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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? I use that word – ‘ethical’ – intentionally and with priority. Far too often, we dispense with ethics because it seems too obscure or fluffy. Ethical challenges don’t disappear via semantic legerdemain.

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Ethical Storytelling + Nonprofit Fundraising

Greater Giving

But asking someone, especially someone who is already in a vulnerable situation, to share what is typically a deeply personal and sensitive story can create a host of ethical dilemmas. Ethical and empowering storytelling is also BETTER and more effective storytelling for fundraising! There’s even scientific research to back this up!

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Community-Centric Fundraising: Equity, social justice, and an abundance mindset 

Candid

moving from exploitative storytelling to ethical storytelling) so we can all collectively grow. Through CCF chapters, the CCF Hub, and conferences, we disseminate our knowledge and resources. As practitioners, we make concrete changes to the way we engage in fundraising and share our learnings (i.e.,

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How to Manage Walk-athons and Similar Fundraising Events and Get Participants to Become Big Donors

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Making sure the most valuable events get the attention they need, revitalizing or eliminating those not so successful, and considering ethics in storytelling were a few of the topics discussed at a recent Peer-to-Peer Professional Forum Conference.

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Newsletter: Funding Freeze: What Nonprofits Must Do NOW; How to Approach Audience Research; FCC Investigates PBS, NPR Sponsorship Practices

Selfish Giving

Third, I'm again excited to join the Corporate Partnerships Conference (CPC25) . And this is the only truly international conference on corporate partnerships. This conference is wicked affordable. Here are four reasons why you should join me at CPC25 on Thursday, March 20th. Corporate partnerships are everywhere now.

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Fundraising in Uncertain Times

The Fundraising Coach

We can do this ethically. There are dozens of conferences, trainings, and lots of online fundraising training. So commit to clearly stating the problem, making the ask, and thanking them for being part of the solution. And as Brené Brown says, "Clear is kind." The clearer we get, the kinder we're being. Recommit to Learning.

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How to Source Great Year-end Stories

Get Fully Funded

And like a Zoom conference, it assumes that your interviewee can easily access the Internet. But that assumes the interviewer (not you) behaved in an ethical manner toward your story subject and that they gathered the right level of detail for your appeal. Finally, some folks will try to write appeals based on a video transcript.

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