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How to improve staff data literacy 

Given organizations are more data-centric than ever, organizational data literacy is a foundational element of driving a data culture. This guide is designed to support organizations building data literacy among staff.

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Data Maturity Assessment

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This tool offers a pulse check, helping you measure and understand where your organization stands in your data journey today and connecting you with the tools and resources you need to move forward.

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Sharing learnings from the field to help you create positive change.

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Do’s and don’ts of generative AI

Overview A comprehensive list of do’s and don’ts of generative AI to explore the possibilities of generative AI in accounting.
Provided by Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
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Sample Policy: Acceptable Use of Generative AI Tools

Overview This sample policy developed by Fisher & Philips LLP is designed to address your employees’ use of third-party generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Google’s Bard, Microsoft Bing, and DALL-E 2 to perform their duties. This material is provided for informational purposes only.
Provided by Fisher & Philips LLP
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Generative AI and Its Impact on Privacy Issues

The technological advances of generative artificial intelligence (AI) continue to bring tremendous potential benefits, while also raising significant privacy concerns to address. This article explores the concept of generative AI and AI development, the privacy concerns AI presents, how to mitigate those privacy issues, the types of data platforms like ChatGPT collect, and how organizations can train employees to use AI responsibly.
Provided by DataGrail
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The Growing Environmental Footprint Of Generative AI

Overview AI use is directly responsible for carbon emissions from non-renewable electricity and for the consumption of millions of gallons of fresh water, and it indirectly boosts impacts from building and maintaining the power-hungry equipment on which AI runs. Policymakers are now weighing the costs. This story was originally published…
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Easy Guide to Fundraising Data Management for Nonprofits

Overview Knowing one’s organization’s donors is essential to more effective fundraising! And at the heart of successful fundraising lies one key element—data. Properly managing fundraising data can help engage donors, reach your goals, and maximize your organization’s impact.
Provided by Qgiv
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What is a Customer Data Platform? CDPs Explained

Overview A Customer Data Platform (CDP) is a piece of software that combines data from multiple tools to create a single centralized customer database containing data on all touch points and interactions with your product or service. That database can then be segmented in a nearly endless number of ways…
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Llama 3.1 Impact Grants

Seeking proposals that use the new features and capabilities of Llama 3.1 to explore how these tools can be deployed for economically and socially impactful projects.

Provided by Meta

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AI Opportunity Fund: Asia- Pacific

A collaborative effort with Google.org and Asian Development Bank, to help workers build AI knowledge and skills to increase their chances of success in an economy that relies on artificial intelligence.

Provided by AVPN

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Women in the Digital Economy Fund

Support for Indian non-profits, as well as small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), with the goal of scaling solutions that increase digital inclusion for women.

Provided by Women in the Digital Economy Fund (WiDEF)

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AI for Economic Opportunity Fund

This initiative represents a partnership between the GitLab Foundation, Ballmer Group, and OpenAI, demonstrating collective commitment to leveraging emerging AI technologies to create economic opportunity and drive income growth.

Provided by GitLab Foundation

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