CauseLabs Resources

Lessons & insights from our journey for positive impact.

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Instructional Guide: How to Build a Custom ChatGPT

There are many reasons organizations might want to build a custom ChatGPT. One reason we built our own GPT was to define personas and custom instructions once instead of copying them into every new chat window. We also discovered that regular chats would get too long and the model would start forgetting the rules. It […]

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Houston, We Have a Data Collection Problem

Data is the lifeblood of modern businesses, driving decisions, enhancing customer experiences, and informing strategic planning. However, effective data collection poses significant challenges for many organizations. As businesses navigate the complexities of gathering, managing, and utilizing this valuable resource, they often find themselves overwhelmed by the intricacies involved. The Data Collection Dilemma Data collection is […]

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Adopting Digital: Is Your Nonprofit Keeping Up?

More than 110 million people in America wear an Apple Watch. Most people use them for telling time and tracking their step count. They may even read texts or answer calls on the device. But did you know that you also can use the watch to pay for items, translate languages, open your garage door, […]

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Gathering and Using Donor Data Responsibly

Your nonprofit’s mission is important, and you want to make the most significant impact possible. Which means you can’t depend on one-time donations and you invest time and process into using donor data to understand your donors. You have to cultivate relationships with donors. Using their data responsibly can convert one-time donors into recurring givers […]

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Keys to Marketing Your Nonprofit

If your nonprofit’s marketing consists of regularly updating social media and hosting an annual benefit gala, you could be missing opportunities to connect with people who need your help and donors willing to assist. Creating a plan and being consistent in marketing your nonprofit is essential for growing and maintaining it. You don’t have to […]

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Why Your Nonprofit Website Needs Strategy

You can’t build a house without a solid foundation and expect it to last. The same is true for a website, which is why your website needs strategy.  A digital strategy establishes the overall direction your website will follow. It acts as a North Star, providing a digital purpose and aligning it to your nonprofit […]

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CauseLabs CEO, Sheryle Gillihan, Talks on Impact Technology and the Power of Collective Impact Alliances

The benefits of evolving with technology comes from evolving your mindset and your business model around supporting digital goals and strategies not from the tool, framework or functionality you choose to build.

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Using Impact Technology to Build Community

How do you use technology to build community and what’s the value of that? You’ve heard it’s not what you know, it’s who you know. If your goal is to collaborate in an online community, that may be truer than you think. Impact technology is the proactive use of responsible technology to create or multiply […]

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