UnTangled: AI for Social Good

Jen Frazier sits down and talks with Tony Martignetti about how to have thoughtful planned giving conversations at your organization. Read more: https://fireflypartners.com/resources/video/planned-giving-stop-treating-it-like-a-death-conversation/

Jen sits down with Duncan McGovern from Pedal Lucid to discuss the finer points of creating and driving engagement with a solid data strategy. Because it is all about how you want to capture, retain, and use data to enable smooth donor journeys with your organization. Read more: https://fireflypartners.com/resources/video/untangled-with-duncan-mcgovern-crawl-walk-hike-to-data-maturity/

Jen chatted with Tracy Evans from the Fred Hutch Cancer Center about getting back to the basics when it comes to outreach and donor engagement. Too often, organizations become distracted by the shiny new tools or complicated tech stacks and lose sight of the fundamentals that underpin the personalized and thoughtful experiences that remain the building blocks of great donor cultivation and long-te...

Jen sits down with Ben Childers from Stratovation Partners to talk about the major trends and highlights from the Cool/Scary AI Sh!t Meetups that have happened so far. Read more: https://fireflypartners.com/resources/video/untangled-with-ben-childers-be-curious-and-experiment-with-ai/

Jen talks with Cathy Renna, Communications Director at the National LGBTQ Task Force, about why truth-telling in the current times we are in is more important than ever. We dive deep into alternative media sources, ways to stay hopeful even when it feels like things are falling apart, and the importance of community building. Read more: https://fireflypartners.com/resources/video/untangled-with-ca...

Jen sits down with Ben Freda from BFC Digital to talk through how nonprofits can start to chart a path forward toward AI Adoption inside their organization. Somewhere between panic and fear, there is a middle ground to learning, staying true to your values, and creating efficiencies. Read more: https://fireflypartners.com/resources/video/untangled-with-ben-freda-5-steps-for-nonprofits-to-clear-a-p...

Jen and Emily Goodstein trod the well-worn territory of why your tech problems are usually people problems with some new ideas on the topic. Tune in and listen for some ideas on how to break through the chaos and identify the root problems behind your outreach and engagement woes. WARNING: The audio on this file is a bit choppy! Read more: https://fireflypartners.com/resources/video/your-tech-prob...

Jen chats with Sade Dozan from Borealis Philanthropy to talk about the importance of keeping the people front and center in the work—especially if it's equity-centered and movement work. Technology and tools will never take the place of human interactions and personal relationship building that is essential for fundraising and movement building. Read more: https://fireflypartners.com/resources/vid...

Jen welcomes Maureen Wallbeoff to UnTangled to talk through her top five tips to help nonprofit teams manage their tech platforms like a pro. Read more: https://fireflypartners.com/resources/video/people-before-platforms-real-talk-from-untangled/

Anna Hetzel of Strange Birds joins Jen on UnTangled to discuss strategies and fresh ideas around how to stay true to your mission with your messaging, even in the scariest of times. If you do any equity-minded work and have been struggling with how to describe what you do and stay true to your mission without drawing too much unwanted attention, this episode is for you. Read more: https://fireflyp...

In this episode, Jen is joined by Brad Caldana from the Center for Digital Strategy to discuss the mindset shift that nonprofits must make to thrive with AI. We break down some of the types of AI and ways it can be beneficial for nonprofits to adopt low-hanging fruit to make their teams more efficient. Brad does a real-time walkthrough of using ChatGPT, a generative AI tool, to create personas and...

Jen Frazier of Firefly Partners and Tommy Spann unpack the myths and fears around the notion that AI is here to take our jobs. Listen in for some practical tips and ways to think about AI adoption as a good thing for your organization rather than something to fear or dread. Read more: https://fireflypartners.com/resources/video/before-you-plug-in-the-robots-what-nonprofits-need-to-get-ai-ready/