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From Playbook to Practice: Building an AI-Ready Digital Presence

The unified playbook for a modern digital presence requires a fundamental shift in strategy, and the rise of artificial intelligence has made this shift urgent. For years, content management…

By Brian Graves September 17, 2025 • 7 minute read

5 Critical Facts About How AI is Reshaping Search (And What Nonprofits Must Do Now)

Many nonprofit leaders already understand that zero-click search is reshaping digital engagement: When potential supporters search for information about your cause, they’re increasingly getting what they need from AI…

By Sarah Carroll September 10, 2025 • 8 minute read

Your Website is No Longer Your Digital Front Door. Here’s What You Need to Do Now.

Only 8 percent of Google searches end in a click when they encounter an AI summary (source). In other words, most audiences never make it to your website. These…

By Sarah Carroll September 3, 2025 • 4 minute read

How Nonprofits and Foundations Can Lead with Purpose in the Age of AI

From boardrooms to news headlines, AI is being heralded as the next great disruptor—and nonprofits and foundations are not immune. For mission-driven organizations, the rise of AI raises both promise…

By Kassandra Swenson August 26, 2025 • 4 minute read

AI Crawlers Are Breaking .Gov Websites — And What You Can Do About It

In recent years, AI-powered web crawlers have shifted from a niche technical consideration to a pressing operational challenge for government websites. Platforms like OpenAI, Anthropic, Perplexity, and a growing list…

By Matt West August 12, 2025 • 4 minute read

Pivoting Your Digital Strategy for the AI Era

Generative AI has moved from buzzword to business imperative. Today’s mission-driven organizations must embrace AI not as a novelty but as a core enabler of their strategic goals. At Forum…

August 5, 2025 • 5 minute read

How to Use Data to Boost Your Nonprofit’s Website Conversion Rates and Engagement

Your nonprofit’s data contains a treasure trove of insights with the potential to boost conversion rates, increase donations, and improve user experience. But if yours is like most mission-driven organizations,…

By Steven Bond July 28, 2025 • 9 minute read

AI-Optimized Digital Reach: Why Your Website Needs to Speak to People and Machines

The way people discover information online is changing fast. Search engines like Google used to be the main way audiences found information. But today, that’s only part of the story.

By Brian Graves, Sarah Carroll July 22, 2025 • 3 minute read

Integrating CRM, Web Analytics, and Fundraising Data for a 360-Degree View

Picture this: A donor reads your email newsletter. A few days later, they signed up to attend a virtual event you promoted on social media. Inspired, they finally navigate to…

By Steven Bond July 16, 2025 • 8 minute read

How Data Visualization Transforms Impact Communication for Mission-Driven Organizations

Your organization collects meaningful data ranging from demographics and program outcomes to community reach and engagement metrics, and those numbers tell critically important stories. But when you share these insights…

By Steven Bond June 24, 2025 • 10 minute read

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