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Two Google engineers quit over firing of ethical AI leader Timnit Gebru

The Verge

David Baker, an engineering director, said Gebru’s dismissal “extinguished” his desire to remain at the company. In December, Gebru said she was abruptly fired over an email she sent to the Brain Women and Allies listserv. Today, that organization, the Alphabet Workers Union, has more than 800 members.

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Attention #NPdataNerds: Report back from the first-ever Do Good Data Conference

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was also really happy with the mix of people that came to the conference; we had academics, practitioners, executive directors, researchers, people that don’t often get in the same room and talk. To learn more and stay in the loop with Data Analysts for Social Good, you can join the LinkedIn group and subscribe to the listserv.

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2011 NTC Preview: Let's Talk About Tech, Baby

NTEN

A close read of the lyrics provides a good framework for thinking about communicating horizontally (across departments or silos) and vertically (with everyone from senior management to interns) in your organization about technology. In many organizations, technology is viewed as separate from the work the organization is doing.

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Research Friday: A Case for Content Curation

ASU Lodestar Center

Executive Director. Beyond the Center, there are also dozens of listservs, blogs, and electronic "hallways" devoted to philanthropy, nonprofit leadership and management, volunteerism, and other facets of the social sector. Ashcraft, Ph.D. ASU Lodestar Center. Welcome to Research Friday !

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Groups: A Review of Five Platforms to Build Community

Care2

If your organization is focused on building community among your activists and donors you’ve probably had to choose an online group tool. If your group would make for an active and participatory email listserv, it will probably work as a group too. But which platform is best for your group? It could get unwieldy quickly.

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Four Great Resources for Foundation Technology

Tech Soup

are two organizations doing good work to make that happen. Here’s the way TAG describes itself: "TAG is a membership organization of foundations that promotes the understanding of how information and communications technology can help its members further their philanthropic goals." Organize regional meetings.

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Are Memes Really Just Slacktivism?

Care2

This begs the question - should a breast cancer organization have been the one to have thought of a meme like this as part of a larger campaign to raise awareness about breast cancer? million from last year for Team Gleason, said Paul Varsico, the Executive Director of Team Gleason. Can You Build a Base of Supporters with Memes?

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