Explore the Future of Nonprofit Innovation

The Responsive Lab Podcast dives into how technology is reshaping nonprofit-donor engagement. Explore the cutting-edge tools that simplify your workflow, supercharge your team, and keep your donors coming back for more.

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How to Adopt Ai Without Losing Donor Trust

How to Adopt AI Without Losing Donor Trust

TL;DR AI is making it easier for nonprofits to personalize donor communications, analyze information, and complete work that once required significant time and effort. But as these tools become more...

How to Evaluate and Design Your Nonprofit Tech Ecosystem

How to Evaluate and Design Your Nonprofit Tech Ecosystem

Evaluating software, connecting systems, and deciding whether to fix or replace what you have are decisions a nonprofit team has to make. If you’ve ever sat through a demo and...

How to Launch Planned Giving at Your Nonprofit

How to Launch Planned Giving at Your Nonprofit

TL;DR: Planned giving has a reputation problem at smaller nonprofits. It sounds like something universities and hospital systems do, with a dedicated officer, outside counsel, and a glossy brochure explaining...

Building Product-Centered Donor Experiences With Ben Webb

Building Product-Centered Donor Experiences

TL;DR: If you lead marketing or fundraising at a nonprofit, you already feel the squeeze. Donors have less attention to give, more places to give it, and a credit card...

Building a Better Way to Fundraise With Derric Bakker

Building a Better Way to Fundraise

TL;DR The numbers on your dashboard might still look fine. But the work feels harder than it used to. Retention keeps sliding, more of your revenue rides on fewer donors,...

How To Adopt AI Without Destroying Your Culture With Tim Lockie

How To Adopt AI Without Destroying Your Culture

TL;DR Most nonprofit teams are running two conversations about AI at once.  Until leaders deal with the quiet conversation, the loud one goes nowhere. That’s the core of a recent...

Grow generosity with Virtuous

Virtuous is the responsive fundraising software platform proven to help nonprofit organizations increase generosity by serving all donors personally, no matter their gift size.

“Virtuous truly understands nonprofits and the importance of our mission. And their open access to data and built-in custom reports gave us access to the data we need.”
Todd Shinabarger​
Chief Information Officer