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The Bots Face Off – Or Do They? ChatGPT Versus Bard

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Pre-trained on Vast Data: Prior to deployment, ChatGPT undergoes a pre-training phase using a massive dataset gathered from various sources on the internet. It can sometimes produce plausible-sounding but incorrect responses, especially when dealing with ambiguous queries or topics it hasn’t been extensively trained on.

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Is your nonprofit organization ‘grant-ready’? 

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From the first phase of writing a proposal to actually receiving a check could take six to nine months. To show that your nonprofit will be a good steward of any grant funds received, you need to demonstrate that it’s a well-run organization with sound governance. Do you have capable leadership and an effective board?

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Flat, Tall, or In Between—Is It Time to Evaluate Your Organizational Structure?

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We had a roadmap for how to advance the organization and prepare for the next phase of growth.”. This may sound risky, but if you have a culture of quality, backed by a process of quality, then you don’t need to rely on oversight or bureaucracy.”. The company is not a hierarchy. We don’t have a lot of layers.

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#NailYourPitch: Make an Amazing First Impression

Greater Giving

The worst thing you can do is deliver a pitch that sounds rehearsed. Record yourself talking and play it back to get a deeper understanding of how you sound in your head versus how you sound to everyone else. What I mean by that is…” Cut these kinds of phases from your pitch vocabulary. Practice, practice, practice.

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Let it Go: When to Move on from a Major Gift Prospect

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On average, this is what happens in cultivation: 725 days is the length of time an assigned prospect remains in the cultivation phase (that’s two years) 30% of officer assignments will be in the cultivation phase at any given time Often, this bottleneck is a result of a lack of direction.

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10 Things to Look for When Evaluating a Grant Proposal

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You’ve done the hard work of making sure you’re asking for only the information you need to make a sound decision, but that can still be a lot to review. Ensuring that your foundation makes impactful grants to the right nonprofit partners starts with a thorough proposal evaluation. Program Timeline.

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10 Ways Nonprofit CEOs Get Creative

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That first block could lead to the next phase of your nonprofit, which could start with just one word, or phrase. This one might sound obvious, but too often people think being creative means doing things you’ve never done before. Write down every little thing. Ideas are like building blocks. They all start with one block.

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