Strategic AI leadership for charity CEOs

Feel empowered to lead your organisation through AI adoption with clarity and confidence, as the technology is moving from experimentation to embedded practice.

This workshop is designed for charity CEOs ready to strengthen their strategic approach to AI, whether you’ve attended our previous sessions or have begun exploring AI independently. Together, we’ll move from tactical action plans to confident strategic leadership, drawing on sector best practice from the Charity Digital Code of Practice.

Leading AI well is as much about people as technology. We’ll look at how to navigate resistance within your team, weigh up the ethical questions that matter, and keep your mission at the centre of every decision. Through guided reflection and expert facilitation, you’ll develop a governance framework and strategic roadmap covering organisational readiness, risk management and ethics.

You will learn how to:

• develop a strategic governance framework for overseeing AI initiatives in your charity
• lead your organisation through AI change, bringing staff and stakeholders with you, brokering agreement where views differ and dealing with resistance
• make confident, ethical decisions about AI that protect your mission, values and the people you serve
• assess the impact of AI on your organisation’s mission
• build the foundations to lead sustainable, responsible digital transformation as AI continues to evolve

You’ll leave equipped with the executive oversight approach needed to align AI with your mission, bring your people with you, and lead confidently as AI continues to evolve in the sector.

Facilitator

Zoe Amar

Founder, Zoe Amar Digital

Zoe Amar

Founder, Zoe Amar Digital

Zoe Amar is widely regarded as one of the charity sector’s leading digital experts. She founded digital agency and social enterprise Zoe Amar Digital in 2013. Their clients have included Sense, the Royal College of Surgeons and CALM.

As well as writing for Third Sector about charities and digital issues, Zoe and her team produce an annual barometer of how charities across the UK are using digital, The Charity Digital Skills Report. She has also developed an AI Checklist for Charity Trustees and Leaders. Zoe is the Founder and Chair of The Charity Digital Code of Practice. and co-founded the Social CEOs awards.

Zoe has sixteen years’ experience as a charity trustee. She currently sits on the board of Charity Digital Trust. Previously, she was on the Board Audit and Risk Sub-Committee at the Samaritans as their digital expert. Before founding Zoe Amar Digital she worked for 5 years as part of the leadership team at a national charity which advised nonprofits about technology. She is the winner of an Inspiring Communicator award from Charitycomms. She was voted one of the 25 most influential charity leaders by Charity Times, and was also awarded the Changemaker of the Year prize award at The Pros Awards.

Zoe is also the co-host of podcast Starts at the Top, which shares the stories of leaders who are leading differently so they can prepare for the world of tomorrow.