On AI and the Environmental Footprint Question
When teams pull back on AI over environmental concerns while running gas heat and printing mass mailings, the math doesn't hold.
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Every Organization Making Real Progress Has One Thing in Common
Not a dedicated role — just one person with permission to explore and share what they learn.
Read →The Agent Can't Rescue a Data Layer That Isn't There
Three weeks building an AI agent. I've barely touched the agent. Most of the work has been on the data and process it depends on.
Read →What Microsoft's Copilot Change Means for Nonprofits
Something that felt like a free capability is about to feel like a trial. The more useful question: what was it actually doing for your team?
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Moving from Ad Hoc to Strategic AI
92% of nonprofits use AI. Only 7% say it's expanded what their organization can do. The gap isn't budget.
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I Have a Graveyard of AI Projects
Every failed project taught something about where AI breaks down. The graveyard isn't the problem — giving up before you learn from it is.
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The Role That Was Never Going to Be Filled
The AI displacement conversation assumes there's a job to displace. For many small organizations, that role simply wasn't in the budget.
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Inspiration Before Implementation
The organizations making real progress with AI aren't the most technically sophisticated — they're the ones who've seen enough concrete examples to recognize a fit.
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Your Best AI Proof of Concept? It's Already Happening.
The quiet AI experimenters on your team are already your best proof of concept — leadership just needs to ask.
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Should I Be Using Claude Now?
Why the anxiety about keeping up with AI is almost always worse than the actual gap.
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Small Nonprofits Have an AI Advantage
Why small nonprofits are better positioned for practical AI adoption than they think.
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What I Learned Vibe-Coding a Personal App
A field test of AI-assisted app building and what it reveals about the next layer of AI adoption.
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AI Adoption and Trust in Nonprofits
How nonprofit organizations can adopt AI in ways that build rather than erode constituent trust.
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AI Slop and the Tyranny of the Average
Why AI-generated content is producing a dangerous sameness, and why this is a leadership problem not a technical one.
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