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New Report: #AI4Giving – Unlocking Generosity with Artificial Intelligence
Today, Allison Fine and I are pleased to announce the release our paper, Unlocking Generosity with Artificial Intelligence: The Future of Giving. This paper is the culmination of nearly two years of...
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Simple Ways To Reduce Virtual Fatigue for Nonprofit Leaders
Introduction to the series from Computer and Text Neck Stretching Exercises by Desk Yogi Since the pandemic started and the shift to all virtual, I have found myself sitting in front of a screen for...
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Future of Giving: Coordination, Donor Retention & Artificial Intelligence
spark and honey: Future of Giving Report This report explores the question: What are the cultural shifts impacting the future of giving, and what are the critical implications and opportunities for...
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Philgorithms: Two Examples of Data Mapping to Guide Donor Decisions
As COVID accelerates innovative uses of AI in many areas, we are also seeing more development of AI-powered data mapping tools for philanthropic advising and to support donor investment decisions. In...
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#AI4Good: Artificial Intelligence & Wellbeing, Ethical Dilemmas, and More
Allison Fine and I have been looking at artificial intelligence, nonprofits, and philanthropy. Our most recent research, Unlocking Generosity with Artificial Intelligence: The Future of Giving. with...
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New Year’s Rituals for Nonprofits To Improve Resilience in 2021
Sunset at Half Moon Bay As we face an even darker winter due to the pandemic, we need to keep improving our resilience, the ability to adapt well in spite of significant stressors. Using rituals as...
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#Fakecommute: A Ritual for Work-Life Balance When You #WFH
A photo of me on my fake commute We are living in traumatic times, and we need to prioritize building resilience. As the COVID-19 vaccines begin to roll out (although not as fast as we’d like), we know...
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Try Exercise Snacking for Improving #WFH Mental Health
Today is January 21st, the 21st day of 2021. I don’t know about you, but I feel some optimism that we will make through COVID. However, it will take some time to vaccinate all who need to be...
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8 Tips for Facilitating Nonprofit Hybrid Meetings
Give your remote participants a seat at the table. Photo from meeting with Wake in 2015 – a hybrid meeting with remote partners in Ukraine. As the pandemic continues, most nonprofit workplaces will...
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Zoom Cameras On or Off?
Cameras off does not mean meeting participants are disengaged. It helps avoid burnout and improves attention Before the pandemic, way back In November 2019, a group of academic meeting researchers from...
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5 Tips To Create a Happy, Healthy Nonprofit Hybrid Workplace
When I wrote the “Happy Healthy Nonprofit,” in-person workplaces were the norm and the book looked at ways to activate a culture of wellbeing in the nonprofit workplace. Over the last 18 months, I’ve...
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The Smart Nonprofit Book and New Article in Harvard Business Review!
The Smart Nonprofit I am thrilled to share with you my article in today’s Harvard Business Review, “How Smart Tech Is Transforming Nonprofits,” co-authored with Allison Fine. The article highlights...
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Five New Year’s Rituals for Nonprofit Professionals
Sand Dollar Beach, Big Sur Rituals are intentional small, tangible acts done routinely and carry meaning. Our family has several New Year’s rituals, including a nature hike. This year we hiked by the...
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Using smart tech to reimagine nonprofit work
AI and other smart tech can make work culture more human, but only if you know how the tech works and focus on using it to do what it does best (answer rote questions online) and allow people to do...
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The Smart Nonprofit Book Launches 3/9
I’ve got some very exciting news, my new book,The Smart Nonprofit: Staying Human-Centered in an Automated World, co-authored with Allison Fine, launches on Wednesday, March 9th. The Smart Nonprofit is...
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Several years ago, Allison Fine and I started talking about our next book together and started writing and thinking about the implications of an emerging technology that we describe as “Smart Tech,”...
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The Smart Nonprofit: Free Book Event
Free Event: Register Here It has been whirlwind two weeks since our book launched on March 9th. Here’s a few highlights from the past two weeks, there are more events over the coming weeks, so don’t...
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New Years Rituals for Nonprofit Professionals: 2023
Leaving for my first in-person event in 2022 after two years of pandemic shut down Rituals are intentional small, tangible acts done routinely and carry meaning. Our family has several New Year’s...
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The Promise & Peril of Creator Tools Like ChatGPT for Nonprofits
The Chronicle of Philanthropy recently published an opinion piece, “AI Can Help Nonprofits Reach More Donors But Fundraisers Can’t Ignore Potential Pitfalls,” a topic that Allison Fine and I have been...
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Creating a Fair and Supportive Work Environment: A Conversation with Joan Garry
In the nonprofit sector, cultivating a fair and supportive work environment is essential to ensuring the well-being of employees and fostering the success of the organization. I had a wonderful...
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