IN-PERSON: February 25 - Nonprofit AI: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

Date: Wed., Feb. 25

Time: 12:30-2 pm

Location: MLK Library, 901 G St NW, 401-D Conf. Room

Colleen Willis, Artificial Intelligence Initiatives Lead, Research Center Director and Ellen Kimmel, Research Operations Team Lead, with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, will share how they went from pilot to practice, and share insights from building an AI pilot, roadmap, and AI toolkit to support responsible AI.

Rubin Singh, Founder & CEO of OneTenth Consulting, a Salesforce nonprofit implementation partner, will share how his clients are approaching AI with cautious optimism, what excites them, what concerns them, and how nonprofits can get started responsibly. 

Patti DeBow, President & COO of PTKO will discuss uses of AI for fundraising and grantwriting, and how organizational leaders and IT departments can support (and not squash) the ethical use of AI tools to help generate funding.

Benjamin Childers, Co-Founder & CEO, Stratovation Partners, will talk about a pilot project he did that gave program and fundraising staff access to data which was not accessible, and allow them to talk to this database for insights. 

Fernando Santos, Director of Development & AI Solutions at 4Site Studios, will talk about best practices for leveraging AI in your organization and Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) tips to improve discoverability on AI platforms.