[VIDEO] Michal Heiplik of CDP recently sat down with Gravyty to explain how AI-enabled fundraising empowers membership organizations to transform the way fundraisers work and inspire major gifts, at scale. Watch to learn how Gravyty changes what's possible for member-driven organizations.

On July 15, 2019, The AI in Advancement Advisory Council (AAAC) and Gravyty hosted more than 100 advancement leaders, distinguished guests, and technology providers passionate about artificial intelligence (AI) at the Boston Public Library to celebrate the launch of the first benchmark report on the state of AI in the industry.

This week on the AI Ideas column, we speak with Jim Rutt, CIO / CISO at The Dana Foundation. Jim is directing technology to advance brain science at prestigious institutions around the globe.

The great team at Blackbaud recently released an infographic with new research titled How Gift Officer Management Impacts Fundraising Goals. The findings are paramount to the work we're doing at gravyty by helping organizations use artificial intelligence (AI) technology to execute a strategy that gives frontline fundraisers the working capacity to create multiple personalized touch points with their entire assigned portfolios each year, increase personal visits, and inspire more major gifts.

Chantal Forster is the Executive Director of Technology Affinity Group (TAG), a membership organization of foundations that promotes the strategic use of technology to further philanthropic goals. As a leader on technology in the nonprofit sector, we were honored at the chance to speak with Chantal when we were given the opportunity. Per usual, when we turned our connection with an industry thought leader into yours by capturing our conversation for Gravyty’s AI Ideas column.

What could you accomplish if a culture of philanthropy was expanded throughout your organization? Here's why engaging faculty, staff, and more is increasingly important for fundraising.

Sam Caplan is Chief Information Officer at the Walton Family Foundation, the family-led foundation that awarded more than $595 million in grants in 2018 to improve K-12 education, protect rivers and oceans, and invest in Northwest Arkansas and the Arkansas-Mississippi Delta. As a thought leader in nonprofit philanthropy, when Sam speaks – we all listen. We recently sat down for a Q&A about AI in philanthropy.

While in the case of most major technological innovations, rushing in is the surest way to make mistakes your competitors can exploit to surpass your success, artificial intelligence (AI) is all about adopting quickly so you can rush past the competition before you reach a point of marketplace irrelevance your organization can’t recover from. But doing this successfully is not achieved overnight. This is precisely why leading organizations have developed AI strategies to win today and are planning strategies to win tomorrow.

Along with some of our great friends and customers, including Cure Alzheimers and The College of Charleston, Gravyty was recently featured in Nicole Wallace's cover story for The Chronicle of Philanthropy, entitled "A.I. is Ready for Fundraising. Are Fundraisers Ready for A.I.?"

College of Charleston Executive Vice President of Institutional Advancement, and Executive Director of the College of Charleston Foundation, Chris Tobin spoke to a packed crowd at the CASE District III Annual Conference, alongside Gravyty Co-founder and CEO, Adam Martel. In his presentation, Chris posed a foundational question to the crowd: "How do we grow Advancement?"