Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 19, 2024

Quinn – a consultant with more than 25 years working with nonprofits and curator of the Nonprofit Website Insider. It sometimes sounds as though tools like ChatGPT or Gemini could entirely replace humans in writing website content. To understand audiences better, consider e xploring other websites or platforms they visit.

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 1, 2015

If you’re a website designer, social media hawk or just a tuned in, living-on-line techie, chances are you’ve heard of and subscribe to the old adage that “you never get a second chance to make a first impression.” And that fight should begin at that most holy of public spaces: your website. So is your website up to snuff?

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Association Analytics

AUGUST 14, 2023

San Diego, California Orlando, Florida Seattle, Washington Let’s say these all sound appealing, but you want to get a bit more granular. That ChatBot holds all your association’s data so it can answer any question they have about their membership; benefits you offer members or upcoming events. The results?

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Bloomerang

JULY 28, 2023

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., Sounds great! The Directory is extraordinarily useful, as 90% of foundations do not have websites, making them difficult to find using standard search engines. CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

We’ve seen crowdfunding and peer-to-peer fundraising websites that knocked our socks off this year. So here it is: our favorite 7 crowdfunding and peer-to-peer website examples from 2021. But she said that “Jenna [CauseVox Customer Success] took time to help set up the website, but once I got in there it was super easy to use.”

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John Kenyon

APRIL 11, 2024

They may associate words like “fantastic” and “great” more with white-sounding names versus Black-sounding names. Examples in Practice Let’s say your nonprofit wants to use an LLM to help field questions on your website’s chatbot. An overreliance on majority culture data means other voices get diminished.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 9, 2022

There are only so many homes that can be built, but when we’re able to help prepare people for homeownership through education, financial literacy, and sound advice, we can help even more.”. Plus, sponsors can upload graphics and links directly through the event website, saving a ton of time. The Challenge. Massive Time Savings.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Create a personalized chatbot to interact with members, answer questions, and offer customized recommendations. It might live on your website, social media, product center or be integrated with one, or all of, your association management systems. Then, define the primary user questions and corresponding answers.

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The Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Sounds pretty smooth, right? You’ve probably seen donation pages on popular sites like GoFundMe, but any website can host its own custom-made giving page, just like yours. How to Mold Your Donation Page Already got a website up and running? Guarantee Security Donating online can raise all sorts of security questions.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Two problems create ineffective RFPs: first, although well-intentioned, RFPs often demonstrate unrealistic expectations about the time and cost for executing on digital products or services; second, nonprofits often solicit technology they don’t need because they don’t know the right questions to ask. After all, they’re the experts.

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M+R

MARCH 10, 2022

Sign up for Scout Quest and get more info on the website. Have a question? Highlights: If this sounds intriguing (and we hope it does), you’ll be glad to know that sign-ups are now open for a limited number of organizations this year! Email us here ! Hope we hear from you soon! See you in the co-op! *

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CauseVox

MAY 9, 2023

If this sounds familiar, then we’ve got some good news. ChatGPT is an advanced AI language model that processes vast amounts of information to generate responses to questions and statements entered by the user. ChatGPT can create natural-sounding responses to virtually any prompt due to its reliance on deep-learning.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

RPA tools can help automate complex or boring tasks, such as generating reports from the same dataset week after week, processing payroll, scraping websites, helpdesk ticket forwarding, or extracting data. For specialized mechanics, sound can be a telltale sign that something is amiss.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 12, 2022

And when you post on your website, well, most of your donors aren’t regularly visiting your website. Stop trying to sound smart when you write fundraising emails. When you try too hard to sound smart, you sound inaccessible and inauthentic. Think about having a conversation with a friend and just sounding like you.

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Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

This update will impact all websites and content, including nonprofits and content created by nonprofits! This algorithm update will downgrade those websites and promote more helpful websites, and it’s important to make sure your content doesn’t lose visibility or move down in rankings. Ensure Your Content is People-First.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

It is worth noting that if your nonprofit later discovers a duplicate unclaimed page for your nonprofit, you can easily delete the unclaimed page provided you have a professional email address i.e., an email address that matches your website URL. And while that may sound low, it is double the rate of Facebook Pages. Gmail, Yahoo, etc.

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Tech Soup

JULY 14, 2016

The best place to start when developing a website is with a clear brand strategy. The process of creating a website is, by its nature, collaborative and multidisciplinary. Sounds great in theory, but what, you're probably thinking, does it look like in practice? Again, sounds exciting, but how does it actually work?

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.orgSource

MARCH 14, 2023

Because the extent of the governor’s legal authority was questionable, the messages were mixed and confusing. We quickly pivoted to answering every question, whether callers were members or not.” “To There was no end date for this edict. Kristine recalls that the additional logistics of the plan were equally unclear.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Equitable access begins at home Last year, Candid formed a new Equitable Access department to apply a long-term lens to addressing this question. We offer two to three virtual trainings per month, open to all for free, by simply registering on the Candid Learning website. Creating a Sound Proposal Budget.

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Candid

APRIL 26, 2021

To start fixing this problem, prioritize accessibility with your nonprofit website. Don’t start panicking if you’re unsure whether your website is accessible! This article will answer these following pressing questions about where to begin: What is web accessibility? Minimize loss of website visitors.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 16, 2021

It’s a great way to get guests to visit your sponsors’ websites. The Video Challenge is pretty much what it sounds like. Text Challenges require guests to enter a text-based answer to a puzzle or question. A Quiz Challenge presents users with a quiz question they must answer correctly to earn points. Final thoughts.

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Candid

OCTOBER 11, 2022

This might sound obvious, yet a surprising number of good-intentioned efforts don’t meet the IRS’s specific requirements for charitable activities. Its website lists sponsors that subscribe to the industry’s best practices. Don’t be shy, ask questions! Executive and organizational coaching Donation oversight. Know the costs.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 5, 2024

In a virtual silent auction, supporters view auction items on a website or webpage and place bids online. Make sure you have sound equipment that easily hooks into your stream to minimize technical sound issues. Build an auction website or webpage. Why should your nonprofit host a silent auction? Promote your event.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Short interviews with three pre-written questions work best and share the questions with the person being interviewed in advance. Be cognizant of backdrops, sound, and lighting. If your conference or event has its own website, then purchase domains years in advance, such as: bsr16.org org , bsr17.org org , bsr18.org.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 28, 2021

As a reminder your mission statement should answer some simple questions: What do you do? This means the language you use in your elevator pitch, on your website, and in your communications materials should sound like it comes from one organization. Keep this straightforward and free from industry jargon. How do you do it?

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Candid

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

I decided to conduct two studies with my colleagues to get to answer this question. After finding our 200 nonprofits, we created a spreadsheet where we recorded their names, websites, and each organization’s mission statement. We also downloaded their IRS Form 990s?from

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Media Cause

AUGUST 25, 2022

While the gain may sound small, it still indicates strong, even growing, interest in Giving Tuesday. Have a strong website retargeting paid advertising program in place. Website Giving. The average website gift was also higher than the average email gift. The biggest question will be, will they donate again?

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Media Cause

JUNE 2, 2024

Many people have some degree of color blindness or visual impairment that can make it difficult or impossible for them to read your graphic copy, email headers, website elements, and more! Content Considerations Here are some questions you can ask yourself when creating your content strategy. Are you telling a story?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Evaluate your initiatives regularly, set up feedback boxes on your website, and create regular nonprofit focus groups. L isten and ask questions. Few would set off blindly and chart as they go, but we refer to the hard work done by others to map the world before us and then we create our strategies from that sound foundation.

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Byte Technology

APRIL 19, 2016

Finding the right match in the field of website design is really not that different than shopping for an auto mechanic, a physician, a plumber of a financial advisor, as there are always multiple questions to be asked: Is this person qualified? Search engines such as Google are constantly revamping the way they index and rank websites.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on whether or not it’s worth it to invest in digital analytics tools. . It may sound like science fiction, but it’s possible through machine learning.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

This might sounds intuitive. You’re probably thinking “of course I have a website!”. But how does your website cater to your volunteers? Make sure they’re attended to, and someone is available to them at all times who has the experience to answer any questions they might have. Acknowledgement.

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CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2023

They’re commonly embedded on website pages, showing up as a popup chat window or on an on-click basis. Since chatbots typically rely on templated responses, they are better suited for simpler cases, such as answering common questions or being a self-service tool for donors (which also make them faster to set up).

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Does this sound familiar? Step 2: Draft questions This next step doesn’t necessarily have to happen linearly, you can start this while you are taking inventory of your data. Here are a few sample questions you might consider adding to your list: How fast are we growing? Does our website traffic spike when X event happens?

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

If the answer’s no to any or all of these questions, you may want to start thinking about ways to boost your volunteer retention rates. Sounds simple enough. Industry News Tech VolunteerConnect donors nonprofit nonprofit technology nonprofits npTech supporters technology volunteers website' Click Here! Say thank you.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Here we’ll summarize those questions and answers. In June 2007, Apple launched the iPhone, and in subsequent years we saw the rise of apps as a competing method to websites for how people interact with organizations. It may sound cliché, but the first step is really to embrace the change. What is Google Analytics 4?

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Qgiv

MAY 31, 2023

Now, the most important question: How? The other questions helped build the base for creating an environment that encouraged engagement. Reply to comments, messages, and questions quickly, politely, and personally. That may sound obvious, but it’s a rule that’s easy to break. But now how do you actually create engagement?

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