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AI in Action: Deploying Responsible, Effective, and Trustworthy AI

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Although AI has become a buzzword recently, it’s not new. Artificial intelligence has been around since the 1950s and it has gone through periods of hype (“AI summers”) and periods with reduced interest (“AI winters”). But how do you ensure the AI you want to deploy is worthy of your trust? What Is Trustworthy AI?

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Leveraging AI in Major Gift Fundraising: A Game-Changer in Philanthropy

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You might have noticed: AI is everywhere. You can barely go a day without hearing about ChatGPT or new AI tools, and for good reason—it’s reshaping our world and how we work in countless ways. The Benefits of AI to Major Gift Fundraisers Fundraising is an industry that faces high stress and burnout.

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AI Can Be Your Most Powerful Tool for Growing Midlevel Giving

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Just as AI is revolutionizing the way major gift officers fundraise , AI is fast becoming a powerful tool for identifying and engaging the unfulfilled potential of donors in the middle of your database. This is where AI can help. Generative and predictive AI tools are built for this kind of work.

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

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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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AI, Analytics, and Your Nonprofit’s Technology Strategy

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Nonprofit leaders often have an all-or-nothing response to the question of using artificial intelligence (AI) tools. Either they’re all in from the start—“What if AI solves all our problems?”—or or they opt out before they even understand what AI could do for them. How Will AI Help Your Team? That’s okay, too.

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Using Your Fundraising CRM Software to Its Full Potential

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Optimizing the use of our fundraising CRM gives us room to take on new projects and adopt new features without a daily struggle against our own databases. Over the long term, optimizing how you use your CRM will help you achieve more of your objectives. Could you have more accurate data fields?

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Join the AI Revolution: Build Your First Low-Code Fundraising App

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If you work for a nonprofit and want to learn how to use artificial intelligence (AI) and low-code automation to create your own digital solutions, applications, dashboards, and workflows, you are not alone. But what is low-code and how is it related to AI? What Is Low-Code and What Does It Have to Do with AI?

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