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AI for Non-Profits Toolkit
Policy Experts
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Recommended tools for Policy Experts
ChatGPT (Policy Prompts)
Generative AI to draft memos, summaries, and policy briefs from long documents or meeting notes.
Elicit
AI assistant to explore academic papers, extract variables, and generate summaries from research.
ChatGPT (Write for Me CustomGPT)
AI writing assistant tailored to help craft briefs, simplify jargon, and communicate policy ideas clearly and effectively.
Explore more tools for Policy Experts
Category
Tool Name
Description
Key Use Cases
Website
Tutorials
Policy Briefing & Drafting
5
ChatGPT (Policy Prompts)
Generative AI to draft memos, summaries, and policy briefs from long documents or meeting notes.
- Draft policy memos
- Translate academic jargon
- Simplify technical proposals
Tutorials
ChatGPT (Write for Me CustomGPT)
AI writing assistant tailored to help craft briefs, simplify jargon, and communicate policy ideas clearly and effectively.
– Draft policy notes, memos, and briefs
– Translate technical policy into plain language
– Summarize long documents into key points
To be updated
Quillbot
Paraphrasing and summarization tool for improving tone and fluency of briefs.
- Rewrite dense paragraphs
- Clarify legal or policy language
- Maintain meaning while simplifying
Tutorials
Wordtune
AI-powered writing tool that refines tone, brevity, and clarity for public-facing or policy documents.
- Adjust tone for diverse audiences
- Make policy asks crisper
- Clarify complex language
Tutorials
AI-powered storytelling platform for creating policy decks and narrative-driven presentations.
- Pitch to government partners
- Share briefings visually
- Frame policies in story format
Tutorials
Policy Research & Evidence
3
Elicit
AI assistant to explore academic papers, extract variables, and generate summaries from research.
- Compare impact studies
- Generate literature maps
- Extract key metrics from evaluations
Tutorials
Consensus
AI search engine that extracts insights from peer-reviewed studies to support evidence-based policymaking.
- Find studies supporting or challenging a policy idea
- Summarize scientific consensus
- Ground policy briefs in evidence
Tutorials
Scite
Citation analysis tool that shows whether articles support or refute earlier findings.
- Assess evidence strength
- Track policy-relevant citations
- Discover conflicting data
Tutorials
Policy Analysis & Consultation
3
MonkeyLearn
No-code NLP platform for analyzing stakeholder consultation responses and public comments.
- Classify themes from responses
- Identify sentiment trends
- Extract key topics
Tutorials
Thematic
AI platform to identify common ideas and emotional tone in open-ended survey or consultation feedback.
- Surface stakeholder priorities
- Compare sentiment across geographies
- Cluster opinions
To be updated
DeepL
High-quality AI translation tool to analyze multilingual consultation inputs accurately.
- Translate feedback in real-time
- Enable regional language consultation
- Preserve nuance
Tutorials
Legislative & Regulatory Intelligence
5
Writefull
Academic-style writing assistant ideal for drafting regulations, policy language, and legislative text.
- Maintain formal tone
- Suggest precise phrasing
- Avoid repetition
Tutorials
Grammarly Business
Professional writing tool to ensure clarity, correctness, and tone in official documents.
- Check consistency in laws or policies
- Avoid grammar errors in legal writing
- Maintain authoritative tone
Tutorials
Perplexity AI
Live web search assistant with citations to stay updated on national and global policy trends.
- Track global policy experiments
- Get summaries from credible sources
- Monitor regulatory changes
Tutorials
Bardeen
AI automation assistant to extract updates from websites and government portals.
- Scrape regulatory pages
- Monitor policy portals for changes
- Automate alerts
Tutorials
Feedly AI
News aggregator with AI filters to follow policy updates, law changes, and relevant reports.
- Track issue-specific sources
- Follow regional legislation
- Avoid information overload
Tutorials
Policy Visualization & Communication
5
Flourish
Data storytelling tool for turning policy impact into visuals and animations.
- Visualize projected outcomes
- Build explainer charts
- Create scrollytelling formats
Tutorials
Datawrapper
Charting tool for maps, graphs, and tables with annotations for reports.
- Present policy metrics
- Compare regional impacts
- Export for media use
Tutorials
Canva Infographics
Drag-and-drop design tool to build infographics and social explainer cards.
- Create advocacy visuals
- Build multilingual policy explainers
- Share digestible summaries
Tutorials
Unbabel
AI-human translation service optimized for nuanced public communications.
- Translate laws or frameworks
- Ensure accuracy in local dialects
- Preserve tone in messaging
To be updated
Loom + GPT Summary
Record video explainers of policies with automatic transcripts and summaries.
- Explain bills or frameworks asynchronously
- Share across multilingual teams
- Create video archives
Tutorials
Policy Process Documentation
1
Supernormal
Meeting recording and summary tool to track advisory or consultation calls.
- Summarize technical calls
- Share follow-ups from advisory boards
- Create searchable insights
Tutorials
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