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Community IT offers free webinars monthly to promote learning within our nonprofit technology community. Our podcast is appropriate for a varied level of technology expertise. Community IT is vendor-agnostic and our webinars cover a range of topics and discussions. Something on your mind you don’t see covered here? Contact us to suggest a topic! http://www.communityit.com
Episodes
304 episodes
Nonprofit AI Governance Tips with Nura Aboki pt 2
In Part 2 of the Nonprofit AI Governance Tips webinar, Carolyn Woodard and Nuradeen Aboki, Senior Consultant who has been helping nonprofits explore and adopt AI tools, cover the practical steps your organization can take to move from AI experi...
Nonprofit AI: Papal Encyclical and Longview Philanthropy RFP
Carolyn Woodard covers a landmark moment in the global conversation about AI governance: the release of Pope Leo XIV's encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, and what it means for nonprofits and philanthropy navigating an AI landscape increas...
Nonprofit AI Governance Tips with Nura Aboki pt 1
In the first part of this two-part conversation, Carolyn Woodard and Nura Aboki, Senior Consultant at Community IT Innovators, dig into what it actually looks like to implement AI at a nonprofit - not in theory, but on the ground. With 80% of n...
Nonprofit AI: Environmental Costs, New Philanthropy Dollars
Carolyn Woodard covers the real-world costs of AI infrastructure, a coming wave of AI-generated philanthropic wealth, and how to think about AI fundraising tools this week.The headlines about AI tend to focus on what it can do. This epis...
Nonprofit AI Management Advice with Mimi Yeh
Carolyn Woodard explores the gap between AI ambition and organizational readiness with Mimi Yeh, Engagement Director at PTKO, a strategy and change management consulting firm that works exclusively with nonprofits and mission-driven organizatio...
Nonprofit AI: Claude for Small Business, ChatGPT Update
Carolyn Woodard covers two recent AI product updates and a thought-provoking question about what it means to use AI tools more personally: a new Claude for Small Business plugin that connects AI to the tools your nonprofit already uses, a ChatG...
Technology for Nonprofit Fundraiser Events with Justin Goodhew
Carolyn Woodard explores the technology behind nonprofit fundraising events with Justin Goodhew, CEO and co-founder of Trellis. Galas and in-person events have come roaring back since COVID, and they have changed — guests expect and enjoy more ...
Nonprofit AI: Canvas Hack, Candid Advice, AI for Nonprofits Book
Carolyn Woodard covers three topics this week: what the Canvas ransomware hack reveals about vendor risk for nonprofits, why roughly 80% of nonprofits still have no AI use policy and what you can do about it today, and why the new book AI for N...
AI for Nonprofits with Cheryl Contee
Carolyn Woodard explores what it really means for a nonprofit to adopt AI responsibly and effectively with Cheryl Contee, co-founder of BrightWorks AI and Change Agent AI and co-author of the Amazon bestseller AI for Nonprofits: Putting Artific...
Nonprofit AI: Environment, Bubble, Survey
Carolyn Woodard covers three topics shaping the nonprofit AI conversation right now: the real environmental costs of AI infrastructure, whether the AI market is actually a bubble, and a new survey that gives nonprofits a direct voice in shaping...
Nonprofit Data Retention with Ian Gottesman
Your nonprofit may be sitting on a data liability it doesn't know it has.Carolyn talks with Ian Gottesman, CEO of NGO ISAC, about data retention and why the question of what your organization keeps - and for how long - is more urgent tha...
Nonprofit AI: Google Chrome Skills and the Center for AI Safety
This week, Carolyn Woodard covers two resources: a practical new browser feature for Google Workspace shops and a nonprofit watchdog organization working to make the AI industry more accountable. Whether you're trying to get more out of your ex...
2026 Nonprofit Cybersecurity Incident Report with Matthew Eshleman pt 2
In Part 2 of the 2026 Nonprofit Cybersecurity Incident Report, Community IT CTO Matthew Eshleman walks through the real attack examples his team saw hitting nonprofits in 2025: scareware pop-ups, fake invoices, DMCA impersonation notices, HR jo...
Nonprofit AI: Big Investments, Resources to Close Your Literacy Gap
Carolyn Woodard covers two major AI announcements breaking today — a landmark philanthropic gift building the country's first "AI-native" hospital, and a massive infrastructure deal between Amazon and Anthropic — and zooms out to ask what all t...
2026 Nonprofit Cybersecurity Incident Report with Matthew Eshleman pt 1
In the first part of this annual check-in, Carolyn Woodard and Matthew Eshleman dive into the findings from the eighth annual Nonprofit Cybersecurity Incident Report. Analyzing data from thousands of client endpoints throughout 2025, they discu...
Nonprofit AI: Claude Cowork, Good Tech Summit Reflections, Claude Mythos Preview
Carolyn Woodard opens with highlights from Good Tech Summit, a three-day Washington D.C. conference bringing together practitioners, funders, and tech leaders focused on responsible AI use in the social sector. She shares standout quotes on AI ...
AI and Nonprofit Project Management with Alex Tuck
Carolyn Woodard explores the intersection of project management and artificial intelligence AI with Alex Tuck, founder of Tuck Consulting Group. As nonprofits face increasing pressure to do more with less, Alex shares how project managers are u...
Nonprofit AI: Copilot Cowork, Google Workspace Studio, HBR on Leaders and AI, Climate Collective and CIVIC AI Literacy Cohort
The conversation this week highlights new "AI assistant" features from Microsoft and Google that aim to handle administrative burdens, allowing nonprofit teams to focus on mission-critical work. Host Carolyn Woodard also delves into a Havard Bu...
Accidental to Intentional Nonprofit Tech Leader with Gozi Egbuonu and Hugo Castro pt 2
Hugo Castro, author of the Accidental Techie newsletter on Linkedin, and Gozi Egbuonu, accidental and now intentional tech leader, lead you through a discussion on the transformation from firefighter to strategic advisor.In pt 1 they dis...
Nonprofit AI: Microsoft Elevate Changemakers Announcement
A major new initiative from Microsoft aims to provide the training and resources needed to adopt AI tools at nonprofits. In this episode, Carolyn Woodard breaks down the recently announced Microsoft Elevate for Changemakers program. This initia...
Accidental to Intentional Nonprofit Tech Leader with Gozi Egbuonu and Hugo Castro pt 1
Hugo Castro, author of the Accidental Techie newsletter on Linkedin, and Gozi Egbuonu, accidental and now intentional tech leader, lead you through a discussion on the transformation from firefighter to strategic advisor.In pt 1 they dis...
Nonprofit AI: Resources on Workforce Changes and Training Courses, Project Evident Library of Use Cases
In this Nonprofit AI Podcast midweek check-in, Carolyn tackles the anxiety around AI and the changing labor market. While it can feel like AI is everywhere, a recent report from Anthropic shows we are nowhere near 100% adoption—but the roles mo...
Prep Your File Permissions for AI Tools with Steve Longenecker
Carolyn sits down with Steve Longenecker, Director of IT Consulting at Community IT Innovators, to tackle a question that's suddenly urgent for many nonprofits: now that AI tools like Microsoft Copilot and Google Gemini can search your entire f...
Nonprofit AI: NotebookLM, What is AI Hygiene
How can nonprofits move past the efficiency plateau to find real strategic value in AI? In this midweek check-in, Carolyn Woodard discusses statistics from the 2026 Nonprofit AI Adoption Report from Virtuous and Fundraising AI, which reveals th...
Write a Better RFP for IT Support for Your Nonprofit with Johan Hammerstrom
Are you struggling to articulate what your nonprofit actually needs from an IT provider? In this episode, host Carolyn Woodard and Community IT CEO Johan Hammerstrom discuss the rise of the generic, AI-generated Request for Proposal (RFP). Whil...
