AI for Nonprofits and Advocacy Summit
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Join our next 4 Day Summit
Tuesday December 16th - 19th
This 4-day Summit is completely online to make it accessible to organizations everywhere. We'll have sessions for people completely new to AI and for those already deeply involved.
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Training, strategy, & insights to expand your AI strategy.
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Streaming Live and Fully Interactive Online Summit.
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Sessions are recorded and available to stream on demand.
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Attendees get access to a private group with Summit Resources, Recordings, and Resources.
AI Summit Partners
These partners and sponsors are commitedd to making accessible learning and strategy available to you and the community!
AI Summit Sessions
Sessions kick off Wednesday December 10th @ 1 ET / 10 am PT
Daily sessions:
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Daily sessions December 10th, 11th, and 12th
Sessions occur between 12 ET / 9 am PT and 6 ET / 3 PT
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Sessions include panels, case studies, strategy sessions, training, and workshops. — All to help your organization make a bigger impact on your goals with AI.
Welcome and Foundations
Ouassim Sadellah
CIO/Founder @ IndieTech Solutions
Seth Jacobs
Director of Digital Strategy @ IndieTech Solutions
Key Takeaways
Demystifying AI: Practical First Steps for Your Nonprofit
Essentials of Generative AI and Prompting
Tactical Session + Office Hours
More Details
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Welcome and Foundations
Ouassim Sadellah
CIO/Founder @ IndieTech Solutions
Seth Jacobs
Director of Digital Strategy @ IndieTech Solutions
Key Takeaways
Demystifying AI: Practical First Steps for Your Nonprofit
Essentials of Generative AI and Prompting
Tactical Session + Office Hours
More Details
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Welcome and Foundations
Ouassim Sadellah
CIO/Founder @ IndieTech Solutions
Seth Jacobs
Director of Digital Strategy @ IndieTech Solutions
Key Takeaways
Demystifying AI: Practical First Steps for Your Nonprofit
Essentials of Generative AI and Prompting
Tactical Session + Office Hours
More Details
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Welcome and Foundations
Ouassim Sadellah
CIO/Founder @ IndieTech Solutions
Seth Jacobs
Director of Digital Strategy @ IndieTech Solutions
Key Takeaways
Demystifying AI: Practical First Steps for Your Nonprofit
Essentials of Generative AI and Prompting
Tactical Session + Office Hours
More Details
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Welcome and Foundations
Ouassim Sadellah
CIO/Founder @ IndieTech Solutions
Seth Jacobs
Director of Digital Strategy @ IndieTech Solutions
Key Takeaways
Demystifying AI: Practical First Steps for Your Nonprofit
Essentials of Generative AI and Prompting
Tactical Session + Office Hours
More Details
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Welcome and Foundations
Ouassim Sadellah
CIO/Founder @ IndieTech Solutions
Seth Jacobs
Director of Digital Strategy @ IndieTech Solutions
Key Takeaways
Demystifying AI: Practical First Steps for Your Nonprofit
Essentials of Generative AI and Prompting
Tactical Session + Office Hours
More Details
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AI Summit Sessions
Sessions kick off Tuesday December 16th @ 1 ET / 10 am PT
Daily sessions:
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Daily sessions December 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th
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Sessions occur between 12 ET / 9 am PT and 6 ET / 3 PT
The Best One-Hour AI Training Ever – From Ethics and Models to Context and Prompts
Aram Fischer
Co-Founder & CEO @ Change Agent AI
December 16th @ 1 ET / 10am PT
Key takeaways:
Core generative AI skill-building
Core AI methodologies
The basics of ethical AI use
Come to the best AI training for nonprofits and advocacy ever. In just one hour, we will cover:
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Ethics – how to understand core ethical considerations
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How LLMs work - the basics of the strengths and weaknesses of AI technology
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Model Engineering - how to manipulate model behavior for different purposes
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Context Engineering - how to inform your AI tools to produce better outputs
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Prompt Engineering - the do's and don'ts of prompting
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Core Use-Cases and Methodologies - a crash course on the top AI use-cases for nonprofits and advocacy organizations
Bring your favorite tool and play along at home whether you're learning for the first time or learning how to train up your team.
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AI Agents that Know Your Nonprofit Inside and Out
Catharine Montgomery
Founder and CEO @ Better Together Agency
December 16th @ 2 ET / 11am PT
Key takeaways:
Turn weeks of work into days without adding staff to your team
Keep donor and program data private while using AI safely
Catch biased language before it goes public and harms trust
Tools like ChatGPT don't know your programs and might share your private information. This session shows you how to build a smart helper that learns only from your nonprofit's work. It keeps your data safe, answers questions in seconds, and sounds like your team wrote it.
You'll see a live demo and learn how the tool checks every response for biased language that could hurt your community work. No job gets replaced. Your team just gets their time back to focus on what matters.
SEO, GEO and Ads:Search Marketing in the Age of LLMS
Steven Aguiar
Co-Founder @Givepact
December 16th @ 3 ET / 12 PT
Key takeaways:
Actionable takeaways on improving search visibility across SEO, GEO, Ads and more
Practical, immediately usable AI techniques
A set of guardrails and best practices to safely adopt AI
Discover how to navigate the rapidly evolving search landscape where AI-powered search engines are projected to surpass traditional search traffic by 2028. This session explores the strategic integration of SEO, Generative Engine Optimization (GEO), Google Paid Ads, and Google Ad Grants to maximize nonprofit visibility and conversions. Learn why AI search visitors convert at 4.4x higher rates than traditional search visitors, how ChatGPT cites pages ranking 21+ in traditional search results 90% of the time, and the universal tactics that improve performance across all channels simultaneously. Walk away with actionable implementation strategies including FAQ-centric content approaches, domain authority building techniques, and channel-specific optimizations that deliver measurable results for nonprofit organizations.
AI Cohort Community Presentations #1
December 16th @ 1 ET / 10am PT
More details coming
Key takeaways:
Practitioners like yourself have been working through AI for their organizations.
Real case-studies, implementation plans, and projects.
More details coming
How to Scope and Create Custom GPTs
Maya Kuppermann
CEO & Co-founder @ Temelio
Ruthwick Pathireddy
CTO & Co-founder @ Temelio
December 17th @ 1 ET / 10am PT
Key takeaways:
Focus on a single, narrow use case (like drafting proposals or answering FAQs) for your custom agent.
Be rigorous about data. Only upload essential, non-sensitive documents.
Commit to maintenance. Treat your agent as a "living product."
oin Maya Kuppermann and Ruthwick Pathireddy for a practical deep dive into creating and scoping custom AI agents (or GPTs). They define these as highly-tailored AI assistants designed for a specific role or workflow, which operate using a contained, curated set of data and unique instructions, making them more focused and reliable than general chatbots. The session walks attendees through the essential steps for development, emphasizing the importance of defining the agent’s purpose, curating its specific knowledge base, and using an iterative approach that involves rigorous testing and refinement.
The presenters illustrate the concepts with tactical examples, including a custom agent built in Microsoft Copilot for adhering to an AI policy and an internal support GPT created with ChatGPT for managing frequently asked questions. A core takeaway is that these agents are most valuable for repetitive, manual tasks or when internal documentation is unclear, aiming for approximately 80% accuracy with a crucial "human in the loop" to handle the final necessary refinements. They also address real-world challenges, such as dealing with disorganized data sources and the need for continuous maintenance to prevent the agent from using outdated or incorrect information
AI Ethical Framework Checklist & Tracker
Brad Caldana
Founder of Center for Digital Strategy - Fractional Digital Strategy Officer
December 17th @ 2 ET / 11 PT
Key takeaways:
Understanding frameworks for AI Ethics
Practical Checklist for AI Ethics
Your own AI Checklist and Tracker
Unlock the secrets to ethical AI adoption with our deep-dive session on the AI Ethical Framework Checklist and Tracker. Discover how to analyze AI tools and workflows, beginning with the checklist's structure to track a tool's status, type (standalone, add-on, or hybrid), and primary use. Learn to evaluate the internal and external work capacity impact, discerning if AI is additive or a potential replacement for staff or contractors. A crucial component involves vetting tools against data policy, addressing data storage and retention, and tackling critical ethical issues such as racial bias, climate impact, and the platform creator's stance on workforce replacement.
Go beyond individual tools and master the evaluation of complex workflows—like drafting and sending fundraising emails—to pinpoint AI's influence at every stage. Understand the ethical and data implications of intertwining multiple AI tools (like Change Agent, Grammarly, and Google Docs) in a single process, all while navigating data trust across platforms. Explore the accelerating automation of complex tasks, such as personalized donation asks and subject lines, and the subsequent impact on entry-level development roles. This session will empower you with an iterative, nuanced strategy for ethically integrating AI, ensuring your organization stays agile amid rapid technological advancements.
AI Chat Marketing: Convert Organic Social Media Engagement Into Action
Megan Ducote
Head of Design
@ Oak AI
Tom Law
Founder & President @ Oak AI
December 17th @ 3 ET / 12 PT
Key takeaways:
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What chat marketing is and how it converts engagement into action: Automated DMs that turn comments into email addresses, donations, and signups
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Why it outperforms traditional channels: 60-80% click-through rates vs. 2-5% for email/text, and how grassroots campaigns mobilized thousands through organic social with zero ad spend
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Chat marketing tools and implementation tactics: What to look for when choosing tools and how to leverage influencer partnerships to amplify reach
Advocacy campaigns and nonprofits are using AI-powered chat marketing to convert social media engagement into measurable action, delivering 60-80% click-through rates compared to 2-5% for traditional channels like email or text. When someone comments on a post, automated systems instantly send personalized DMs with links to donate, register to vote, sign petitions, or take other actions.
In this session, you'll see how grassroots campaigns have mobilized thousands of people through organic social media with zero ad spend, and learn the tactics and tools you need to get started with chat marketing automation.
Community Discussion on AI Adoption in your Organization
Brad Caldana
Founder of Center for Digital Strategy - Fractional Digital Strategy Officer
December 17th @ 4 ET / 1 PT
Key takeaways:
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Open disucssion on AI Adoption in your Organization or organizations you work with.
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Talk about challenges
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And share your success.
Let's get into a discussion and share challenges and wins. Together folks can find solutions and build community with other adopters.
AI on Your Website: What to Do, What Not to Do, A practical, nonprofit-focused guide to using AI responsibly and effectively on your website.
Seth Jacobs
Director of Digital Strategy @ IndieTech Solutions
Ouassim Sadellah
CIO/Founder @ IndieTech Solutions
December 18th @ 1 ET / 10am PT
Key takeaways:
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A clear framework for when AI helps your website and when it creates risk
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Practical, immediately usable AI techniques
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A set of guardrails and best practices to safely adopt AI
As nonprofits rush to adopt AI, many unintentionally introduce accessibility barriers, security risks, misinformation, compliance issues, or tools that actually hurt user experience. In this session, IndieTech Solutions breaks down the do’s and dont's of using AI on your website, from content generation and search tools to chatbots, accessibility, SEO, and donor privacy.
Participants walk away knowing exactly which AI practices create value, and which can damage trust, rankings, and conversions. We will also be sharing a printable checklist: “AI On Your Website: 7 Dos & Dont's”
AI Clarity Clinic: Bring your pain point and leave with a plan
Ryann Miller
Founder Spark and Signal
December 18th @ 2 ET / 11am PT
Key takeaways:
Spot the chaos: see where AI is already living, and hiding, in your workplace and workflows, and where to focus first.
Fix one real pain point: you bring it. We’ll score it, prioritize it, and give you your next step.
Leave with a plan: a clear, lightweight, tangible roadmap to start aligning your team and seeing progress quickly.
Come to the best AI training for nonprofits and advocacy ever. In just one hour, we will cover:
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Ethics – how to understand core ethical considerations
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How LLMs work - the basics of the strengths and weaknesses of AI technology
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Model Engineering - how to manipulate model behavior for different purposes
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Context Engineering - how to inform your AI tools to produce better outputs
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Prompt Engineering - the do's and don'ts of prompting
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Core Use-Cases and Methodologies - a crash course on the top AI use-cases for nonprofits and advocacy organizations
Bring your favorite tool and play along at home whether you're learning for the first time or learning how to train up your team.
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Running Social Impact Influencer Campaigns with Agentic AI
Ryan Davis
CEO & Founder
@ People First
Valerie Cheney
Partner & VP of Influencer
@ People First
Marley Rosario
CEO + Full Stack Engineering @ MJ VENTURES
December 18th @ 3 ET / 12 PT
Key takeaways:
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Learn about the newest approach to creator marketing: agentic organizing
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Understand how tools like Val.AI can superpower your social media content
The teams behind People First and MJV have announced Val.AI, a new way for political campaigns and organizations of any size to run influencer marketing without hiring an overpriced agency or relying on outdated CRMs. Val is your always-on creator collaborator, helping you launch campaigns in minutes, not weeks.
How to write a people-first AI policy for your org
Steven Sharer
Co-Founder and CEO @ RipRap Security
December 19th @ 1 ET / 10am PT
Key takeaways:
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How can nonprofits create people-first AI policies that is digestible and usable?
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How can nonprofits adopt the AI tools staff are already using in ways that strengthen their mission while safeguarding data and digital integrity?
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How can organizations foster a culture of psychological safety around AI?
Your nonprofit has an AI policy — great! But if it reads like a legal document, it’s likely that staff aren't using it... maybe at all. This workshop will guide attendees through creating AI policies that are clear, actionable, and easy-to-implement by staff. We’ll explore how to front-load useful guidance, align AI use with your mission, streamline tool adoption, and build inclusive working groups that support responsible use.
Plus, we’ll cover how to foster a culture of psychological safety around AI mistakes — turning “oops” moments into learning opportunities. Join Steve Sharer at RipRap Security to rethink how your organization uses AI in a way that empowers your organization's mission and prioritizes its cyber security.
AI Cohort Community Presentations #1
December 19th @ 1 ET / 10am PT
More details coming
Key takeaways:
Practitioners like yourself have been working through AI for their organizations.
Real case-studies, implementation plans, and projects.
More details coming
AI Summit Frequently Asked Questions
Is the event online?
Yes, to make the event as accessible as possible we offer our summits completely online so people can join from anywhere in the world.
Will sessions be recorded?
Yes, all sessions will be recorded and available.
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We will edit the recordings to improve playback for you when possible.
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Sometimes recording issues occur, and recordings become unavailable.
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When possible, we rehost the session to re-record it.
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Recordings are typically available within 24- 72 hours
Will we be able to connect with others?
Yes! This event will give attendees, sponsors, and speakers the chance to connect.
The live sessions and chat.
Plus on an online group.
What type of payment methods do you accept?
You can pay with a credit card using the register link.
If you need to pay with an online check or invoice please email: support@centerfordigitalstrategy.com
Do you offer scholarships?
Yes, we offer scholarships for individuals and organizations who need them.
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Will the schedule or content change?
Like any live event, the content and schedule are subject to change because the speakers are human, and technology is always complicated.