Is your shared drive overflowing with outdated intake forms, ten-year-old donor notes, and event spreadsheets you haven't opened since 2019? You are not alone. Most nonprofits aren't drowning in data because they want to—they collect it because funders asked them to, nobody has the time to sort through legacy files, and they lack clear rules for what can be safely removed.
But as new AI tools make it easier to search everything we've ever saved, holding onto unnecessary information has become a hidden risk.
Join us for Less Data, Less Risk, a conversational session designed to help you confidently clear the digital clutter. We'll walk through a simple, step-by-step approach—assess, govern, then adopt—to help you figure out exactly what data you need to keep and what you can safely stop storing. You'll leave with practical examples tailored to different nonprofit roles and the exact blueprint to create a simple "data asset inventory" with your team this month.
You do not need to be an IT expert to join us! This is a practical, jargon-free conversation grounded in everyday nonprofit realities, designed to make your daily work easier and safer without requiring a massive budget or technical background.
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Who this is for:
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Executive Directors looking to manage organizational risk and ease their team's workload.
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Fundraisers & Development Staff managing donor databases and relationships.
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Program Managers handling community intake forms, eligibility, and service records.
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Communications Professionals managing audience lists, surveys, and event data.
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What you’ll gain:
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A clear "stop storing" list: Tangible examples of everyday data (like old eligibility forms, lapsed member files, or past emergency contacts) that you can safely delete right now.
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The "One Artifact" blueprint: Learn how a small, three-person team can build a simple, effective data asset inventory in under a month.
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A roadmap for AI readiness: Master the foolproof order of operations (Assess, Govern, Adopt) to ensure you aren't accidentally exposing sensitive information as your team explores new tools.
Guest Presenters
Angie Gelinas | The Nonprofit Chamber
Angie Gélinas is President + CEO of the Nonprofit Chamber in Alberta, where she spends her days convincing people that nonprofits are essential infrastructure, not just nice organizations with great potlucks. A former theatre producer and deputy minister turned sector strategist, she brings systems thinking, an unhealthy love of analogies, and the belief that the sector belongs at every table where prosperity gets discussed.
She lives in the grey areas between policy and practice, which honestly is just where all the interesting stuff happens. Angie understands the everyday realities of the nonprofit sector and champions the idea that resistance to tech adoption isn't about a bad attitude—it's about "capacity poverty."
Christa Hill | Tacit Edge
Christa Hill is the Co-Founder and CEO of Tacit Edge Product Leadership and a Canadian AI educator focused on helping mission-driven organizations adopt AI responsibly. With a background in product leadership at organizations including Getty Images, Morgan Stanley, Benevity, and the New York Federal Reserve, she now works with nonprofits across Canada to build AI literacy, reduce digital risk, and modernize operations without losing sight of their core values.
She leads national AI literacy cohorts for nonprofit leaders and speaks regularly on responsible AI adoption in community-based organizations. Christa is also the Chief AI Learning Officer at Learnit. Her approach is highly practical, focusing on how organizations can gather the information they need to serve their communities without collecting endless paperwork.
