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Notes on websites, AI and people-first technology.
Practical articles for small businesses and nonprofits.
Using AI carefully in nonprofits and small professional offices
Nonprofits, and small real estate or legal offices, can get real help from AI. They also carry information that deserves extra care. The work is to use the tool where it is safe, and to keep a person responsible wherever a person's life, money, or trust is involved.
Hiring a consultant versus building in-house
The choice between a consultant and an in-house hire is not always either-or. It depends on whether you need clarity and a defined project, or an ongoing capability you are ready to manage yourself.
Choosing an AI consultant, and when a boutique practice is the better fit
A large firm and a small practice can both be capable. The better question is who will do the work, whether they will start with your organization, and whether they can tell you when AI is not the right answer.
Automating the busywork in a service business
The aim of automation in a service business is not to replace the relationship. It is to take repetitive background work off your plate so the human work can stay human.
Writing a simple AI use policy for your team
Your team does not need a long legal manual to start using AI carefully. A short, plain policy can set the boundaries, name a reviewer, and leave room to revise as you learn.
A phased, step-by-step approach to adopting AI
You do not have to introduce AI all at once. A small, reversible sequence — listen, try one change, then widen it — is usually safer and easier to live with.
An AI readiness checklist for small businesses and nonprofits
Before you adopt a new AI tool, it helps to ask a short set of practical questions. This checklist is a starting point for small teams, not a score or a certificate.
What AI consulting actually is
AI consulting is not the same as buying a tool or handing your work to a model. It is a careful look at where artificial intelligence can help your organization, and where it should stay out of the way.