Nonprofits are asked to do more with less every year. AI won't fix that — but it can take the repetitive, time-consuming work off your plate so your team can focus on the relationships and programs that only humans can deliver. This session walks through real examples from nonprofit organizations using AI today, gives you a framework for thinking about where it fits in your work, and leaves your with some practical ways to take the first (or next) step.
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Whether you’re a small nonprofit, a mid-size business, or a large government entity, how you operate internally greatly affects how you operate externally. At Cobb Collaborative, not only do we recognize the need for prevention, intervention, and support programs for families, we also recognize the need for supporting the systems, the staff, and the environments of those programs. That’s where Capacity Catalyst comes in.
Capacity Catalyst Workshops and Webinars are designed to equip small to mid-sized nonprofits and community serving organizations or agencies with the tools, resources, and guidance from subject matter experts on internal capacity-building strategies. Topics range from leadership development to grant writing to fundraising and more. Join us for a Lunch and Learn — lunch is provided — so you can focus on growing your organization while we take care of the meal. In our September Capacity Catalyst Workshop, you will hear from Alissa Condra, AI & Experience Strategist with Nonprophet AI .
Thank you to Cobb Community Foundation for helping sponsor this series.
Office Hours are unstructured discussions between Golden Seeds members and entrepreneurs. This opportunity is particularly relevant for companies that are likely to seek funding in the next 12 to 24 months.
Tech Square Game Day @ The Biltmore Innovation Center 📅 Thursday, Nov 5 🕛 12-1PM 📍 Biltmore Innovation Center- Imperial Ballroom About the Event We’re kicking off Game Day—a monthly gathering for the Tech Square community centered on food, play, and shared experience. Expect a catered lunch (while it lasts!), games/shared activity, and a lively midday atmosphere designed to bring Tech Square together in one place. What to Expect 🍽️ Catered lunch (while it lasts!) 🏈 Casual games & friendly competition 🤝 A cross-section of founders, builders, operators, students, and community leaders Who It’s For Anyone who works, meets, studies, networks, or plays in Tech Square. 📌 Game Day will take place monthly, with food + play!
What do we accept without questioning? The tools we build on. The standards someone else set. The career we chose because we knew we could handle it. This month, three speakers pull apart the defaults we rarely stop to examine, and the real cost of leaving them unexamined. It's a night about refactoring the things we've accepted: our tech stacks, our industry's assumptions, and our own definitions of success. Whether you write code, lead teams, or are rethinking where you're headed, there's something here for you. Jay Miller: Creating a Global Community Platform with Django Jay Miller, Founder of Black Python Devs In the last three years Black Python Devs has grown from trying to get more Black Pythonistas to conferences, to being a major sponsor of Python conferences across the globe. That scope creep has made us need to rethink our tech stack. Learn the why and how we migrated from a static site to and away from commercial tools to Django in order to serve our members, student ambassadors, and the events we support. Jasmine Blackston: The Cost of Being Capable: When the Life You Can Handle Isn't the Life You Want Jasmine Blackston, Program Management and Strategy Professional High-achieving people are often rewarded for being adaptable, dependable, and capable of making almost anything work. But capability can become a trap when we keep choosing careers and lives simply because we know we can handle them. This talk explores how to separate ability from desire, redefine success, and make more intentional decisions about the life and career you’re building. Kim Crayton: The Hidden Cost of Letting White Dudes Define "Good Enough" Strategic Advisor, Kim Crayton LLC The myth of white male supremacy has always decided what counts as true, complete, and good enough. Now it is coded into the tools. This talk names three specific failure patterns in working with LLMs: false and forced binaries that collapse complexity, gate skipping that rushes past the context that would