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Using smart tech to reimagine nonprofit work

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AI and other smart tech can make work culture more human, but only if you know how the tech works and focus on using it to do what it does best (answer rote questions online) and allow people to do what we do best (e.g. The post Using smart tech to reimagine nonprofit work first appeared on Beth Kanter.

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Methods and Metrics for Assessing Civic Tech

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This growing field of “civic tech” is aiming to harness technology to spur citizen engagement, improve cities and make government more effective. One thing that stood out in our conversations is that the civic tech field is ready for a deeper dive on outcomes. Guides to Civic Tech Assessment.

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How Are You Taking A Summer Break from Your Tech?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I also need to target specific apps or tech that I’m addicted to and are wasting too much of my time or making me temporarily blind. What are you doing to take a break from tech? It was like a reboot for my brain, but I found it really difficult to do. The app “ OFFTIME ” can help you. Set Your iPhone to 1995 Mode.

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Go Reboot Yourself: Get A Grip on Tech

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The proposed session title “ Go Reboot Yourself: Get A Grip on Tech ” and I hope to be co-facilitating with Aliza Sherman, a web and social mobile pioneer whose work helped shape the early new media industry. What is the secret to “balancing” tech in our work, family, and personal lives?

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The Promise & Peril of Creator Tools Like ChatGPT for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

When we first started publishing and presenting on Smart Tech and AI tools to audiences of fundraisers, nonprofits, and funders in the social sector field, the media narrative around AI was presented as binary. Something we call this human-centered approach “co-botting” in our book.

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The Screen Time Genie: A Bot That’s Help With Your Tech Addiction

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Mobile phones and screen can be distracting and overwhelming. Even worse they can be addictive. Not all technology is bad. There are apps and other technology tools that can help you create a new habit, healthier habits.

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How to Be a Wizard at Tech Training Design and Delivery

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

How to Be a Wizard at Tech Training Design and Delivery guest post by Cindy Leonard and Jeanne Allen. The breakout session “How to Be a Wizard at Tech Training Design and Delivery” at the 2016 Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) originated from an earlier session designed by Andrea Berry, Beth Kanter, John Kenyon, and Cindy Leonard.