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Five Good Ideas for values-driven digital transformation
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How can you advance your non-profit’s values through the use of technology?
In this session, recorded live on January 23, Amy Sample Ward, CEO of NTEN and author of The Tech That Comes Next¸ and Katie Gibson, Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for Nonprofit Digital Resilience, presented their answers to this question.
[5:38] 1. Never put technology ahead of people.
[10:23] 2. Create diverse tech committees to support decisions, testing, and feedback.
[15:01] 3. Only collect data you can protect. And give it back to its owner.
[19:52] 4. Make your values the foundation for technology adoption and investment.
[27:41] 5. Make your voice heard in the technology policy-making process.
[34:13 ] Q & A
Download the session handout. Follow along with the transcript.
Presenter bios:
Amy Sample Ward believes that technology should be accessible and accountable to everyone, especially communities historically and systemically excluded from the digital world. They are the CEO of NTEN, a non-profit creating a world where missions and movements are more successful through the skillful and equitable use of technology. Amy’s second book, Social Change Anytime Everywhere, was a Terry McAdam Book Award finalist. Their most recent book is The Tech That Comes Next, with Afua Bruce.
Katie Gibson is a lawyer by training and an activist at heart. She is passionate about using entrepreneurial tools for social impact. Katie led strategy and partnerships at the CIO (Chief Information Officer) Strategy Council, a nonprofit focused on Canada’s digital transformation. In this role, she cofounded the Canadian Centre for Nonprofit Digital Resilience, where she is now Executive Director. She also leads work on sustainable IT and responsible AI (Artificial Intelligence). You may also have crossed paths with Katie in her previous roles as general counsel in a national youth charity, as director of Social Enterprise for the Ontario government, or in her work at the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing.
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