Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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Crowdsourcing Social Change: A Contest To Solve A Complex Problem

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I've questioned whether or not this a good way to find the best solutions for complex social problems, although it can certainly add a halo effect and spread a brand's message. I've just returned from a trip to India where there is a different approach to solving complex social problems using social media and the Internet.

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Catastrophic computer problems

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Catastrophic computer problems Originally uploaded by cambodia4kidsorg. Read this article so if this happens to you, you are prepared.

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The Promise & Peril of Creator Tools Like ChatGPT for Nonprofits

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The opposite, more utopian view was that AI was magic fairy dust and could wave a wand and solve all our problems. On the one hand, was the “Evil Robots Overlords” view that we will never control AI and it will control us and take over all our jobs through automation. In reality, both of these are false narratives.

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Human-Centered Design & AI: Google AI Impact Summit

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The message was clear: Dig into the potential of AI to solve some of the world’s pressing problems. More importantly it was about innovation and partnerships between those who are close to the problems and techies. The right questions to be asking: Which user problems is AL uniquely positioned to solve?

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Major Computer Problems.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The hard drive of my deskstop computer, an ancient Dell, appears to be dying. Thank god I have backups. So, now going through the time consuming process of moving everything I need to my laptop. That's keeping me from the time consuming process of finishing my first podcast.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Facilitating Brainstorming Sessions for Nonprofit Work

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” The nickname “brainstorm sessions” because participants were using their brains to storm a problem. Brainstorming generates creative solutions to a problem in the hope of finding the best solution. Asking the Right Brainstorming Question or Problem Framing is Secret to Success. Before the Session. You can set a timer.

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Interview: Brigitte Hoyer Gosselink on the Google AI Impact Challenge

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Impact Challenge ” is based on Google’s belief that artificial intelligence can provide new solutions to old problems and improve people’s lives. At Google, we believe that AI can give us new ways of addressing problems and meaningfully improve people’s lives. Can you explain more about Google’s take on this?

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