Drop-in Data Discussions & AI Dialogs for Real World Solutions (Open Data Week)

Presenter: Lauri Goldkind (Fordham University)

This is a one-day in-person drop-in, office hours style session aimed at human services professionals and similar public sector staff to learn about ways that Open Data and AI might be used to help their organizations, and to share experiences and challenges they currently face. The session will include hands-on activities and demos, educational materials, informal one-on-one discussions, group Q+A’s, and design activities. The first hour will include interactive table demonstrations of open data resources; the second hour will focus on the potential of AI capabilities for documenting impacts and improving organizational performance; the third hour will offer human services and local government agency staff the change to bring their data questions to office hours, meeting with like-minded colleagues, academics with domain expertise in data and AI literacy and student assistants.

Bio: Lauri Goldkind is a Professor of Social Work at the Graduate School of Social Service, Fordham University. She is interested in how digital tools, artificial intelligence and open data can make the lives of individuals in and served by the social sector better. She is honored to partner with orgs such as the Nonprofit AI Sprint, Social Current, BetaNYC and Breaking Ground.