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  <title>Episode 202: How can you put AI to work for your nonprofit?</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>AI is here, now what? Explore how nonprofits can move past the hype to use AI thoughtfully, ethically, and strategically to support your mission and people. </itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>AI is reshaping nonprofit work, but adopting it responsibly takes intention. Farra Trompeter, co-director, is joined by Cheryl Contee, chief innovation officer at BrightWorksAI.com, and Darian Rodriguez Heyman, founder of Helping People Help, to discuss insights from their new book, AI for Nonprofits, including practical, ethical ways nonprofits can use AI from fundraising and communications to operations and culture.  
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  <itunes:subtitle>Discover how nonprofits can approach AI with an equity lens and move from task-based tools to mission-centered strategies.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>Are you curious about using AI without compromising your values? In this episode, Farra Trompeter, co-director, chats with Meena Das, founder of Namaste Data, to unpack findings from the AI Equity Project and offer practical advice for nonprofits navigating this evolving technology.  
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  <title>Episode 173: How can you use AI for strategic communications?</title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2024 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Discover how artificial intelligence is reshaping how nonprofits communicate, including what to consider and what to avoid.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>How is artificial intelligence reshaping the nonprofit landscape? Alexandra M. Merceron, executive vice president at RUBENSTEIN, joins Farra Trompeter, co-director, to explore the impact of artificial intelligence on nonprofits. They discuss emerging themes, risks, ethical concerns, how to navigate AI’s challenges, available safeguards, and three key implications AI has on nonprofit communications. 
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  <title>Episode 148: What do nonprofits need to know about AI and data science?</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Learn how to apply artificial intelligence (AI) in your nonprofit’s donor communications and fundraising.! Get use cases and practical tips for navigating these newer technologies.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>Farra Trompeter, co-director, is joined by Dr. Ashutosh Nandeshwar, senior vice president of data science and analytics at CCS Fundraising to talk about how nonprofits should approach AI, various use cases, and practical tips that nonprofits can use to determine how it can work for your organization. 
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