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AI for ChangeMakers: um evento imperdível para quem quer usar a inteligência artificial para impacto social e ambiental Confira a programação completa e saiba como participar desse encontro online e gratuito que reunirá especialistas, jornalistas e organizações sociais que estão usando a IA para transformar o mundo O que é o AI for ChangeMakers? O AI for ChangeMakers é um evento presencial com transmissão ao vivo, gratuito que acontecerá na segunda-feira, dia 27 de maio, das 9h às 18h, com o objetivo de mostrar como a inteligência artificial pode ser usada pleo terceiro setor. O evento é uma iniciativa da Microsoft, em parceria com o GIFE e a TechSoup. Programação: O evento terá como mestre de cerimônias o jornalista Pedro Doria. Inicio Fim Tema Speaker 9:00 9:30 Café da manhã de boas vindas 9:30 9:45 Boas Vindas Lucia Rodrigues (Líder de Filantropia para Microsoft Brasil) 9:45 10:15 Impacto Social e Inteligencia Artificial Pedro Doria 10:15 11:00 O que é IA Generativa? Stéfany Mazon (Diretora de IA para Microsoft Brasil) 11:00 11:15 Intervalo 11:15 12:30 IA para Educação Vera Cabral (Diretora de Educação Microsoft Latam) Ana Ligia Scaccheti (Presidente da Nova Escola) 12:30 13:00 O uso ético e responsável da IA Tatiana Aidar (Especialista de Dados e IA) 13:00 14:00 Almoço 14:00 14:30 IA na luta contra o desmatamento Lucia Rodrigues (Líder de Filantropia para Microsoft Brasil) 14:30 15:00 Cases SLMIT de Impacto Social com IA João Benito Savastano, Heber Lopes, Eston Santos 15:00 15:30 IA para Acessibilidade Ricardo Wagner (Diretor de Modern Work na Microsoft) 15:30 16:00 Regulamentação e Políticas Públicas na Era da IA Alessandra Del Debbio (Vice-Presidente de Assuntos Jurídicos e Corporativos LATAM) 16:00 16:45 IA para medir e ampliar o impacto do jornalismo independente Marina Dias (Diretora de Comunicação da Publica Agencia de Jornalismo Investigativo) Bate papo com Rachel Quintiliano (Gerente de Relações Institucionais do GIFE) 16:45 17:00 Intervalo 17:00 17:30 Aprenda a usar o Copilot Milene Coelho (Executiva de Contas para Soluções de Publicidade) 17:30 17:45 Nonprofit Community Platform Lucia Rodrigues (Líder de Filantropia para Microsoft Brasil) 17:45 18:00 Como acessar doações de software da Microsoft com a TechSoup José Avando (Presidente da TechSoup Brasil) 18:00 19:00 Happy Hour na Microsoft Como participar do evento? Para participar do evento, basta se inscrever gratuitamente no site para receber o link de acesso por e-mail. O evento será transmitido ao vivo e os participantes poderão interagir com os convidados e fazer perguntas pelo chat. Não perca essa oportunidade de aprender mais sobre a inteligência artificial e como ela pode ser usada para o impacto social e ambiental. Inscreva-se já e convide seus amigos para o AI for ChangeMakers!
Check out our new Digital Skills Resource Hub!
As we kick off our Global Nonprofit Leaders Summit this week, we wanted to share a new resource we will showcase at our breakout session “Leveling up on AI Skills”. Microsoft has launched a Digital Skills Resource Hub with free skills training content, resources, curriculum and insights to help you and your organization thrive in the new age of AI. Whether you’re interested in learning the latest on AI, cybersecurity, sustainability or in developing your foundational digital literacy and productivity skills, you’ll find training materials to support nonprofits, educators and community organizations all in one place, including our newly released AI Trainer Toolkit available in multiple languages. Explore the Digital Skills Resource Hub and learn how you and your community can harness the power of AI. Together, we can expand economic opportunity and growth for all.Save the Date: Global Nonprofit Leaders Summit in 2025
We are excited to announce next year’s Global Nonprofit Leaders Summit on March 25-27, 2025. The in-person event will be in Bellevue, WA, with select sessions available virtually. We look forward to convening tech innovators plus nonprofit leaders, sparking valuable conversations on responsible AI, accelerating social impact, and the possibilities offered by AI innovation. To get an invitation and upcoming announcements on speakers and sessions: Sign up to get invited! We'll notify you when registration opens. Follow us on LinkedIn to get updatesPremio AI for ChangeMakers
Olá pessoal, Nosso evento AI for ChangeMakers foi sensacional e aprendemos muito sobre Inteligência Artificial e o que podemos implementar em nossas organizações. Creio que todos nós estamos com um gostinho de quero mais! Pensando nisso, e no que divulguei no final de minha apresentação, já estamos discutindo com a Lucia e a equipe de Filantropia da Microsoft, sobre o Prêmio AI for ChangeMakes, para reconhecer e divulgar as melhores práticas no uso de soluções de AI da Microsoft pelas organizações brasileiras. Em breve vamos divulgar mais informações sobre o prêmio. Abraços.Quer fazer um curso sobre IA generativa?
Você quer aprender a criar conteúdos incríveis com a ajuda da inteligência artificial? Então você precisa conhecer o curso fluêncIA, o primeiro curso online gratuito de IA generativa da Microsoft Brasil. Neste curso, você vai aprender como usar ferramentas de IA para gerar textos, relatório, planilhas imagens, apresentações e muito mais. Você vai descobrir como a IA pode potencializar a sua criatividade e inovação em diversos campos e projetos. O curso fluencIA é ideal para quem quer se atualizar sobre as tendências e as possibilidades da IA generativa, sem precisar de conhecimentos prévios de programação ou matemática. O curso é totalmente online, e conta com os seguintes módulos: A Historia da IA O que é IA generativa Evolução das buscas online Como ser mais produtivo usando o BingChat Etica e Responsabilidade em IA Como usar o Copilot Acesse aqui o curso < div style=" position : relative; padding-bottom : 56.25%; padding-top : 30px; height : 0; overflow : hidden; min-width : 320px;">< iframe class="embeddedVideoFrame" src=" https://youtu.be/CPM869ywmcw" title=” teaser FluencIA ” frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" ></ iframe ></ div >
My four take-aways from the conference.
I left the recent Microsoft Nonprofit Leaders Summit energized by the potential of AI as well as a clearer understanding of things we should be considering as this new technology becomes available. Here are my key takeaways from the amazing keynotes, panel discussions, breakouts, and thoughtful conversations with attendees: The Coming AI Capability Gap AI technology has the potential to lead to a large gap in performance between nonprofits with these capabilities and those without. In order to take advantage of AI, early investment will be critical. That investment is not only in AI tools and services themselves, but also the security, data governance, and expertise to effectively utilize AI. This may imply that larger, well-funded nonprofits will lead the way. But many of these organizations are more complex, with more data, larger governance issues, and overall slower to implement change. Perhaps smaller organizations with a strong foundation in technology and data management can accelerate their growth above their larger peers. AI may provide them with the opportunity to develop unique insights and efficiencies, ultimately allowing them to raise more money and deliver programs more effectively. Solve problems, use case by use case AI is big! But right now, it can best be applied when we have a specific challenge that can be addressed. Identifying these use cases and applying AI, one at a time, provides a manageable yet meaningful approach to adopting AI. And I have a small example. I recently met with a client who described their growing global workforce and the challenges with managing team members across different time zones. On Wednesday, Microsoft shared how Copilot has a feature that allows you to query holistically across Teams Messages, Outlook Emails, and Sharepoint Documents. Beyond simple search, this feature allows you to quickly see the questions your staff member has outstanding or summarize what work they have completed. Tackling one use case at a time with AI will ultimately add up to major change. As a starting point, using AI to save yourself and your staff time can solve immediate challenges while also building up comfort levels with AI tools. Your Nonprofit is likely already using AI While nonprofits leaders are considering where and how to deploy the use of AI, their staff have already started. We heard story after story of how nonprofit staff members have already begun using not only ChatGPT, but also countess other AI tools to help them with everything from note taking, to photo creation, to translation. Having a vision for how AI fits into your mission and values, along with the guidelines and policies to reinforce this will be critical. The time to craft a framework is now. We are all Beta Testers We have become accustomed to technology being rolled out in a deliberative way, with a lot of testing before launch, perhaps with a dedicated Beta round, and then only brought to market once all (or most) of the bugs have been worked out. By the time the average user gets their hand on a new tool, how it works and how it should be used is already well understood and documented. We will not have this benefit with AI. AI is being brought to the market as an in-process technology. The philosophy seems to be that this tool is so powerful and can already deliver such impactful results, that getting the tool into the hands of users is the most important thing to move AI forward. That means we will all be the beta testers for AI. Let’s get ready to work with a tool that never gives the same answer twice, that has to be reminded what capabilities and data it has access to, that benefits from a little encouragement, and reminds us that a please and thank you doesn’t hurt.Trevor Noah: Q&AI
Trevor Noah and Kate Behncken, CVP, Microsoft Philanthropies, talk about the role of curiosity and questions in the midst of the big changes and challenges that AI transformation brings. How are you fostering a sense of curiosity and a growth mindset at your organization? Respond to Trevor's insights and add your own ideas and questions here! Thanks for being a part of the Summit.Recap Global Summit with Copilot!
On January 31 and February 1, 2024, Microsoft hosted its first-ever Global Nonprofit Leaders Summit in Bellevue, Washington. The summit was a two-day event that brought together nonprofit executives from around the world to learn, share, and collaborate on how to leverage technology and artificial intelligence (AI) for their missions. The summit featured keynote speakers, panel discussions, how-to sessions, demos, workshops, and networking opportunities with leaders across the nonprofit community. Some of the highlights included: Brad Smith, Vice Chair and President of Microsoft, welcomed the attendees and shared Microsoft’s vision and commitment to empower nonprofits with technology and AI. Trevor Noah, Comedian, TV Host, and Author, entertained the audience with his witty and insightful Q&AI session, where he asked and answered questions about AI, ethics, and social impact. Dr. Fei-Fei Li, Professor and Co-Director of Stanford’s Human Centered AI Institute, inspired the attendees with her keynote on how to design and use AI for good, with a focus on human values, diversity, and inclusion. Hadi Partovi, Founder and CEO of Code.org, shared his story and passion for computer science education and how nonprofits can use AI to scale their programs and reach more people. Lauren Woodman, CEO of DataKind, moderated a panel of nonprofit leaders who shared their experiences and best practices on how they are using AI to enhance their work in areas such as fundraising, marketing, and program delivery. Jaime Teevan, Chief Scientist and Technical Fellow at Microsoft, introduced the Nonprofit Community, a new online platform where nonprofits can connect, learn, and access exclusive resources and opportunities from Microsoft and its partners. Afua Bruce, Author of The Tech that Comes Next and Founder and Principal of ANB Advisory Group, closed the summit with a call to action for nonprofit leaders to embrace technology and AI as a catalyst for change and innovation. The summit also launched the Nonprofit Community, a new online platform where nonprofits can connect, learn, and access exclusive resources and opportunities from Microsoft and its partners. The Nonprofit Community is a place for nonprofits to share their stories, challenges, and best practices, as well as get support and feedback from peers and experts. If you missed the chance to attend the summit, you can still watch the recordings of the virtual sessions by visiting the summit website and using the code VIRTUAL. You can also join the Nonprofit Community platform to learn, connect, and collaborate with the nonprofit community and Microsoft. The Microsoft Tech For Nonprofit Global Conference was a unique opportunity for nonprofit leaders to join the inspir AI tion and discover how to harness the power of technology and AI for social good. We hope you enjoyed the summit and we look forward to seeing you at the next one. 🙌 Here are few clicks;Looking forward to meeting everyone next week at the Global Nonprofit Leaders Summit
I'm excited to used this discussion space to get to know both virtual and in-person attendees coming to the Summit next week Jan 30-Feb 1. Tell me what you are looking forward to at Summit and what conversations you can't wait to be a part of. I am personally looking forward to Dr. Fei-Fei Li - I have just finished her book. I want to know about human agency and AI. I also am looking forward to hearing more about power platform and the potential use cases for nonprofit operations. Virtual registration is open. In-person is at capacity. Register here - Global Nonprofit Leaders Summit - Global Nonprofit Leaders Summit: Home virtual (PUBLIC) (microsoft.com)
Welcome to the Microsoft for Nonprofits Community!
We're excited that you're here. The Microsoft Tech for Social Impact (TSI) team is the team dedicated to serving nonprofits at Microsoft, and we have many experts available to help answer your questions. This community is a place for you to hear about product updates, share ideas, ask questions, learn best practices, register for upcoming events, and have direct interaction with the TSI team. Introduce yourself below and tell us how your organization is currently (or hoping to in the future) using technology to further your mission. We are looking forward to building this community with you as we remain committed to delivering relevant, affordable and innovative cloud solutions to help nonprofits tackle the world’s biggest challenges. Be sure to check out our upcoming webinars (scroll to the bottom of the page), our Microsoft Nonprofits website, and follow us on Twitter.Demo Days for Nonprofits
Looking for live training on AI for your organization? Do you want to learn how to use AI-powered tools and technologies to help you automate processes, streamline everyday tasks, analyze existing data, ensure accessibility, generate new ideas, and craft relevant messaging? If so, join us for Demo Days: Microsoft Tools and Technologies for Nonprofits, a series of live trainings that will show you how to make the most of Microsoft products for your nonprofit mission. Each event focuses on a different AI-powered tool available in the Office Suite and is tailored to the most common functions at a nonprofit: program management, marketing, fundraising, people development, and administrative tasks. Learn more and register below! All sessions are scheduled for 8am PDT, and on-demand recordings will be available for all who register, even if you cannot make that time. Sessions will be held in English with captions available in Arabic, Hindi, Chinese (Traditional), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), and Spanish. You can register for one or all the sessions, depending on your interest and availability. Each session will last for one hour and will include a live demonstration of Microsoft features and scenarios as well as a Q&A session with the presenter. Topics include: Prompt engineering for Nonprofits Reimagine your workflow with Copilot Power Platform Citizen Developer I: Where to start? Making your content more inclusive and user-friendly with Microsoft Accessibility tools How to create and deploy conversational bots in minutes with Copilot Studio. Don't miss this opportunity to learn how to use Microsoft tools and technologies for your nonprofit mission. Register today for Demo Days and get ready to transform your nonprofit work with Microsoft products! These sessions are open to any nonprofit so please feel free to share with others.TechSpark Fellows Update: Expanding opportunities locally
Update from Michelleschuler: As we embark on a new year marked by innovation and opportunities, I'm excited to share an update on the impactful strides made by the TechSpark Fellows in the first three months of the program. This progress report shows our commitment to exploring community needs, implementing new programs, and sustaining the factors driving local community impact and building ecosystems that expand opportunities. I invite you to explore the TechSpark Fellows 3-month Impact Report. You'll find a state-by-state snapshot of the transformative projects initiated by the Fellows.Save the Date: Global Nonprofit Leaders Summit in 2025
We are excited to announce next year’s Global Nonprofit Leaders Summit on March 25-27, 2025. The FREE in-person event will be in Bellevue, WA, with select sessions available virtually. We look forward to convening tech innovators plus nonprofit leaders, sparking valuable conversations on responsible AI, accelerating social impact, and the possibilities offered by AI innovation. To get an invitation and upcoming announcements on speakers and sessions: Sign up to get invited! We'll notify you when registration opens. Follow us on LinkedIn to get updates
Interested in your assessment of organizational skills gap for AI
Hello, MS Nonprofit Community! I am writing a Harvard Business Review piece on organization readiness for AI and would like to know your assessment of your organization and whether anyone wants to be interviewed for the article. Thank you, Mariette Wharton nimblemindset.orgAI Use Cases and Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofit
It was so great to have the opportunity to share our experiences at the Summit with WWF International on the Partner Panel, talking with Sam Harper about the global role out of their GMS solution (based on MC4N) and also looking ahead at new projects including Fundraising (F&E) and Business Central as well as their Data Strategy. Please reach out if you have any questions.
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