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AI for Nonprofits and Social Good: Link Roundup

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AI is developing faster than our regulatory system is prepared to handle and threatens to consolidate power in the tech companies and oppressive governments that deploy AI while making society vulnerable to AI biases, surveillance, and other dysfunctions.

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Open311: What Nonprofits and Public Libraries Can Gain from Open Government

Tech Soup

A few weeks ago, I attended a panel discussion on open government data. I've kind of become an open-data geek in the past few months, largely thanks to NetSquared's unconference at NTC. What if instead, the government made certain data and systems available to citizens, so that we could design and build our own vending machines?

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You talk, we listen: 10NTC Community Call Notes

NTEN

You said that you'd prefer to use systems that are already in place without all the bells and whistles. Unconference: You want to learn more from your colleagues, have a chance to play with the latest ideas that we haven't included in the conference agenda, and have more chances than the pre-planned Affinity Groups to connect.

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Start 2017 by Building Your Tech Skills and Community

Tech Soup

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: DIY Donor Management System Selection. San Francisco, California: Impact Investing 101: Panel Discussion. Wellington, New Zealand: Get a Digital Head Start for 2017 — NetSquared Wellington Unconference. . ## Europe. ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> North America. Tuesday, January 3, 2017.

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NetSquared Volunteers Help Nonprofits Like You Master Technology

Tech Soup

San Francisco, California: Sustainability Unconference (All Day). Birmingham, United Kingdom: Customer Relationship Management Systems (CRMs) for Nonprofits. Pully, Switzerland: Swissneutral: Intro/Discussion "Internet libre, C'est Quoi?" Saturday, May 6, 2017. Monday, May 8, 2017. Tuesday, May 9, 2017.

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Let’s Connect at the NTC!

Amy Sample Ward

Even if you’ve never participated in an ‘unconference’ event like this, no worries! At the same time, the Internet continues to mature as a gateway for “cloud computing,” in which remote datacenters host data and serve applications over the Web for use across a broad spectrum of devices and IT systems.

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