AI, Donors, and the Nonprofit Data Reckoning: A Conversation with Three Truth-Tellers

About this episode

Katrina VanHuss discusses the realities of nonprofit technology with industry experts, addressing key issues like AI, data strategy, and donor privacy.

Nonprofits are in buzzword hell—AI, tipping, data lakes, CRMs, donor privacy. What actually matters? In this sharply honest conversation, Katrina VanHuss sits down with three industry tech pros—Emily Eakin, Mark Becker, and Erik Tomalis—to unpack what’s real, what’s hype, and what leaders must do now. They tackle the GoFundMe controversy, the future of CRM, the rise of data-first strategy, and how AI can finally solve the staff-capacity crisis (without stealing anyone’s job). For a clear, grounded, unvarnished look at where nonprofit tech is headed, earbud up.

People in this episode

Host: Katrina VanHuss

Guests: Emily Eakin, Mark Becker, Erik Tomalis

Topics covered

• nonprofit technology
• AI in nonprofits
• data strategy
• donor privacy
• staff capacity crisis
• CRM future

Keywords

• nonprofit
• AI
• data lakes
• donor privacy
• CRM
• GoFundMe
• staff capacity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: GoFundMe, CRM

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