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AI and Nonprofits: Will Bots Make Transition from Functional to Friendship?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

With over 100,000 bots created on the Facebook Messenger platform and the rise of AI and conversational user interfaces (think SIRI), Gartner analysts predict by 2020 the average person will have more conversations with bots than their spouse. SIRI is not the only virtual therapist. Think about how you’ve interacted with SIRI.

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Digital Evolution—Three Trends to Watch

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In the near future, your bot may develop superpowers like the ability to predict user questions and proactively respond. Education—Tailor personalized learning journeys, create course outlines, and aid in the development of test questions and learning materials for certification programs. Gartner offers this explanation. “A

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10 Disruptive Technologies You Need to Think About

NTEN

Every Wednesday, Gartner does a free webinar on a variety of topics. Disruptive Technology #1: Virtualization. . There are lots of benefits to virtualization, chief among them, the power savings. There are lots of benefits to virtualization, chief among them, the power savings. Gartner agrees. Make Al Gore proud!

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Google + Nonprofit Brand Pages

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Some say they’ll be testing, testing, and testing – throwing virtual pasta at the wall and see what sticks and how much time and effort it takes to throw that pasta. If there are too many unanswered questions about the impact of the technology platform, better to wait until others have been able to deliver tangible value.

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Virtual Platforms for Good: Empowering Individuals

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What is interesting to me about this concept of a platform for change that is very different from say - campaigns on social networking sites like Facebook or the use of widgets and charity badges on blogs for personal fundraising campaigns -- is that while Virtual Worlds are empowering individuals -- we are empowering collective action.

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How To Facilitate Effective Virtual Meetings

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The list of conferences cancelled is growing, with some now being delivered a virtual gatherings. It’s time to up your virtual facilitation and convening skills. My first remote job was to work with a virtual team to manage an online network for artists, called Artswire.

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How Carnegie Corporation of New York Got Microsoft Donations Through TechSoup

Tech Soup

It has great discussion boards, hosts webinars, provides Gartner IT research, and organizes a big annual conference. After that I went back and got four copies of Windows 7 Professional that we’ll use to create virtual desktops. Then today, I went back again got some SQL Server licenses.