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

Candid

As AI is increasingly used in high-impact ways such as writing and assessing grant proposals, how can we make sure that it is used ethically, minimizing the risk of harm? Even large tech companies have had trouble with AI bias, such as Amazon’s controversial hiring AI. AI often amplifies those biases.

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Tell Your Community's Story with NetSquared

Tech Soup

This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN’s Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. New York, New York: Google Ad Grants for Nonprofits. Victoria, Canada: Storie­s from the Rare Sightings of Women in Tech. Portland, Oregon: Secret Knowledge of Open Source.

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NetSquared: In the Beginning

Tech Soup

They originally wanted to organize a conference to convene social innovators and social entrepreneurs on the nonprofit tech cutting edge to see what everyone was doing. To get going, they built the first NetSquared website using open-source Drupal. What Is Web 2.0? One Laptop Per Child (just launched that year). Podcasting.

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Data Digest: Open Data for Africa Platform, Silent Data Revolution in MENA and Data Strategies

Tech Soup

Libya, Djibouti and Jordan have also granted restricted access to micro data to selected individuals and organizations. Open Source data NetSquared big data' Some examples of NGOs using data visualization to tell important stories are also given.

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Women in Nonprofit Technology Who Rock: Adding to Fast Company's Most Influential Women in Technology List

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

is the executive director of NTEN and expert in everything nonprofit tech. is an open source software guru who writes the some best posts on that topic. is the queen of nonprofit philanthropy predictions. Maddie Grant. Holly Ross. Megan Keane blogs at TechSoup community site. Rachel Weidinger. Laura Lee Dooley.

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How to Build Platforms that Our Movements Can Own

Non Profit Quarterly

The nonprofit landscape is littered with abandoned grant-funded and poorly maintained tech projects. Nonprofit tech projects have trouble getting off the ground because they rarely have the consistent funding needed to make the project the full time focus of an experienced developer team. A tech start-up.

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Guest Post by JD Lasica -- Socialbrite: A new sharing & learning hub

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ken Banks, a Hewlett Foundation grant recipient who focuses on using mobile technology to foster positive social and environmental change in the developing world, particularly Africa. Sloane Berrent, a Kiva fellow, social philanthropy activist and a former executive at Causecast who’s currently serving a three-month tour in the Philippines.

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