Beth Kanter

JULY 24, 2018

Here is a recent roundup of articles, blog posts, and research on the “Age of Automation” and what it means for nonprofits. Other recent articles include: Leveraging the Power of Bots for Civil Society on SSIR Blog and The Robots Have Arrived: How Nonprofits Can Put Them To Work on Guidestar Blog.

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Reid All About it

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Off-topic but worth your time I recently followed dozens of artist bots on Twitter as a relief from news and opinion tweets. Developing a Business Mindset for Nonprofits To increase your organization’s impact and further your mission, it might be time to adopt outside-the-box thinking and develop new strategies to catapult you forward.

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AssociationChat

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The Journey of The Beginner Step into the Dojo: FAQ Bot Picture this: A new member steps into the virtual halls of your association. Our first kick, the FAQ bot, is there to greet them. They have questions, many questions. It’s like the welcoming sensei, guiding with wisdom, answering queries with the precision of a black belt.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 16, 2019

The bots should work in tandem with humans to ensure success. But technology can fail, and relying wholly on bots to solve issues—and therefore removing the human element—can cause member frustrations. “A It’s no longer a matter of ‘bots vs. humans.’ Fast Company shares three nonprofit redesigns that amplified their missions.

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Beth Kanter

JANUARY 9, 2023

The Chronicle of Philanthropy recently published an opinion piece, “ AI Can Help Nonprofits Reach More Donors But Fundraisers Can’t Ignore Potential Pitfalls ,” a topic that Allison Fine and I have been researching and writing about since 2017. Something we call this human-centered approach “co-botting” in our book.

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Beth Kanter

MARCH 21, 2022

It is not about bots or people, but bots and people. We are also facing a nonprofit workforce crisis with an increase of demand for services and people leaving their jobs due unrealistic workloads & toxic work environments that lead to burnout. The post The Smart Nonprofit: Free Book Event first appeared on Beth Kanter.

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Beth Kanter

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Allison Fine, my co-author for the Networked Nonprofit , and I are actively researching the use of Artificial Intelligence to better understand what nonprofits need to know about artificial intelligence to future proof their programs, marketing, and fundraising strategies? Nonprofit Chat Bots.

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Beth Kanter

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Artificial intelligence, machine learning, bots, and other automation technologies offer many benefits to nonprofit professionals because it can perform basic and mundane tasks. Artificial Intelligence can help nonprofits do more with less staff time, including the tasks described below. Is AI going to be a jobs killer?

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Beth Kanter

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Allison Fine and I have been actively researching and writing about AI for Social Good and Nonprofits. Think about AI and bots, and the algorithms that fuel them as tools that can swim through large pools of data pools of data, text, photos, and even videos. We are tracking reports, articles, and new items about AI and Social Good.

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Beth Kanter

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Allison Fine and I have been actively researching and writing about AI for Social Good and Nonprofits with an eye towards our next book. We are tracking the conversation and resources about AI and Nonprofits and social good. California Passes New Law That Bans Bots From Pretending to Real People: California Gov.

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Can augmented reality and bots promote a more positive nonprofit culture? Nonprofit thought leader Beth Kanter investigates. Nonprofit Marketing Guide explains the different levels of nonprofit marketing maturity. What’s your marketing IQ?

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Beth Kanter

JULY 17, 2017

As we enter the age of automation, more and more nonprofits are using bots. If bots are designed well, they can have impact. And that’s where this ingenious bot comes in — it literally places artwork on the palm of your hand. What did the bot send you? What did you text?

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Beth Kanter

DECEMBER 16, 2019

The ScreenTime Genie , a clever chat bot designed by the BJ Fogg’s Behavioral Science Lab at Stanford can help grant your wish for reduced screen time. Even worse they can be addictive. Not all technology is bad. There are apps and other technology tools that can help you create a new habit, healthier habits.

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Beth Kanter

JULY 17, 2019

Allison Fine, my co-author for the Networked Nonprofit , and I are actively researching the use of AI for Good, in particular to scale giving and to spread generosity. Alison founded a nonprofit doing development work in Africa. We reconnected, of course, through a recent blog comment. There are two sides of the design process.

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Beth Kanter

DECEMBER 17, 2020

For the last several years, we have been researching the ways AI can, should, and will be used to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of nonprofit organizations. Software vendors in this category include Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud , Quilt.AI , Civis Analytics , Persado , and GiveLively.

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Associations Now

MARCH 13, 2019

The bots pull from thousands of questions in real time, serving up the questions that need to be answered. So, let’s have a little fun. RegBots—The Next Level of Registration. RegBots use deep learning combined with chatbots to create a customized registration experience for each attendee.

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Fonteva

MARCH 22, 2023

But, if your goals turn out loftier than you have the internal capacity or know-how to achieve, nonprofit web design company Cornershop Creative recommends you partner with a company that focuses on digital strategy to help you bridge the gap, refine your goals, and prepare your site to accomplish them. Paid ads through the Google Ad Grant.

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Beth Kanter

JANUARY 11, 2018

I feel that nonprofits need not only a robust digital transformation strategy, but also need to leave room to experiment and innovate with newer technologies like bots, blockchain , and AI. Here’s few recent guest posts on other places, including a co-authored work with Allison Fine, my co-author of Networked Nonprofit.

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Associations Now

APRIL 17, 2019

A bot-based calendar search tool was discussed in 2016, but Social Media Today notes that the automated function “never seems to have seen the light of day.”. Nonprofit Marketing Guide offers simple ways to write a social media post that resonates. It isn’t the first time LinkedIn has tried to integrate scheduling capacity.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 8, 2018

But if an organization believes it has to make such lists available to members, journalists, or the general public, he recommends working with web developers to make sure email addresses and other sensitive information is “human-readable, but not bot-readable.”.

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Beth Kanter

JANUARY 12, 2018

The newsfeed change will also impact nonprofits and others that rely on their Facebook Brand Page to reach their audiences and stakeholders, so de-prioritizing their content or “organic reach,” will require them to invest more paid social. Many nonprofits, specially small organizations, do not have the resources.

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MemberClicks

DECEMBER 14, 2022

No matter how much you might personally be overwhelmed dealing with your overstuffed email inbox, nonprofit email marketing is still one of the most powerful ways to reach your members, donors, and audience. nonprofit email marketing program is key to your success – and we’ll show you how to do it well by sharing industry best practices.

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Beth Kanter

MAY 22, 2019

He shared a lot of inspiring examples happening right now of how nonprofits have adapted and had big wins leveraging digital. The second era – social media/mobile or what many fundraisers call digital fundraising and what I wrote about in my first book, Networked Nonprofit, published a decade ago. What might it feel like?”

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Beth Kanter

AUGUST 2, 2019

Allison Fine, my co-author for the Networked Nonprofit , and I are actively researching the use of AI for Good, in particular to scale giving and to spread generosity. What about your nonprofit? Want to better understand the use cases for AI and nonprofits in fundraising, programs, and other areas? AI4GOOD NONPROFIT READS.

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Reid All About it

AUGUST 31, 2018

Tue 9/4 at 2 p.m.* – The Bots Invaded My Event! Thank God) – Part 1, Association Chat Bot Com series. Maybe you should let it be invaded by bots. Join a discussion about all things bots and how allowing them to invade your event could be the greatest thing you ever did. CRM Integration Basics for Nonprofits.

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Beth Kanter

APRIL 30, 2020

Before the pandemic, many nonprofits encouraged and supported informal meals or coffee together in small groups or pairs. There is also a plugin for Slack called the “ Donut Bot ” that randomly matches pairs for virtual coffee. . These are few tips to help your nonprofit team be more energetic, but also productive.

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Beth Kanter

JANUARY 3, 2019

Here’s what I learned from looking over my 2018 professional journal: The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: I published “ The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout ,” with co-author Aliza Sherman in 2016. The book was well received and was #1 on Amazon’s Nonprofit Books many times.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 31, 2017

Kivi’s Nonprofit Communications Blog shares a few ways to inspire action in your members. The bot, called Onliner, steals banking information, reports The Verge. Talbot looks at tools that can help with marketing automation and analysis and suggests several marketing strategies your group should consider. Other Links of Note.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

According to the announcement, TrustX will guarantee marketers full transparency about the cost of campaign delivery and will deliver only advertisements seen by real consumers, not bots. Because it will be a subsidiary of the nonprofit DCN, it won’t pursue profit as other B Corporations do.

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Beth Kanter

MAY 23, 2017

Last week, I was in Sao Paolo for the ABCR Festival, the leading conference in Brasil for fundraising for nonprofit organizations. The UN Global Report is also using Facebook Messenger bots to engage young people around different issues. This was my third visit to the country.

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Mizz Information

JUNE 12, 2018

Well, the problem for publishers, nonprofits and associations, the problem lies squarely with Facebook’s list of “national legislative issue of public importance ,” which includes the following issues: Abortion. So the first snag for associations and nonprofits is the authorization process. Is regulated as political advertising.

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Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 15, 2019

A recent report from Salesforce.org, The Fundamentals of Marketing and Engagement at Nonprofit Organizations , suggests they may not be. Offer the ability to renew memberships via a chat bot to provide immediate response 24/7 and free up staff time. But, are associations really keeping pace with their members’ expectations?

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CMA Solutions

JUNE 16, 2022

In other words, there is value in making the content on your pages easy to understand—not only for your target audiences but also for the online bots that crawl your webpages around the clock. Since 1968, the nonprofit has advocated for equity and diversity for women. of traffic.

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Associations Now

JULY 8, 2015

“A study published this year by a Web security company found that bots make up 56 percent of all traffic for larger websites, and up to 80 percent of all traffic for the mom-and-pop blogs out there,” Dean adds, giving association webmasters yet another thing to worry about. But is your organization telling stories worth hearing?

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Mizz Information

JUNE 12, 2018

Well, the problem for publishers, nonprofits and associations, the problem lies squarely with Facebook’s list of “national legislative issue of public importance ,” which includes the following issues: Abortion. So the first snag for associations and nonprofits is the authorization process. Is regulated as political advertising.

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Beth Kanter

JUNE 13, 2017

My conversation with the Albert Einstein Bot. In my last post about nonprofit bots, I discussed the big picture of automation in the nonprofit space and what I learned from the “ The Beth Bot ” experiment. For this post, I did a landscape scan to identify some of the best examples of nonprofit bots.

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Beth Kanter

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

My Networked Nonprofit co-author Allison Fine and I have been actively researching and writing about the Age of Automation with an eye towards our next book. The report also looks at the challenges for nonprofits, which are common in the nonprofit sector when adopting new technologies. Can Machine Learning Predict Social Impact?

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