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  • 1.  Are you using ChatGPT?

    Posted 04-25-2023 11:08 AM

    Has anyone started using ChatGPT in their organization? 

     

    AI is a powerful new tool that is already changing the way we work. Community Cats Podcast is putting together a webinar to talk more about ChatGPT and how it can be leveraged to support animal rescue work. From social media content, to fundraising appeals and emails, ChatGPT can lend a hand when you need it most. 

     

    This webinar is free to attend! Presentation will be 30 minutes, with 15 minutes for Q&A at the end. Session will be recorded and shared with everyone who registers after the live event has passed. 

     

    ChatGPT: Harnessing AI to Power Your Mission

    May 16, 2023 | 2 - 2:45 p.m. 

    Register here.


    #Conferences,WorkshopsandWebcasts
    #DataandTechnology
    #EducationandTraining

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    Brianna Lovell Myers
    Community Cats Podcast
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  • 2.  RE: Are you using ChatGPT?

    Posted 04-26-2023 07:13 AM

    We do! We use it to draft social media posts, press releases, letters to veterinarians and partners, clinic advertisements, summaries and explanations of why spay/neuter, vaccination etc are important. We then will make edits and changes based on what chat GPT gives us. It has reduced the workload as we find it much easier to edit something than it is to start from scratch.  We also use it to edit things we have created as it is better at catching errors than human reviewers. 

    We have also started using chatGPT and Bard (Google's version of ChatGPT) to help us update the backend code for our website to help make it more accessible and user friendly.  

    I definitely recommend exploring possible uses in anyone's day to day work!



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    Quinn Sweet
    Outreach Program Coordinator
    Washoe County Regional Animal Services
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  • 3.  RE: Are you using ChatGPT?

    Posted 04-26-2023 10:46 AM

    Love that! I'll have to check out Bard -- I haven't tried that one yet!



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    Brianna Lovell Myers
    Community Cats Podcast
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  • 4.  RE: Are you using ChatGPT?

    Posted 05-10-2023 11:43 PM

    Hi Quinn,
    Can you explain how you use AI to update the backend code for your website? How are you making it more accessible and user friendly? Thanks



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    Julielani Chang
    The Life of Kai: Compassion Connections Inc.
    Davis CA
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  • 5.  RE: Are you using ChatGPT?

    Posted 05-11-2023 08:50 AM

    Sure! 

    I don't have any formal experience with website design, but we still need to make updates to improve the user experience. Currently there are pages with accessibility issues, meaning visual impaired individuals or those using screen readers  will have a hard time understanding and navigating the information on our website. Additionally there are components used in our websites that do not appear properly on mobile. Often on mobile the information is cutoff and can't be seen in a mobile view. 

    We use Wordpress so I have been copying page code from the editor window on each page and pasting it into Bard/Chat GPT and asking it to make the code more responsive. It will often rewrite the code to allow better resizing on mobile devices and to be more accessible to  idividuals using screen readers. 

    As with any AI generated response, you may still need to review and tweak things, but it is immensely helpful in getting us to where we need to be. 

    I would start by using a free website accessibility checker tool to identify areas on your pages that are not accessible: 

    This one doesn't have any ads and is great at showing you exactly what elements you might want to address - WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools

    This one does have ads, but Makes it a  little clearer  why they are recommending the changes. - Accessibility Checker - ADA & WCAG Compliance (Free Scan)



     



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    Quinn Sweet
    Outreach Program Coordinator
    Washoe County Regional Animal Services
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  • 6.  RE: Are you using ChatGPT?

    Posted 04-26-2023 08:02 AM

    We do and have been talking with a few shelters who do to! We have a few blogs on ChatGPT that might be of interest too:

    Changing the Game: ChatGPT's Role in Animal Shelter Marketing | Hearts Speak

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    Changing the Game: ChatGPT's Role in Animal Shelter Marketing | Hearts Speak
    With the rise of AI-powered tools like ChatGPT, there are tons of new opportunities to make marketing work easier and faster. But how can we use this new technology in the most effective and appropriate way? Consider this your introduction to AI-powered writing tools for the world of animal welfare,...
    View this on Hearts Speak >

     

    Writing Compelling Pet Bios Using ChatGPT | Hearts Speak

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    Writing Compelling Pet Bios Using ChatGPT | Hearts Speak
    Adoption bios are one of the most critical parts of content creation and may be most likely to suffer if you're feeling some creative burnout. When you are facing down dozens or even hundreds of bios every week, there are some amazing ways that AI can be an absolute lifesaver....
    View this on Hearts Speak >

     (lots of examples in this one!)



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    Caitlin Quinn
    HeARTs Speak
    Salt Point NY
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  • 7.  RE: Are you using ChatGPT?

    Posted 04-26-2023 10:45 AM

    Those are great resources! I'll definitely be sure to share them with folks who are interested.



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    Brianna Lovell Myers
    Community Cats Podcast
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  • 8.  RE: Are you using ChatGPT?

    Posted 05-10-2023 02:45 PM

    Yes! Of course, it's a tool to just get a jump-start and content is edited for our specific purpose.  

    ChatGPT is the best I've tested so far. 



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    Veronica Frescas
    Development Coordinator
    Friends of El Paso Animal Services
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  • 9.  RE: Are you using ChatGPT?

    Posted 05-11-2023 05:19 AM

    Yes! I use it to start my writing process for every adoption bio! My bios before were so short and concise and this really fills it out and makes it much more appealing. Also saves a lot of time! It has been amazing



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    Amanda Gray
    Truly All Cats Trapping and Rescue
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  • 10.  RE: Are you using ChatGPT?

    Posted 05-11-2023 10:10 AM

    Thank you for all the resources and insight! We are new to the ChatGPT game. I know it will help us work smarter and not harder. Looking forward to the upcoming webinar as well as clicking all the links everyone has shared on the topic.



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    Monica Wylie
    Executive Director
    KARMA Rescue
    Santa Monica
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  • 11.  RE: Are you using ChatGPT?

    Posted 05-11-2023 11:15 AM

    I have a really bad time making things simple and sweet. I use ChatGPT to help me make blanket emails and phone scripts, and some policies/procedures. It takes a bit of prompting and tweaking but it has severely reduced the time it takes for me to write them up. I have tested it with some pet profiles and found it to really excel at that! If you want to mix it up, you can have ChatGPT impersonate someone famous. My favorite has been pet profiles in the tone of foghorn leghorn. 

    I'm excited to see other applications. I could see it really helping out the non-profit sector. 



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    Mary Furby
    Veterinary Medicine Supervisor
    Humane Society of Southeast Texas
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  • 12.  RE: Are you using ChatGPT?

    Posted 05-11-2023 12:46 PM

    Yes! I love that idea. Using the personas feature can really jazz things up! Great suggestions. Thank you!



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    Brianna Lovell Myers
    Community Cats Podcast
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  • 13.  RE: Are you using ChatGPT?

    Posted 08-13-2024 09:47 AM

    Sorry for reviving this one. Have you tried the new version of ChatGPT? Is it better than it was?



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    Saimon Leutorino
    Antreprenor
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    TX
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  • 14.  RE: Are you using ChatGPT?

    Posted 08-14-2024 04:25 AM

    I don't like ChatGPT. It writes so predictably, and you can recognize a text written by it straight away.
    We use Copysmith. For content like social media posts and emails, that's the best choice. I recommend it.
    You can find other AI writing tools here: https://writingtools.co.uk/pricing.html if you are tired of ChatGPT.



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    Daniel Burr
    Operations Manager
    Little Ones
    MA
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  • 15.  RE: Are you using ChatGPT?

    Posted 08-14-2024 04:41 AM

    I disagree that you can easily recognize when something is written using ChatGPT. You can change the tone and the way that it writes. For example you can tell it to write a "whimsical bio", a "fun bio",  a "rhyming bio"  etc. You can also edit the text it writes if you don't like it or think it sounds too stiff. 

    I have gotten tons of compliments on my bios and people think I am a poet at times because of the ChadGPT bios. They have very much improved our adoption interest. 



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    Amanda Gray
    Vice President
    Operation Liberation
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  • 16.  RE: Are you using ChatGPT?

    Posted 08-15-2024 04:03 AM

    Amanda, I think the way you implement this technology to bolster interest in adoptions is wonderful!!



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    Katy Carpenter
    Administrative Assistant
    Program for Pet Health Equity
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  • 17.  RE: Are you using ChatGPT?

    Posted 08-16-2024 11:19 AM

    A newbie in the industry, I've recently joined the KWSP Humane Society up in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. I already used ChatGPT extensively when I was working in marketing in the tech sector but I am finding that I am using it more frequently (3+ times a day) than ever! 

    All of the uses that have been mentioned above are ways in which I utilize the tool, but I also wanted to point out that one of the ways that I use it and have found that a number of my colleagues in marketing do too, is as a sounding board when developing communications strategies and plans. 

    I'm the type of worker that enjoys letting ideas percolate and will often solicit opinions from my colleagues as a way of 'testing out' a theory that I'm developing into a plan or strategy. ChatGPT has been instrumental in this approach where I can bounce some of my crazier ideas off of it and, through the discussion, start to formulate a plan. 

    Post plan presentation, I will often follow up with ChatGPT and tell it how the meeting went, upload any notes that I took into its' memory, and plan next steps based on my inputs. 



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    Adam Stephens
    Director, Marketing & Community Engagement
    KWSP Humane Society
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  • 18.  RE: Are you using ChatGPT?

    Posted 08-19-2024 12:06 PM

    Our users have the ability to write an animal bio with the help of chatGPT in AnimalsFirst. So far I've heard positive reviews! I wish we'd had this when I was working at my old shelter - after a few hundred animals writing bios gets so incredibly tedious. 



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    Marilyn Wheaton
    Client Services
    AnimalsFirst
    Leesburg VA
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  • 19.  RE: Are you using ChatGPT?

    Posted 08-19-2024 04:00 PM

    That is exactly my thinking. I wish that we had a tool like this back in the original Twitter days. It was agonizing. :) 

    Work smarter, not harder, is what I say. Engage with it (ChatGPT) and refine your thinking through it, it really helps me with that. 



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    Adam Stephens
    Director, Marketing & Community Engagement
    KWSP Humane Society
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  • 20.  RE: Are you using ChatGPT?

    Posted 04-03-2025 04:39 AM
    I use ChatGPT a lot for drafting content, but I totally get what you mean about it sometimes being a bit predictable. Even when I tweak the tone, certain patterns still show through. That’s why I usually go back and edit manually to make sure it sounds more natural and engaging. 
     
    If you're worried about AI-generated text being too obvious, there are tools that can humanize the writing so it avoids detection. I’ve had good experiences with unaimytext, which helps refine AI-generated content to sound more natural. Might be worth checking out.



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    Daniel Burr
    Operations Manager
    Little Ones
    MA
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