Your Staff Is Already Using AI. You Just Don't Know Where.
The Nonprofit Leader's 90-Minute AI Governance Starter Kit
A working session for nonprofit Executive Directors, CEOs, HR, Operations, and IT leaders who want a straightforward framework for AI governance and a simple way to track how AI is used across their organization, going forward.
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Nov 17, 2026 · 1:00 PM ET · 90 Minutes
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Ninety Minutes. One Framework. Here's Exactly What We Cover.
92% Are Using AI. 7% Have a Plan For It.
In December 2025, Virtuous and Fundraising.AI surveyed 346 nonprofit organizations about how AI is actually being used inside their walls. The findings describe your organization, whether you've looked closely or not.
of nonprofits are already using AI in some capacity.
have no AI governance policy of any kind.
use AI individually and on an ad hoc basis. Only 4% have documented, repeatable workflows.
report AI has made a major difference to their mission. Everyone else is just moving faster at the same work.
Source: The 2026 Nonprofit AI Adoption Report, Virtuous & Fundraising.AI — a benchmark of 346 nonprofit organizations, December 2025.
What That Looks Like From the Inside
“It's the Wild West with this stuff.”
Nonprofit staff member, r/nonprofit
“I don't really have any experience with AI, and because of my role, I'm kind of positioned to be the person creating these policies.”
Nonprofit staff member, r/nonprofit
“We can't afford enterprise training platforms or consultants. But I also can't tell people to figure it out and hope for the best.”
Nonprofit leader, r/nonprofit
Your team cares about the mission, not about becoming AI experts, and that's exactly as it should be. But right now, people across your organization are already using AI tools on their own, in ways nobody has had a chance to look at closely. This session gives you a clear, practical way to see what's happening and put real guardrails around it, without slowing down the work you're all there to do.
This Is for You If…
Nobody officially made you the AI governance person. But when the board, or your own conscience, asks whether your organization has this handled, you're the one who's supposed to know.
Your team is already using ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or other AI tools somewhere across the organization, and honestly, you're not entirely sure where all of it is happening.
You suspect AI has touched donor information, financial data, or client details at some point, and no one has had the chance to look closely at how.
Your board has started asking about your AI policy, and what you want to hand back isn't a document nobody will read. It's something that actually protects the mission you've spent years building.
If that sounds like where you are, this session was built with you in mind.
"You don't need a compliance department to do this well. You need ninety minutes of focus and the right questions to ask. That's what this session is built to give you." Margaret Spence, AI Governance Strategist
What You Leave With in 90 Minutes
You leave with a clear framework for what good AI governance looks like in a nonprofit, and a simple way to track how AI is being used and governed going forward. Not a stack of slides. Something you can actually use on Monday morning.
See Where AI Is Already Being Used
A clear, honest picture of where AI tools are already active across your organization, no judgment, just visibility.
Understand What Needs Attention
Learn which uses are genuinely fine and which ones deserve a closer look, especially anywhere donor, financial, or client information is involved.
Build a Simple Way to Track It
Leave with a straightforward way to keep track of your organization's AI use and policies, so this doesn't fall through the cracks again.
Walk Away With Your Next 30 Days
Three clear, doable steps for your organization, not a binder that ends up back on the shelf.
Know What Comes Next
Understand what a full AI governance program looks like once your starter kit is in place, and what to build first.
Why This Isn't Another AI Education Webinar
Most AI webinars tell nonprofit leaders that AI matters. You already know that. This one gives you a framework you can actually use, and a way to keep using it.
Built for Nonprofits, Not Generic HR
Small teams, limited AI expertise, boards pushing adoption, and little budget for a sophisticated governance program. This is built for that reality.
You Build Something, Together
This isn't a lecture. You'll be working through your own organization's questions during the session, with guidance the whole way.
A Risk Background, Grounded in Real Experience
This comes from decades spent helping organizations manage real risk, not from someone with software to sell you afterward.
Real Guidance, Not a Prompt to Copy and Paste
Right now, the sector's dominant answer to "how do we write an AI policy" is a downloadable prompt you paste into ChatGPT yourself. That's the ceiling of what's currently available to nonprofits at scale. This is ninety minutes with someone who has spent decades managing real organizational risk, building your framework with you in the room.
“The wealth of information Margaret shared during each one of the sessions is incredibly valuable. I absolutely think I got what I needed out of this course.”
HR Leader, Course Participant
“Margaret provided so many real experiences that helped apply the knowledge.”
Talent Development Leader, Course Participant
What We Cover
Ninety minutes, and a framework you leave ready to use.
Where AI Is Already Showing Up
A clear look at how many AI tools your organization is actually using once every department is counted, not just the one you officially approved.
Building Your Framework, Together
We'll walk through a simple governance framework and start applying it to your organization, together, during the session.
What Needs a Closer Look
Talk through which current uses may need more attention, especially anywhere donor, financial, or client data is involved.
Your Next 30 Days
Leave with specific, doable next steps and a simple way to keep tracking your AI governance going forward.
Margaret Spence
Margaret Spence spent decades managing organizational risk long before AI governance had a name for it, and she brings that same practical approach to nonprofits.
Margaret Spence
AI Governance Strategist · Author, When AI Breaks the LawMargaret brings four decades of experience across talent, risk, and workplace decision-making, and has managed more than $495 million in workplace litigation portfolios. Her work now focuses on helping nonprofit and HR leaders build AI governance that fits how they actually operate, before a preventable problem becomes a board, funder, or legal issue.
Author, When AI Breaks the Law
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Four Steps, Start to Finish
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Watch Your Pre-Work
A short AI governance overview, so you're ready to build during the live session, not just learn definitions.
Show Up Ready
Bring whatever you already know about your organization's AI use. That's your starting point.
Keep Your Recording
Access the full session recording for 90 days after the program ends.
You've already earned the trust of your board, your funders, and the people you serve.
What would it take to make sure your AI use deserves that same trust?
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