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Doing good with AI tools: Navigating ethical considerations for the social sector 

Candid

Similarly, we saw evidence that the model was associating “People of Latin American descent” with “Incarcerated people.” Large language models such as ChatGPT can make up facts and present them as true. What problem is your AI trying to solve, and what is the definition of bias and harm for that problem?

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Four Models for Active User Engagement, by Nina Simon

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Scientists design the test questions, steer the data collection, and analyze the results. In co-creative projects, the public develops the test questions, and scientists co-produce scientific regimens to address the community interest. No one model is better than the others. Contribution, collaboration, co-creation, hosted.

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7 Fundraising Actions Taken by Successful Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

You might be surprised how small steps can lead to such significant results, but you’ll definitely feel inspired with clear action items to take starting as soon as today. Once you create your initial campaigns, there’s so much more you can do to think through and test the donor experience from start to finish.

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The Unrecognized Risk of Status Quo Problem-Solving Skills for Grantmakers

sgEngage

She encourages us, as sector professionals, to rethink our outdated problem-solving habits and stop making assumptions without acknowledgment and testing. Many funders want to wait to see how new models, programs, and leaders will perform, and they often require other funders to buy in before they will.

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Understanding and Leveraging the Power of “Digital Disruption”

Byte Technology

Essentially, digital disruption occurs when new technologies cause business- and industry-shaking changes at a pace and magnitude that upset the established way of doing things such interacting with each other, altering time-tested business models and, in general, just aggravating the way we think (and have always thought).

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The Myth of Risk: Fear Not the Dragons, Funders

sgEngage

In a recent discussion that included Adriana Jiménez , PEAK’s former board co-chair, she spoke about how some nonprofits have chosen to be small or nontraditional because it’s the best model for them to advance their mission. Risk models were not designed for our sector. Conquering the Myth of Risk.

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New on SSIR: Innovating at the Speed of Communities

Amy Sample Ward

“Innovating at the speed of communities&# is a big goal, but something organizations and civic institutions can learn a lot from as a model. Communities As A Model. What’s the community-driven model that supports innovating at the speed of communities? Normally, I make sure to clarify definitions when I start.

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