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How to Use AI for the Right Ask (Without Being Creepy)

Blackbaud

If an appeal feels like it was written by a robot, it likely was generated by AI. Such subpar messages may be the reason that 63% of fundraisers feel uncomfortable using AI for personalized donor communications. But here’s the thing: AI doesn’t have to feel creepily robotic or impersonal.

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The most read Candid insights articles in 2024: Fundraising, AI, and diversity 

Candid

As 2024 draws to a close, we wanted to share some of the most read articles we published this year. Fundraising and AI Nonprofit fundraising in an election year is especially tough. To bot or not to bot: Using generative AI in grantwriting by David Holmes and Kristin Hanlin, Candid. What can fundraisers do? by Guy Mika, Candid.

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Tips for using AI technology to do good—safely and ethically 

Candid

As generative AI tools like ChatGPT become increasingly widely available, the need to ensure they’re used safely and ethically also becomes ever more urgent. While AI technology can create efficiencies for cash-strapped nonprofits, we need to make sure the way we use AI is aligned with our missions to do good.

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Why Google Isn’t Enough: Finding Hidden Grant Opportunities for Nonprofits

Millionaire Grant Lady

I use Google to look things up every day, from addresses to recipes to news articles. Just as you shouldnt use AI to write your grant applications , you shouldnt use Google or AI to search for opportunities. But cant AI generate a list of foundations for me? But cant AI generate a list of foundations for me?

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Before you use AI to write grants, make sure you know these 4 things.

Millionaire Grant Lady

AI writing is the wave of the future. Lately, it seems I can hardly open a newsletter, attend a training, or look at a conference schedule without seeing the word AI popping up everywhere. Since AI writing has become more accessible and received a lot of very positive press, you may be wondering if AI can write grants for you.

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Is AI going to make grant writers obsolete? Not yet, and here’s why.

Millionaire Grant Lady

It seems like new AI platforms and enhanced AI technology are popping up every day. But, is AI really going to take over the writing world? With all of the positive press about AI writing platforms, we had to see what all the fuss was about. Read this article to see: What can AI do that a human can’t?

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OPINION: A wake-up call – addressing ethical AI in the nonprofit sector

Critical Fundraising

So, you’re using AI ‘responsibly’, but, asks Cherian Koshy , are you using it ethically? Reid Blackman warns In an article in the Harvard Business Review (HBR) : “This behavior – of replacing the word ‘ethics’ with some other, less precise term – is widespread. The speed of AI deployment poses unique risks to nonprofits.

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