AI for Nonprofits and Using Your Ears 🌍

Welcome to the Nonprofit Dome! Thanksgiving’s almost here, which means eating so much you lie down next to the table. My two favorite sides: stuffing and jellied cranberry sauce. It’s not Thanksgiving unless there’s cranberry.

• 1: AI: How to employ AI in your nonprofits

• 2: Listen Up: Nonprofit Podcasts to binge over the holidays.

• 3: Buscemi feels the gratitude

Artificial Intelligence
AI in the nonprofit space

I’m a fan of AI. I use it to help with some the day to day duties of my life. I think of AI as a little assistant who doesn’t mind how dumb I can be from time to time.

From tools like Chat GPT, Sono Ai, Leonardo AI, and CapCut, AI is here to stay. It has a wide range of applications that can benefit nonprofits. Here are a few examples:

1. Content Creation: Generative AI can help nonprofits create engaging content for their websites, blogs, social media posts, and more. This can save time and resources, allowing staff to focus on other tasks. There are a load of apps to choose from for content creation. Nearly anything can be content at this point. Part of the trick here is finding a piece of content you like, and designing your own version with an Ai tool.

   1. Chat GPT/ other LLM (large language model) tools.

   2. Canva - images, banners, logos

   3. Adobe Express - images, logos, banners, image editing

2. Personalized Communication: Generative AI can be used to personalize communication with donors, volunteers, and other stakeholders. For example, it can generate personalized emails or messages based on a person’s past interactions with the organization.

   1. Perplexity - creative language models

   2. Chat GPT - the industry standard

   3. Claude AI - more authentic sounding

3. Data Analysis: Generative AI can also be used to analyze data and generate insights. This could be used to identify trends in donor behavior, predict future giving, or evaluate the impact of different fundraising strategies.

4. Design: Generative AI can create graphics, logos, and other design elements. This can be particularly useful for smaller nonprofits that don’t have a dedicated design team.  

   1. Leonardo Ai

   2. Sono Ai

   3. CapCut

Part of the trick to leveraging Ai is getting comfortable using it. It’s important to play around with the tools and simply spending a little time reading about how folks are employing it. You don’t have to know everything, you just need to inch into the world slowly over time.

Podcasts
Listen Up!

There are many great podcasts that focus on and around the “nonprofi-sphere” (just made that up). Here is a list of 10 that you should absolutely listen to for tips and strategies to help with your goals.

1. Nonprofit Nation

Find it on: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts

Hosted by Julia Campbell, Nonprofit Nation delivers episodes that are designed to help you build your nonprofit community and raise your influence and impact on social media platforms. She also sits down with other nonprofit industry leaders and experts to give you more advice to build a thriving, supportive community that truly cares about your cause. From fundraising, storytelling, and digital marketing, Julia is a must-listen-to!

2. Missions to Movements

Find it on: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music

A newcomer onto the scene in 2022, Missions to Movements is hosted by Dana Snyder of Positive Equation. And she’s here to teach you all about digital marketing strategy for nonprofits. She’s showcasing the changing digital and social media trends, sharing real-world nonprofit digital marketing case studies, and bringing on guests to help you make more of an impact.

3. Nonprofit Optimist

Find it on: Apple Podcasts

Geared towards smaller nonprofits, the host of Nonprofit Optimist, Molly MacCready sits with leaders of small nonprofit organizations and chats about what they’ve learned. Hear from executive directors, board members, staff leaders, and founders. And get usable advice to implement into your organization!

4. The Good to Growth Podcast

Find it on: Spotify, Amazon Music

The Good to Growth Podcast, which was formerly known as Hubcast, is a podcast entirely about how nonprofits can grow. Whether your nonprofit is just starting or you’re ready to take your organization to the next level, this podcast is packed full of advice, insight, stories, and ideas.

5. We Are for Good

Find it on: Apple Podcasts, Spotify

The We Are for Good podcast brings 3 episodes each week to help you do more in your nonprofit, raise more funds, and focus more on your mission. And it’s got the track record to prove it! With a #1 spot on Apple Podcasts in the Nonprofit Category in 2020 and 150 5-star reviews, hosts Jon McCoy and Becky Endicott are ready to help you create more impact in your organization.

6. Nonprofit Leadership Podcast

Find it on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify

Host Rob Harter discusses critical issues, trends, and opportunities for nonprofit leaders in his Nonprofit Leadership podcast. He brings real stories and experiences from nonprofit leaders and dissects the strategies they took to find success in the industry.

7. Successful Nonprofits Podcast

Find it on: Apple Podcasts, Spotify

Learn how to make your organization thrive with this podcast for nonprofits! Hosts Dolph Ward Goldenburg and Lexie Linger are consultants and leaders in the sector. And they know just how competitive the nonprofit world is becoming. Through their podcast for nonprofit professionals, you’ll learn strategies and hear from other experts on how to grow a successful community for your cause.

8. Uncharted Ground with SSIR

Find it on: Apple Podcasts, Spotify

The Stanford Social Innovation Review has created a podcast that tells the tales of nonprofit and social entrepreneurs and their endeavors toward global good. Find inspiration in these stories as you continue on your own journey!

9. The Impact Boom Podcast

Find it on: Apple Podcasts, Spotify

This podcast for nonprofits brings game-changing programs, initiatives, ideas, and inspiration so you can do more for your nonprofit organization. From social innovation and enterprise to finance and nonprofit reports, they cover everything in this nonprofit podcast.

10. The Official Do Good Better Podcast

Find it on: Apple Podcasts, Spotify

You’re already doing good for the world. But host Patrick Kirby is here to help you do it even better with his podcast for nonprofits! With fundraising experts, event creators, and more sharing their successes and their challenges, he’s helping you solve your nonprofit problems. So you can do even more!

If you have a favorite podcast no listed here, be sure to send it my way!

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RAISING AWARENESS

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