Writing

On AI adoption, governance, and decision-making in nonprofits and mission-driven organizations.

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.

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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.

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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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A weekly digest of curated news and use cases for nonprofit leaders. Sent every Tuesday.