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CAST - Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology
@techforgoodcast.bsky.social
UK charity. Providing free courses, resources and networking opportunities to help charities and social impact organisations harness the full power of digital and AI. Also working with funders to create an environment of support. See www.wearecast.org.uk.
🆕 AI Together: Data & Privacy

Tori Ellaway shares the key discussions & actions that came out of our latest AI Together internal learning session on data security, including seven practical tasks designed to strengthen the ways in which we handle data & privacy when using AI tools 👉 buff.ly/X1S0x8F
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November 14, 2025 at 9:21 AM
💡 Check out all #AIWeek talks!

Thanks so much to everyone that came to our Digital Leaders AI Week talk! Ours was just one of many charity-led talks, covering topics including ethics, accessibility & strategic thinking.

Access all talks for free at Digital Leaders' site 👉 aiweek.digileaders.com
AI Week 2025
AI Week On-Demand: The UK's nation wide week of learning and sharing best practice in AI.
aiweek.digileaders.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:29 AM
❓ Keen to meet new charity contacts and find out how they're using digital?

☕️ Try Coffee Connections, the free service that matches you with a peer every two months for a virtual chat.

🗓️ The next matches will take place on November 27th; find out more and register for free today 👉 buff.ly/3FWxeuI
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November 12, 2025 at 9:43 AM
📅 Free workshop: user research and AI

In tomorrow's 'The Curve' workshop, Tori Ellaway will share simple methods designed to help you discover your users’ needs. You'll learn how to plan and run research with limited resources - and where AI can be used to help lighten the load.

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November 11, 2025 at 9:43 AM
📊 Quick survey: Are AI summaries affecting your website traffic?

We've put together a short survey (just three multiple-choice questions) to gauge the impact that AI summaries are having on charities' web traffic. All responses are anonymous.

Access the three-question survey here 👉 buff.ly/cYs7zat
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November 10, 2025 at 8:56 AM
🆕 Newsletter out today! Featuring:

📅 Free user research & AI workshop
💡 AI Week: access all sessions
👀 Free UKCharityCamp tickets
📊 Survey: AI summaries & web traffic
🆕 Free AI law courses
💬 Agencies for Good: creating inclusive spaces

And more!

Read 👉 buff.ly/BJyt5jW
Sign up 👉 buff.ly/3xqPV99
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November 6, 2025 at 9:54 AM
👋 The Digital Leads Network is open for membership!

The DLN is a vibrant community of 400+ members, dedicated to peer learning & sharing across the sector.

Members gain access to events, networking sessions & an AI peer group.

Joining is free; fill out the short form at our site 👉 buff.ly/4agzkCk
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November 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
📅 Open invitation: AI for Grantmakers peer group

If you work in #grantmaking and are interested in the challenges & opportunities presented by #AI, please join us on Weds 19th Nov from 1-3pm, as we bring together #funders of all sizes for a peer discussion.

Book your free place 👉 buff.ly/49dF4MS
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November 4, 2025 at 10:36 AM
💡 Getting Started With AI: A free self-serve course.

Keen to get to grips with AI, but not sure where to start? Our AI course is here to help!

Each week for seven weeks, you'll receive an email with support & inspiration, helping you discover how AI can make your work life easier 👉 buff.ly/4gfaOEF
November 3, 2025 at 11:18 AM
❓ Keen to meet new #charity contacts and find out how they're using #digital?

☕️ Try Coffee Connections, the #free service that matches you with a peer every two months for a virtual chat.

🗓️ The next matches will take place on Nov 27th; find out more and register for free today 👉 buff.ly/3FWxeuI
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October 29, 2025 at 12:07 PM
❓ Are you a #grantseeker / #fundraiser?
❓ Do you have a view on the UK #grantmaker/s you've sought funding from?
❓ Could you share your views anonymously to help funders & peers?

If so, please head to GrantAdvisorUK & start reviewing! Or simply check out the 550+ existing reviews 👉 buff.ly/3esmUuk
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October 27, 2025 at 9:37 AM
🚀 New free AI course!

If you feel you're advancing with #AI and you'd like to support your organisation to do the same, then our new course is for you!

You'll receive a weekly email for 8 weeks, full of tips, tools & templates that build to help you support your org step by step 👉 buff.ly/1KSivpU
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October 23, 2025 at 9:15 AM
🧪 Ten ways in which organisations are experimenting with AI

CAST's Programme Lead Ellen Smyth outlines ten ways in which #charities and #funders are experimenting with #AI — and shares a link to our AI Experiment Library, which now contains 30+ experiments from 18 organisations 👉 buff.ly/BuHD4iR
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October 22, 2025 at 8:54 AM
🆕 AI Together: Data & Privacy

Tori Ellaway shares the key discussions & actions that came out of our latest AI Together internal learning session on data security, including seven practical tasks designed to strengthen the ways in which we handle data & privacy when using AI tools 👉 buff.ly/X1S0x8F
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October 21, 2025 at 9:14 AM
🆕 Library of AI experiments!

Check out our growing collection of 30+ #AI experiments, shared by 18 orgs.

Topics include user research, AI policy creation, data analysis & transcription - with contributors sharing what worked well, what didn’t, and the advice they’d give to others 👉 buff.ly/GFZP45O
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October 20, 2025 at 9:42 AM
📅 Digital Leaders AI Week: Join our AI trends session!

As part of Digital Leaders AI Week, we'll be hosting a session focusing on five key #AI trends for digital leaders, drawn from our experience of convening peer groups for charity digital leads and grantmakers.

12.30pm, 20 Oct 👉 buff.ly/1qtlyiM
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October 16, 2025 at 9:50 AM
👀 Digital Leaders AI Week is happening now! Check out all the free #AI #charity sessions!

Digital Leaders have gathered some key speakers to offer insights into the ways in which AI is being applied by the sector, and the key things to consider when using AI in a charity context 👉 buff.ly/iZ87PpC
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October 15, 2025 at 9:54 AM
👀 Ten simple AI tools - with tips, demos and experiments to try for yourself!

David Scurr provides an overview of ten simple AI tools, outlining which tasks each tool is best suited to, and sharing a host of tips & demos - as well as tiny experiments you can dive in and try today! 👉 buff.ly/8nEq6zb
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October 14, 2025 at 9:24 AM
👀 Last few free tickets remaining for this year's UKCharityCamp!

We're delighted to be attending UKCharityCamp - the UK’s only unconference event for third sector digital - in Birmingham on 13th Nov. If you'd like to be there too, head to the website now and grab a #free #ticket 👉 buff.ly/mRY8a3b
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October 9, 2025 at 10:16 AM
📅 Digital Leaders AI Week: Join our AI trends session!

As part of Digital Leaders AI Week, we'll be hosting a session focusing on five key #AI trends for digital leaders, drawn from our experience of convening peer groups for charity digital leads and grantmakers.

12.30pm, 20 Oct 👉 buff.ly/1qtlyiM
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October 7, 2025 at 10:14 AM
👀 Free workshop: AI Experiments for Charities.

Join David Scurr and Ross McCulloch at 11am this Weds, 8th Oct, as they cut through the AI jargon & show how charities can experiment with AI today.

Access free tools & templates - and bring your own questions for an open discussion 👉 buff.ly/Esg5ipy
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October 6, 2025 at 8:26 AM
🆕 AI Together: Data & Privacy

Tori Ellaway shares the key discussions & actions that came out of our latest AI Together internal learning session on data security, including seven practical tasks designed to strengthen the ways in which we handle data & privacy when using AI tools 👉 buff.ly/X1S0x8F
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October 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🆕 AI learning platform!

Digital inclusion charity @goodthingsfdn.bsky.social has created the AI Gateway: a free, interactive platform designed to demystify AI, enabling you to learn at your own pace and gain confidence to use AI in your daily life.

Explore the new platform here 👉 bit.ly/ai-gateway
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October 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM
👀 Free workshop: AI Experiments for Charities.

Join David Scurr and Ross McCulloch at 11am next Weds, 8th Oct, as they cut through the AI jargon & show how charities can experiment with AI today.

Access free tools & templates - and bring your own questions for an open discussion 👉 buff.ly/Esg5ipy
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September 30, 2025 at 9:33 AM
📅 Digital Leaders AI Week: check out all the free #AI #charity sessions!

Digital Leaders have gathered some key charity speakers, to offer insights into the ways in which AI is being applied by the sector right now, and the key things to consider when using AI in a charity context 👉 buff.ly/iZ87PpC
AI Week 2025
The UK's nation wide week of learning and sharing best practice in AI.
aiweek.digileaders.com
September 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM