Date & Time
9:00am CDT - 2:00pm CDT
About This Event
This session cuts through the noise around artificial intelligence — the fear, the hype, the misinformation — and invites participants into the harder, more honest work of thinking together. Drawing on experience at the intersection of institutional AI strategy, higher education, and creative technology, Roy Magnuson offers a grounded, human-centered view of where AI actually is right now, what it can and cannot do, and what gets lost when we stop asking critical questions. The morning opens with a level-set presentation (~45 minutes), followed by a Q&A and live demonstration of current tools, then moves into a deeper dive on what is available and actionable for nonprofit professionals today. The goal is not to convince anyone of a particular stance, but to leave with sharper questions, clearer judgment, and a more honest map of the landscape.
Bio:
Roy David Magnuson is a Professor of Music at Illinois State University, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in music theory and composition and serves as Director of the Adaptive Edge Institute. In this role—and during his tenure as a Provost Fellow for the Division of Academic Affairs and Director of Emerging Technologies for Instruction and Research—Roy has focused on understanding and responding to emerging disruptive technologies such as AI, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Spatial Computing. His work emphasizes clarifying what these technologies are—and what they are not—while prioritizing technological literacy, ethics, student success, and creative scholarship.
Schedule:
8:30 am – Registration and Breakfast
9:00 am - 2:00 pm –
- Level-Set Presentation
- Q & A and live demostration of current tools
- Deeper dive of what’s available and actionalble for nonprofit professionals today
- Lunch & Networking
- Roundtable discussion of AI in practice in fundraising and donor perceptions of the use of AI to raise money
Cost: $50 for AFP Members / $65 for Guests
Includes: Light continental breakfast and coffee, boxed lunch from Fort Jesse Cafe (please let us know any dietary restrictions during registration), dessert, soft drinks and water.
About This Event
This session cuts through the noise around artificial intelligence — the fear, the hype, the misinformation — and invites participants into the harder, more honest work of thinking together. Drawing on experience at the intersection of institutional AI strategy, higher education, and creative technology, Roy Magnuson offers a grounded, human-centered view of where AI actually is right now, what it can and cannot do, and what gets lost when we stop asking critical questions. The morning opens with a level-set presentation (~45 minutes), followed by a Q&A and live demonstration of current tools, then moves into a deeper dive on what is available and actionable for nonprofit professionals today. The goal is not to convince anyone of a particular stance, but to leave with sharper questions, clearer judgment, and a more honest map of the landscape.
Bio:
Roy David Magnuson is a Professor of Music at Illinois State University, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in music theory and composition and serves as Director of the Adaptive Edge Institute. In this role—and during his tenure as a Provost Fellow for the Division of Academic Affairs and Director of Emerging Technologies for Instruction and Research—Roy has focused on understanding and responding to emerging disruptive technologies such as AI, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Spatial Computing. His work emphasizes clarifying what these technologies are—and what they are not—while prioritizing technological literacy, ethics, student success, and creative scholarship.
Schedule:
8:30 am – Registration and Breakfast
9:00 am - 2:00 pm –
- Level-Set Presentation
- Q & A and live demostration of current tools
- Deeper dive of what’s available and actionalble for nonprofit professionals today
- Lunch & Networking
- Roundtable discussion of AI in practice in fundraising and donor perceptions of the use of AI to raise money
Cost: $50 for AFP Members / $65 for Guests
Includes: Light continental breakfast and coffee, boxed lunch from Fort Jesse Cafe (please let us know any dietary restrictions during registration), dessert, soft drinks and water.
Date & Time
9:00am CDT - 2:00pm CDT