Meena Das has spent seventeen years in data work, most of it built around one idea: data collection runs on relationship and trust. As CEO of Namaste Data and founder of the AI Equity Project, she and a colleague have surveyed more than 700 nonprofits on how the sector is actually handling AI. She keeps coming back to the same test for any survey or feedback form: does it feel like a two-way street, or does it just take?
We're sitting down with Meena for a candid conversation on where data equity and AI adoption meet:
What "data equity" looks like in practice: something your team can act on Monday morning
A real survey story about what turns a form extractive versus relational, and what she'd change about it
What an honest listening tour looks like before an organization buys a single AI tool
Why most nonprofits aren't asking bad questions about AI. They're asking shallow ones, and what a deeper question sounds like instead
Where Meena thinks the sector should focus its AI attention over the next six to nine months
Meena has followed AIxImpact's work for years, and this conversation has been a long time coming. Expect a live, unscripted conversation followed by open Q&A. No slides required. The recording will be available to members afterward.
Thursday, August 27th | 12-1 pm PST | Free for paid annual AIxImpact members. $35 for non-members via Eventbrite.
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