DPP Roundtable: AI and the Future of Nonprofit Work
Powerful AI systems are being built right now that will change how nonprofit teams work. The question isn't whether to pay attention, it's whether your team is prepared.
Join Gayle Roberts, Remy Reya, and Paul Roach for a candid conversation about how fundraising teams are adapting to AI and what leaders need to do to support that change.
Drawing on their experience working with organizations at different stages of AI adoption, this session examines how teams are actually using these tools today, where adoption is going wrong, and what it looks like for leaders to guide their people through this shift without losing what makes fundraising work in the first place.
This session will explore:
AI Across the Fundraising Function:
Hear how practitioners are actually using AI in major gifts, stewardship, direct mail, digital appeals, and prospect research — including what's working, what isn't, and what surprised them.
The "Impact Treadmill" Problem:
Examine the risk that AI simply lets teams do more without doing better, and what it takes to use these tools in ways that strengthen donor relationships rather than replace them.
The Future of the Fundraising Role:
Push past the near-term. What does a fundraiser's job look like in ten years? Who owns the institutional knowledge when AI is trained on your team? What does quality of employment look like in an AI-shaped profession?
We'll also highlight how tools like WIZE can help teams capture relationship intelligence and translate it into consistent, scalable action. Get your free account here.
Don't miss this opportunity to hear three experienced practitioners think out loud about one of the most consequential shifts in the profession and what it means for the work you do every day.
About: The Donor Participation Project (DPP) is a community of fundraisers who co-create solutions to reverse the nationwide decline in donor participation (20 million US households lost between 2000-2016).
This event will take place over Zoom.
The session will be recorded and accessible post-event for DPP members only.