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Nonprofits Should Consider Using AI to Further Their Goals
Artificial intelligence seems to be everywhere these days. And according to one study by unite.ai, 89% of nonprofits...
How Nonprofits Can Use Copilot to Improve Their Impact
Last week my colleague Dan Callahan introduced you to Copilot, Microsoft’s AI assistant soon to be embedded in...
What I Learned Working with a Nonprofit
I spend a lot of my time working with foundations. These foundations make grants to local nonprofits, providing the...
TAG Conference Hot Takes
Talk about lightning round! I am here at the TAG Conference, getting on the bus shortly to go to the wrap-up event....
Microsoft 365 Nonprofit Price Increases Are Coming
Microsoft 365 nonprofit price increases are coming. You know this if you read the email Microsoft sent last week. If...
Updates to Microsoft’s Cloud-first Grant Program
Hey there! Or should I say “Aye, laddies and lassies!” I am back from a fantastic two weeks in Scotland. Great people,...
IT and Philanthropy in the 2020s
Sam Caplan (@samcaplan) shared an article on LinkedIn that I had to check out. The article covered predictions for...
Bravo! Major Foundations Move to Increase Indirect Cost Support
You may have missed this announcement from the MacArthur Foundation, but it’s important and deserves some attention....
CIO of the World Food Programme Addresses Symposium
Enrica Porcari, CIO at the United Nation’s World Food Programme, was invited to be one of the guest keynote speakers...
How Do You Help Very Small Nonprofits?
Last fall I worked with one of our customers, who wanted to help very small nonprofits better achieve their program...
Considering the Role of Open Source Software in Your Organization
We received some great feedback from one our weekly update readers. (BTW, we love to get feedback!) He commented that...
Is Microsoft Non-Profit Pricing in Jeopardy?
The reader who suggested we might post about open source software also asked a specific question. Given that Microsoft...
Non-Profit Technology Investment
What's the Right Level of Non-Profit Technology Investment? I recently read a blog post and report by Microsoft (their...
CIAT, World Bank and FAO Team Up for the DAPs Initiative
CIAT, the World Bank and FAO have joined forces to profile countries’ digital agriculture. The Digital...
CIAT: On a Mission to Combat Plant Blindness
I had never heard the term “plant blindness” before starting work on this post. However, it is not a new idea. Two...
ClimateWorks: A New Kind of Philanthropy
The idea of ‘climate philanthropy’ is a relatively new one. And despite all the attention climate change gets these...
The Technology Affinity Group (TAG): Promoting IT in Philanthropy
The Technology Affinity Group (TAG). Even if you're not a member, if you work in philanthropy you probably know...