The Future of Fundraising
Congratulations to all the teams closing out another amazing fiscal year today. Every gift truly matters and this is one of the many times when we see how impactful, inspiring and amazing our fundraising staffs really are.
This week at Version2.ai , the autonomous fundraiser took a couple giant leaps forward and, for the first time ever, introduced itself to three small portfolios of real donors with the purpose of encouraging these donors to make end-of-year gifts.
As expected, the outcomes ranged but four successes were documented for the first time ever. ?First, the technology held up and there were no major issues related to the autonomous activities of the Autonomous AI. Next, there were a set of donors who opted-in to work with an autonomous fundraiser with slight proof of pockets of donor acceptance. Third, the autonomous fundraiser made an independent introduction to a staff member at the donor’s request, proving value. And Fourth (most importantly), ?there were end of year gifts made through the autonomous fundraiser, the first proof of effectiveness and financial viability related to ROI.
This week I also had the opportunity to join Craig Shelley, CFRE , ?CGO at Orr Group and President of the Association of Fundraising Professionals - New York City Chapter (AFP-NYC) for a conversation about AI, autonomous fundraising, and the future of fundraising.
Our discussion explored why autonomous fundraising is one of the most important initiatives in fundraising right now and how Autonomous AI will change the Social Good sector. We discussed early challenges that we're facing as we research, develop and deploy the world’s first autonomous fundraiser and outlined our vision for how our Autonomous AI can reimagine fundraising programs like the phonathon, alumni campus engagement, donor volunteer programs, and personalized, donor-centric stewardship.
I was also able to preview the announcement we made on Friday about our partnership with robotics company, IgnitePOST . Arian Radmand and his team have been building teams of robots that put real pen to real paper and can “hand-write” notes and cards at scale. This is the first time they’ve applied their technology to an AI-enabled vertical application, like enabling the autonomous fundraiser to cross the digital threshold.
The importance of this partnership can’t be overstated as the success of the autonomous fundraiser will be defined by its ability to autonomously communicate with donors in many ways. With this partnership, the autonomous fundraiser will cross the digital threshold and generate, write and mail personalized introductory notecards, birthday cards and stewardship cards, all robotically hand-written with AI-enabled hyper-personalization at scale.
There's still lots to learn and many, many hurdles to overcome, but we're making progress. If we can prove the technological and financial viability of an autonomous fundraiser, I believe it will forever change our industry and could change the world.
Happy 4th.
Here’s what’s on my radar this week.
Orr Group Talks: Leveraging Technology to Accelerate Fundraising
In today's fast-paced nonprofit landscape, technology isn't just a tool—it's a catalyst for growth. In this Orr Group TALKS, industry leaders Craig Shelley, CFRE, Chief Growth Officer and Partner at Orr Group, and Adam Martel, CEO and Founder at Givzey, explore how nonprofits can harness the latest technological advancements to supercharge their fundraising efforts.
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Givzey’s Artificial Intelligence R&D Lab, Version2.ai Signs Exclusive Robotics Partnership with IgnitePOST
The world’s first fully autonomous fundraiser has broken the digital threshold by combining AI with robotics to independently craft and send personal, handwritten notes to donors.
Here at Givzey, we focus on the very bleeding edge of technology through our Artificial Intelligence R&D lab, Version2.ai. That's why we couldn't be more excited to announce that the world's first fully autonomous fundraiser can now write and send physical personal notes, written with pen and ink to donors for introductory notes, birthday cards, and personalized stewardship through our exclusive robotics partner, IgnitePOST. (READ FULL ARTICLE )
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