Tracks
Between commitment and algorithm
The digital transformation does not stop at non-profit organizations. Many concepts originate from the business world and do not readily fit into the value-based, often volunteer-driven structures of non-profit organizations with limited financial resources.
The track Between Commitment and Algorithm is specifically dedicated to the concerns of non-profit organizations. The focus is on the question: How can associations and non-profit organizations use digital technologies in a self-determined, responsible, and effective manner?
The program line combines strategic perspectives with concrete practical impulses. It shows how digitalization is not an end in itself, but can strengthen participation, facilitate processes, and increase impact.
These events are specifically for non-profit organizations:
- Involving employees in change processes – from idea to implementation
- Digital participation in NPOs: introduction and practical application using the ROOTS participation platform
- Technically complex and fraught with data protection uncertainties, yet unbeatably effective. Why civil society must embrace AI more.
- Innovation meets inclusion: Digital accessibility for cultural institutions
- Strengthening cybersecurity in associations
- Artificial intelligence in participatory processes
- Using organisational knowledge participatively and digitally with an organisational wiki
- Using AI responsibly as civil society
Event on Friday at the Smart City Lab: Ideas Workshop: AI & Social Work The ideas workshop is aimed at professionals from all areas of social work who are looking for concrete ways to use AI to their advantage in their day-to-day work. The focus is on the specific needs and challenges of practice: How can AI really ease the workload when resources are scarce? Where are the hurdles and how can they be overcome?
An interactive workshop for participation, experimentation and networking: In the first part, concise presentations will provide inspiration on the current state of AI in social work. In the second part, participants – with AI as their co-pilot – will spend 90 minutes developing their own idea: from their specific challenges and proposed solutions to a suitable funding strategy. Afterwards, a lunch buffet will provide an opportunity for networking and informal discussion across the presentations. Moderated by Hannes Meinhardt / Social Impact. Free registration via roots@leipzig.de.
How do I get a ticket? The events can be attended free of charge by the following groups:
- Volunteers (e.g., in associations and initiatives)
- Full-time employees in public welfare organizations (e.g., youth welfare organizations, employees of a non-profit limited liability company)
Send an email to roots@leipzig.de to receive a code for booking the sessions.
