As part of my work with nonprofit organizations to help them build a culture of resilience that I wrote about in the Happy Healthy Nonprofit, I have facilitated retreats where staff brainstorm ideas and identify simple ways that they can make working at their organization more enjoyable. Two important aspects of a culture of resilience are friendship and feelings. Do people genuinely like each other? Do they feel appreciated? These are the conversations I've been facilitating at nonprofit … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2019
Nonprofits Are Adding Bots to their Social Media Teams
There are many chat bot authoring platforms that make it easy for anyone to create a bot without requiring the technical expertise in natural language programming. While easy to set up, designing an effective bot for a nonprofit from scratch can be daunting. Direct Relief, a humanitarian aid organization, and its Direct Relief and its bot builder, Mind Heros, have open-sourced their model. It’s available for free to other nonprofits through BotsForCharity.com. Direct Relief, a humanitarian aid … [Read more...]
New E-Book: #AI4Good – Nonprofit Trends and Use Salesforce.Org Cases
Salesforce.Org recently published an e-book, AI for Good: Nonprofit Trends & Use Cases. It is a good primer for nonprofits (non-techies) who want to understand what the heck AI is and how it might be useful to their nonprofit. Just a few insights: AI is already part of your life, although it might be invisible to the end user. AI makes your daily experience smarter, by embedding predictive analysis into everyday apps. For example, Facebook has been using AI with facial recognition to … [Read more...]
#AI4Good: What Your Nonprofit Needs To Know About AI
Allison Fine, my co-author for the Networked Nonprofit, and I are actively researching the use of AI for Good, in particular to scale giving and to spread generosity. We are most excited about the human side of AI and how it will augment the work of fundraisers and create a better experience for donors. What about your nonprofit? Are you trying to get up to speed on AI and other emerging technologies and how they might impact your work? Want to better understand the use cases for AI and … [Read more...]
