ONLINE: April 16 - Best of NTC & SXSW

Date: Thurs., April 16

Time: 12:30-2 PM ET

Zoom: Meeting ID: 857 2131 4267, Passcode: 327879

PRESENTERS
Note: Elisabeth Bradley will be joining in-person.  All the other presenters will be joining online.

NTC 

Christy McGillivray, Executive Director of Voters Not Politicians, will share ways to leverage technology to address threats to democracy.

Wayan Vota, Social Impact AI Expert, will talk about the NTC takeaways, and share his top tips for how nonprofits can smartly leverage AI tools.

Katy Hinz, Creative Director at Teal Media, explores three key strategies for advancing and protecting creative teams by embracing AI as a collaborative "promotion" from designer to director.

Aram Fischer, Co-Founder & CEO of Change Agent AI, will talk about what differentiates their platform from Big Tech AI platforms, and how they make it easy for nonprofits to use AI securely.

Valerie Vierengel, Director of Mid-Level Giving at National Audubon Society, will share key highlights from her recent NTC presentation on engaging digital donors with gamification.

Mitch Stein, Head of Strategy at Chariot, will share NTC highlights and his presentation on nonprofit fundraising best practices for leveraging Donor Advised Funds (DAFs).

SXSW 

Elisabeth Bradley, CEO of Forum One, will share key takeaways on the intersection of tech and impact from SXSW 2026.

Mike Hyzy, VP of AI Strategy & Product Development at CGI, will discuss The Human Signal: What SXSW 2026 Is Telling Us About What's Next.

Richard Wise, Brand Anthropologist, will uncover both the signals of dangerous drift and the signs of renewal observed at SXSW 2026.