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The Unrecognized Risk of Status Quo Problem-Solving Skills for Grantmakers

sgEngage

In grant proposals and pitches, they want you to predict the future and show how, with your eloquent promises and plans for impact, you can best provide them the assurance of certainty. For example, I was working with a small community foundation and they put out a call for “innovative proposals.” Their response in year two?

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Fundraiser Burnout? Try Automation to Boost Both Efficiency and Employee Morale

sgEngage

Operate More Efficiently Gartner projects that 70% of organizations will implement structured automation by 2025. Many nonprofits are way ahead of the game. Proposal writing : Using AI tools, automatically draft major giving proposals based on programs a donor has given to, interests they have expressed, and giving history.

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Games for Change Keynote: James Shelton, US Department of Education

NTEN

NTEN's Amy Sample Ward shares from her experiences at the Games for Change Festival. You are in the business every day of figuring out how to have people engage, have fun, and build skills - change their behaviors through games. Some have said that coming decades will bring a game layer to the Internet. That's teaching.

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What Nonprofits Need to Know About the New Overtime Ruling

Blue Fox

But first, if you are new to the nonprofit HR or management game, you may want to brush up on exempt verses non-exempt employee status. Take a look at each of your staff member’s compensation and overall staffing structure. Every member of our team at Blue Fox has significant nonprofit experience. So, we get it.

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The AI Writing Prompt Formula and Prompt Ideas

Whole Whale

Experiment with different phrasings, keywords, and other factors to fine-tune your approach. Here are couple of our favorite variables: Experiment with temperature : Adjust the ‘temperature’ setting in the AI model. You can even prime it with famous people – write our guide like Abraham Lincoln or Dalai Lama.

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Nonprofit Consulting Firms: 26 Leaders in Their Spaces

DNL OmniMedia

Nonprofit consultants and their services can be serious game-changers for organizations. Create a request for proposal (RFP). Review their proposals. Develop a basic scoring system for each key stakeholder to use when reviewing and ranking each proposal. Review your candidates. Weigh your options, and make your pick.

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When Worlds Collide: Major Gifts and Direct Marketing Team Up to Maximize Mid-Level Donors

Connection Cafe

Major gifts fundraising is a game of quantum leaps. Direct marketing is the ground game. And there is more structure to ease any cultural or tactical friction that might arise between the departments. Practitioners have different talents and strengths, and different blind spots. Coordination is the new normal.

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