When we attended Microsoft\u2019s Global Nonprofit Leaders Summit earlier this year, we came away filled with energy and excitement having witnessed the innovative work that is taking place in the nonprofit sector, and what Microsoft has in store in the near future.<\/p>\n\n
But for many UK nonprofits, making the 10,000-mile round-trip to Seattle just wasn\u2019t feasible. Eager for you not to miss out, however, we teamed up with mhance \u2013 as the only two UK organisations to sponsor the event \u2013 and with Microsoft to host a UK Nonprofit Leaders event on the 28 March, to bring you everything you might\u2019ve missed from Seattle. Bringing together IT leaders from a range of charities across the UK, we spent the morning talking about all things Microsoft AI, and how non-profits can start leading the way in using AI for good.<\/p>\n\n
If you weren\u2019t able to make it to Seattle, or to our event in Reading, then we\u2019ve created this rundown of key highlights so that you don\u2019t miss a trick.<\/p>\n\n\n
We opened with David Leigh<\/a> and Ha Cole<\/a>, from Microsoft\u2019s Tech for Social Impact team, who started by highlighting how technology is moving at such a fast pace that, for nonprofits, it\u2019s starting to raise challenges and intensify existing inequalities.<\/p>\n\n In comes AI, which can start to address some of these growing challenges and inequalities. David showed us that Microsoft is investing heavily in AI technology and says nonprofits are increasingly becoming one of the largest adopters of AI as a force for good.<\/p>\n\n