What is the More Power Together network?

Adam Paulisick - CEO @skilly

More Power Together is a connected network of AI Guides that nonprofit and civic organizations use to help people to tangible outcomes faster, with fewer dead ends, and with smarter referrals. Each nonprofit’s AI Guide knows the organization as well as a long-time staff member. It can communicate what programs exist, who qualifies, and when space is available, so that it can guide people with confidence and care. It is always on, 24/7, and augments and empowers existing staff members to focus on the core of their mission. It is also not just programs. These guides are great with donors and volunteers too. The Guides talk to each other, so when one Guide sees that another organization is the right next step, it makes a “zero second referral” to the most helpful guide. It’s that simple. It is a superpowered directory that you can have a conversation with.

Why it matters

People find the right help faster.
Instead of searching endlessly or telling their story over and over from handoff to handoff, people can ask a Guide what they need and be led straight to the best organization, program, or service for their situation.

Donors connect their dollars to real impact.
Guides can help donors discover where their support fills a genuine gap, funding the programs and partnerships that make measurable differences in the community.  

Volunteers find where they’re needed most.
A Guide can match a person’s time, skills, and passion with the right cause, turning good intentions into meaningful action.

Job seekers enter the sector with purpose.
For those wanting to build a career in social impact, Guides help surface open roles and pathways at organizations aligned with their mission and skills.

Nonprofit leaders discover new partners.
Guides make it easy for organizations to find one another, identify shared goals, and form collaborations that multiply their reach and results.

Communities grow smarter together.
Every conversation teaches the network what people, donors, and organizations need, revealing trends and opportunities that help everyone serve more effectively.

How the network works

Someone can start with any participating organization’s AI Guide at MorePowerTogether.org.

The Guide listens first: answering questions, understanding what the person, donor, or volunteer is trying to do, and checking live details like hours, eligibility, openings, or upcoming opportunities et al.

If another organization is a better next step, the Guide makes the introduction instantly…a “zero-second referral.” The next Guide picks up right where the last one left off, with full context, so no one has to start over or repeat their story.

Every introduction is tracked. Leaders can see how people, donors, and volunteers move through the network, where they find success, and where new partnerships could make the biggest difference.

What the network is not

Not a replacement for your website.
Your organization’s website remains the home for your story, your media, and your calls to action. The AI Guide simply helps people find and understand that story faster like a conversational front door that leads directly to what they care about most.

Not a distraction, an amplifier.
Guides work alongside your site, not instead of it. They highlight your programs, events, and opportunities in natural language, making your existing content more accessible to anyone who prefers to ask instead of click.

Not a data broker.
Personal details never leave the organizations that earn consent. The network only shares what’s needed for a trusted handoff and uses aggregated trends to help the community learn what’s working. 

Not a generic search engine, a local expert.

While ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini search across the generic open web, the MPT Guides focus on what’s real and verified inside your community. They don’t guess or summarize from thousands of sources. They draw directly from the up-to-date information your organization provides. That means answers are accurate, personal, and local, helping people go from curiosity to connection instead of getting lost in generic search results.

The Guides in the network

You will see two types of Guides.

Claimed and Verified Guides

Created and managed by the nonprofit or civic organization. The team adds additional program details that aren’t always public or have changed in near-time, short videos, testimonials, and trains the Guide toward specific goals.

Public Info Guides

Automatically built from information the organization already makes public on the web. This works like how Google discovers and presents a website. A Public info Guide turns that same public content into a conversational interface so people can ask clear questions and get precise answers in context of hundreds or thousands of other guides. It helps nonprofits meet the rising expectation that services can be found and understood by talking with an assistant instead of clicking through endless pages. Any organization can claim its Public info Guide at any time to customize and upgrade it into a Claimed and Verified Guide.

Three clear benefits of a Guided Network

  1. Frictionless handoffs that convert to outcomes. The next organization receives context so the person does not re-explain needs.
  2. Time back for staff and clients. Fewer phone tags and fewer incomplete applications. Fewer dead ends when you do not know who to send someone to.
  3. Network intelligence for better decisions. Leaders see cross organization flows, unmet demand, and ROI by partner and pathway.

Some examples to think through:

Below are four common paths. In each one, the three benefits above are visible.

Journey 1. Housing stability to employment support

Start: Community Action Agency AI Guide

  • Person asks about overdue rent and risk of eviction.
  • The Guide screens for Emergency Rental Assistance, checks intake hours, explains documents, and notes the person will need income support.

Zero-second referral: The Guide introduces a workforce nonprofit’s AI Guide with context such as zip code, work history, shift flexibility, and childcare needs.

Outcome: Workforce Guide recommends two job fairs this week, pre-screens for a short credential with a stipend, and schedules an intake slot.

  • Handoff converts because history and constraints travel with the person.
  • Time back since the second organization skips basic intake questions.
  • Intelligence shows this path works best when the job fair is within seven days of rental support.

Journey 2. Domestic violence safety to legal protections to housing

Start: Shelter and crisis services AI Guide

  • A person needs a safety plan tonight.
  • The Guide provides confidential steps and flags possible need for a protection from abuse order.

Zero-second referral: The Guide introduces a legal aid AI Guide with context such as urgency, county, hearing dates, and preferred contact method.

Follow-on referral: Legal Guide introduces a housing provider AI Guide with trauma informed units open next week.

  • Handoffs are warm and fast across three organizations in one flow.
  • Staff time shifts from repeating intake to solving the case.
  • Intelligence shows which courts and shelters produce the best sequences for survivors.

Journey 3. Food security to benefits enrollment to financial coaching

Start: Food bank AI Guide

  • The person searches for pantry hours near a bus line and asks about diapers.
  • The Guide gives today’s options and recognizes likely eligibility for SNAP and WIC.

Zero-second referral: The Guide introduces a benefits enrollment AI Guide with context such as household size, income band, and transportation limits.

Follow-on referral: After benefits submission, the Guide introduces a financial coaching AI Guide for a three-session budgeting track with childcare friendly time slots.

  • Help extends beyond today’s pantry visit.
  • Fewer incomplete SNAP applications because documentation prep is specific.
  • Conversion improves when coaching is scheduled within 48 hours of benefits submission.

Journey 4. Senior utility shutoff to energy assistance to home repairs

Start: City 311 or aging services AI Guide

  • Senior reports a shutoff notice and fixed income.
  • The Guide checks LIHEAP window, lists documents, and offers an in person appointment.

Zero-second referral: Guide introduces the energy assistance nonprofit AI Guide with context such as utility, shutoff date, senior status, and mobility needs.

Follow-on referral: After payment arrangement, Guide introduces a home repair AI Guide to address root causes such as insulation or unsafe wiring.

  • Handoffs prevent recurring crises by fixing the source problem.
  • Time back since field staff arrive with complete case info.
  • Intelligence quantifies avoided shutoffs and repair backlogs by neighborhood.

 What leaders can see

  • Pathway performance. Which partner sequences deliver the highest conversion to stable outcomes.
  • Capacity signals. Where demand overwhelms supply and where waitlists stall progress.
  • Quality indicators. Time to first respond, drop off points, and satisfaction patterns across the network.

What it takes to join

Claim your AI Guide and verify information.
Start by claiming your organization’s AI Guide. If one already exists from public information, you can take ownership in minutes and begin customizing it with your programs, stories, and local details.

Coach your Guide to speak your voice.
Add the context that makes your work unique: FAQs, videos, and language that reflects your mission and culture. Your Guide becomes a trusted digital teammate that helps anyone understand what you do and how to get involved.

Connect to partner Guides.
Approve simple referral rules so your Guide knows when to introduce people to other organizations in the network. These “zero-second referrals” turn isolated websites into an interconnected community of help.

The simple promise

When organizations connect their AI Guides, people stop bouncing between websites and phone trees. They move through a living network that knows the local landscape and makes introductions instantly. That is More Power Together.

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