This presentation will provide an overview of AI’s transformative role in content creation, analytics, and automation, while addressing the pivotal ethical aspects involved in its deployment. Participants will receive guidance on developing robust AI use policies that prioritize data privacy, security, and ethical standards. The session culminates with a foresight into future AI trends, equipping nonprofit leaders with the knowledge to navigate the evolving landscape of AI effectively and responsibly.

Learning Objectives:

• A better understanding of what generative AI models are and how they work.
• How to navigate the ethical questions around AI use, including privacy, use of training data, and the ever present “will it take my job” concerns.
• An overview of new AI tools coming out and how they may impact workstreams.

About the Speaker:
James Ellis is the Managing Director of EV Strategic Partners. An engineer by training, James became interested in process design while working for local government – finding that creating efficiencies in how work was done had the wonderful benefit of making people’s lives easier. With a more than 20-year career spanning for-profit, nonprofit and governmental sectors, James leads a multidisciplinary team of nonprofit professionals in creating functional, implementable plans to support organizations’ missions.