04. Prompt Recipes for Volunteers

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This category contains prompt recipes specifically crafted around the subject of volunteers and volunteer management.

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Unlocking the Power of Volunteer Engagement

Description: In this article prompt, you'll craft a newsletter piece for a nonprofit organization that not only highlights the importance of volunteer management fundamentals but also explores innovative engagement strategies. The goal is to educate and inspire passionate supporters while promoting a new volunteer program. Through clear, concise writing and vivid descriptions, you’ll analyze different volunteer strategies, weighing the pros and cons, before offering a compelling call to action that encourages readers to get involved.

Prompt Breakdown

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Ingredient	Description	Example
Participants	Describe who’s sending and receiving the model’s output.	You are a dedicated nonprofit leader. Your stakeholders include volunteers, donors, and beneficiaries.
Setting	Give the model contextual information.	You run a well-respected nonprofit known for its impactful programs. You also have a popular newsletter read by your supporters. You are writing your latest newsletter article.
Goal	Describe what you hope to achieve with the model’s output.	You want to engage your supporters while educating them about innovative volunteer strategies.
Relationships	Describe the relationship between the participants involved. Also mention how the model’s output relates to the participants.	Your supporters are passionate about your cause and are always eager to learn about new volunteer opportunities you offer.
Data	Give the model data to work with.	Your nonprofit has a new volunteer program that you’d like to promote to your supporters.
Instructions	Tell the LLM what type of content you want and what it must include.	Write an informative article about volunteer management fundamentals. Include a comprehensive analysis of different volunteer engagement strategies. Discuss the tradeoffs and explore the challenges of different strategies. Include a call to action to see the strategies in action by participating in your new volunteer program that incorporates all of the strategies discussed in the article.
Limits	To prevent hallucinating, give the model guardrails that it must stay within.	You must follow the given instructions. You must not address any content or generate answers that you don’t have data on or basis for.
Language	Tell the model what language to generate output in.	Write the article in English.
Style & Tone	Give the model style and tone guidelines to follow.	The blog must be written at a 9th grade reading level and use descriptive language to paint a vivid picture of community impact. Use clear, concise sentences in an active voice. Avoid jargon, filler words, and redundant language. The article must be less than 700 words.

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You are a dedicated [nonprofit leader]. Your stakeholders include [volunteers, donors, and beneficiaries].
You run a well-respected nonprofit known for its [impactful programs]. You also have a popular newsletter read by your supporters. You are writing your latest newsletter article.
[You want to engage your supporters while educating them about innovative volunteer strategies].
Your supporters are passionate about [your cause] and are always eager to learn about new volunteer opportunities you offer].
Your nonprofit has [a new volunteer program] that you’d like to promote to your supporters.
Write an informative article about volunteer management fundamentals. Include a comprehensive analysis of different volunteer engagement strategies. Discuss the tradeoffs and explore the challenges of different strategies. Include a call to action to see the strategies in action by participating in your new volunteer program that incorporates all of the strategies discussed in the article.
You must follow the given instructions. You must not address any content or generate answers that you don’t have data on or basis for.
Write the article in [English].
The blog must be written at a [9th grade] reading level and use descriptive language to paint a vivid picture of community impact. Use clear, concise sentences in an active voice. Avoid jargon, filler words, and redundant language. The article must be less than [700] words.

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