Fast Company Tech

MARCH 25, 2025

Not only do we have our daily work tasks but we also have more meetings, longer commutes, and more interactions with more people in more locations than at any time in the history of work. At times, they are a blaring noise of emotion, attitude, and motives that can make it impossible for us to give others our full attention.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

We advocate for our communities while operating within systems that may not always reflect our values or experiences. This isolation deepens as we navigate sensitive conversations around race, privilege, and inequality, frequently in spaces lacking diversity and empathy. The demands are heavy, and the pressure to succeed is constant.

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.orgSource

APRIL 8, 2025

Its reflected in every interaction, process, and decision. Or join us at one of our upcoming events to keep the conversation going. Thats the foundation of momentum. Building Culture: Designing an Environment Where People and Ideas Thrive Culture is what defines how your organization feels, operates, and evolves. It grows with culture.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

20 , offers a chance to reflect on what truly defines leadership not just strategy or decision-making, but the ability to build trust. So this National Leadership Day is a good time to reflect: How do you build trust in your leadership? This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2024

While your cause may be the main reason for the donation, reflecting their other ideals is likely to be influential, too. Beyond this, look at how the actions of your organization reflect the values of Gen Z’ers and Millennials. Wherever possible, bring representatives of these demographics onto your full-time staff.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 21, 2025

Your rsum should reflect your unique journey, not just a collection of skills and accomplishments with AI-generated words in between. While this may save you time, it can also lead to oversaturation and missed opportunities. Solution: Use AI to help identify relevant job openings, but take the time to customize your applications.

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The MatrixFiles

MAY 1, 2024

Although I love to take photos and videos, I’m not actually one to spend a lot of time looking back. For the past few years, we’ve had an ongoing conversation at Matrix Group about what Work 4.0 How do you have a fierce conversation with someone over Zoom? I’m not someone who looks to the far future, either. looks like.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 7, 2025

But if March 7 is the only time leaders express appreciation to their teams, theyre missing the mark. Make recognition a daily habit Think about the last time you thanked a colleague for their contributions. If you cant remember, its time to make recognition a habit. Was it last week? Last month?

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2025

The 30% trap: Unlocking lost fundraising potential Imagine this scenario: you’ve designed a dream home perfect for entertaining, complete with inviting spaces for conversations and views that inspire. Imagine a scenario where: Your data entry staff uncovers valuable donor insights that lead to perfectly timed asks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2024

I was thrilled to have a conversation with Devi Thomas from Microsoft Philanthropies. Below is my fully human-generated reflection. Adoption Strategy Devi mentioned that small nonprofits have been more motivated to get in front of generative AI tools because it shifts them out of time scarcity to time abundance.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 14, 2025

Its tempting to avoid these tough conversations. This quick exercise shifts you out of emotional reactivity to a more balanced, rational place, so you approach the conversation calmly and constructively. or, Ive been reflecting on something and would love your perspective. Would now be a good time?

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Candid

OCTOBER 23, 2024

I organized workshops to cultivate an internal culture of abundance and shared purpose, which was then reflected in our external outreach efforts. These exercises helped build our confidence, enabling us to approach fundraising conversations with authenticity and enthusiasm. Engage in meaningful conversations and radical listening.

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Classy

JUNE 24, 2021

Across platforms, you should be tracking social media engagement rates and conversion rates. Commenting on a post is better because it shows the system that they took more time to add content of their own. It’s not enough to simply count the number of engagements collected over a given time period. Conversion Rate.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Take this engagement a step further by using interactive features like polls or questions based on the report’s findings to spark conversation and encourage reflection. This interactive format allows for real-time questions and discussions, making the information more accessible.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 18, 2025

In contrast, when waves strike vertical concrete seawalls, the energy is reflected back into the water rather than absorbed. To evaluate biodiversity, we will use underwater cameras to capture time-lapse imagery of the marine life that colonizes the tile surfaces. Read the original article.

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The NonProfit Times

JANUARY 9, 2025

Your brand story should be reflected not only externally but also within your organization. Consider building personalized benefit packages that reflect the unique needs of your team. Regular training, open conversations, and diverse leadership help everyone feel respected and valued.

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.orgSource

JUNE 10, 2024

But you don’t have the time to bring another staffer up to speed. When you give employees the capacity to do their jobs and to grow as professionals, that positive energy reflects throughout the organization. This has the potential to be a challenging conversation. Stuff is falling off your plate. You could delegate.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2025

Rushed pre-work : High-quality planning sessions start with pre-work that takes time to create and time to complete. Logistical chaos : Without sufficient lead time, coordinating travel, accommodations, catering, and materials can become a nightmare, leading to mistakes and oversights. This can discourage members from attending.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 7, 2025

I reflected on the people that I planned to see that day and chose one thing that Id like to thank them for. Davidson was right: It not only transformed our conversation, but the entire nature of my day. Most of the time, we are unaware of the forces around us that are shaping our brains and have very little control of those forces.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

After all, planned gifts are a little awkward to bring up at first, and theyre highly individualwhen the time is right for one donor to consider creating a bequest, theres no guarantee that others will be ready, too. Lets look at three key times of the year when you can naturally infuse planned giving into your communications.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 22, 2021

As a partner to thousands of nonprofits, Classy spends a lot of time learning about what makes each of them successful. A successful nonprofit dedicates time early on to master the details. They set aside time daily to prepare themselves with actions such as: Learning about new tools to enhance their campaigns.

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Google Research AI blog

MAY 12, 2023

Despite the progress, these assistants still face limitations in supporting conversational interactions in mobile user interfaces (UIs), where many user tasks are performed. Furthermore, there is a broad spectrum of conversational interactions that can occur on mobile UIs. Left : Screen summarization performance on automatic metrics.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

How many new first-time donors did we have at end of year? At the same time as you write your appeal, write your thank-you email autoresponders, landing page, thank-you letters and/or cards, and your ‘reporting back’ letter where you tell the donor a story of how their recent gift made an impact. Each time you resend the email.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2021

Many nonprofit professionals will tell you that the answer is “time” and/or “resources.” As you investigate, be sure to ask specific questions about setup, like: Do you have an onboarding team devoted to delivering full data conversions? Giving yourself time to get familiar with your new software. 2) Training.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Collis , a leading expert on civil discourse, reveals ten practical habits that can help you navigate the potential minefields of hard topics and leave you and those you converse with feeling thoughtful and productive. When to deploy tight, slightly self-deprecating humor to lower the conversational temperature.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Right timing: When to make an ask depends on a variety of factors like the donor’s interest, engagement, and giving history. The Art of Timing Because AI can analyze vast amounts of data very quickly, it excels at identifying patterns that people might miss. Would I say this in a face-to-face conversation? Add context.

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Blue Avocado

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Why not tend to them both at the same time during strategic planning? Often the process takes great amounts of time, energy, and money, it strains relationships, and, in the end, doesn’t really strengthen the organization and nothing really changes. These were important conversations and not easy. Reassess everything.

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The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 28, 2024

They emphasize the importance of ensuring their organizations reflect the diversity and lived experiences of the communities they serve. Many nonprofit leaders want to engage in public policy advocacy but lack the expertise, time, and staff capacity. Nonprofit leaders prioritize amplifying the voices of their constituents and clients.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2014

In 2013 the number of nonprofits that hired part-time or full-time new media managers increased fourfold. At the same time, she or he might also be creating content for a website or blog, crafting an e-newsletter, creating visual content, or conducting research. Multitasking.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Findings from M+RBenchmarks reveal that simplifying donation pagesstreamlining fields and focusing on clarityleads to better conversion rates. By doing some homework upfront, you ensure that the agency can hit the ground running and deliver a final product that truly reflects your organizations values, goals, and community needs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 21, 2024

Today, text messaging platforms enable instant, direct interaction with wider audiences, facilitating greater fundraising, awareness campaigns, volunteer coordination, and real-time updates during crises. This can include real-time Q&A sessions, polls, quizzes, and user-generated content initiatives.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

You’ve probably had a conversation with the bot twins, ChatGPT and Bard. Eliza was a natural language processing program created to explore the dynamics of conversation between humans and machines. A tech staff, with some time on their hands, could have an out-of-the-box AI interacting with your members fairly quickly.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Such efficiencies enable nonprofits to devote more time to achieving their mission. Along with access to the latest version, ChatGPT 4 Turbo, which is the most intelligent model available at the time of writing, it also provides access to an array of additional tools. The ChatGPT Plus Plan offers immense value.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

That is exactly what is demanded of nonprofit social sector leaders who are tasked with solving the most intractable social issues of our time. Nonprofit donations have dropped, aside from a brief rise during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the latest data available suggests that rates have dropped below 50% for the first time.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 25, 2025

Cultivate cross-departmental relationships The strategy I’ve seen transform this situation for many people time and time again is to cultivate relationships across departmental lines deliberately. This is why open, ongoing conversations between leadership and employees are essential.

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.orgSource

APRIL 17, 2023

According to a study from Goldman Sachs, “Generative AI tools could impact 300 million full-time jobs worldwide, which could lead to a significant disruption in the job market.” For the time being, the bottom line seems to be, there is no substitute for intrinsically human skills. The nominees varied depending on the publication.

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.orgSource

MAY 28, 2024

Sue’s deep experience with boards and leadership makes her the perfect resource for a conversation about coaching new and more seasoned directors. That curiosity and engagement with others are reflected in her love of travel and learning about diverse countries and cultures. Volunteers could join at any time during their service.

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