How to Leverage Technology to Support Your Mission with Sterrin Bird

My guest today is Sterrin Bird, Senior Director, Nonprofit Industry Advisor, Salesforce. Sterrin is a nationally recognized leader in the nonprofit community, with nearly three decades spent working with some of the most prestigious organizations in the country, including UCSF Medicine, Duke Medicine, American Red Cross, United Way and the March of Dimes. 

She was a Chief Development Officer for 30 years In addition she founded her own consulting practice in 2010. Sterrin partners with organizations to ensure they can access the affordable creative support and counsel necessary to scale their operations — and their impact. 

She’s conducted more than two-dozen capital campaigns throughout the United States with combined fundraising goals in excess of $5.5 billion. In 2020, she joined Salesforce as a Nonprofit Industry Expert.

In this episode, Sterrin and I discuss: 

• Why AI is not going to replace us (most of us!)
• Trends in the AI space that nonprofits need to know
• How nonprofits can use this technology to save time and do better work
• Pitfalls and challenges in using this new technology for good 
• The future of tech in the sector and how nonprofits can get ready for the next wave
• How we can use predictive and generative AI

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RoundTable Technology is a managed IT and cybersecurity services organization focusing almost exclusively on the nonprofit sector, with over 200 nonprofit clients. So make it your New Year’s resolution to get your entire staff FREE cybersecurity awareness training.

Head over to NonprofitIT.com/best-ever to save your seat now. Here’s to a wonderful 2024!

Connect with Sterrin on LinkedIn

Other resources:

• Building a Data Management Strategy
• Donor-Centric Fundraising Guide
• Nonprofit Trends Report