Navigating the AI Hype Cycle

Every nonprofit leader has heard the pitch: AI will transform your fundraising, your programs, your operations—everything, all at once.

But between the headlines and the reality lies the question most teams are quietly asking: where do we actually start, and how do we avoid pouring time and budget into tools that don't move the mission forward?

Join AWS and Protagona for a 90-minute working session built specifically for leaders evaluating AI. We'll focus on the decisions in front of you: which use cases are real, which are still hype, and what foundational work needs to happen before any of it pays off.

Drawing on our work with mission-driven organizations, we'll share frameworks for prioritizing AI investments, the pitfalls we see most often across the sector, and a practical playbook for moving from idea to implementation on AWS.

What you'll walk away with:

• A framework for evaluating AI opportunities against your mission, capacity, and budget
• Real examples of what's working (and what isn't) at peer nonprofits today
• Clarity on the data and infrastructure work that determines whether AI initiatives succeed or stall
• A network of fellow nonprofit leaders navigating the same questions

Who should attend: Executive directors, COOs, CTOs, development and technology leaders, and program leaders at nonprofit organizations who are evaluating, piloting, or scaling AI initiatives.

Hosted by Protagona, an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner specializing in data, AI, and cloud solutions for the nonprofit sector.