# Microsoft launches Nonprofit Community: a space to talk about tech & AI

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2024/02/05/microsoft-launches-nonprofit-community-a-space-to-talk-about-tech-ai/
- Published: 2024-02-05T08:33:00+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Microsoft has launched an online community space for nonprofits to talk with each
other and with itself about tech and AI.**

The initiative has come out of the inaugural [Global Nonprofit Leaders Summit](https://aka.ms/nonprofitsummit),
which took place on 31 January.

Called the Microsoft Nonprofit Community, it includes Discussion Spaces where nonprofits
can connect with and learn from peers on AI, strategy, leadership, fundraising and
programme management, and finding the right tech solutions. This is where nonprofits
can post questions and ask for solutions from each other.

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Microsoft will use its blog to share learning resources, viewpoints, stories, and
announcements from its partners, nonprofit influencers, and its own experts, while
its events calendar will include virtual and in-person learning opportunities, demos,
collaborative live events, and on-demand webinars.

In addition, Microsoft is also building Group Hubs**,** where nonprofits can find
and join a group of peers who have shared interests and who are working to address
the same challenges.

[In a blog](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/nonprofit-community-blog/welcome-to-the-new-nonprofit-community/ba-p/4038971)
announcing the initiative, Devi Thomas, the global head of Nonprofit Community Capacity
at Microsoft Philanthropies, said that Microsoft wants to learn about what the sector
is going through so it can respond. She also said that nonprofits have an opportunity
to lead AI transformation, and that: _“Combining the power of AI with the community
that we are building here means that everyone can be included in the opportunity
of AI at this key turning point.”_

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