to the visual and hearing impaired as afterthoughts, and indeed, the development of such features are at the mercy of hiring and layoff trends. For example: Does your organization provide direct services via Big Tech social media platforms?

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EveryAction

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

To save money, time, and effort while putting together your annual report, we’ve compiled nonprofit annual report examples to help give your organization inspiration and a comprehensive guide to get you started. The American Kidney Fund uses eye-catching graphic design, but what they do best is centering the donor’s impact.

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Association TV

MARCH 16, 2022

This is a great example of what we call a microlearning video. Microlearning videos are designed to promote your brand, product, event or anything you like to your audience, while helping them understand why they’re going to love it. This is a killer example of knowing your audience. Need more of an explainer-type feel?

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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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Whole Whale

AUGUST 16, 2022

What if you didn’t need a highly trained designer every time you needed an image for an article or report? AI image generators can create custom images that are perfect for your website design. In each of the following examples, you can see the text command used to generate the image. A picture is worth a thousand words.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 17, 2024

For example, you can answer these questions: What communication platforms do these individuals use? Then, strategize ways to match your language, tone, and style to your audience’s interests. For example, let’s say you create a persona for your younger supporters. Simple language free of jargon.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2023

6) Sharing Impact With just a few details about your organization, ChatGPT can write boilerplate language about your impact, mission, and programs. Doing this work for your fundraisers helps to grow your nonprofit’s reach and engage new potential donors through your existing fundraisers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

I’ll be sharing my best tips and secrets for designing and delivering training for nonprofit professionals that get results. And, if you are attending NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology in March, join me, John Kenyon, Andrea Barry, and Cindy Leonard for a session on designing effective technology training.

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Branding includes cultivating a specific language and aesthetic style with assets that are used in all your marketing materials. Your organization’s presentation should always convey these essences, whether it be in language, design, action, or participation. For examples, check this list of effective nonprofit logo designs.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Asking nonprofits to create a survey and email language to collect demographic data places an extra burden on their already limited time and resources.    As a nonprofit ourselves, we understand that staff are always hard-pressed for time.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 29, 2023

Hero language: When you tell a donor that your nonprofit wouldn’t exist without them, you are speaking the truth. Hero languages reinforces the idea that they made the right choice and increases the possibility that they will give again. But the rules are a bit different around IRS language. So why be shy about saying it?

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Candid

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

For example, you will generate quite a different set of responses if you ask for information on “education” rather than “STEM education.” Very general and vague words can generate very vague responses and language. Be very clear and intentional with word choice. In fact, generative AI has been known to be trained on biased information.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 27, 2022

This is an example of an effective call to action (CTA) — a short statement or button that urges audience members to take a certain action. Use urgent, actionable language. Use urgent, actionable language. To create a truly eye-catching CTA, you can’t just rely on using urgent, inspirational language.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

The content is important, but it is only half of the instructional design task. With icebreakers, for example, you can use counting off or alphabetical order. For this exercise, it would have been helpful to have people in each group with some prior real life experience designing an ROI study.

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Greater Giving

MARCH 25, 2024

For example, let’s say that your auction event attracts an audience of individuals drawn to trips and travel. Use Attention-Grabbing Language To make your headlines and auction item descriptions more tempting, use words that: Convey appeal (excellent, popular, quality, etc.) Indicate comparison (competitive, superior, ultimate, etc.)

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

High-Quality Design: Invest in an eye-catching design that reflects your event’s theme and brand. Example: The Greater Giving Gala: Celebrating Greater Impact in Our Community Choosing the Right Date, Time and Location Finding the perfect date and time depends on who you’re targeting as an audience.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

For example, your nonprofit might have a fund for scholarships. has an obligation to use resources specific to the designated purpose?of For international organizations, you may face additional complexity such as handling multiple currencies and multiple languages. Support multiple languages. self-balancing accounts?that?must

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sgEngage

APRIL 11, 2024

Every piece of software has a software development lifecycle (SDLC) that typically involves discovery, requirements gathering, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and ongoing maintenance. Even if you have deep resources to do up-front research, discovery and design, projects can fail. The reasons?

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