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What we have learned running campaigns, films, and AI workflows for nonprofits, ministries, brands, and authors.

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A small nonprofit team reviewing donor letters and drafts at a shared desk

ai and nonprofits

AI for nonprofits: what to automate and what to keep human.

Where AI gives a small development team hours back, the five places it should never touch in a giving campaign, and a 30-day rollout with no new headcount.

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A small nonprofit team planning a December giving campaign around a table of printed letters

year-end giving

The year-end giving playbook for a team of two.

Build once in October, send seven times in December, and protect the last five days — where half the money actually moves.

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film

What a donor film actually costs — and what it returns.

The five things that drive cost, the four ways budgets get burned, and how to tell whether the film paid for itself.

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Two marketing operators reviewing drafts and a spreadsheet at a shared desk

ai workflows

AI workflows for a marketing team of one to three.

Five workflows you can build this month, the prompt habits that hold up on the tenth use, and the guardrails to set first.

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