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Praise for The Smart Nonprofit
“AI is a complicated but necessary technology. It can be used to make people and nonprofits experience better, but if used without ethical implementation, it can destroy lives and harm the very people it is designed to help. This book works to describe this delicate balance. The Smart Nonprofit helps nonprofits think about how to use this technology with intention while explaining how to avoid the pitfalls that are possible. A human-centered focus is how all technology should be deployed.”
Shireen Mitchell, founder, Digital Sisters/as and Stop Online Violence Against Women
“In The Smart Nonprofit, Beth Kanter and Allison Fine bring attention to a looming transformation that is underappreciated in the social sector. Kanter and Fine have put their finger on the fundamental tension between the calling of our sector and the know-how to leverage AI and other smart technologies for good. Read this book. It's about the future and fate of the social sector writ large.”
Mari Kuraishi, president, Jesse Ball DuPont Fund
“We always joke about machines taking over our jobs. The truth is more interesting and complicated than that, as Beth Kanter and Allison Fine explore in this vital and timely book. With our sector relying more and more on technology and data, it is critical all of us are informed of the many ways smart tech could enable us to be more efficient at helping people, or unintentionally hurting them, especially those from marginalized communities. This is a thought-provoking and necessary book.”
Vu Le, NonprofitAF blog
“As decision-making becomes increasingly automated, it is critical that we are intentional about designing and using smart tech in the way that benefits our society and the planet. The Smart Nonprofit: Staying Human Centered in an Automated World is an exceptional read for nonprofit leaders who are looking to understand challenges and opportunities of smart tech, including how to design and use technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning in a responsible, humane, and impactful way.”
Leila Toplic, head of Emerging Technologies Initiative
NetHope
“The adaptation and understanding of smart tech enables social sector leaders to make quantum leaps forward in meeting their missions and fostering cultures of innovation and abundance. But just knowing that isn't enough. Kanter and Fine have given us the road map: practical, actionable advice for the tech-savvy and non-techies alike, and organizations large and small will benefit.”
Asha Curran, CEO, Giving Tuesday
“Beth Kanter and Allison Fine's new book provides a refreshingly nuanced view on the use of data and AI in the nonprofit sector. The timely question the authors seek to answer is not whether nonprofits need to develop good data management practices and a pervasive data use culture but how to transform their operations and strive for impact. Kanter and Fine's smart nonprofit is one that realizes the opportunities that data offers and knows how to mitigate the risks.”
Claudia Juech, vice president, data and society, Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
“Finally, a book that cuts through the hype about AI and gives common-sense guidance to nonprofit leaders on how they can get smarter in how they use tech to power their organizations.”
Micah Sifry,