Jul 22, 2026 · 29 min · 11 segments
AI is changing the way we work, create, and make decisions, but are we ready for the changes ahead? From privacy concerns to powerful new AI tools, this conversation explores what the future may look…
some Kansas City, and we're at the Giving Institute, Giving USA Annual Summer Symposium, where pretty much all the consulting firms and technology firms get together once a year to talk about the Giving USA report.
This year actually they're releasing a five-year strategic plan, uh, later on this afternoon, so we'll get to hear that.
And, and really I think the thing that you and I and, and several others during this last couple days have been talking about is, like, the fact that, yes, Giving USA is important in terms of, you know, we have this historical record of, of charitable pr- giving over the past 40 years, but what does the group do? And so I think that's been the underlying-
Like, why are we here? What do we do? And how do we translate that data and that work into supporting the non-profit sector? So I'm curious and I'm hopeful that the rest of the day today and tomorrow we'll kinda see some kinda good conversations about that.
I- I've been thinking a lot because I don't know any other sector that would do this, right? 'Cause you're in this room, right? And there's, what? 90 to 100 something people, and all competitors, right? All compete for the same business, the same clients, but coming here to all work together to figure out how we can all help our collective clients-
Right? It's, like, very the, that whole community-oriented, uh, part about fundraising and non-profits, it's, it shows here.
And there's been enough criticism of Giving USA and, especially last couple weeks when the report came out.
You know, I wrote an article on f- shru- shrug philanthropy because basically, like, nobody cares.
Uh, but then there's been a few people that have, like, shown, like, basically said, like, you know, "What has this group even doing?" It's, like, elitist.
It's like come together and you do this thing, but, you know, we don't really see the result of it.
... and I think they're, at least for a number of the conversations that I've had outside of the conference room have been very productive in terms of, like, what are we doing and how do we actually take this work and put it into action? One of the things that Gabe Cooper has been working on, he actually had already built a prototype on, was actually taking all of the Giving USA data, putting it in, building basically an app website that lets you curate any of it, dive in, but he can also track, like, what are people reading more, what are they engaging with more, what are they saving, hyperlinks to other reports that relate.
So, like, planned giving or giving to religious organizations could be all built in there.
some Kansas City, and we're at the Giving Institute, Giving USA Annual Summer Symposium, where pretty much all the consulting firms and technology firms get together once a year to talk about the Giving USA report.
This year actually they're releasing a five-year strategic plan, uh, later on this afternoon, so we'll get to hear that.
And, and really I think the thing that you and I and, and several others during this last couple days have been talking about is, like, the fact that, yes, Giving USA is important in terms of, you know, we have this historical record of, of charitable pr- giving over the past 40 years, but what does the group do? And so I think that's been the underlying-
Like, why are we here? What do we do? And how do we translate that data and that work into supporting the non-profit sector? So I'm curious and I'm hopeful that the rest of the day today and tomorrow we'll kinda see some kinda good conversations about that.
I- I've been thinking a lot because I don't know any other sector that would do this, right? 'Cause you're in this room, right? And there's, what? 90 to 100 something people, and all competitors, right? All compete for the same business, the same clients, but coming here to all work together to figure out how we can all help our collective clients-
Right? It's, like, very the, that whole community-oriented, uh, part about fundraising and non-profits, it's, it shows here.
And there's been enough criticism of Giving USA and, especially last couple weeks when the report came out.
You know, I wrote an article on f- shru- shrug philanthropy because basically, like, nobody cares.
Uh, but then there's been a few people that have, like, shown, like, basically said, like, you know, "What has this group even doing?" It's, like, elitist.
It's like come together and you do this thing, but, you know, we don't really see the result of it.
... and I think they're, at least for a number of the conversations that I've had outside of the conference room have been very productive in terms of, like, what are we doing and how do we actually take this work and put it into action? One of the things that Gabe Cooper has been working on, he actually had already built a prototype on, was actually taking all of the Giving USA data, putting it in, building basically an app website that lets you curate any of it, dive in, but he can also track, like, what are people reading more, what are they engaging with more, what are they saving, hyperlinks to other reports that relate.
So, like, planned giving or giving to religious organizations could be all built in there.
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