NAB: Practical Tips for Effectively Using and Managing AI and Mitigating AI Risk at Your Nonprofit

November 12, 2026 | 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Washington, DC
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Nonprofit Advisory Board (NAB) Presents: Practical Tips for Effectively Using and Managing AI and Mitigating AI Risk at Your Nonprofit

Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the hottest and most widely discussed topics in the United States and around the world these days. So, not surprisingly, its use and reliance by nonprofit and association executives and leaders have been on a similar trajectory.

What are the potential ramifications for nonprofits in their daily operations? How can AI be effectively used and responsibly managed within nonprofit organizations? What can nonprofits do to mitigate their financial, legal, reputational, and other risks from the use of this powerful technology? What should be the role of the board of directors, if any, on these issues?

Our all-star panel, all of whom have notable experience with nonprofits’ use and deployment of AI, will discuss the following topics, among others, with a focus on practical tips and suggestions for nonprofits and associations (and not on broader AI policy questions):

  • Separating AI hype from reality.

Nonprofit staff and boards hear conflicting claims about what AI can do and how well it can do it.

  • Checking accuracy and preventing “hallucinations.”

Human vetting of all AI output and ground answers in your organization’s policies and principles.

  • Ethics, fairness, and new safety threats.

How do nonprofits weed out inherent AI bias (especially where being used in employment, eligibility, or service decisions), ensure privacy and data security, and guard against AI-enabled phishing and fraud aimed at nonprofits.

  • Evaluating tools before and after adoption.

Pilot a tool on real tasks, set success measures, and monitor performance instead of relying on vendor claims.

  • Managing AI agents and keeping humans in charge.

When do you allow AI to take actions such as sending emails, responding to online inquiries, writing summaries or analyses, or updating records, and how do keep humans in the loop.

  • Using AI for mission impact responsibly.

Start with the mission, current goals and strategies in support of the mission, and targeted uplift of business capabilities to get to true enterprise-wide AI adoption.

Moderator

Jeffrey S. Tenenbaum, Esq.

Managing Partner
Tenenbaum Law Group PLLC

Panelists

Meredith Ellison

Executive Director
Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence

Robert Kerr

Executive Director, AI and Innovation
Hartman Executive Advisors

Bernice Martin Lee

Chief Executive Officer
Epilepsy Foundation

Tori Miller Liu

President & CEO
Association for Intelligent Information Management

Event Sponsors

  • Savills
  • Tenenbaum Law Group PLLC
  • Pinnacle Financial Partners
  • GRF CPAs & Advisors
  • TPO
  • KFORCE
  • The Baldwin Group
  • Bernstein
  • Hartman Executive Advisors
  • Your Part-Time Controller

Thursday, November 12, 2026

3:00–3:30 pm Welcome and Registration
3:30–4:45 pm Program
4:45–6:00 pm Networking Reception

Location

Bernstein Global Wealth Management
800 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 1100
Washington, DC

Nonprofit Advisory Board Complimentary Program and Reception
For Nonprofit Staff Only

Nab November 12